The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-04
Daniel Declares the Senators Do
Net Understand 1t.
ADMITS THE ASIATICs
OPENS THE DOOR FOR EIGHT
MILLION ALIENS.
Large and Varied Assortment of
People of All Colors, Spotted and
Even Striped, Would Be Made
Americans-United States Of
America and Asia.

Ill , uAiieillS IN OppOSlllOn 10 expansion
and in opposition to the ratification of
! the treaty of peace. The speakers were
Mr.. Money of Mississippi and Mr.. DAN
iel Of Virginia. The formers address
was Comparatively brief. Mr.. Daniel
made an exhaustive argument, in
/ which he covered all the points in con-
/ troyersy. His speech was a brilliant
! oratorical effort
| Mr.. Money, in accordance with pre-
! Vious notice, began a discussion of the
| expansion problem. He desired, he
said, TO make certain concessions in
/ the beginning. He conceded the right
Of this country to acquire, by conquest
or by purchase, or by any other method
exercised by any sovereign nation, ter
ritOry anywhere, but in cases like that
now presented, the treaty making
power could act only within the limits
Of the constitution. Discussing the
condition of the F'ilipinos, Mr.. Money
declared that if they were not fitted
for government. they were not
fitted to be citizens of the United States
and we would be better off to leave
them TO their own devices. that they
might work out their own destiny.
Mr.. Money entered then upon a dis
cussion of the situation in the Philip
pines. He told how Aguinaldo had
offered his services to the United
States officials, and paid a high tribute
20 the Filipino leader.
DANIELS SPEECH.
Mr. Daniel of Virginia addressed the
senate on the Vest resolution.
Today" said he, I'VE are the United
States of America Tomorrow, if a GER
tain treaty now pending before this
body be ratified, we will be the United
States OF America and Asia"
1t is seriously proposed, he said. that
We take to this country a arge and mis-
cellaneous assortment of Asiatic |
Islands and to make citizens. with all /
the rights of inhabitants of territories |
Of the United States. of the large and |
varied assortment of Asiatics, Mongo- |
lians, AIalays and negroes who inhabit |
them. For his part, he deemed it in |
eXpedient, unwise and unjust that we |
should do this thing
I'VE are asked said he, Ito go 1000 |
miles from our shores to grasp and |
hold as subjects 100000 people by
force of arms, and to hold the land
until the American people shall decide
what disposition is to be made of them.
4 do not believe the body of the
American people understand the sig
nificance of this treaty. 1 do not be-
lieVe that some senators who are cry
ing to US to ratify the treaty under
stand it. The treaty fixes the policy of
the government. What may be done
is merely clerical detail.
The treaty is q thoroughfare over
which 5000, 600 of American citizens
viii march into this Union. 1t is a
marriage of nations. Henceforth and
forever the Filipinos and Americans
will be one. l trust yet, before the
is consummated, the spirit of
American constitutional liberty Will
arise and forbid the banns. What is
heir relation to us. that we should set
'orth, knight-like, with lance in rest,
20 rescue them? We cannot turn them
pack to Spain. The American people
so treat those who were comrades on
he field of battle? They have not yet |
attained the dignity and power of j
nation. We cannot recognize the Fill :
Dino republic and come away from the I
stands. We have only 10 look skyward ,
o see the birds of prey circling about, J
'eady to descend upon those who are ,
weak
GIVE THEM FREEDOM. I
What next? The face of the treaty :
ellis us. Let US treat the Philippines
IS we treat Cuba. We are now in mill
tary occupation of the islands. Let us
emain in military occupation until we
ave assisted them with kindly offices
nd force Of arms, If necessary, until /
hey have established such a govern l
nent as destiny may have fitted them ,
or. I
with respect to Cuba, the president !
ould withdraw our forces whenever j
e thinks we should do so. Give him d
he same latitude with reference to the l.
Contemplating the 125
ears of our nations history, we find
ut one impediment 10 progress, and
hat was found in the effort to intro
uce the colOred race, which was not o
with the Anglo Saxons. !,
his race had been the only fly in our D
ational ointment, and the occurrence 9
ad been most sad and tragic. 1t had !,
lie effect of turning brother against j.
rother, and was the only element that Il
ad prevented the Americans from be-
g a homogeneous people. Now. when d.
e are happily beginning to readjust d
IrselVes to the changed conditions W
fer the civil war, we are challenged -
go forth and lay the heavy hand Of 3.
,vereignty upon another and a differ r.
II race" M
Mr. Daniel also attacked the plan of ii
QUESTION as unwise strategically. 4 70
parate navy would be necessary and
e should have to fortify each of the OF
200 islands. This meant millions upon 81
illions Of expense and an era of mill pi
rism for the United States. Of
He had never expected to be called DC
pendence in this hall. but he felt tn
'und to do so now In the course of su
at defense, he said, the Declaration on
Independence had done more to mold w
nerican institutions and to swing 10
ok our affairs when they went mr.
-ong than any other American utter
ice Mr.. Daniel defended the taking
ID holding of Porto Rico, which, he
Id. was one of the natural outposts
this country.
EFFECT OF TREATY. W;
Mr. Daniel urged the senate not to co
ceive itself or not attempt to de- w.
i've the American people about the OF
ATTY Its ratification. he declared. IA
ant the utter destruction of all tariff a.
rs between US and the Fllipinos. the d
struction OF all immigration laws no
ating to- the United States and the ap
ilippines, and. accorded to the Asia 81
Negritos, 'Malays and other inhab- ~
nts of the islands the right to come ~
o the labor markets of the United -,
ltes on exactly the same footing and ens
der the same protection as those en-
red by American workingmen. DO
Ir. Daniel, after reviewing the kind cd'
people TO be found in the Philip q
les, said: II.
There are not alone the FiIipinos. :,
the Negritos Malays and all the "
icdtehallon OF nueS and cOlorS. There
people black and white, blue, brown
gray There are even spotted peo- y
I'd .of-strf,,e7 A. ~ -. acT
hteOus and glorious war; we are to 90.
-e them in and ordain them with -
oil of American citizenship ma
Tot in a thousand years. thought 'en
Daniel. could we raise the Filipinos
the level of this country's citizen
p. AT the moment the treaty was TIL
fled the historian would chronicle are
l....rir,,air,c- ~ The lsonl:r,o 4loI IL.