The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-20

Washington, Jan. 19.-The senat
listened today to a discussion of III
policy OF expansion. Mr.. Turner o
Washington delivered a carefully pre-
pared speech on the Vest resolution
The speech was for the most part
constitutional argument, in which MI
Turner took issue with Senator Pat
and Senator Foraker upon their recen
I utterances.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Turner
argument Mr. Foraker took some sharI
exceptions to statements made in thu
speech, especially those referring I,
him personally. He explained a
length the nature of his statements
declaring that he had spoken only fol
himself ana had had no intention OF
/ desire to pose as the representative OF
the administration.
I The Nicaraguan canal bill was under
/ consideration nearly three hours. Aftei
much debate a substitute presented 10y
| Mr.. Morgan of Alabama, for the
! bond amendment offered by AIf. ALI
! son was adopted. 1t provides that the
| secretary of the treasury shall not pay
| out for work on the canal more than
/ 2O,000,0 600 during any fiscal year. Earn
est efforts were made to amend the
measure in other particulars, but all
failed.
Mr.. Turner of Washington took the
floor to address the senate on the anti
expansion resolution of Mr.. Vest OF
/ Missouri. He opposed our acquiring
the Philippines and said the noble
/ ship of state, its chart having been
( torn TO tatters, was now drifting
whittier she would on a wild and un-
known sea. This dangerous condition
! he said. was being forced upon the
people by the pretense that providence
has cast upon US new responsibilities
which we may not shirk."
Mr.. Turner adverted to the statement
of Mr.. Foraker a few days ago that it
was not the purpose of the United
States to retain the Philippines per-
manently, but he said he was forced
TO differ from the Ohio senator; be-
cause he found in the treaty which
had been negotiated under the direction
/ Of the president, evidence of such a
character that it must override the
opinion of the distinguished senator
from Ohio
He referred to that part of the treaty
which made not only a cession
to this country of sovereignty over
the Philippines, but an acceptance by
us Of that sovereignty. 1t was imDossi-
bic to forget, too, that the treaty was
negotiated in the midst of a clamor
for an extension of our dominiOns As
further proof Of his position MIR. Turner
referred to the presidents spesch at
Atlanta, in which he asked:
who Is there that viii dare to haul
down the American flag from the soil
upon which it has once been planted?"
COURTING DANGER.
In conclusion, Mr. Turner said:
1T is wen enough to hug the pleasing
thought that We are a great people and
there is no responsibility that can be
thrust upon US which we cannot meet
and face and accomplish with safety
That this is true all may well believe.
else our fathers fought and wrought
in vain and we of this day are degener-
ate children. But it is the height of
quiXotism and is the reverse Of the
teachings OF the fathers to go around
in the world hunting responsibilities
and counting dangers because we are
able TO meet them.
Mr.. President, the American peo-
pie are not lacking in the faith AID
courage of the fathers, which the SEN
ator from Connecticut invokes. They
have sometimes, however, for a brief
period, lacked in the wisdom of the
fathers, but in every case the abarra-
ton has been temporary. When the
excitement OF passion or interest WLi
led them astray has subsidized or gone
by, they have returned to that wisdom
ana conservatism, always tempered
with faith and courage which, Ike our
free institutions, IS the birthright they
inherit from the fathers. / won q.
therefore, amend the Invocation Of tha
senator, confident that it
VIII not fail on dulled ears, and say.
oh, foc the courage ana the faith and
the wisdom of the fathers.
When Mr.. Turner had concluded his
remarks Mr.. Foraker Of Ohio sad
there were some references in 1ir
Turner's speech to himself, to which
he desired to take exception.
Mr.. Foraker maintained that neither
he nor any other senator had held that
could or would legislate for its
territories without reference to its CO.
legations 10 the constitution.
Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah inquired Of M
Foraker if the people of acquired ter
ritory held the privileges of citizens I'M !
der the constitution.
In reply, Mr.. Foraker said there was
hardly an excuse for the interrogation. I
What l said he continued, was tl:ac I
the constitution was not operative in /
the territories IS to the political rights .
u their inhabitants until the legisa- /
tive machinery was set in motion 4
there"
NOT \ MOUTHPIECE.
Continuing his personal explanation.
AIr. Foraker said: The senator from
" ashington made some remarks today /
about what ] said as to the purpCse Of q
the administration. I desire to say here
and ROW THAI I did not speak for any /
body but myself. I desire to say what :
did not imagine il would be neees-
sary to say. L was not speaking for
he administration and the chill that
went up and down the backs of our
friends in London was due, perhaps. TO
I misrepresentation as TO which Of the
ohio senators was speaking" Uaugh-
err Mr. Foraker then quoted from his
speech Of several days ago. further To
explain precisely what ne did say.
i knew" he added, that nobody had
n mind or has in mind now, what has
1een attributed to me-"
He said that when ne spoke of the
actions or possible actions CT the pre-,-
lent, he spoke as one judging from the
public utterances Of the president and
tome knowledge Of his feelings and de-
iires with respect to the question in
land. He then quoted from his speech
he statement that he did not know
anybody, from the president down In
lis humble self, who had any intention
II desire to retain permanent controI
f the Philippine islands.
1T was not" he concluded, "af .
present purpose that spoke, but rather
f the absence of q purpose"
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