Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-26
blessings of liberty. This world policy

Blessings of liberty. This world policy
meant the embarking on a course like that
of England. which had embroiled It in war
uninterruptediy for 100 years.
The Indiana member now turned to the
cost of expansion
He detailed the cost of the war and the
estimates of Mi5. .oGQ.6o1 for the military es-
tablishment and A.,0o0.O0O for the naval es-
adjustment for the next fiscal year. 1t
showed. he said. that our war budget ex-
ceeded that of the great military powers
Of the world. II was within 100000 of the
cost OF Great Britain's vast establishment.
by which she ruled her colonial empires:
| it was more than the war budget of Ger
many. more than that OF France or of any
other nation of the face of the globe. And
this was 10 realize the wild dream of eX-
pansion.
Democrats Yield Their Time.
Mr.. Johnson's time was twice extended.
Democratic members of the military COM
mittee yielding their time to him. The
Monroe doctrine he declared would vanish
with the annexation of the Philippines. II
We re3ched out into another hemisphere,
We could bot with propriety resist aggres-
sion in this. Mr.. johnson said that the
cup of our national humiliation was filled
we have, witnessed the splendid achieve
ments of our, soldiers and sailors. and have
inspired in the Old World 4 feeling of re-
spect. This country. the beacon light OF
liberty, this locked and intrenched conti-
nent. this proud and erect nation which
never in its history was obliged to ask n
favor of any other country on earth. now
depends upon the Intervention of England
to keep other powers off its back. We have
,,,ic 10
| upon the mother country. We are COM
! pelled to abandon the cardinal principle of
protection and submit to the open door
policy
At this point the gavel fell. and Mr..
! Johnson said he would not trespass further
upon the time of the other side. though he
| Was urged to go on. Il thank the other
side said he. for the opportunity to be
| heard, which / could not obtain from this
side
There was a whirlwind of applause when
1 Mr. johnson took his seat, and many Dem
| ocrats crowded up the aisle to congratu-
late him.
Republicans Applaud Dolliver.
When Mr.. Dolliver. of Iowa, rose to re-
ply there was an outburst Of applause from
| the Republican side. Almost every seat
| on the floor by this time was occupied,
| and the galleries were packedto the doors.
| He began by saying that he had had no
| intention of making an elaborate speech on
| this bill, and he resented Mr.. Johnson's
| statement that he had been maneuvering
| for an opportunity to reply. He had never
| heard the epithet "Spaniard" applied to the
| gentleman from Indiana or any other MEM
| ber on the floor and if the gentleman de-
| served the title he must get 1t from some
other tongue than his.
| istration,'' he continued: Il belong to the
humble ranks of my party. and have not
| been In the White House since the war
| with Spain began, but l might resent the
| statement that our president, 30 accessi-
| bic, is 'intrenched in the White House.
| He is intrenched in the White House in the
| higher and better sense, and as securely
as the gentleman from Indiana is intrench-
ed in private life Qaughter), brought
there. as believe. by his attacks and crit
| icisms Of the Republican party"
He would not make an extended reply,
he said. but he did desire to say something
| of the large responsibilities which had
| come to us as a result of the war. He had
| hoped that congress would approach this
question in the larger, broader spirit in
| which the war had been entered upon.
Precedents After Other Wars.
4
| parties together in a common cause. Now
| that 1t was over, the treaty signed and
| ready for ratification, it would seem that
| the same spirit should be preserved. But,
| on the contrary, the congressional record
| and the magazines were being filled with
| views more numerous and more varied
| than the Islands We had captured from
1 the enemy.
1t had been so in the war of 1872 A fac.
| tion had sought to embarrass the govern.
ment. In the Mexican war, our armies
never got beyond the reach Of those who
criticised the conduct of the war and dur.
| ing the civil war a restless and insisten,
minority in both houses never ceased its
hostility. In the Spanish war, for the
| first time in our history, what was done
was done in the spirit of common peo.
pie. in the spirit of lofty and national life
In his humble judgment, the grandest day
| in our history was when every member OF
, congress. without regard to party, voted
confidence in the president and authorized
him to use the public treasury for the ma.
tional defense.
He raised a laugh by an incidental refer.
ence to Mr.. Bailey as 'the leader of tina,
portion of his party which would follow hi.
| leadership
COpperheads Denounced,
| IL was sOiEO"lul anu OlScOuraSlng, lt
continued. that, no sooner was the proto
col signed, when the nation needed and tn,
public safety demanded the support of all
that there arose this bewildering confusion
of tongues. Whatever responsibilities ex
tsted to-day, he declared. dated from tn,
final ultimatum We had given to the min
istry at Madrid. All the treasure that hat
been expended, all the victories that hat
been won, all the possessions we had gain
ed were part of the context of the resoIu
tion of April g. 1898. If We were wron.
then, as his friend from Indiana was sur
we were, IL the president were as loya
as he said he was. If our action in con
gress was bunder and crime, it was ;
year too late to go back and begin owe
again. tApplause.) Ii he tMr. Johnson) sup
ported the president then. he should hav,
the grace now, in troubles that had arise,
out of these troubles. to meet the situation
with generous solicitude instead of ange
| and indignant protests