The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-27

Several times before he had made a
similar request.
Il should imagine the gentleman
could tolerate democratic applause"
interrupted Mr.. Henderson. republican,
of Iowa
The gentleman can always tolerate
the applause of honest men, no matter
whence it comes" replied Mr.. Johnson
quickly. As the applause which greet
ed this rejoinder died away he added:
And he car also tolerate the narrow
censure OF those of his own party as
he has done frequently in the past. He
has never been so we'll satisfied with
himself as when his narrow colleagues
were crying him down.
I pride myself, MI. Speaker he con-
tinued, drawing himself up to his full
height, that 1 have broadened since
entered public life. Ny party is a
means, not an end with me, and when
l believe my party is wrong, nothing
can make me abate my independent
convictions. tGreat democratic APP
plause.)
proceeding, he denounced the presi-
dents course as a .'oplicy of evasion"
and charged that his supporters were
c~onJuring up spectres to drive in the
opposition, and continued: IF we set
the example and withdraw, recognizing
the independence of the Philippines,
tAICl "OuIu uO but IL other
countries did pounce down upon the
islands, let them do it. We were not
expressly or implicitly responsible. II
there is to be an European war, let us.
In Gods name, keep out of it. The
cry went up: 'Ratify the treaty and
stop the a The president arrogated
to himself the right to speak for TO-
OOO,OOO people. l hank God for the
spirit of independence in the senate
or the ITnifnd Cfofac irrerAAo q
party. Bryan never made a greater
n than when he said the treaty
should be ratified and our policy de-
termined afterward. Andrew Carnegie
was nearer right, but he said the treaty
should be fought in the dark, not the
open. 1 say we should fight it from
start to finish. Public sentiment should
be aroused. 1t is being aroused, as ev-
idenced by the great public meetings in
New York and Philadelphia, and my
word for it, it will not be many
months before the tide of public SEN
timent, which the president vainly i'm
AGNES is now carrying him unani-
mously to a second term, will recede
and leave him high n dry. The
voice of the people will rebuke the
spirit Of commerce which has supplant-
ed the spirit of liberty.
IF the treaty is ratified without
oSAA6 SOoPiCo b d IcSOlullOn ue-
claring for the ultimate independence
of the islands, it will be the death knell
of all our efforts to stop the torrent
He would vote for a bill to reorganize
the army, but, before God, he would
never vote for a standing army of Zoe, :
900, whose ultimate object was to es-
tablish a colonial system.
IF I were in the senate" he said, u
would rot in my seat first. 1 would
scorn h demands of a state legisla-
ture and the clamor of the press. ]
would not let them malign my charac-
ter and misinterpret my motives, but
L would swerve from what / be-
lieved to be right"
Mr.. Johnson next referred to the part
Great Britain had taken in inducing
the United States to enter into the
controversies of the far east, and OF
the manner in which British assist
ancel was being given to the "iniqui-
tous policy of William Mckinley"
Let there be a new treaty." he
pleaded vehemently. Let it not give
$40, 600, 900 for a cession of the Philip.
pines to the United States, but let ii
provide unequivocally that Spain with.
draw from the Philippines n give t.
he Philippines the inestimable bless
ings of liberty. This Old World policy
means constant war and rumors o.
war. the hurrying of ships, the con
centrating of great forces Of armed
men, the glisten of bayonets and sa.
bers, the fitting out of vast expedition.
Of transports, the building of grea'
dock yards, the embarking on a cours,
like that of England which has EN-
brOiled it in war uninterruptedly fol
one hundred years"
The Indiana member now turned t
h "cost Of expansion" He detailed
h cost of the war and the estimate
Of $145, 600, 900 for the military estab
lishment and $45, 600, 900 for the nava
establishment for the next fiscal year
exceeded that Of the great militar.
powers of the world. 1t vas within
$1,000, coo of the cost OF Great Britain
vast establishment by which she rule.
her colonial empire: 1t was more thai
the var budget Of Germany: NOR
than that of France or any other ma
ton on the face Of the globe. And thi
was to realize 1.-The wild dream of ex
~pansion."
Mr.. Johnson's time was twice e K
tended, democratic members Of tn
military committee yielding their tim
to him.
j The Monroe doctrine, he declared
would vanish with the annexation o
the Philippines. If we reached out int
the other hemisphere we could no
with propriety, resist aggression @
this.
In concluding, Mr.. Johnson said tina
the cup Of our national humiliatio
was fille$ to OVERLOOKING, and closin
said:
w have witnessed the splendi
achievements of our soldiers and sail
ors and have inspired in the Old Worl
;. a feeling of respect. This country, tn
. beacon light of liberty, this locked an
~intrenched continent, this proud an
erect nation. which never in its his
i. tory was obliged to ask a favor of an
:. other country on earth, now depend
!. upon the intervention Of England {
? keep other powers of its back. w
have become a miserable mendican
!, dependent upon the mother countr.
We are compelled TO abandon the Cal
} dinal principle Of protection and sui
: nit to the open door policy"
: At this point the gavel fell and NJ
r Johnson said he would not trespal
. further upon the time Of the other sid
though he was urged to 60 on.
thank the other side" he said, "f,