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The Philippine-American War
The Bacon Resolutions
In January 1899, Senator Bacon introduced to the US Senate resolutions which concluded thus:
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That the United States hereby disclaim any disposition or intention
to exercise sovereignity, jurisdiction or control over said islands
except for the pacification thereof, and assert their determination
when an independent government shall have been duly erected therein
entitled to recognition as such, to transfer to said government
upon terms which shall be reasonable and just, all rights secured
under the cession by Spain, and to thereupon leave the government
and control of the islands to their people.
Had the US Senate decided to vote on the Bacon resolutions before the outbreak of the Philippine-American war on February 4, 1899, the it would most probably have passed.
In the emotional times after the outbreak of hostilities, on February 14, 1899, ironically Valentine's day, the US Senate voted 29 to 29, with the Vice President casting the deciding vote which defeated it.
Had a single senator who voted Nay voted Aye, the United States could have avoided the $300,000,000 cost of the war, and saved the lives of tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers, and of many hundreds of thousands of Filipino civilians.
We reproduce this historic vote thus:
| Ayes | Nays | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bacon
Bate Berry Caffery Chilton Clay Cockrell Faulkner Gorman Gray Hales Harris Heitfield Hoar Jones of Arkansas |
Jones of Nevada
Lindsay McLaurin Martin Money Murphy Perkins Pettigrew Pettus Quay Rawlins Smith Tillman Turner |
Allison
Burrows Carter Chandler Deboe Fairbanks Frye Gear Hanna Hawley Kyle Lodge McBride McEnery McMillan |
Mantle
Morgan Nelson Penrose Platt of Connecticut Platt of New York Pritchard Ross Shoup Simon Stewart Teller Warren Wolcott |
Later, Sen. Lodge said at the Philadelphia National Republican Convention of 1900 that:
We make no hypocritical pretence of being interested in the Philippines solely on account of others. We believe in Trade Expansion.
Source : American Occupation of the Philippines 1898/1912. James A. Blount
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