The Portland daily press., 1899-02-08
w. l.. CARD,
TaiIor-Draper,
NO. 10 FREE STREET.
l.. 4

furore that EXTENDED tnrouVn certain sec
| ions even of our owD beloved State at
the election was something that startled
many. In condition OF prof und peace.
when there was not solitary negro
sheriff or clerk. so far as / ever heard,
| in that whole State.-Not one. and when
there had been fewer lynchings during
the year the State was out of Democratic
ruls than there had been at any pri3r
| time-for many years, III l am correctly
| informe6-when social order was perfect
| throughout the state in II time OF excite
ment when this maddening issue was
| raised; and the effect would probably
| have been the same Il am NOT here to say
| it would not have been) in any oommun-
| ity-there went throughout the state such
a condition Of feeling that the result was,
II have understood the figures Alright
that North Carolina lost more than nall
as many men in the late election-and
some on both sids, / believe-than ths
state lost in the war with spain. be-
lieve that an exAmination of figures or an
account taken by jury duly impaneled
would show that more men lost theIr
lives or received injury OF some sort from
violence even in that State where, III
seems to me. there was not the most re-
mote possibility of the domination OF the
inferior over tho superior race, than the
state, lost IN the war with spain, noswith
standing the first sacrifice made in that
war was a beloved son of our state whom
we almost worshiped. And besides, as
friend near me suggests. not more than
one-t tn ird of the population were negroes.
"lhese are some of the results spring
ing out of the race issue. No man can
read this book before me, showing that
Idaho with one member, gives vote OF
| "a, 600, while another State of rhe Union,
with seven members gives 80, 33i, with
out coming to the concl usion that here Is
a trouble which should engage the atten-
ton, the undivided attention, Of every
statesman In this Republic.
"Why, then introduce additional com.
plicationsf Why go to the Philippine
Islands and bring into our sisterhood In
| TO this great national family of ours a
| community of 10, 000, 600 people, represent.
| ing l do not know how many different
| branches of the human race, all of whom
are interior to the intelligent white man
| In North Carolina or South Carolins, and
inferior. in fact, l presume, to most of
the negro population of onr country
most: / do not say all In doing this,
MIR. Chairman, IL seems to me We Invite
| % greater evil than has yet otertaken us. -
Perhaps the most serious speech of the
whole debate was made by Gen raj David
b. Henderson, of Iowa. har lier in the
debate, Mr.. johnson, Of Indiana, had put
to General Henders On's eloquent and
witty colleague, Mr. Dolliyer, this ques-
ton: docs the gentleman advocate tho
forci5le annexation of the Philippine is.
lands Rgaint the wish of the people of
those islands," Mr.. Dolliyer evaded this
question. lie evaded IL with SO many
! graces of oratory and so much wit that the
evasion would have been disguised had
his opponent been less vigorous and insis-
tent. AS 1T WAS the evasion was 50 appar-
ent that no one could deny 1t.
General Henderson, after defending the
| President from some attacks which had
been made upon his motives, answered
the question which Mr.. johnson had put
as follows:
! What may be in the brain of the Presi-
dent if that treaty is ratified / know not.
For one it is enough for me to know what
my duty is. | interrogate myself, and
say that while can not tell yet what my
duty may he (for do not know what the
real conditions are there or what those
this House and my country that / have
! country taking the Philippine Islands to
govern them as United States territory.
(Applause.) l have grave doubts on
that question. Eliminating every moral
question and looking at it from the stand
point of a member OF the Ameican family,
which must weigh the expenses and tine
responsibilities that he Is about to assume,
II you ask me would force a govern
ment upon the bilipinos against their
! will, answer no." (Applause.)
! Mr.. Henderson perhaps expressed better
than any other member the state of mind
OF the House OF Representatives on this
question.