The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-06
Senator Hale Of Maine EIa
ton Flight.
ANNEXATION OF ISLANDS IS N
Predicts thnt within .
body In This coansry WIN =
70 BE rid Of rbss

he hesotiations OF =. S
unfortunate ms it IL. 1, 9
ins"res the actual anp.,..
the Philippine isiaua. !. a
certain when the tre,ty ].
signed or when n -, ~
mitted to tho senate. y.
more uncertain when. q
Will ever be ratified. a
Tho responsibility Is an y. i
soiieitude of the public 50 eroas ,I
pie time will be given To A. -.
to getting the real facts besre 4. !.
can people. =
MANY things will be found <, !,
are now no. known, and A. ~
the proposed annexation wll :,
upon the public mind aud p,o, III
and upon the presided thas h !, q
means unlikely that within cir n,.,. q
year everybody. instead OF BEN, 1,
nexahton of the islands. will wan i Z,
rid of them. Z
"The people of the Units, s.,.
find out that the commerce ot ~ i,
pines is limited in extent; that tb,y !,
hlabited by people whose hass, |,
wants forbid AN increase Of trade "A
under the scheme OF snnexatiou ~
to us this trade is to be shared eu,sll, .
Spain and all other competing p,.h,.s
What is called the open dor, I,
cuts down the interest Of the UNTIL 6
in the philippine ti,ade TO 4 pol,t ~
makes no figure in our comma,x N
"Thc entire trade Of the ~
If we had 1t all-not the prs,it
rived from II, but the whole -
of trnde-wiIi not, in any yea.
the expenses of the army "a 4
may thnt the United states wslis]
obliged 10 maintain there.
"The people will see ait once srmtl
congress proposition for standing i
of 100000 men. costing yearly mon 4
500, 00O,0 and a naval inoreax 4 :
$15, COO, 600 10 $50, 600, 900 a year ii iait|
all of which must come by levy oiu1f
Not only will no war tax be repsikt
the present tax must be increased
1.-THE people OF the Pacific ctS
find out thai If We admit S.0oaNs v 4
900, 900 Malays, Tagais aid Nsggit0 |
come a part OF our country and y
some or all the privileges Of citilsnde
must necessarily give to the cA!rex
are already in the country. the nms
leges.
1.-The people OF the South Will =
that the admission of these allen g
the United States will be an sddN
sification of the race problem Tl'ta
day a standing menace in our owa Z
.sThe great Irisli-Amerieu
ment of our population WIN
out That, notwithstandihs
snIisbury,s characteristic slee
4
his Guiidhail speech ~ -
poIicy of the United statss
British foreign office y Us
ration of our present dipl'.
ami although thousands 81
Irish-Americans have OF nav
been voting the republics =
,bctr protest over preseus
tions can not fail TO DC ~
deep.
by THE business men OF 'ns ~
by all thoughtful men mo paA
departure from the settled ~
government will be seen more elsa
day TO day. ~,
"1Na4b the exception Of the ~
chase, which has been eoasi'.
nc ali other extension OF our ts's
r r, contiguous and has opalas y.
ror the ploneer and the actl'al e. n
r havo b,uIlt up communities saa ~
States. Not ore of these WA y
the pbillppiues, whish are airs'a'
n sonled w1bh inhabitants VISTA sa''
never assimilaie. .,4,a
"Thc president himself VIZ d
order TO secure a peace, DA
e @,pe oao " which phe United sta's
srs.n. he is simply getting r. ~
" which Mich is is already substautlsIlE ~
=, vim, n,Ht the a't insurgents and iaa'tls
sa,.lly Of tho philippine Island, I
y wll, constantly @a ,.p be obliged toea
gress to furnish means ~
this war. - nd
c..a ns S i'm his great offios VII :
p IN every complication q oF e.
and an 'p po.is.ss, and chat IS We, We -
S Ssaps seen all Europe siiAs g..
y y,s's or s finishing wsF Or ssp g. 1
m @s, ',, =, war wnlle we have Sstl
p in peace, the same eona' ell
h h. and there will be no g.,
a au,s' ON OF .Asiaiis dspsadsaa,s.
Ing to light the torOa q ' ", n
which we will not De %
are the nations OF Europe ..'i,., syls
THE people OF The nv, us" oil by,
ready beginnlng to hna ss y islss
n s IN me trade Of las 81 ia
nolinns ~. ~ 5nhabit them y q,
peopie wno re- forced 70 li,s
any READ attraetion - f,rnis5 Z!
trary everyhlng 70 anes Of
tion 10 us to keep OUT -.
Anderson lo's's
Anderson, Texase A. ~
grand jury, after REV.. d. W.
ICON a recess until the =
tae, fo, home. srtl
L. Brilllng of hou
B. Fl. Powell, Esl ,Ss,s.sss
tended Ms:l s Sassras' S sSs s " g
vert are here yilllls