The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04

and inclose such monument: and the sum
of ten thousand dollars is appropriated
for this purpose
MIR. Harris of Kansas offered the follow
ing resolution which he asked might lie
ON the table:
THAT the United States hereby dis
claim any disposition or intention 10 ex
ercise permanent sovereignty, jurisdiction
or control over the Philippine islands and
assert their determination, when a stable
and independent government shall have
been erected therein entitled to recogni'
ton rs such, to transfer 10 said govern
meEt upon terms which shall be- reason
able and just all right secured under the
cession by spain and TO thereupon leave
the government and control OF the Islands
to their people
MIR. Money began discu ssion of the
expansion problem. He conceded tho
right of this country to acquire by con-
quest or by purchase or by any other
method exercised by any sovereign nation,
territory anywhere but in case Ike that
now presented the treaty making power
could act only with in the limits of tho
constitution. Discussing the condition
of the Eilipinos Mr. Money declared that
If they were not fitted for if-govern-
ment they were not lifted to be citizens OF
the United States, and we would better
leave them to their own devices, that
He denied that the battle CT Manila was
In any way necessary. He paid high tri-
butte to Aguinnldo, defending him against
the charges that had been made against
him.
He had understood, he said, that the
President and his cabinet were waiting
only the adjournment OF Congress TO
arrange government for the Philip
pines. He suggested that If the treaty was
defeated an arrangement could be made
with spain by which she would evacuate
the Philippines and turn them over TO
their inhabitants. Who will objecty spain
would not, the III ipinos would not and
Europe would not. On the contrary, he
declared If the treaty be ratified We
already shall have embarked upon an
other war. in the course Of which thous-
snds of our young men would leave their
bones lying in the juugles of the island
OF Luzon.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia then addressed
the Senate on the Vest resolution. TO
day, " he said, I'VE are the United States
of America Tomorrow. If IA certain
treaty now pending before this body be
ratified we Will be the United States OF
America and Asia. Ii is seriously pro-
posed that we take to this country large
and miscellaneous assortment of Asiatio
islands and make citizens of the United
states of the large and varied assortment
of Aslntics MonGolians, Malays and
negroes who inGabit them" For his part,
be said, n deemed II inexpsdient, un-
wise and unjust that We should do this
thing.
1--WE are asked, said he. ito go seven
thousand miles from our shores To grasp
aud hold as subjects 5 900, 600 peoples by
force of arms and TO hold the land until
the American paople shall dec de what
disposition Is TO be made of them.
~ do not believe the body of the
American people understand the signil-
canoe of this treaty. do not believe that
some senators VINO are orying TO us TO
MY the treaty understand IT, The
treaty likes the policy of the government.
What may be done afterwards is merely
clerical detail. The treaty Is a thorough
fare over which eight millions OF Ameri-
can citizens will march into this union.
IL is a marriage of nations, l trust yet
before the marriage is contaminated the
spirit of American constitutional liberty
will arise and forbid the buns. We
cannot turn the Filipinos back TO Spain.
They have not yet attained the digDlty
and power of "a nation. We cannot recog
nize the Filipino republic ana come away
from the islands We have only 10 LOOK
skyward to see the birds of prey circlinR
about, ready to descend upon those who
are WEI ak. Let us treat the philippines as
we treat Cuba. Let us remain IN mill
tary occupation of the ISLANDS until we
have assisted them with kindly oinces
and force of arms if necessary until they
have established such government as
destiny may have fitted them for.
With respect 10 Cuba, he said, the Pres
ident could withdraw our forces whenever
his good sense dictated that he should do
SO. Why not give him ths same latitude
with reference TO the Philippines Con-
TEN plating the l25 years of our nations
history, there was found but one impedi-
ment to progress and that was found in
the effort to introduce the eolorcu race,
which was not assimilable with the
Anglo-Saxon. This occurrence had been
most sad and tragic. 1t had the effect of
turning brother against brother and was
the only element that had prevented the
Americans from being IA homogeneous
people Now when We We're happily be-
ginning TO readjust ourselves to the
changed conditions after the civil war,
we were challenged TO go forth and lay
the hand OF sovereignty upon lanother
and a different race. This would be most
unwise.
MIR. fDaniel also attacked the plan Of
acquisition as unwise strategically. A
separate navy would be necessary and we
should have to fortify each OF the 100 Is