The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-21
EXPANSION
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its folds. Although all of them may not
be accorded the fullest rights of Am
erican citizenship, the flag will float as
| an emblem of good government ana
| protection to them as it does to us"
Mr.. Mason of Illinois inquired wheth-
er Mr.. Teller thought that by the pay
ment of $2O, 900, 900 the United States
could settle with the people of the
Philippines.
Mr.. Teller replied that there was no
| government in the Philippine islands
with which this country could deal. 1t
would be impracticabe, he thought, to
| attempt to deal with an unorganized
| crowd such as the Filipinos We're.
There is no favor we car confer up
on them" he declared, like that of
| giving them the benefits and protection
| of the American Tag. The great ques-
| ton is, are we lettering their condi-
! ton? No intelligent man among them,
l think, will dispute the statement that
we are"
! Mr.. Hoar inquired how far, as mat
| ter Of fact, at the time of the cap'"
ton of Manila, Spanish power -
ed in the archipelago. Mr.. Telle
piled that, as he understood the ma,
ter 1t extended throughout all the is
| lands which had any considerable pop
ulation. Mr.. Hoar said he had sup
posed that Spanish sovereignty was
practically nil outside of Manila, and
that the insurgents had the Spaniards
shut up in Manila as the troops of the
American colonists had the British shut
up in New York, lust prior to the sur
render at Yorktown. Mr.. Teller said
he did not so understand the situation,
although he was prepared to say that
definite information upon the point was
not obtainable.
Mr.. Teller said that he knew that
the Filipinos We're incapable of estab-
fishing a government equal to the gov
eminent of 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 peo-
pie of the Philippines in order to force
our institutions upon them. He would
consult them as to the form of gov
eminent, and he believed that by pur-
suing this course we should avoid the
necessity of war with the natives. All
accounts agreed that the natives were
tractable and intelligent and capable
Of progress.
Mr.. Proctor here read an extract
from letter from Admiral Dewey con-
corning the character of the Fllipinos,
erned with the slightest difficulty.
They readily give in to reason, and I
have not had the slightest difficulty in
dealing with them"
Mr.. Proctor also read an abstract
from the letter of an army officer,
speaking in terms of praise of the
Filipinos and indicating that there
need be no difficulty with them.
Mr.. Teller, in conclusion, expressed
t1a int, j
be governed from Washington. There
was no reason why, if they were cap
able of approaching them, our bene-
ticent institutions should not be ex-
tended to them. He would give them
all the liberty in this respect that they
were capable of enjoying, and if in
time they manifested capacity to per-
form the duties of statehood, he would
not deny them that boon.
Several private pension bills were
disposed of, after which Mr.. Elkins of
West Virginia called up the bill relat-
ing to the registry of foreign built
vessels wrecked in this country. Mr..
Elkins asserted that we paid a mil
lion dollars a day to foreign built
ships, The balance of trade appeared
to have been $500, 900 900 in our favor for
last year, but, as a matter of fact, it
" do OlllJ dDUul HAL lDdl, as so large
portion of it went to foreign ships.
Mr. Tillman of South Carolina asked
IF we annex the Philippines, where
will our coast trade end" Mr. Elkins
replied that he hoped it would end in
the Philippines, but that was an ex-
traneouS question.
At o'clock the Nicaragua canal bill
was taken up, to the displacement of
the registry measure. Mr. Caffery Of
Louisiana spoke in opposition to the
canal bill. He said the proposition to
connect the two oceans by means of a
canal was so attractive to the magma
ton as to cause many people to accept
1t as a wise enterprise, regardless of
the appeal to reason on its merits. He
deprecated the personal attacks upon
the members of the Maritime Canal
Company, but indicated his belief that
the bill was an attack upon the treas
ury of the United States While Mr.
Caffery was speaking, a message was
received from the house. announcing
that a Senate amendment-the final
question in the 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 re-
marks, Mr.. Caffery, at 4.10 p. m,
yielded to Mr.. Gallinger, and on his
motion the Senate went into executive
session. AT $40 p. IN. the Senate ad-
journed.