The Portland daily press., 1898-12-21
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service on the appropriation COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Dockerty of Missouri also paid q
feeling tribute to Mr.. Say ers.
The House Their went into committee
of the whole and took up the agricultural
bill.
An arrangement was mads by which
there should be four hours of general date,
two hours on side. Mr.. Wadswortn,
charge of the bill, explained its provts ions
briefly. 1t carried So, 69o, S22, or an In
crease Of sls7, 1870.
MT. Williams. Democrat of Missouri
took advantage of the latitude al
lowed in debate while in committee of
the whole to make an argument against
the annexation of the philippines, >,
"We want no unwilling subjects,
said MIR. Williams. 1--WE want no op-
portunity for the exercise of tyranny.
The South Is especially hostile to the
o hsorption of great population alien In
race, blood, color and customs.
He summed up the objections to the an
nexation of the Philippines. They lay
1000 miles from our coast Not single
could be applied Annexation would
project us 1000 miles into the melee of
the Orient. We would have to hold in
subsection 5000, 090 Filipinos at a cost of
$40, COO 600 annually.
AS the House was considering the agri-
cultural bill, be said, it might be well to
bear in mind VINO would have to pay
shifted and shifted until they reached
the farmer. They we're then shiftable DO
longer. He argued that citizenship could
not be denied the natives of the islands ii
they were annexed. He had been asked
why, if Mississippi had been able to deal
with the race question, the people Of the
United States would not be able to do so
in the philippines. The difference was
that the people of Mississippi understood
the problem with which they had to deal
1t came home TO them by actual contact.
The people of the United States who
would have to solve 1t would do SO the
oretically and would fall There must
tie white supremacy. If white supremacy
were not guaranteed in Hawaii. he de-
clared that 30 per cent of the caucasians
would not remain there.
While he opposed the annexation, ne
said he would not return the Philippines
to Spain.
Il should leave the islands where they
were the day after Dewey's glorious VIC
tory at Manila. / snould haul down the
American tag. ] am for the flag for
what it means, not for itself. 1t Is moth ;.
ing but piece of bunting and when some
one auDCunCC6 tllhG IL lDubp Inv SSftAS
down, | care not how high his station, he
says something unworthy of himself and
HIS country. The flag should come down
ii it is right that 1t should do so. and the
American people must pull 1t down. we
would not let any other country do 1T.
prolonged applause on Democratic
ssde.)
Mr.. Williams argued that if the Phil
ippines could not take care of themselves,
| tha xroff1 fall fha 1nftnnnC9 of
England, or France or Germany. Our
interest in them was the commercial
interest We had in the East generally
an interest in an tcpan door policy II
any other country got possession OF the
Philippines, it would not do worse than
Spain did In any event trade with the
Philippines was a mere drop IN the
bucket, and ii We retained possession OF
them we would have to sacrifice the
open door policy In the Orient or go back
on the Constitution. He argued that our
tariff laws must extend over the islands,
and if they did it would be absurd for us
to exercise one policy in the philippines
and contend Tor another in China
Mr.. Williams said IL we did not want
to give the Islands their Independence
or let them fall under the sway of anoth-
err country we could sell them as war
indemnity to England. The islands
would get freedom of religion and free
dom Of trade, and we would get rid of
naval, military, political, racial and
social problem and perpetual foreign
policy.
MIR. Williams remarks were listened to
with careful attention, and his colleagues
gave HIM u hearty round OF applause
when he concluded. The bill was then
read for amendment under the fiye-lnin.
ute rule.
4 The provision inserted in the bill to
De used as a means of retaliating against
Germany and other countries was passed
with a slight amendment, which gives
the secretary of the treasury discretion ii.
refusing the delivery of goods adulterat.
ed or deIeterious to health, instead OF
making refusal to deliver such goods
mandatory.
A provision in the bill to grant leaves
OF absence tc employees of the bureau
of animal industry outside of Washing
ton. went out on a point of order.
The bill was passed without further
amendment.
Resolutions were adopted directing the
Secretary Of War to furnish survey and
estimate of the cost of enlarging the
East channel of New York har Dor from
the Narrows to the sea. to q depth nf 3h
feet and width of 1000 feet; also to
furnish estimates for the improvement
Of the harbor at Bridgeport. Conn, and
Cape Porpoiss.
at s O'Clock the House adjourned.