Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-05
Must Meet Firm Opposition.
COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE
What is Said by Members of the Sen.
ate.

Speaking OF the Presidents message to-
day. Mr.. Davis. chairman of tthe commit
tee on foreign relations said:
Il am inclined to agree with the Presi-
! dent entirely i'll his references to our new
possessions. There may be some matter
of detail on which | will not thoroughly
agree with him. but on the whole 1 think
his recommendations are admirable I
thlnk what he says about Porto Rico is
wise
we should let the products of that ISL
and In our country free of duty and estab-
lish a civil government there at tha earliest
possible moment. Porto Rico cannot deal
with Spain and she cannot deal with 1s.
We are imposing tariff on her which
hampers her in this regard
Senator Teller of Colorado:
Il have only read some of the fmportant
parts OF the Presidents message. bur 7 600
ne takes the position in favor of the gold
standard. which We all expected he would
without any pretense of securing sucb
standard through international agreement
/ suppose the republican party means to
take the position Of CHAMPION nf the OLA
standard. Heretofore we in the wester,'
states especially thought there was a Dros-
pect OF something being done for silver
through the republican party, but that eyt-
IDENTIFY can no longer be depended upon
THE question of expansion Is treated b,,
the President in a way to indicate that
the islands of the Pacific are To he 60
erneo practically by government estab.
hshed outside of the people of those ie =
lands. | am very much in favor of retain
| Ing the Philippine Islands, but I believe
tnat We should apply the same rules to
tnen tnat we said We would apply ID
CUBA. SO FAR as possible the government
OF the Islands should be left to the neo
pie OF the Islands, and | do not believe We
can saieiy govern them in any other
ties In governing them in that way but l
oeIieVe II a great deal safer to give them
larger degree of self-government than
'he president contemplates in his MESA ye -
Senator Burrows of Michigan: II fol-
lowed the reading of the message CLOSELY
from beginning to end and 1 regard it as a
very dpie state paper. covering the entire
heId OF domestic and foreign affairs of our
government with great clearness l was
especially gratified at the pronounced
declaration made by the President In favor
OF gold standard and the maintenance of
public credit, as Well with that portion
OF IL which relates 10 our new possessions
AS whole, the document makes an excel
lent state paper"
Senator Nelson of Minnesota-"It is one
of the ablest messages have ever read"
Senator Cullom-'lt is one of the clearest
and fullest statements of the affairs of this
country and its relations with the bal
ance OF the world that has ever been made
IL treats of more great questions and more
in detail than any other presidential mes
sage l have any knowledge Of
The unusual length of the President.
message. the sine required to read II and
| the importance OF the questions discussed
rendered il impossible for members of the
| House and Senate to digest ii sufficiently
| TO be able to discuss IL In detail this aftar,
noon.
TIE general impression made by the raaa-
Ing o. the message seemed to be that n
| was a document OF unusual importance
and displayed great ability in the discus
sion or questions of great consequence
The treatment of the Philippine question:
| the question of trusts and finance was mar,
ueularly commented on as clearly repre-
! senting the situation as II H.