The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-07
YALE DEFEATS PRINCETON
WINS EASILY THE FIFTH FRINGE
 TON-YALE DEBATE.

ihreo cuuSes UmanimOus in DecistOn-
 Details of Debntc-Rev. J. H. TwichelI
 Presides-About1 l, ,5OO People Present.
 Princeton Yale Banquet at Tontine-
 Guests Present and Toasts Responded
 The fifth annual Princeton Yale de- bate last evening was won by Yale For two long hours the forensic bat tie ragged over the question Resolved, That the United States should annex Cuba" Princeton had the affirmative, and her three champions pleaded earn estly and eloquently that it was Uncle SamuePs duty to annext Cuba. Doubt less conviction and conversion would have followed their words had not Old Els trio of debaters assailed their op- ponents' premises and arguments with judges nothing to do but bring in an ! unanimous verdict for Yale. The deci- sion was received with cheers which rattled the easements of old College street hall. The victory was most well 1 come at this time, when the star of 1 Yale's football and athletic ascendency seems to be falling so rapidly down the western skies. It shows that Yale gray matter is all right and that is con- siderable consolation in the midst of the
 universal wreck-so think the under- | graduate aYlensians. In previous de- bates Yale has been awarded two de- cisions and Prinoton two, 50 that last nights victory places Yale in the lead. The audience, numbering about 1,5o0, was made up largely of students and | of course strongly Yale in it's sympa-
 thies, but notwithstanding this fact the cheer for Princeton was friendly and hearty. The superiority of the argu- l ments of the Yale debaters called forth | applause so long and loud as to give somewhat the appearnce of an attempt to win the debate by cheering after the
 fashion of athletic contests. There is
 no doubt but that the debate was de-
 cided on its merits, and that the I judges were uninf1uenced by the mani l festations of over-exuberance, but the ethics of good debating and respect for l the judges, who decide the debates, make it desirable that all such appear l ances of evil be avoided in future de-
 bates.
 Compared with previous fnter-ccllegi- ate debates held here the one last even- ing was less exciting. Rev. Joseph H. Twichell of Hartford presided and made at the opening of the debate an appro- priate speech in which allusions were made to the long continued and friendly rivalry between Yale and Princeton which has always existed. So far from believing that the day of debate is past he said he did not known why we should not think that it's largest tro- phies are in the future. The question was proposed by Yale and Princeton had the choice of sides, choosing the affirmative. Each of the six speakers was allowed twelve minutes in opening and five minutes in closing.
 Conover English '99 of Princeton,
 opened the debate as follows: "The
 question of the annexation of Cuba is
 not new one to the American people.
 At various periods throughout the cen-
 tury the annexation of Cuba has been
 advocated. The affirmative do not ar-
 que the question from the standpoint
 ofthe eXpansionist They recognize the
 fact that the country has expanded,
 but do not advocate uselessly adding in-
 creased burdens They regard the
 question as one of national responsi-
 bility. The distinction between a pro-
 tectorate and annexation is, that a pro-
 tectorate involves control only over the
 external affairs while annexation con-
 trols both the external and internal af-
 fairs of the country annexed. We de-
 fine annexation to be- the initiation of
 a policy involving permanent congress
 sional control over the island of Cuba.
 "The future government of Cuba is l left to the discretion of congress, as cir- f cumstances will dictate. We advocate
 the immediate entering upon a policy
 that shall give permanent guarantee for the very objects for which the war , was waged. We admit the existence of the Teller resolution, but do not admit the moral force of it in view of the increased moral obligation consequent from the war. The main issue of the debate is then: Is the United States justified in annexing Cuba?' We be-
 lieve she is because she is held to-day
 and she will continue to be held respon- sble for affairs in Cuba. This is so, because the United States drove out the
 existing government of Spain and fail ed to recognize the Cuban government to take it's place. As a result the Unit ) ed States finds herself to-day the sole ; arbiter of the destiny of Cuba. It is 5 our purpose to show that the United States being thus held responsible can
 only meet it's moral obligation through the medium of annexation"
 2 Ashley D. Leavitt, Yales opening
 speaker, said that we can only repudi-
 ate our pledge to give independence to
 CuLa on the assumption that existing , conditions will make success in self
 government impossible. But such an assumption, as in our own early history, is by no means certain to be correct if ) we form our estimate of Cuba's ability for self-government by comparing Cuba with other tropical American countries we must take one that is similar. Take a nation like Chili where there are sim , liar race conditions and geographical
 advantages. Chili has succeeded in