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some. to the proposition that Great Britain q
Germany or some great commercial power will
possibly In the future lay violent hands on
thought Of, that It ls Incredible and not to be
| Tolerated for moment. What frame OF mind
hSs tsi. man ma grown into when ho dstTnsts every.
the same motives do not actuNte the other great
sominercI comm y. and enteEprisins nstions Of the
our own country than have in any other eoun.
HMy friend started out with tho proposition
that Hawaii was not necessary for US In this
war; This IL not the, question, This war ie an
only a small incident-- the life of great com.
mnnntty Ii,n r. Ike ours We are dealing today not
Se h 5nS war WITH SPAIN We Are dssSlng ds ing for
the United States shall be in the sky like It is
to.dTy: While var n iS @ an unhappy condition.
done in tho next ten years, and the nation that
gets possession of them, IL that nation survives,
will hold them for centuries to come.
I'm view Of what is now, in view OF all that is
70 come. favor immediate AM exntion of those
ali the islands Of the orient. f We have tT amin an in.
terost In tho Orient today. II is not our fault
wsSn % the wa" with
she lived and in the discharge ot that duty We
are are in Sitnation in the Philippine Islands.
we have little squadron OF our navy there,
we have the sreatest and most famous living
sailors in the world on our 1agship in the
happened at Manila for which shall ever bo
persuaded by friend or foe to make an
uDUlORy. Wo are tnero IN Lne DrOVl0onCO
Of God, and not by any human design, and
the Same providence that has guided us until
this hour will guide us in awiss solution OF every
great question that is created by our situation.
The American people will take care of tho Phil
ippine Islands when our campaign In the Orient
care of Porto Rico; they will take care OF Cuba;
and these people will And in the hearts OF the
anxiety for their welfare that persuaded this
great republic to raise army ana send its
West indies" '1 2ppause My o tend PHSs m nsed e
have no fear that every question that arises
YIN be taken care are Of bat We must take care Of
floor fifty years before the other questions
The argument was further continued by Mr..
William Alden Smith and Mr.. Todd Of Michi-
gan. Mr.. Lacey of Iowa, and Mr.. CumminRs of
Terry Of Arkansas and Mr.. Gaines Of tennessee
a ainst It, The debate was closed for the op.
position by Mr. Williams Of Mississippi second
Affairs Mr.. Williams's effort was mainly an
argument that tho pending measure was un-
offer of the ielands was without the consent of
the he, majority of the people living there;
favor of the resolution. In tho course OF the
day the floor and galleries had filled, and Mr..
ing audience He advocated the passage OF tho
resolution on the ground that the possession Of
Hawaii was essential to tho United states as
grandzemont and Of commercial comm e:i expsnsiSn. on
vote on this question. He taunted the Demo-
Gratis with Inconsistency on this question:
the platforms OF the Democratic conventions of
1850. demanding that Cuba should be acquired
Tor the Newlands Joint resolution of the resolu-
tions recommended by the minority of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, as follows:
l. That the United States will view as an act OF hos.
ty sraS amy tho part Of s
Islands or to exercise upon any prete1t
under any CON n ons sovereign authority therein.
people Of those Islands and to the world their guar
antee OF the independence OF the people of the Ha.
tain the same.
These were re rejected-2O5 to o.
On the passage or the Newlands resolution the
vote stood 200 to o. Before the announcement
OF the result 1t was stated that but for pairs,
which they did not feel at liberty to break.
O. would have voted for the resolution. Mr..
Dalzel Speaker pro tenn. said that Speaker
He authorized Mr.. Dalzell TO say that had he
been present he would have voted no on this
9 uestion. lDemocratic applause.l The vote in
YtAsaAcheson. Adams, Aldrich, Alexander. Bah
BaR.r @ sStsr s gsrham Barney
Bennett net ssrrp Bingham Bishop. Booze. BoTHKIN Bou
gn,l Bqreigh SUI gu.leE Cannon caprS1. ch!eksrinG
f59 bs1i:Sn Bs;d : PIs DSS:1
Fenton Fischer Fletcher roote. Foss Fowler N. J
{Neb;!, Grimm. GRIFFITH, arosvenor, Grow. Hamilton
Hawley Heatwole: Hemenway. Henderson. Henry
HIT. Hooker; Hopkins Howe, Howell Hull, Hurley,
KrL1 RotcismM II GSns RsowI2s 9Gs
ksss EVE WPs.h Lacey hneS haeS' %
Loud. Loudensager Loyering. Low: Lybrand, Mccall.
MRhany, Mahon, Mann Marsh, Marshall McekisOn.
Norris Mudd. NEwIAsDs. Northway. Norion IS C5..
Pearcs (Mo.), Pearson IN. c.. Perkins, PETERS.
Pitney; Powers, Prince. Pugh. Ray. Robbins.
howalter. SIMPSON. SKINNER. smith TIii,
Samuel ". Smith tMIchJ. william Alden Smith
tMichl. snover, southard. southwick. spadinG.
(wis.j. Stone, STROBE. Sulloway, Suissr. Tawney.
TdV or. (Ala.l, Thorp TODD. Tongue. Updegrar, Van
ner. Weaver. Weymouth, White QiLJ. white IN. C.l,
WILDER, Williams Pa.). Wise, YoSt and YounE-to-
EAYs.-Adamson. Bailey. Baird. Ball. Bankhead,
bartlett. BELL. Benton. Bland, Brddlev BrantIrv
Bretg'r. BrousGdrd Brundfd0e Carmack. CIdrdv
clark (Mo.). Clayton, CooneV Cotcherd. Crump packer,
DuUev, Davis, De GrdDenreid Dinsniore. DOckerv
II tott. Fitzgerald, Fleming, FOWLER (N. C.), FOR,
Games. Grf0oS. Handy HARTMAN. Hay, Henry thiss.I
Ca). Jeu, johnson Gnd), Jones Wa.J, Kitchfn.
Kt.terO hamo' % Lgnham. . Lester, LMtie,., Lloyd,
M0Rde. Ma0utrS, MARTIN. MAXWELL. Nevrr M0op 90.
den. I4erc- tTenn). Rheu Richardson. Rtrev. Robb.
Robertson. Robfnson, sdyers. Settle, SHAFRorH.
stephens Tex Stokes. Strait, STRowD IN. C). S,rdn
son. Tate, Undertcood, Vdndiuer. Wadsworth,
whf;e'er ky)' Williams tMi'S) and Wf''o" Is. CO.
(RepuhlicaAs in roman. Democrats in italics and
Populsts. Silverites and Fusion In small c0pitalS)
SENATE PROCEEDINGs.