Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-03

Responding laconically. Spooner said he
saw the danger. Hoar said that he made
no distinction in the two cases lie LOOK
the broad ground that we Were nor JUST.
fled In attempting to govern any peopie
without their consent.
Resuming. Spooner said that there was
no way out OF it-that II at the end OF
the war an indemnity is to be taken, Y
must be taken without the consent of the
people. SpoOner announced his appre-
hension OF the policy Of expansion he
said he was an expanslonist to the ex-
tent of wanting to do everything possible
to extend our trade, but ne Thought thai
to acquire distant and non.assimllaDie
people was the poorest possible means OF
policy OF making a part Of our land trop-
ical Islands thousands of miles from our
shores, land whose people were allen,
not of our blood, who were foreisn 20 our
Institutions, of tropical climate IN which
the white man could not work. He there
fore considered as superficial, sentimental
and fantastic much of the talk concern
ing the permanens annexation OF these
II am not" he said. thrilled by the
Jingle about not hauling down the nag
when it has once been raised. IL mas
been hauled down in former times. 1t
will be hauled down again. We Will not
keep 1t afioat in Cuba but we will take It
down there. leaving behind 1t liberty and
an Independent government nope this
also may be soon true in the philippines,
and in saying this | do not consider
am inconsistent.
II the ratification of the treaty, involved
not vote for 1t. But he had not been able
20 find any halfway resting place. be-
tween accepting the cession and ahAn-
doning the islands TO their rate, and this
dent, kind and generous as he was, would
not make treaty leaving the Philippine
archipelago to the lust. the savagery and
brutality of Spanish rule. TO nave at
tempted this course would have been to
.na,i2,irate a rule of anarchy with all its
horrors. and while war was cruel and
bitter. anarchy was hell let loose on
earth" In case OF. our abandonment of
the Philippines Spain would of course re-
assert her rights there, and in case sne
was not financially able 10 accomplish
this purpose she would find plenty of as
s!stance from other European nations
in conclusion. Spooner said that the
ratification of the treaty and the accep-
lance by this country of the cession from
Spain was not a declaration of principles.
He declared that the Bacon resolutions
and all other pending resolutions on this
sue}es, pot w 20 h. rd h seh ah h, na
ness of Congress TO legislate and to fol-
low the lines marked out ~ the constitu-
ton and the will of the people. He re-
marked: "A people who went to war 70
free Cuba may. think. be trusted to do
the right and just and generous thing IN
the Philippine archipelago
AT the conclusion or SnOO1ef argu-
ment. Tillman explained why he had in
terruptod the Wisconsin senator He de-
sired to incorporate with Spooners
speech some statements with respect 10
Aguinaldo made in a report by Major }.
j. Bell of the engineer corps of the army,
Spooner gave his assent TO the insertion
OF the statements at the proper place III
his speech. Tillman, however. insisted
upon reading them. He declared that
Ag,rinaldo had IA we!l-arined force of 40
OOO men and would resist every attempt
to re-estabtlsh colonial government in
the Islands.
Interrrpting Tirman. Hoar inquired:
Does not Aguinaldo hold in peace and
order more than 50 times as much terri
tory in the Philippines as the United
States?
Tilman replied that Aguinaldo held all
Of the Philippines except small portion
of the island of Luzon around Manila.
In conclusion Ti.lman said that the. rati-
fication of the treaty could only Inject
into this country another race question.
which would certainly breed war and
bloodshed.
At 335 p NJ. on motion of Davis. the
Senate went into executive session. Al
$40 p. NJ. the Senate adjourned.