The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-02


deemed sufficient TO cover all the exigen-
cles OF IT'S future career. 1t was 10 be
the united States of America
Might Have to Change Name.
We could stretch out to the north and
10 The south until We encompassed the Two
continents and all the islands of the Carib-
Dean sea, and still we might appropriately
Dear the name which our fathers gave us.
Shah we now change that name, and if so
what shall the new name be, and what
snail II symboliZe2 Shall ii be the United
States of America and the Kingdom of the
Phlhppines? Or shall it be Empire of
America and Asia? Already there are
spectral visions of this in the political
sky"
MIR. Rawlins then discussed the extent of
the power of the government under the
constitution to acquire, hold and govern
territory, maintaining that such power
must be exercised to subserve the objects
and purposes for which the government
was created. He contended that the con-
stitution in all its provisions, limitations
and safeguards was as applicable to the
territories and their inhabitants as to the
states; that while some of the provisions
of that instrument may not be self-exe-
cutting, they are no less so in a territory
than in state, that an act of Congress is
not necessary TO apply the provisions of
the constitution TO a territory.
Question of Competition.
Referring to the contention of Senator
Lodges and other senator's, that the labor
and products of the Filipinos would not be
permitted to come in competition with
American labor and its products, Mr. Raw
Inns pointed out that If Congress possessed
this authority it could impose duties which
would prevent the wheat grown in Okla
homa from competing with that grown in
Kansas or other states of the Union or
the minerals produced in New Mexico and
Arizona from competing with the like
products of Colorado and Utah. He main
tained that if the inhabitants of the Phil
ippines may be denied the liberty of loco
motion, not as punishment for any crime
in which they may have been duly con-
Victed; If they may be lawfully forbidden
to come to America, then we may deny
them the right of passing from one island
to another, or from visiting their neigh
boris house. and if we may do this, we
may throw them Into dungeons, there to
await the incoming tide TO end their trou-
bles and place them beyond the reach of
American tyranny
Why Do We Want Thems
"What do we want the Philippine ISL
ands for?' continued Mr.. Rawlng. do
we want them to furnish homes for our
own people? No Do we want them to
furnish an outlet for our surplus labor?
DO we want tnSH TO duu a WHOLESALE 6iS-
ment to our population that our sons may
find wives and our daughters husbands?
The bghting curse of the Almighty would
rest upon miscegenation. Do we want
them in order to practice upon their in
habitants the same arts of philanthropy
which applied to the aboriginal inhabi-
tants of this country, have led to their
determination? Humanity says no. Do
we want them in order to send hither
swarms of officeholders carpetbaggers, to
riot among them like Shiny worms eating
out their substance? All! There's the
rub! for this, this perplexing problem
would probably not be seriously confront
ing the American people. NO, there is no
conceivable good which they can bring to
u.s. Their retention BODIES nothing but
evil.
1--WE cannot afford to go even half way
down TO the Asiatic level in order to pro-
portionately uplift their civilization. We
have enacted laws which stand like
eherl1fdra with flaming swords at the gate
ways of the republic to drive back the
hordes of the dark and degenerate races
of the East lest they might enter in and
degrade us"
Lindsay Offers a Resolution.
Prior TO Mr.. Rawlins' speech Mr.. Lind
say of Kentucky, offered the following:
THAT the acquisition by the United
States through conquest, treaty or other
wise, OF -lGTTtOIy tOl dhJdCSilN anu SCO-
graphically part of the continent of North
America carries with it no constitutional
or moral obligation to admit said terri
tory or any portion thereof into the fed
eral union as a state or states.
That it is against the policy, traditions
and interests of American people to admit
states erected out of such non-American
territories or portions thereof into our
union of American states at any time or
under any conditions.
THAT the United States accepts from
Spain the cession of the Philippine ISL
ands with the hope that the people of
those islands may demonstrate their ca
pacity to establish and maintain gov
eminent capable of enforcing order at
home and dscharging the international
obligations resting on such an independ-
ent state and with no expectation or de-
sire of permanently holding those islands
as colonies, or subject provinces, or of
compelling their people against their con-
sent TO submit to the authority of the
United States, after they shall demon
strate their capacity for self-government
as herein defined, the government of the
United States to be the judge of such ca
pacity.s'
At Mr. Lindsay's request, the resolu-
ton was left on the table, subject TO call.
At 5:25 o'clock p. m. the Senate adjourn