The Springfield herald., 1899-01-13

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The Instructions TO be sent 10 General
OTIS at SIsuila. which viii b. prolnul-
gated there 4, I proclamation by the
President The instructions are similar
in import 10 those --nt TO our officers
at Santiago upJn the occupation Of that
ciry by the United States troops. The
! Cabinet aI-o decided that existing CON
| Ciiri0n- justine! a further reduction OF
| the military forces Of the United states
and the ss--Teiary Of war was instruct
ed TO arrange for the immediate muster
/ out Of 5000 volunteers The details
/ for the execution Of this order have
No, yet h--en arranged Several Of the
volunteer orders in the Philippines IN
roubtedly will b. Included in the
number.
President Mckinley received from
The American Peace Commission. late
Saturday afternoon III. treaty Of peace
between Tie United States and Spain
| In presenting this momeltOus docu-
/ menr- Judge Day. A. chairman Of the
! commission. said II represented the
earnest efforts of the American repre-
-entaiive- at Paris. and that 1t was
submitted with the hope that 1t would
rebound TO the peace. credit and glory
[ Of the American nation Accepting the
/ treaty from the hands Of Judge Day.
the President responded with heartfelt
thanks and concentrations to the com
mission a. a body and to the members
I individually He spoke Of all that had
been accomplished and Of the happy
method by which difficult questions
had been adjusted
\ well-lnfJrmed newspaper man
says: There j. no question Of the rati-
iicsrion Of the Spanish treaty by the
Senate although there may be a good
deal Of debate II Involves many in
teresiIng questions that have not been
discussed in that great debating >0cie-
ry and establishes Il number OF precc-
dents Of Importance. The only Kepub-
lican who j. certain TO oppose it il Mr..
Hale of Maine. Mr. Hoar and M.
Morrill,. On general principles. are
against the annexation Of territory by
the United States in the West Indies
or the Asiatic ocean. but will not ariag
onize the government. At least one
half q the Democratic senators will
yoie for ratification. and probably
more. The attempt TO organize that
party against the Presidents policy'iS
failure. because such movement
could do no earthly good and would
only result in defeat.
The Senate committee on foreign re-
lations has concluded its revision Of the
bills providing for territorial govern
nent for Hawaii. and Senator CullOm
reported the changes TO the Senate.
There were numerous changes, the
most important being as follows: The
section defining citizenship was amend
ed by striking out the word white"
and also the explicit reference 10 POF-
iuguesc and left TO read as follows:
That all persons who were c!ti-
Zens OF the republic Of Hawaii
on August 81. 1sSS, are hereby
declared to be citizens Of the United
States" The provision in regard To
the qualifications of territorial senators
is changed 50 as TO require that the sen
ator shall be a male citizen, thirty
years Of age, that hc shall have resided
in the Hawaiian islands not less than
three years and that he shall be quail
flied 10 vote for senator's" The explicit
property qualifications being stricken
out.
General Shafter appeared rather un.
eXpectcdly before the War Investigat-
ing committee last Tuesday and told
his story of the Santiago expedition.
He was supported by his aide. Colonel
Miley. who WIS with him in Cuba, and
flanlied by large portmanteau of pa
pers, to which his aide occasionally ap-
piled for reference. General Shafter's
story Of the operations around Santi-
ago WAS tcrsely told, but nj times quite
vivic in its recital and interesting in
detail. Briefly summed up. his esti-
mate Of the Santiago expedition was
that 1t had been military success. and
cheap Mt the cost of 800 men lost in
the fight. He considered the eXpedi-
tion TO have been as well fitted out as
the time allowed would permit. and
said that on looking back he had no
criticism of his plans 10 make and
would not change them IL the events
had to be gone through again. lie
said he had no complaints of any sort
to make and would be 10th to intrude
them at this time if he had.
4 decision by the Supreme Court
some time ago seems to settle the
point raised against the constitutional
ty Of expansion" 1t said: The pow
er of Congress over the territories of
the United States is general and plen.
| ary. arising from and incidental 10 the
| right to acquire territory itself, and
| from the power given by the constltu-
| tion to make all needful rules and reg.
| ulations respecting territory and other
| property belonging to the United
States. II would be absurd to hold that
| the United States has power to acquire
territory and no power to govern 1t
when acquired. The power to acquire
| territory is derived from the treaty
making power, the power to make ac.
QUESTION of territory by conquest. by
| treaty and by cession is an incident of
national sovereignty. These proposi-
| tons are so elementary and 80 neccs
sarily follow from the condition of
| things arising upon the acquisition of
new territory that they need no argu
ment to support them. They are self
evident"
| Senator Teller occupied the first half
of Tuesdays session of the Senate with
n speech In advocacy of the theory
| that there are no restrictions upon tho
right of the United States to expand
| lis forders SO as to include n far dis
| tant territory. He went quite thor
oughly into the legal points bearing
upon the question. and incidentally
discussed at some length the form OF
government for the Philippines, say
ing that he would encourage self-gov-
ernment among the islanders and
would give them the most liberal gov
ernment which they We're capable of
conducting, but that he would not take
down the American flag where once
planted. IF this government will say
to the people of this acquired terri
tory" said Mr.. Teller, I'VE will give