Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-07
FIGHT ON EXPANSION,
Senator CaRery Takes Strong
Ground Against 1t
alNSON ON IMPERIALISM
mird The Constitution Tor Us to
Undertake Colonial System,
,ow At cIvm-sERvIcE REFORM.
-. House, in Committee OF tue
,,-hoIc. strikes Ont che Appr"Pr'"
zion for the Commissioners"
~, for orr Volunteer soldiers.

,ton for the Commission-E<tr"
"a, for our Volunteer soldiers
wAsHINGTON. January 6.-lmmediate-
g. after the Senate convened to-day
.,. rssolution offered yesterday by Mr'
r..r Of Massachusetts. calling on the
,,...,lent for information as to the in
.....-ions OF the commissioners who ne
...,ted the treaty Of peace, together
.t I'm correspondence and reports re-
,.,.,e 10 their work, was laid before the
body.
,.'.irnan Davis. one Of the commits
...-... desired that IL be referred to the
r.,srn Relations Committee, but Mr..
Nv insisted that the Senate had as
.-.., right TO such Information as the
....,t.srs of the Foreign Relations Com
,,,,es and that the President should de-
,..roire whether the Senate should have
b. The resolution was adopted in secret
session.
sprrCH AGAINST EXPANSION.
,- s,roort OF the resolution offered some
..-...g, ny Mr.. Vest, OF Missouri, in op-
,...,,oo 90 expansion. Mr.. Caffery, of
Louisiana. delivered an extended speech
M, relrtad out that the Government of
cha limited states was formulated by its
s,Br8.rs .n order that "a social and gov
,Bmertaf fabric OF their own might be
c-rstail.zsd into form of law. 1--WE have
heard" said he. "some startling doctrines
us 70 tle power Of the United States to
establish governments in foreign terri
t-y acquired by the United States an
a5lnced on this floor" He declared that
these announced doctrines were more ar
hfrary than any which had ever before
been heayi in the United States Congress
They conferred upon Congress a supreme
power-a despouc power unlimited anC
Unrestricted. He quoted from the speecl
of Mr.. Platt. of Connecticut, TO which his
address was an answer, that part Of the
Connecticut Senator's statement OF the
uowers Of the United states in which he
maintained that the right TO acquire for
elgu territory was inherent and without
limitation and that the power to estab-
n.h government on such acquired terri
tory was Inherent and a sovereign right.
"Hre." said Mr.. Caffery. "the old pro-
position Is advanced that the right 10
Government s broad and imperial and
without limitation by our Constitution.
n the argument advanced by the Senator
from Connecticut be true and sound, then
tle Individual rights of man are TO be
hrId by the United states under con-
pressiona despousm. Our Constitution
knows no despousm; IL provides against
despotsm. but right here is despotism
Of the most fragrant possible character"
THE GOVERNMENT INHIBITED.
Mr. Canery said he proposed to argue
that the government OF the United States
Was inhibited from cooperating. the re-
cently-atquir-d territory into the United
States; that Congress had power TO gov
cu any acquired territory only with the
ultimate purpose OF erecting il into States;
that people of such territory cannot be
held dcsrotc3lly by Congress. and that it
would he unwlse and dangerous to incor-
l0rate into the United States as citizens
leople who differ widely in their habits.
Customs and religion from the people OF
this country"
Nr |anery then entered upon an Ella
p
H had been the unwavering policy of this
g1yernment TO obtain from the governed
N,r consent before the reins Of the gov
eminent were drawn over them. Mr.. Caf-
ferry said even If we had the right TO in
corporate these distant islands. inhabited
Dog 20 strange people, into this county,
freedom could not exist i'm the sub-tropics.
GOD HAS SET THE BOUNDS.
4
'sluWs that God has set the bounds where
he different peoples of the earth shall
abide When / look at the conditions of
the world / am unalterably convinced that
no permanent sway can be held by the
White man over the black man in the
slt-'rop.cs except by a strong military
and cruel despousm." Mr.. Cafery said
we were sometimes told from the pulpit
that $50 had a mission TO perform-that
mission being to spread among all peo-
l.es The doctrines OF human rights. He
doubted whether this could be done by
placing upon the people a yoke, and whe-
lher ihe principles of Christianity could
De- advanced by force.
AZ tAe conclusion of Mr.. Caffery's argu-
mont An. Morgan, Of Alabama. an
ho-noel ON behalf Of the Nicaragua
'anal Company the acceptance in a modi-
u.l form of the amendments offered by
Ar Berry before the holidays to the pend
ing canal bin. The amendments were not
PASSED upon by the Senate.
Iae Senate adjourned. after a brief exc
Cive session.
Victory for Antf-CiviI-seryice RE-
form.
Toe ant-civil service reformers scored
a. o.. s.aa
AN'e. executive. and judicial appropria-
"'- bill was taken up for consideration,
eNl when tho appropriation for the Oivil
service Commission was reached, Mr..
Evans Rcpubhcan), Of Kentucky, made
motion TO strike Il out. This motion
"as been made annually for a dozen years
.. more. but has Invariably failed But
w-Na\ the opponents o. the law laid great
sdess ON The fact that they could not
-.' direct vote on the proposition. and
"'it. therefore. compelled 10 seek its
"-l'l"cauon in this manner. Even these
appeals failed 10 bring out the full
l,Nslh or the opposition. though the
N'.ion 10 strike out carried by narrow
mdioIlly-ol to g. This was I'm Commit
vi the Whole. whore no record is made
lhe vote Mr.. Moody Republican. of
s'"''dchusetts. gave notice that he would
e,uiano % recorded vote I'm the House,
"here the friends Of the civil service law
Ieei 10 reverse the decision. Those
"o advocated tfy motion to strike out
Mcssrs Evans Repubhcam OF
~ 'u'hy Gr0syenor Republican. OF
,Dio' Hepburn Republcan). Of Iowa;
n,.lney kepublicam. OF North Carolina
nIiio"n Republican). of Ohio. and Marsh
''puuhcan), Of Illinois It's opponents
"v,' Mossrs. Moody Republican). Of Mas
huselis, Hopkins Republican), OF Iil-
pA Fleming Democrat, Of Georgia :
u'osius depublicam. OF Pennsylvania :
Emerson depubhcan), OF Iowa, and
Doiiiver thepublican) Of Iowa