New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-14
U,LATRTN AGAINST EXPANSION.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR SPEAKS
IN FAVOR OF THE VEST RES
OTJ-TJON

vrasbirgton Ian 13-In the Senate to-day Mr..
McIaurin, Of South Carolina. made carefuhy
prepared speech against the policy or expansion
He advocated the adoption of the Vest resolution
declaring that this country could not maintain per-
manently as colonies such territory as the Philip
pines.
MI McIaurin felt that as representative Oh
South Carolina he peculiarly qualified TO speak
on the incorporation Of "a mongrel and semi-par-
harhous population" into the body polite. The eX-
perence OF the South for the last thirty years win
the negro race" said he Us pregnant with lessons
OF wisdom for guidance In the Phillppines' IL
is passing strange that Senators who Favored UNI
versal suffrage should now advocate inperlansm
There Is glaring inconsistency In these positions
II they are sincere in their views as TO the Philip
pines they should propose an amendment to the
constitution which will put the inferior races In
this country and the inhabitants OF the philippines
upon an equality 10 their civil ana pohticai
tights and thus forever settle the vexcd race
and suffrage questions in TINS Counti5 as wei 'S III
the outlying territories
Wv can thnv consistently Justly and ! might
add constitutonaly advocate policy for outlying
territorities embracing races so nearly AKIN 10 the
negro which differs radically from the pohcy
adopted as 10 that In the South? Ihere can DC
but one answer 10 that question. and that Is that
they substantially admit in the light OF fhrd OF
centlry's experience. that universal suffrage is
monumental failure and that the time has come
for the correction of this stupendous governmental
error
After further discussing the constitutional points
NJ the question Mr. McLaurin said II was IDLE 10
speak OF AmeTicanizing a tropical country eieht
Thousand miles away The American people woulo
never consent that the people OF That far-oH 'ahu
ebou,d have a voice in the affairs Of this country
"However" said he IL believe the time is not far
off when our flag will float every foot OF North
American soil but it must come naturally ana
neacofullv bv the consent Of the governed. not Dy
tho rude hand Of war" Government by force was
desnotism ne maintained. and II this country was
to establish a despotism, II must he prepared 10
maintain q great and enormously expensive army
and Navy 1t meant never-ending STRIFE Win 'he
nations OF the world.
MI McIaurin then entered upon CONSTITUTIONS
discussion of the question presented by the resolu-
ton maintaining that all the rights and powers or
tho Federal Government enumerated specihcaily
IN the Constitution and such as were not thus
snecincally defined did not exist
Mr. McLaurin spoke for an hour ana ten MIN
utes and he was heard with attention
Mr. Sullivan OF Mississippi. and Mr. fasco' Oh
Florida discussed the pending Nicaragua Canal
MI tho former supporting and the latter oppos-
ing II. ,,, co-u
NJ snooncr reported from the Judiciary COM
ni,tec a bill providing that the Nth ana WIN
judicial circuits eacl shall have an aodl'oha'
iudge and the bill was passed
The Indian Appropriation bill was taken up pu'
oo,,staora,ion was not finished before adjourn