Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
WHIP EN- To DEATH.
What Carter Would Do with ANY
Rebels Against Uncle Sam
in the Philippines
AFTER THE TREATY Is RATIFIED.

Eacons Resolution Brings a Protest from
the Montana Senator-United States Re
sponsible for Everything I'm the Islands
Now-Same Subject Up in the House
with Some Lively ExchangestAgoncillo
Sends in Another Document to Secretary
of state Hay.
Washington, Jan. S1-An effort on
the part of Allison to obtain considera-
ton in the senate yesterday for the
Indian appropriation bill precipitated q
running debate which occupied all the
time until the senate, at p. m, went
into executive session on the peace
treaty. Jones of Arkansas, leading the
opponents OF the treaty, opened the de-
bate by insisting that time should be
taken for the discussion of pending
resolutions having a collateral bearing
upon the treaty before the treaty itself
was disposed of. and Racon's resolutions
finally were laid before the senate. Aft
er some parliamentary sparring the
resolutions were made the text Of a
speech by Carter of Montana, who
warned his colleagues that a favorable
vote on any OF the pending resolutions
would be a vote of lack of confidence
in the American people. He declared
that the adoption of the resolutions
would be a pledge to those who were
defying the authority of this country in
the Philippines. and that when the
treaty had been ratified this govern
ment would inquire who in those ISL
ands were in rebellion against our au-
thority, and if necessary to maintain
our authority we would whip them to
death.
Treaty Not binding on Congress-
The treaty did not bind congress to do
anything that was not in consonance
with the enlightened sense of the Amer
lean people. For what purpose, there
fore, he asked, do the gentlemen who
are urging the adoption of these resolu-
tions seek to bind the action of the next
congress?
Mason inquired whether by the terms
OF the treaty the United States did not
give to Spain certain trade rights in the
Philippines. Carter replied that il did,
and that if the sovereignty of the ISL
ands were transferred by this country
to any other nation il would be subject
to those treaty obligations.
Then we do take the sovereignty Of
the Islands, inquired Mason. Carter
replied that in the very nature of things
the sovereignty OF the islands far as
IL was the possession of Spain passed
Bacon Accepts an Amendments.
Teller inquired if there was anything
in the resolutions to prevent the gov
ernment from exercising at least tenn
porary sovereignty in the islands, with
the intention subsequently of allowing
them self-goyernment, and then offered
an amendment to the resolutions cover
ing his point, and Bacon accepted IL.
Carter then continued: The adoption
of these resolutions would be a pledge
to those who are defying the authority
of the United States government in the
Philippine islands. Some of the
Philippine insurrection seems to have
been imported by way of the Hong
Kong-Philippine junta into this coun-
try"
Sends Word to Asrinaldo.
Replying to a question by Mason,
Carter said that the power of the Unit |
ed States was the only authority today
recognized in the Philippines. Being |
the only responsible government there"
said he, the safety of every citizen on
those islands-he he German. English |
or what not-rests upon us We will |
inquire when this treaty shall have been
ratified who on those islands is in re- /
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