The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-10

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-This proved
an interesting day in the senate, the
principal subject under discussion be-
ing the constitutional right of the Unit
ed States to carry into effect the policy
ot expansion. The leading speaker was
Mr. Hoar (Rep., Mass), who delivered
a speech in support of the resolution
introduced by Mr. Vest (Dem., MOI,
declaring it to be in opposition to the
constitution for this country to acquire
Aanently as colonies.
Although Mr.. Hoar occupied the time
of the senate for more than two hours,
he was accorded the unusual compli-
ment of close and undivided attention
by his colleagues On the floor and
large audience in the galleries. The
speech was in answer to that recently
delivered by Mr.. PIatt CRep., Conn.,,
and had been carefully prepared. Mr..
Hoar took strong ground against the
position assumed bv the Connecticut
senator, maintaining that 1t was in
violation of the constitution. and the
declaration of independence, the ''ge-
NAL expounder Of the constitution, for
this country to acquire foreign terri
tory to be governed as colonies.
MIR. HOAR VOTES NO.
Without adverting to the proposed
rolicy of the United States entering
upon an expansion Of it's territory, ex-
cept in a general and Indirect manner,
MIR. Hoar entered upon a discussion OF
the constitutional phases of the Ques-
tien involved in the resolution under
consideration, prefacing his argument
with a statement of his personal posi-
ton on the subject. He said:
l am quite sure that no man who will hear
what I say today will doubt that nothing
could induce me TO say It but a commanding
sense Of public duty. I dislike to differ from
the president whose election I hailed with
such personal satisfaction and such exulting
antieiPations for the republic I dislike to
differ from many of my party associates
IN this chamber, with whom I have for so
many years trod the same path and sought
the same goal. am one of those men who
believe that little that is great or good or
permanent for free people can be accomp-
lIshed without the inetrumentaiity of party
And I have believed religiously and from
my soul. for half century. in the great
doctrines and principles Of the Republican
party. I stood in a humble capacity by its
IL,
follow It's hearse. I am sure I render It
& service; I am sure I help to protect and to
prolcng the hfe of that great organization
if I can say or cea do anything to keep 1t
from forsaking the great principles and doc
tTines in which alone 1t must live or bear no
life.
am to speak for my country, for its whole
past. and for its whole future. l am to speak
tc q people whose fate IS bound up In the
preservatioI OF our great doctrine Of consti-
tutfonal liberty. I am TO speak for the dead
solder who gave his life for liberty that hds
death might set seal upon his country s
historic memory. l am to speak for the Re-
publican party, all of whose great traditions
are at stake, and all of whose great achieve
ments are in peril.
Certainly no man can ever justly charge
me with a lack OF faith in my countrymen.
or e lack OF faith in the principles on which
the republic is founded. 1 have in the fullest
measure that which stands as the central fig
ure in the mighty group which the apostle
says IS forever to abide-Hope. I thank God
that as my eyes grow dim, they look cut on
a feirer country, a better people, a brighter
future.
1t is not my purpose, Of course, to discuss