Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-12-21
PAY FOR REID And DAY
House Discusses Their Remuneration
For Peace Work.
CHAIRMAN CANNON'S VIEW.
Explains That Nothing In Defense
Fund ReapprOpriatiOn Warrants
Their Getting the Reported
Sum-News of Congress.

OF the session or the mouse MT. CdHloI
called up the conference report on the
army and navy deficiency bill and
moved it's adoption.
Mr.. Dearmond (Dem., Mo- asked
whether the reappropriation of the bal
ance of the $5O,O0O,0O0 to be expended
| under the direction of the president
would in any way sanction or authorize
the payment out of that fund of 100000
| each to Whitelaw Reid and Judge Day
| for services as peace commissioners
Some of the newspapers had reported
that such payment was to be made, Mr.
Dearmond said.
| Mr.. Cannon said he knew nothing
about it. He had seen the statement
and also it's denial, and he called atten-
| ton to the fact that the original $4,000
| 900 was appropriated for the national
defense.
This rcappropriation makes no
changer"
mo change"
Nothing in it to authorize such an
expenditure?
Nothing"
,, The report was adopted.
Apropos of tie fact that this was the
last conference report to be signed by
Mr.. Sayers (Tex), who retires from
congress to become governor of his
state, Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the
committee, paid a high tribute to his
long and faithful service on the appro-
prlations committee. The members
vigorously applauded Mr.. Cannon's ex-
pressions. Mr.. Dockery Dem., MOI
also paid a feeling tribute to Mr.. Sayers.
The Agricultural Dill.
The house then went into committee
Of whole and took up the consideration
of the agricultural bill. An arrange
ment was made by which there should
be four hours of general debate, two on
a side.
Mr.. Wadsworth (Rep., N. ", who
was in charge of the bill, explained it's
provisions briefly. 1t carried $a,696,322,
or an increase of $1S7,120 over the
amount carried by the current law.
Mr.. Williams Dem., Miss.) took ad-
vantage of the latitude allowed in de-
bate while in committee of the whole to
make an argument against the annexa-
ton Of the Philippines. Physically, he
said, the islands would prove a great
disappointment. They were thckly pop
ulated with people of heterogeneous
races. They could never afford home or
opportunity for American citizens. In
the annexation of territory of the past
the area annexed had been always CO.
terminous, except in the case of Alaska,
and we had in each case increased our
population and our power of national
defense. These had been the tests in
the past The Philippines fulfilled none
of these tests.
In the case of Cuba, if Cuba should be
willing in the future to throw in her lot
with us, the case would be different.
Sixty per cent of Cuba's population was
Caucasian a fact not generally known.
Her people could easily be assimilated.
Cuba was practically contiguous. She
lay directly within the sphere of Amer
lean influence.
1--WE want no unwilling subjects"
said Mr.. Williams. 1--WE want no OPP
portunity for the exercise of tyranny.
The south is especially hostile to the
absorption of great population alien
in race, blood, color and customs"
He summed up the objections to the
annexation of the Philippines. They
lay 1000 miles from our coast. Not
single geographical, defensive or racial
test could be applied. Annexation
would project us 1000 miles into the
melee of the orient. We would have to
hold In subsection 900 Filipinos at
a cost of $4,000 900 annually.
In the Senate.
Mr.. Allison 0a.) reported favorably
from the appropriations committee the
house resolution providing for an ad-
journment of congress from Dec. 81 to
Jan. 4, and it was adopted by the senate
without division.
Mr.. Gallinger IN. H) favorably re-
ported Mr.. Proctor's resolution provid-
ing for a committee Of senators to visit
Cuba and Porto Rico with view to as
pertaining the conditions on the islands
and reporting them, with recommended
tons, to the senate.
I'm order to give my friend from
Maine (Mr. Hale) an opportunity to
object ask immediate consideration of
the resolution" said Mr.. Proctor.
II object" exclaimed Mr.. Hale.
The resolution was then placed on the
calendar.
A bill authorizing General A. E. Bates
of. the United States army to accept the
ferred upon him by the president of the
French republic was passed.
A bill to extend the time for the con-
struction of a bridge across the Column
bia river between the states of Oregon
and Washington by the Oregon and
Washington Bridge company was pass
ed.
Mr.. Teller (Colo) then addressed the
senate upon Mr. Vests resolution de-
claring that under the constitution no
power Is given to acquire territory to be
held and governed permanently as col
onies.
Mr.. Teller's address, like that Of Mr..
Plat, was constitutional argument, in
the course of which he maintained the
right of the United States to acquire
foreign territory without entering upon
a discussion of Nle policy of expansion,
except of course in an incidental and
inferential way. In view of Mr.. Platts
very able exposition of the question Mr..
Teller thought he might omit properly
much that he had intended to discuss.
He did not think there was the slightest
question of the power of this govern
ment to acquire foreign territory.
Mr.. Teller said he would ask the peo-
Pile of the Philippines what they wanted
in the way Of government and give it to
them. The sooner the people governed
themselves the better. He believed the
people Of Luzon capable of self govern
ment. In answer to a question by Mr..
Tillman he said we would not permit
revolutions like those which occurred IN
South America.
Mr.. Proctor read a letter from AID.
miral Dewey saying the people of the
phi1ipnipoc can he aa qilv uoyoruod Ia