The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-10

Il WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. s.-The
galleries OF the senate were well filed
at the opening Of the senate to-day,
many persons being attracted by the
announcement that Senator Hoar, OF
Massachusetts, would discuss Mr..
Vests anti-expanslon resolution.
MI; Hoar, aftnr calling up the reso>
luton, adressedSthe senate.
s2t Without advertlng to the proposed
policy of the United States entering
upon an expansion of It's territory ex-
.5cept In genera! and indirect manner,
4 Mr.. Hoar entered upon discussion of
the questions Involved In the. rcsolu-
ton under consideration. prefaclng his
argument with a statement OF his per-
sonal position on the subject.
1T Is not my purpose, OF course, to
s discuss the genera! considerations
which affect any acquisition 0. sever.
eighty by the American people over
j the Philippine Islands which has been
or may be proposed. | am speaking
to-day only or the theory OF constitu-
tional interpretation proyouaded Ivy the
senator from Connecticut. (Mr. Platt),
II at any time hereafter the senator
shall seek to put his theories into praG-
ttice by reducing to subsection distant
people, dwelling In the tropics, aliens In
blood some of.thcm Afoslem in faith, In
capable to speak or comprehend our
& language, or to read or write any lan-
guage, TO whom the traditions and the
I. doctrines OF civil liberty are unknown,
1t Will be time to point out what terrible
K results and penalties this departure
{ from our constitutional principles will
y bring upon us."
Mr.. Hoor believed. he said. this
countrytto be Il national sovereign ma
4 ton fIe believed Congress possessed
7 all the power necessary to accomplish
Z the great objects the trainers OF the
constitution intended should be ne.
conplished. but he denied that 1t pos
+ sessed the astonishing" and ''extrara-
y CANT. powers under the constitution
5 which the senator from Connecticut,
(Mr. PlatC) attributed to 1t. Mr.. H0ar
then quoted Mr.. Platt as saying: AS
to every matter the United States as II
: nation possesses sovereign power, eX-
cept only where sovereignty has been
, reserved to the states and the people"
4 And again "AG nation 1t possesses
every sovereign power not reserved In
& its constitution to the states or to the
people. The right 10 acquire territory
2 was n5t reserved, and Is theref0.e an
inherent, sovereign right. In the right
to acquire. territory Is found the right
{. to govern 1t, and as the right to acquire
it,is a sovereign Inherent right, the
I right to govern is sovereign right,
not limited In the constitution.
g5g These propositions OF Mr. Platt, Mr.
Hoar expressly denied. He affirmed
that every constitutional power is lin
3 tied to the one supreme and control
p ling power declared In the constitution
ITSELF IN order to form more perfect
union. establish Justice. insure domestic
/ tranquility, provide for the common de-
tense, promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty TO our
y selves and to our posterlty."
when the senator from Connecticut
attempts to declare" said Mr.. Hoar.
that we may do such things not FOR
the perfect union the common defense.
Z the general welfare Of the people of the
Y United States, or the securing Of liberty
to ourselves and children, but for any
fnncIed or real obligation TO take care
OF distant peoples beyond our boundnr-
les, not people Of the United States.
then l deny the proposition. and tell
him that he can find nothing either IN
the text of, the constitution or the en-
y position OK the fathers. or the Judgment
of the courts, from that day TO this,
Z to warrant or support his doctrine. :.
~ We have heard of limited monarch
les, constitutional monnrchIes, despDt-
isms tempered By asassina tions: but
the logic of the senator from cOnnecti-
4 cut makes pure. unlimited, unteInper-
ed despotism, without any relief from
lssassinS."
Mr.. Hoar maintained that the posi-
tons advanced by MIR. Platt were not
sustained by n single one of his au-
thorlties. He held. In the course OF his
argr-,ent, that the powers of the Uni
ted P.ntes must be afi!rmatIvcly vlo-
lateu. or they do not exist" in other
words the implied power" referred to
/ by Mr.. Platt--the power to govern ter
ritory acquired through war-did not
exist. The power which Mr.. Platt main
tanned this government possessed was
one, Mr.. IIonr said. tina: our fathers
and their descendants have ever loathcd
Z and abhorred, and they believed that
no sovereign power OH earth could
rlGhtfu!ly exercise It. He said that
while Mr. Platt had admitted that gov
ernments derived their just powers
from the consent OF ''somG Of the gov
+ crnment." he did not understand that
4 In subjugating and governing the Flip
mos Mr.. Plat proposed to get the con-
{, sent of any of them.
az Mr.. Iiour was inclined TO rldlcule
those who favor expansion. and The
ratification. the treaty of Paris with
out amendment. Their arguments, he
said, were Three cheers for the flag:
who will dare to haul Il down? Hold
on to everything you can get. America
has outgrown AmevicaniSm."
,''In general, the friends OF what Is
called Imperialism Or expansion. con-
4 tent themselves with declaring TINT the
flag which Is taken down every night
and put up again every morning over
! the roof of this senate chamber. where
1t Is In It's righttul place, must never
be taken down where IL hnH once float
ed. whether that be Its rightfu, place
or not--a doctrine that Is not only
without justification In International
law. but IL 1t were planted there would
make verltnble war between powerful
nations, war OF determination or Il
war of dishonor TO one party or the
other"
Mr.. Hoar then entered upon n criti-
cal analysis OF Mr.. platt's speech, NJ
& tel. summarizing the argument, he said:
The constitutional argument for Slh-
very was ten times AZ strong rs the
argument OF the senator from Connect
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