The Worcester spy., 1899-01-28

" as possible to complete the with
drawal of their sovereignty from Spain,
and that we ought ourselves to assume
its obligations and prudently to dis
charge them until we have had full op-
portunity in our own councils to deter
mine their best disposition. This is all
that the treaty Of Paris proposes or
imposes. 1t is all that the administra-
ton has at any time suggested 1t is no
more than a safe and conservative pol
icy advises. 1t is no less than our
public obligations require. ItS is a
plain, clear, positive duty. ! 1t rs one
-of those duties that are not to be got
rid of by evasion nor even by denial
1t would remain after you had rejected
the treaty. 1t lies in the nature of
the situation. Your army, your navy
and your flag are at Manila. You can
add to their dangers if you will. But
their duty abides, and the will Of the
nation must be done"
Mr.. Fairbanks of Indiana then pre-
cipitated discussion by a statement
which he submitted with respect to the
anti-eXpansionist propaganda. He said
that on Thursday clippings from agri-
cultural newspapers from various parts
of the country were inserted in the rec
ord.
There is a systematic and subtle at
tempt to mislead the people of the
country with respect to the question of
expansion" said Mr.. Fairbanks, 3"and
the agricultural papers are being used
as medium for this misinformation.
Mr. Fairbanks said that he had been
credibly informed that Herbert NV
rick, the editor of an agricultural pa
per at Springfield, Mass, had sent to
agricultural newspapers throughout the
country the letter of Andrew Carnegie
to Secretary Wilson in opposition to
expansion, and had urged them to print
1t and comment favorably upon it. the
space in their papers to be paid for at
the usual rates. He then had read
from the communication sent out by
tnose who were opposed to the policy
| or expansion, remarking that he de-
sired simply to put the Senate in pos
session OF Information contained there
in.
Mr.. Hoar said that the matter which
had appeared in the agricultural papers
with reference to the question OF ex-
| panslon was simply being supplied to
the Senate for it's information and as
j a guide, so far as it might be consid
i ered TO be such, to senators as to the
| views OF the great agricultural class of
this country.
If there could be, he said more abb
/ soIute harmless method of comrnunica-
tlng opinion, he did not know what it
| was. He indicated tnat the expansion
list press was being employed TO the
same end, and said he did not enter
any objection to It.
Il CONSIDERATION of pension appropria-
tlon Dill was resumed. Mr. German
called attention to the large amount
carried by the measure about S145. 900
700, and said that Notwithstanding the
Lact mat IL per cent Of our soldiers
VINO mad been and were still engaged
: IN the war with Spain in tropical conn
: tries were suffering from illness that
Il would make them proper applicants for
pensions, no provision had been made
III the pending measure for this in
crease IN the pension roll
4 continuing, Mr.. Hoar said that the
war with Spain would swell the pen
sion roll by at least 10000 names if
the troops were not recalled from the
tIoplcaI cllme by the first next Septem-
: per: Within three years from this
date said Mr. German, 1.-The pension
roll Will amount to $4,000, 900 a year.
II you add to that the cost of main
| tanning your army Ca thousand dollars
a mani the American republic will in
the year 1900 expend more for its army
and pensioners than any other nation
II on the face of the earth
MI Perkins of California, in charge
iSHiiCu lIldI the COM
mlttee had drawn the bill according to
estimates furnished 1t by the depart
ment, as always had been done.
referring to the speech of Mr.. Butler
or North Carolina, last evening Mr.
Gallinger thought It was a trihe late
to enter now upon the discussion of
questions with respect to the civil con-
filct that had been decided for all time
more than third of century ago.
The question of states rights had been
! submitted to the arbitriment Of the
sword and had been so decided.
The pension bill was then passed.
AT 2.O5 p. m.,, on motion of Mr.. Davis,
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, the Senate went in executive
session. At 4.5O p. m. the Senate re-
sumed business in active session the
order OF business being eulogies of late
Representative Cook of Illinois. At me
conclusion of the eulogies. the Senate
at 5.15 o'clock, as a further mark of
respect, adjourned