The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-04
THE OPEN SESSION.
Speeches by Senator'S Money and Dam
lei Against EApnnston.

AcA AGAthhl ALADHIlStOm,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-For more than
five Eours to-day the Senate listened to
arguments in opposition to expansion and
in opposition to the ratification of the treaty
of peace. The speakers were Mr. Money of
Mississippi. and Mr.. Daniel, of Virginia
The formers address was comparatively
brief, as he did not enter into the con-
stitutional phases of the question. He
vigorously antagonized the ratification of
the treaty, holding that by such action the
Filipinos would be admitted to the Union as
citizens and that if they were not capable
of self-government we did not want them.
Mr.. Money conceded the right of this coun-
try TO acquire by conquest or by purchase,
or by any other method exercised by any
sovereign nation, territory anywhere but in
a case like that now presented the treaty
making power could act only within the
limits Of the Constitution. Discussing the
condition of the Filipinos, Mr.. Money de-
clared that if they were not fitted for self
government they were not fitted to be citi-
zens of the United States and we would
better leave them to their own devices, that
they might work out their own destiny.
Mr. Money denied that the battle of Manila
was in any way necessary. He told how
Aguinaldo had offered his services to the
United States officials. and then paid high
tribute to the Filipino leader earnestly de-
Tending him against the charges that have
been made against him. He suggested that
If the treaty were defeated an arrangement
could be made with Spain by which she
would evacuate the Philippines and turn
them over to their inhabitants Who will
object? Spain would not the FiIipinos
would not and Europe would not on the
contrary, he declared, if the treaty be
ratified we already shall have embarked
upon another war, in the course of which
thousands of our young men would leave
their bones lying in the jungles of the Isl
and of I4uzon.
Mr.. Daniel made an exhaustive argument
in which he covered all the points in contro-
versy. His speech was a brilliant oratoricaI
effort his picture of the situation in the
Philippines and his peroration in which
his appeal to his colleagues not to depart
from the history and traditions of the his
tory Of the Nation were beautiful specimens
of oratory. Throughout his speech he re-
ceived the careful attention of senators and
many auditors in the galleries and at his
conclusion he was applauded warmly.
MR.. DANIELS SPEECH.
In beginning his speech, Mr.. Daniel said:
ca. Tomorrow, if certain treaty now
pending before this body be ratified, we will
be the Unitcd States of America and Asia
1t is seriously proposed said he. that we
take to this country a large and miscel-
laneous assortment of Asiatic islands and
make citizens. with all the rights of fnhabi-
tants of Territoris of the United States, the
large and varied assortment of Asiatics,
Mongolians, Malays and negroes who in
habit them. For his part, he deemed il in
eNpedient, unwise and unjust that we
should do this thing. we are asked - said
he ITO so seven thousand miles from our
shores to grasp and hold as subjects eight
million people by force of arms. and to hold
the land until the American people shall
decide what disposition is to be made of
them. l do not believe the body Of the
American people understand the significance
OF this treaty. l do not believe that some
senator's who are crying to us to ratify the
treaty understand it. The treaty fixes the
policy of the government. What may be
done afterwards is merely clerical detail
The treaty is a thoroughfare over which
eight million of American citizens will
march into this Union. 1t is a marriage of
nations. Henceforth and forever the Film
pinos and Americans will be one. l trust
yet before the marriage is consummated,
the spirit Of American constitutional liberty
will arise and forbid the bans. What Is their
relations to us that we should set forth
knght-iike. with lance in rest, to rescue
them? We cannot turn them back to Spain.
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