Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-10

derstand that in subjugating ana gov,
erning the Filipinos Mr.. Plat proposal
to get the consent of any of them.
| Inclined to Ridicule.
Mr.. Hoar was inclined to ridicule
those who favor expansion and the RAT.
| incation Of the treaty of Paris withou'
amendment. Their arguments. ne salu'
were:
Three cheers for the flag! VINO VIII
| dare to haul 1t down? Hold on to every
| thing you can get. America has outgro"n
| Americansm. In general the friends OF
what Is called imperialism or expansion
content themselves with declaring that
| the flag which Is taken down every hiRh.
| and put up again every morning over ln c
roof of this senate chamber, wnere ~ -
| in its right place, must never De tane..
| down where 1t has once f1oated, "he.nei
| that be it's rightful place or not, aoc-
trine which is not only without justinca-
| ton in International law, but II 1t were
| implanted there would make OF every war
] between civilized and powerful natiohs
| war of determination or war OF us
| honor to one party or the other.
Mr.. Hoar then entered upon a critical
analysis of Mr.. Platt's speech. A1ler
summarizing the argument he SAID:
The constitutional argument for slavery
was ten times as strong as the arsu'', ,r,s
of the senator from Connecticut ~
slave master said he owned men Tor their
good The senator from Connecticut pro-
poses to own nations for their good
He set forth his own constitutional
doctrine which he desired to oppose 10
that of Mr.. Plat. He declared that the
people of this country had not deposited
all sovereignty anywhere and had au-
thorized no agent Of theirs to exercise
all sovereignty unlimited and uncon-
trolled. In discussing how territory
may be acquired constitutionally by the
United States Mr.. Hoar said:
1t may also acquire adjoining or out
lying territory dispose of it, make rules
and regulations for 1t for the purposes OF
national security and defense, as IN the
case of Hawaii although 1t may not DC
expected that the territory so acquired
held and disposed Of shall ever come into
the Union as state.
A Comparison.
However, Immediately following this
statement Mr.. Hoar set the Philippines
against Hawaii in this declaration
Mr.. President, you are not now propos-
ing to acquire or own property III the
Philippines with dominion as necessary
incident. You are not to own a foot OF
land there. You propose now to acquire
dominion and legislative power and moth
ing else. Where in the constitution is the
grant of power to exercise sovereignty
where you have no property?
In support of his Interpretation of the
constitution Mr.. Hoar cited numerous
authorities, among them Charles Sum
ner, Mr.. Justice Matthews and Mr.. JUS
tice Brewer. He then appealed to SEN
ators who are hesitating as to what
their action upon the question Of ex-
pansion may be not to commit them
selves in principle to such policy by
supporting the peace treaty and then
say they will consider hereafter how
they will act under it.
Mr.. Hoar dwelt with emphasis upon
the large increase in national expendi-
ture which the policy Of expansion adj
vocated by Mr.. Platt would entail,
placing the amount at $150,OO0,000 annu-
ally.
He argued that the adoption of Mr.
Platt's doctrine would reduce wages,
increase taxation, place armed soldiers
on the backs of workingmen, and by
the act of the government every Amer
leans dignity would be dishonored and
his manhood discrowned.
In conclusion Mr.. Hoar said:
cannot agree that the lesson of our
first hundred years is that the Declaration
of Independence and the constitution are
failure and that America is to begin
the twentieth CENT where Spain began
the Sixteenth I Monroe doctrine is
gone. Every Eur In nation, every Eu-
ropean alliance II the right to acquire
dominion In this Fsphere when we ac-
quire it in the OF
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