The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-22
Treaty to Be
Ratified.
COURSE AT TERTHAT
Clark Howell Outlines q
Possible Policy,

New York. Dea a.-Clark Howell,
member of the democratic national
committee from Georgia, and editor Of
the Atlanta Constitution, after consult
ing with the leaders Of both of the po-
littcaI parties at Washington, tele-
graphed as follows to his paper to-
night:
With the adjournment of congress
for the holidays the final decision on
the peace treaty is as clear as il win be
after vote has been taken IN the SEN
ate. Two weeks ago the matter was in
doubt; today It Is as certain that the
treaty will be ratified as IT viii be that
1t has been after the vote has been tax
en-.
Mr.. Bryan has been In WASHINGTON
Tor several days, and has conferred fFe-
quently and freely with the democratic
leaders in both the Senate and the
House. Ha has advised ratification OF
the treaty, and he is outspolsen IN the
opinion that aside from the question az
national obligation it is a matter Of
party policy for the democrats TO throw
no obstacle In the way OF ratification.
There are leading democrats Of both
senate and House who less than a week
ago were in doubt as to whether or NOT
democrats should assist In ratiepjns the
treaty; more than that, some of them
were outspoken in the opinion that il
was perhaps better to reject It.
To-day many of these democratic
leaders take open position that the
| treaty should be ratified, and that IL
! VIII be, no one who has studied the sit
| uallon from the inside can have any
! reasonable doubt. 1t must not be IN
| derstood that the ratification of tha
! treaty Will carry with it the assunptfon
ehat all those who vote ahlrzna ti.relv
are IN FAVOR of national expansion
across the Pacific. OF the senators who
4 VIII vote in favor of the treaty. there
| VAL De republicans as well as demo-
! crass VINO are opposed IN principle as
| wen az IN theoTy to the trans Oceanic
| expansion Of our national dnn,niy
they take however, and very pPopspJv,
Ehe view that the question OF expansion
per Sc, Is not involved in the consiaer.
atlodi OF the peace treaty and that after
Ipe treaty has been ratified and snoTy,
mas been eliminated as a faetoT, m a.
philippines problem, 1t viii bn +frns
enough 20 consider the policy to he mr..
sued IN dealing with the Phfipnines
| anu Just mere VIII come the real CON
tssL on the question Of expansion.
mr.. tto"elI then says that after the
Treaty mas been finally dtsposed ~
tesgl .ltIoh VIA be introduced making
80 ler.S'l a. Sllon OF the proposed policy Of
enlS government in dealing vvftb -
Fnlhpplnes, and that this re@ol,,+}a,,
~lA ne framed very much a, tbe haef-
Oh the Cuban resolution. adontad o.
lnelQsnt With the declaration of v,r q.
IlIch IL was declared that the policy ~
tAAS government would be to gi,sa +ha
pSe1lia OF Cuba a free and fr7epandanf
government Of their own.
MT. Howell says 1T Is thu 49,.
InlnaEon TO present a resointfon ~ ~,
htIsd as q raliying point fer the 80
PaIlsIon and antf-expansioy, AIeT,,o,s.-
poth dem ooratic and repTIbTfcan ~"
taxes from the Consideration ~ a.
peseoa treaty such doubt as roisht h 49,,
existed as to the outcome and wbich
conotUsion.s' " AND gone
Afr. Howen fUxther saws that +ba
Toee on this proposed pesoSufien will
not % confined by any means to marty
lines ana The outcoLae is in doubt a
large majority OF the democrats Will
Yole m raVor Of 1t and large majority
u the republicans VIII vote AGAINST Al
Dat me size Of either minority "a sJfy1-
me1t4y fFVofved IN doubt TO renfSe1 a1--
eeedlngty qusstiOnably the final antion
rhat VIII be taken on the re<oaxtfnn
He says: ~Ish~ tepubAfcans as q 49,,
VIII favor the "a hieatioa OF tie peaos
treaty and VIII oppose sny fs1Ftfeer a,c-
tion 4hey VIII hold that II WIZ he
time enough to cross the To1YalsT~,Sss,s
bridge when they get to II, and A ne
meantime the Islands should be had
under strict military government. and
If IN Gods own good time il Is demon
strated that the Fi1ipanos are able to
taHs care or themselves and dasfrss ~
maintain government Of their own Il
VIII be time enough tor the UnISeS
states TO take up the question and ADJ
Accordingly
Mr. Howell's summary concludes as
counter over the resolution II re-
be that the country will witness the
spectacle Of badly-severed PARTY lines
and that out Of IL may be ftlrnisbad
the battle cries around which viii he
formed the lines of the next presiden-
tial fight