The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-16
THURSDAY, MARCH is, 1899.

In 1924, during the administration
President Monroe, the question of exa
pansion was troubling the government
In.aymessage to Congress the President
advised the occupation of Oregon; and
in accordance with his suggestion bill
was drawn up authorizing the estab-
ushment Of post on the Columbia
river. The bill aroused warm dis
cussion. Expansion and anti expansion
wzere arrayed against each other just as
taeyFare today, and all the time worn
arguments of the ants" were in
evidence. Besides these there were
sothar objections cited peculiar to the
case and proven ridiculous by subse-
quent events which correspond to the
new arguments brought forth today,
rwhich time will also prove to be
groundless. The opposition to the
occupation of Oregon was led by Sena-
3 Gor Dickerson, of New Jersey. In the
course of his speech in the Senate on
Feb. rs, 1925, he made the following
remarks
AS yet we have extended our laws to
= no territories but such as were or are to
&eCome states of the Union. We have
not adopted a system of colonization,
zand it is to be hoped we never shall.
Oregon can never be one Of the United
States If we extend our laws TO it we
rmUst consider it as colony. As yet we
have sent no military force there. What
is the immediate pressure for such
force at this time? To protect our
ships engaged in whaling and fishing,
anu in the fur trade and taking of sea
,otters? The whales are caught in the
southern ATTITUDES, and all the sea
ptters we shall ever take upon the
coast of the Oregon territory would not
t.psyfdhe expense of marching single
= company across the Rocky Mountains.
But is the territory of Oregon ever to
, become a state. a member Of the UnionY
Never. The Union is too extensive al
TeaGy we must make three or four
slew~states from the territories already
formed. There we're then "a states
r The distance from the mouth OF
l.the Columbia to the mouth OF the MIS-
Aouri is 1856 miles-from Washington |
TO the mouth of the Missouri is l, lou
understanding the whole distance from
washington to the mouth OF the !
y4OlUnabia river 4,7I5 miles-but say |
1850. The distance, therefore, that
member of Congress from this state OF
Oregon would be obliged TO travel 10
coming to the seat of government ana
returning home would be $500 miles;
%his at the rate of So for every 70 miles
avould make his travelling expenses
amount to 1920. Every member of
Congress ought to see his constituents
once q wear. This is already very dill
cult for those in the most remote parts
Of the Union. At the rate which
the members of Congress travel &C
esording to law, that is 20 miles per day,
ut would require to come to the seat OF
gov .Ament from Oregon and return,
400 days. Yet a ing, able oodled
Senator might travel from Oregon to
Washington and back once year, but
ne could do nothing else. 1t would be
more expeditions, however, to come by
water around Cape Horn, or to pass
through Behring's Straits, around the
D0rUl COAST Oh CulS COuClhOLO w D"AAH y
Bay, thence through Davis Straits to
the Atlantic, and so on to Washington.
1t is true this passage is not yet dis
covered, except upon our maps--but it
will be as soon as Oregon shall be
state.
If we plant a colony at Oregon we
must protect it, and at an enormous
expense. And what advantage canwe
expect IN return? Surely none. We
form a vulnerable point where our
enemy can easily reach US, and where
it will be very difficult to defend our
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