Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-07

dOf1nan Salu ne Hau Deen oppOHtu y
the ratification Of the treaty and tn
annexation Of the Philippine islands
f, because these islands contained a pop
llation and people who could not b.
assimifated into our own population
| without degrading the American PEG
| pie. He believed that the adoption D
| the scheme of treaty Of ratification
| would be more disastrous to this coun.
try than anything which had happened
| from the foundation Of the government
| to the present hour. Upon the Senat,
at o'clock. today ne said, it would
depend to determine this question. Ht
cared nothing for the FYlipinos. but ne
| did have a grave and serious care foi
| the welfare of the American people
| Adverting to someNeemarks of Allen
denying newspaper statements to the ef-
| feet that he had promised to enlighteI
| the Senate aus to the political Significance
| Of Gormans position with reference u
| the treaty and paying personal tribute
| to German, German said II thank the
| senator for mentioning my name in con
nection with his statement. IT was q
| brave and manly thing to do. ] THANK
| him. too, for stating our political differ
| ences which are as far apart as are tbs
poles | belong to the conservative De.
mocracy and would at al times oppose
any measure that involved untold woes
| to this country. as l believe this trea ~
| does. This question will not be settled
| or dwarfed by mere personal considera-
| tons or feelings"
statement in Woloott's speech: Yet
while this critical condition of affairs
! exists. it has become evident within the
last few days that certain political lead
ers i'm this chamber believe that new
| issue should be brought before the Amer
lean people to be determined at the next
Presidential election. They intend thai
the American people shall he called 70
pass on the questions arising out OF the
war and that this shall be the issue for
the next campaign
"Well, now continued German. -
suppose that "a fair judgment. a char,
table Judgment, would enable me to say
that the senator from Colorado. OF Al the
senators on this floor. would be the only
one capable Of making such an utterance
while we were considering such great
question:
At this point German was interrupted
by a man in the gallery who cried out
several times in a constantly increasing
crescendo: what do you mean? What
do you mean? What do you mean?''
At $50 p. NJ. the Senate resumed ex-
ccutlve business IN open session. Aldrich
moved that the Senate take up for con-
sideration the resolution Offered CARRIER
In the day by McEnery. The motion pre-
vailed. iIoar proposed an amendment
providing that the proposed government
consent of the people thereof"
Hoar. in support Of mis- amendment.
congratulated those VINO favored the
treaty's ratification for now proposing 10
support such a resolution Ii was case
of better late than never. He believed
if such a declaration had been adopted
several days ago the depioraole occur :
renceS of the past two days in Manila
would have been averted and many
precious lives would have been saved.
Aidrich, in moving TO lay the amendment
on the table. said dt WAS sufficient an
swer 10 Hoar TO say tina, mad i, not been
for objections by the treaty's opponents
this or some similar resolution would
have been adopted several days ago. The
motion 10 hay On the table prevailed. -
10 "a. the detailed vote being as follows:
Ycas--Aldrich. ALISON, Baker. Burrows.
Garter. Chandler. Clark. Culiom. Davis.
Gallinger. Gear. Gray, Hanna. Hans
brough, Hawley. Kenney. Lindsay.
Lodge. Mcbride. McEnery. Mcmillan.
tus Plat Comm. Piatt ~; W, Pritch-
ard. QUAY. Ross. Sewell Shoup. Simon,
Spooner. Stewart, Teller, Thurston, VAL
ren. Wolcott-i5.
Caffery, Chiffon. Clay. Coekrell. Daniei,
German Hale, Harris. Heitfeld. Hoar.
Jones tArk1 Jones tNsyl; Mc,aurin'
Murphy, Perkins, Pettlgrew, Rawiins,
Roach Smith. Tilman. Tur!ey. Turing.
Vest. Wcliington--34
Hoar then moved TO amend the res9lu-
tom by inserting the words ''or to force.
Il government upon them against Their
viii" Aldrich moved to lay the ameni-
ment on the table and the motion was
carried. 10 to 50.
At the Instance of Aldrieh. the resolu-
tfon was amended IN TWO or three verb'.l
particulars. The word pending" was
struck out of the McEnery resolution. as
the treaty was no longer pending In the
fourth line of the resolution the word
said was struck out and the words
"the Philippines inserted 50 the resolu-
ton would not include Porto Rico,
Bacon. Ga, then offered a por-
ton of his resolution as an addition
to the McEnery resolution. Bacon sup
ported his proposed declaration mann
tanning that the United States ought 10
declare against our permanent dominion
in the Philippine islands and TO declare
that We do not propose TO deny the an
habitants of those islands self-govern-
ment.
Gray, Dem. one of the peace commits
sioners, said he had always been willing
to vote for such resolution as that
be willing to vote for d more explicit
declaration, but in the present unhappy
condition at Manila he thought the
United States had been entirely true II
our principles and our declarations
Vest inquired if the McEnery resolution
did not exclude the idea that all govern
consent of the governed and the further
idea that the people of the Philippines
should have self-government.
People Of the kind i'm the Philippines =,
declared Gray, have no right TO demand
any more explicit promise than is con-
tanned i'll the McEncry resolution. ] am
not going my knees to these people.
| am not in favor of going with add.-
tional promises to people who
shooting down our soldiers, who lifted
them from the thraldom of Spain a,id
carried TO them messages of freedom.
| do not propose to surrender to ,hos.
whose guns are pointed at Gen. Otis anu
who have killed our men on land AMI
ship. Let us wait yet little while until
We know what may develop.
Lindsay. Ky. opposed any amendment.
maintaining that the McEnery resolution
would do all for the Fihpinos that W.
promised to do for the Cubans. Why. ne
demanded. should We promise more to "A
people who are shooting down our men
than to those who have always been our
friends?
Caffery declared that the McEnery res
olution provided for nothing more nor
less than a despotic protectorate without
any guarantee of local self-government.
He declared that the attitude of tins
United States in the Philippines was h
false one and had been from the begin
ming. To this Gray took sharp exCep-
tons He declared We were in Manila by
he said. were a finely disciplined body OF
men. who knew their position and then
duty. The Ftlipinos were our allies. yet
they had the hardihood to attack and kill
our people because they We're not allowed
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