Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-03

either Of the West Indian islands would
De inimical to the United States.
the admission: replied Mr.. spooaers aers'e TSs .Ss
declaration of independence Is to be sus. IS.
pended pen in the West Indies because it Is in
No: not our interests" replied Mr.
Bacon. Our public safety, which is great.
er than our interests. is affected"
tional safety" said Mr.. spooner. ne ou "rhe rn.
senator practically admits that we wanl ami
hSs,ns.i horto Rico because we need it in ou1
Mr.. Hale made the point that there was
q very sharp difference between the two
cases: The island of Porto Rico could he
considered as an indemnify land Of some
possible value to US and not detriment,
an ever-blighting curse and woe to us as
would be the Philippines. 1t was not a
CONSTITUTIONAL question. but question OF
danger?
Responding laconically. Mr.. spooner said
ne saw the danger.
MI Hoar interrupted to say that he
made no distinction in the two cases. He
took the broad ground that We are moi
Justihed in attempting to govern any peo.
PIE without their consent.
vas vas no way out of 1t, that IL, at the end
OF war, an indemnity is to be taken. il
must be taken without the consent of the
people. e
of Mr; r. spooner announced his apprehension
OF the policy Of expansion. Some people
waltz up to this proposition of national
touehes his as s,Ia gayly as as the 5roubadour
ne sald he was an expansionist to the eX-
tent OF wanting to do everything possible
70 70 extend eatend our trade. but he thought that
10 acquire distant and non-assimilable peo-
ting it.
,os ne ;,sl shrank. he said, from the policy Of
thousands of miles from our shores. a land
whose people were allen. not of our blood,
VINO, VINO were foreign to our institutions. of a
ae in hsh the whs
superficial, sentimental and fantastic much
oexaion of the talk TX the permanent
hauling down our flag when it has once
6een een raised. It has been hauled down in
1WSfmer Wn ;, times: It will be hauled down again.
we VIII not keep 1t afloat in Cuba, but
We VIII take 1t down there leaving behind
Il liberty and an independent government.
PbiIiPnn,nnas bnTIPe TINS also also may be soon true in the
consider l am inconsistent"
18th. II the ratification Of the treaty involved
per @permanent dominion. he said he would not
nnd any half way. resting place between
accepting the cession and abandoning the
Islands to their fate. and this was not per-
as ne Is. would not have to make a treaty
1ea leaving the Philippine archipelago to the
ssSss spanish the ris saivassTy and the brutaiy Of
course would have been to inaugurate a
rule OF anarchy with all its horrors, and
Wniie war was cruel and bitter, anarchy
was nell let loose on earth"
IN conclusion, Mr.. Spooner said that the
ratification of the treaty and the acceptance
py This country for the cession from Spain
was not declaration of principles. He de-
ciared that the Bacon resolutions and all
other pending resolutions on this subject
were rich with mischief and ought not to
De adopted. It was the business of con-
gress to legislate and to follow the lines
marked out by the constitution and the
Will of the people.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Spooner's argu-
ment, Mr.. Tillman explained why he had
interrupted the Wisconsin, senator. He
desired to incorporate with Mr.. Spooners
sRech some statements with respect to
r; Bell. OF the engineer corps Of the army.
Mr. spooner gave his assent to the in
sertion or the statements at the proper
place In his speech.
MT; Ttllman, however, insisted upon read
ing them. He declared that Aguinaldo had
a well armed force Of 10000 men and would
lonial government in the islands.
1nterrupting Mr.. Tillman, Mr.. Hoar in
CURED, Does not Aguinaldo hold in peace
and In order more than fifty times as much
States?"
Mr.. Tillman replied that Aguinaldo held
an OF the Philippines except small por-
tion OF the island Of Luzon around Ma
MA IN conclusion, Mr.. Tillman said that
the ratification of the treaty could only
inject into this country another race cues
tion. which would certainly breed war and
bloodshed. ~-AN
At 1886 p. m, on motion of Mr.. Davis,
the senate went into executive session and
at $40 p. m. adjourned. :