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upon. Personally he was ready to vote
THE BACON RESOLUTION.


THE BACON RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Bacon. who was anxious to OBJ
| tain action upon his resolutions. said
| that unless action should be taken be-
| fore the vote upon the treaty was taken
| all of the cognate resolutions would
| be displaced and rendered null.
After further debate and at the re-
quest of Mr.. Bacon, the resolutions
| were laid before the Senate.
MOTION TO REFER.
Instantly Mr.. Chandler, of New
Hampshire. entered a motion to refer
| the resolutions to the Committee on
Foreign relations.
Mr.. Bacon thought this scarcely fair,
as the motion of Mr.. Chandler. he said,
meant indisputably that the resolution
should die.
Mr.. Chandler disclaimed any attempt
to dispose summary Of Mr.. Bacon's
resolution. although he thought they
ought to be considered by the commit
tee. He held it was only reasonable
that vote should be had on the reso-
lutions and personally he would not
| object to n vote next Friday or Satur-
day. He thought, however, no action
bearing in any way upon the treaty
ought to be taken by the Senate until
the vote was had on the treaty itself
next Monday. The pending resolutions
would then come up very naturally.
tain early action upon the resolutions
in order that the House might have an
opportunity to pass upon them before
the expiration of the present Congress
by limitation.
MIR. CARTER CONDEMNS.
Mr.. Carter. of Montana. discussing
not only the resolutions offered by Mr..
Bacon, but also the situation as it was
presented to the Senate, declared that
| l. t,x.A I.
policy required n vote upon the resolu-
tions at this session of Congress. \
favorable vote upon any of the pending
resolutions before the conclusion of the
work on the treaty of peace. would be
vote of lack Of confidence in the
American people. 1nat, he thought,
was n preposterous proposition. The
treaty now under consideration did not
render 1t either desirable or proper that
this Congress should pass upon the flu
ture of the Philippine Islands. He de-
clared that there was no disposition on
any hand to dispose OF the Philippines
in any other way than the enlightened
Judgment and acute intcitaCt of the
American people should dictate. So far
as he was personally concerned Mr..
Carter said he was not disposed to
mortgage the future or to attempt to
embarrass in any manner the action of
the next or any other future Congress-
The treaty did not bind Congress to
do anything that was not in consonance
with the enlightened sense of the
American people. For what purpose
therefore, he asked. do the gentlemen
who are urging the adoption of these
resolutions seek to bind the action of
the next Congress
MIR. BACON EXPLAINS.
Intcrrupting the speaker. Mr.. Bacon
said that so far as his resolutions were
concerned there was no attempt in
them to commit the government to any
particular policy except that it did not
propose to exercise permanent sover-
eighty in the Philippines.
Mr.. Teller inquired If there was any
thing in the resolutions to prevent the
government from exercising ut least
temporary Sovereignty in the islands.
with the intention. subsequently. OF al
lowing them self government. He be-
lleved that of course, it would be nee
essary for the United States to excr-
else some sort of control over the is
lands. Mt least for time.
Mr. Teller then offered an amendment
to tho resolutions covering his poln;
and Mr.. Bacon accepted it.
MIR. CARTER RESUMES.
Resuming. Mr.. Carter said that Scna-
tors were bclittling the dignity and de-
stroying the confidence reposcd in this
country by foreign nations by cndeav-
orinS to mortgage the future policy OF
the government and voting a lack OF
confidence in the nation by even at
tempting TO adopt such resolutions as
were pending. He declared that the
passage of such acts was II declaration
that the people had no confidence I'm
those who are 10 be in position to make
II disposition of the islands in accord
flna In Of no
The adoption of these resolutions,"
he declared. would be Il pledge 10
those who are dcfying the authority Of
the United States Government in the
Philippine Islands. AS a nation we
CTHIIUr afford 70 hive II undcrsrO0u rtIar
the United States army was expelled
from those islands. Some of the Phil
ippine instruction seems TO have been
imported by way of the Hong Kong
Philippine junta into this country. |
would not vote for such Il petty, trining
promise. even If 1t were to take the en-
tire army of the United States to show
the aggregation of Malays, Mohammc-
dams and Fllpinos who doubt our au-
thority, that we would not bulge one
inch"
y CHANGE NEEDED.
Mr.. Carter thought this country
needed n change in It's foreign policy.
anu lhought our trade would not
amount to much abroad until 1t is once
thoroughly understood that an Amcri-
can citizen would be protected in all his
rights In any part of the world. He
thought II shame on the United States
Government that many of Its citizens.
seeking protection passed by the Amer
lean Consulatcs and entered those OF
Great Britain or Franco.
keplying to a question by Mr.. Mason,
Mr.. Carter said that the power of the
united States was the only authority