The Portland daily press., 1898-12-21

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ITO turn these possessions back 60 op7ln
but believe that we ought to give them
the opuortunlty to govern themselves.
Nobody wants these possessions made
into states now. Ana YET; IN course Oh
| time. we may take them in .
So far and as far as possible, MIR. Tel.
| ler believed. the Inhabitants of Cuba
should be given government, but he
did nor believe hat the United States
should leave an infant power thus estab-
lished as ID preyof another nation. He
heJieved 1T folly to talk of imperialism
| of men had any intention of establishing
In this country the European policy of
| Imperialism.
ss..s'No colonial system such as England
established years ago in India, will ever
be established under the Stars anu
Stripes" declared Mr.. Teller.
''Our flag will always float over
| liberty and happiness insured to
all the people beneath it's folds. Although
all of them may not be accorded the fuli =.
est rights of American citize ship, the
| flag will float as an emblem OF good gov
ernment and protection to them as It does
to us. ;"
| Mr.. Mason of Illinois. inquired whether
Mr.. Teller thought that by The pay ment
of so, ,0D0, 900 the United States could
settle with the people OF the philippines.
| Mr.. Teller replied that there was no
government in the Philippines islands
with which this country could deal lb lb
would he impractioable, he thought, to
attempt to deal with an unorganized
crowd such as the Eilpinos we're.
"There Is no favor we can confer upon
them," he declared, s.like that of giving
them the benefits and protection of the
American flag.
Tine great question is are we better
| ing their condition.? No intelligent man
among them, think, will dispute the
statement that we are.
| MIR. Hoar ingu guired h 1w far as matter
of fact, at the time of the oapitulaton of
| Manila, Spanish power extended ir the
archipelago.
MIR. Teller replied that as he under
stood the matter, 1t extended throughout
all the islands which had any considerable
population.
Mr.. Hoar said he had supposed that
| Spanish authority was practically nil
outside of Manila, land that the insurgents
had the Spanlards shut in Manila as the
troops of the American colonies had the
British shut up in New York, just prior
to the surrender at Yorktown.
Mr. Teller said he did not SO UNDER
stand the situation, although he was
| prepared to say that definite information
upon that point was not oDtainaDle.
Mr.. Teller said that he knew that the
rilipinos were incapable of esta blishing
our states and that he would encourage
communities among them to establish
| the best governments they were capable
of. He stated that he would not go to
war with the people of the Philippines in
order to force our institutions upon them.
| He would consult them as to the form
| of government and he believed that by
pursuing this course we should avoid the
necessity of war with the natives. All
accounts agreed that natives were tracta-
BILE and intelligent and capable of pro-
gress.
Mr. Proctor here read an extract from
a letter from Admiral Dewey concerning
the character of the Fllipinos as follows:
"1hese people can be governed without
the slightest difficulty. They readily
give in to reason and / have not had
the alightest difficulty IN dealing with
| them
Mr.. Proctor also read an abstract from
| the lei ter of an army officer, speaking in
terms of praise OF the Filipinos and inui-
oating that there would be no difficulty
with them. Mr.. teller, in conclusion,
expressed the opinion that the natives
could not be governed from Washing
| ton. There was no reason why, II they
were capable of appreoiating them, our
| bene cent institutions should not be
exteaded to them. He would give them
ali the liberty in this respect that they
wers capable of enjoying, and If in time
they manifested capacity to perform the
duties of statehood, he would not deny
them that boon.
Several private pension bills were dis
posed of, after which MIR. Elkins called
| mp the bill relating to the registry of for
| eign built vessels wrecked in this couu-
try.
Mr.. Elkins asserted that we paid u
million dollars day to foreign built
ships. The balance of trade appeared to
L f,xn ffan
| the last year. but as a matter OF TACT IL
w as only about half that, as SO large
portion of 1t went to foreign SHIPS.
MIR. Iillman asked: ssIf we annex the
philippines where win our coast trade
endp''
Mr.. Elkins replied that he hoped it
would end in the PHILIPPINES, but that was
an extranecus gu stion.
| At 2 o clock the Nicaragua canal bill
was taken up to the displacement of the
registry measure. Mr.. Caffery spoke In
opposition to the canal bill. He said the
| pr oposition to connect the two oceans by
means of canal was so attractive to the
| Imagination as to cause many people to
accept it as wise enterprise regardless OF
an appeal TO reason on it's merits ne
deprecated the personal attacks upon the
| members of the Maritime Canal Co., but
| indicated his belief that the bill was an
attack upon the treasury of the United
States.
| He anaiyzed the bill to show that the
enterprise under the bill was in violation
of the Clayton. bulwer treaty in contraven-
| tion of the concession from the isthmian
countries and in opposition to our own
constitution. While Mr.. Caffery was
| speaking message was received from the
House announcing that Senate amend
| ment-the final question in controversy
as to the war and navy deficiency bill,
had been agreed to. This passes the
measure and as soon as signed it will go
| to the President.
Without concluding his remarks, Mr..
Gallery, at 4 10 p. M, yielded to Mr. Ga :
| linger, and OH his motion the Senate
went into executive session,
| At 8. 10 p. M, the senate adjourned.
IN The HOUSE.
First Speech ON Annexation by Mr.
Williams of Foreign Affairs Conn
mtttee.
Washington, December 20. AT the open
| ing session of the House today, Mr. Can
non called up the conference report on the