The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-01-04

place to-day at o'clock p. m. in the
Assembly chamber, the Senate ana
House being in joint convention.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
| Communication From Senator Per-
| kins on Territorial Expansion.
1t was 1910 O'Clock yesterday morn
! ing when President pro tenn Flint
called the Senate to order. Chaplain
A. j. Sturtevant offered an invocation,
petitioning Divine Providence to guide
the Senators in their deliberations
| Then the Senate settled down TO
business, and after the reading Of the
minutes of Mondays meeting had been
dispensed with, Senator Rowell offered
the following resolution:
HOLD THE TERRITORY.
| s'The Senate of California, the As
! sembly concurring, hereby request the
Senators and Representatives of Cali
fornia in the National Congress to
vote for the ratification of the treaty
| of peace recently entered into by Com
missioners of the United States and
| Spain.
LAS a reason for this request We
voice the general sentiment of the
people of the State in favor of speedy
and permanent peace with Spain.
Further: The belief that all of the
acquisitions of territory that have
come to our Nation by treaties of an
nexation, by conquest, or as trophies
of war, should be retained, trusting
that Congress, guided by the patriotic
sentiment and good Judgment of the
J American people, will have the wisdom
to enact such legislation as will even
| tually make these possessions add to
/ the commercial and military strength
of this country. and improve every
condition of the inhabitants of the
territory acquired"
The resolution was laid over until
such time as Facilities for its printing
might be provided.
| Senator Smith offered a concurrent
resolution providing that the Senate
and Assembly meet in the Assembly
chamber at 2 o'clock p. m for the pur-
/ pose of opening and canvassing the
vote for Governor and Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor. The resolution was adopted
and forwarded to the Assembly.
SENATORIAL EXPANSION.
| Senator Stratton next sent to the
desk a communication in the form Of
a petition from Senator Perkins at
Washington, D. c., requesting an ex-
preston from the Legislature upon
| the question Of territorial expansion.
The full text of the communication
follows:
United States Senate. Washington, d.
| c., December IS, 1898.
To the Honorable, the Senate and As
! sembly of the State of California: With
a full and realizing sense OF my oblga-
| tions and responsibility to my country,
and especially to the people of California.
| | venture to address you this petition. ana
| to ask your advice and Instructions as 70
the pending question, as presented, of ter ter,
ritorial expansion. I am deeply impressed
with the belief that it is fraught with
| more Importance to the welfare of our
| country than any problem has possessed
which has arisen during the present gen
GRAFTON.
/ in seeking your counsel, it is offered In the
declaration that / have always believed,
and have reiterated the same in my pub
| lie utterances, that a public office IS
public trust, and that a representative,
whether an Alderman of City Council,
a Supervisor OF a city and county, "a
| or in the Congress of the United states
| is but the agent, for the time being, of the
fiuenced by the wishes of the majority of
| his constituents. The present great ma
tional question of purchasing far distant
foreign territory, densely inhabited by
| alien races, the people of our State have
! had the opportunity of studying, and on
it arriving at a decision Therefore, |
opinion and Judgment to the wishes OF
| the people of California, whom / have
the honoF in part to s represent in the
1 owe the honor of my election TO the
Legislature Many of the members who
| voted for me have been reelected, and
i mo
their sentiments and wishes upon many
of the vital political issues OF the day.
the people of California that / should
seek through you their advice upon this
great question, because on former occe-
sions you have, by joint resolutions, in
relation to the construction of the Nicara-
/ qua Canal, the railroad, monetary, ana
other national att questions passeSd re ssds
| THAT our Senators be instructed, and
our REPRESENTATIVES in Congress re-
.'Tahe Paris Treaty of Peace" agreed
upon and signed by the Commissioners,
must be ratified by two-thirds of the SEN
States welcome peace, and the treaty will
be ratified either as whole, or with
amendments.
YOU. of the people of California, ! shall
| vote to amend Section of the treaty,
which provides for tho payment of s20o0o,-
coo for the REIMBURSEMENT of SPANS SOW
ereignty, or her interests in the Philip
pine Islands. to the United States. ] am
influenced in this course by the follow
ing reasons: The United States require
only military reservation, naval, and
ccaling station in the Philippine Islands
1t also seems to me to be contrary to the
spirit of our Constitution to acquire a ter
ritory on the ASiatic Coast nine times as
Sensely populated as California. whose
4 inhabitants equal in numbers orle-seventh
of the present population of all the United
States, and who are, moreover, a mixed
people, consisting Of Malays, Tagals
Chinese Visayens. Sulus and Negritos
that have no conception of a government
by the people, and can only be controlled
by force of arms. The great governmental
success of the United States is due tc
the fact that back of the Government has
been the great patriotic heart of the ma
ton which has found its source of power
in the intellectual, religious, thinking
people of the land who agree that the
ballot box should be the arbiter of oul
political differences.
The War Department states that it will
require 1900 troops to maintain order and
protect property in Cuba after all the
Spanish troops have been returned tc
Spain. We now have 20,500 troops in Me-
Mia, and to garrison the other cities OF
the Island of I1uzon 1t will require thres
times that number
The control of all the islands means ar
annual expense for standing army, the
| expense of civil government for the
islands. and an additional navy 1t is
: estimated that this will, in all, amount
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