The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-02

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the liberty of locomOti0n, not as a pun
ishment for any crime of which they
may have been duly convicted, if they
may be lawfully forbidden to come to
America then we may deny them the
right of passing from one island to
another, or from visiting their neighbors'
houses, and if we may do this we may
throw them into Spanish dungeons there
to await the incoming tide to end their
troubles and place them beyond the
reach of American tyranny.
'What do we want the Philippine
Islands for? Do we want them
to furnish homes for our own
p eope? No. Do we want
them to furnish an outlet for our sur
plus labor? Do we want them to add a
wholesome element to our population.
that our sons may find wives and our
daughters husbands? The blighting
curse of the Almighty would rest upon
such miscegenation. Do we want them
in order to practice upon their inhabit-
ants the same arts of philanthropy
which, applied to the aboriginal inbait-
ants of this continent, have led to their
determination. Humanity says no. DO
we want them in order to send hither
swarms of office-holders and carpet-bas-
gers, to riot among them like slimy
worms eating out their substance? All!
there's the rub. But for this, his per-
picking problem, / doubt would ,';,y be
seriously confronting the Ameri an pto-
pie. No there is no conceivable good
which they can bring to us. Their re-
tention bodies nothing but evil.
I'VE cannot afford to go even half
way down to the Asiatic level in order
to proportionately uplift their civilization.
We have enacted laws which stand like
cherubim with flaming sword at the
gateways of the republic to drive back
the hordes of the dark and degenerate
races of the East lest they might enter
into, infect and degrade us"
Prior to Mr.. Rawlins' speech. Mr..
Lindsay, QIy), offered the following
resolution:
"That the acquisition by the United
States through conquest, treaty or 9th
erwise, of territory not adjacent to and
geographically part of the continent of
North America carries with it no consti-
tutional or moral obligation to admit
said territory or any portion thereof into
the Federal Union as a State or States.
"That it is against the policy, tradi-
tions and interests of the American peO-
pie to admit States erected out of such
non-American territories or portions
thereof, into our Union of American
States, at any time or under any condi-
tions.
'That the United States accept from
Srain the cession of the Philippine Is
lands with the hope that the people Of
those islands may demonstrate their ca
pacity to establish and maintain stable
government capable of enforcing law
and order at home, and of discharging
the international obligations resting
on separate and independent States, and
with no expectation or desire of perman-
emily holding those islands as colonies,
or subject provinces, or of compelling
their people against their consent to sub
NIT to the authority of the United
States, after they shall demonstrate
their capacity for self-government, as
herein defined, the Government of the
United States to be the judge of such
capacity"
At Mr.. Lindsay's request the resolu.
call.
At 5:25 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The House en-
tered upon the consideration of the River
and Harbor Bill to-day and, fifty of the
eighty-six pages of the bill had been
completed when the House adjourned
The bill appropfiates directly about
S12,500,000 and authorizes contracts tC
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The general debate was unusually brief
It's feature was a speech in opposition
to the bill by Mr.. Hepburn. of Iowa
who has fought river and harbor bills
for the last six years. He said he knew
his opposition would avail nothing, as
the votes for its passage had been ar
ranged for by the appropriations in the
bill. He attacked the Mississippi river
improvement, which was ably defend
ed by Mr.. Catchings, of Mississippi.
Mr.. Burton, Ohio, offered an amend
ment to the paragraph appropriatin&
$250,000 for the channel from Galveston
to Texas City, Texas, which provided
that nothing should be done under this
paragraph until favorable report had
been received from the chief of engineers
as to the feasibility of the project and
/ Mr.. Hawley, rep. Texas, offered as
a substitute for the paragraph a pro
vision for a survey and estimate of the
cost of the proposed project. He com
planned that he had been ignored in the
preparation of the bill. In view of Mr.
Hawley's statement. Mr.. Burton moved
| 10 strike out the whole paragraph, say
ing, that the opposition to this project
might arise from friendship for Calves
ton and the BraZos river project. The
latter motion prevailed, and the whole
paragraph went ont of the bill.
This practically was the only
amendment adopted to-day. The House
at 800 y. M, adjourned.
MASTERING OUT ORDER.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The War De-
partment today issued an order to mus
ter out about $4,000 volunteer troops
The troops are:
First Maryland now at Augusta, Ga
Third Mississippi and Second Missouri
now at Albany, Ga; Eighth and fhir-
teenth Pennsylvania, now at Augusta,
Ga; Fourteenth Pennsylvania, now al
Somerville. s. c.; Fourth Texas, now
at San Antonio, Tex; Fourth Wiscon,
sin, now at Admission, Ala; Seventh
volunteer infantry now Mt Macon, Ga,