Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-02
MR. RAWL|NS SPEAKS,
The Senator from Utah Against
Expansion
WHAT OUR NEW NAME?
Shall Il Be Empire Of America
and Asia >?
u,coN RESOLUTIONS UP AGAIN.
rt,c, arc Left, However. Suspended
t, thc Air-Proposcd New ResoIu-
lions rroViding for Philippine In
dcpcudcnce.
n,coN RESOLUTIONS UP AGAIN.


ono or more OF the resolutions relat-
..... oNpansion. now pending before that !
There was an unusually large at |
nee Of Republican senators. all of |
,g had been notified to be on hand !
.. Wow of the possibility of a vote on the
5Hd.ng question.
Sir. Bacon. Of Georgia. called up his
,.soiutions. and Mr. Chandler. Of New
llanpshir.. withdrew his motion to refer
fhcm 90 .le Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions.
Nr sullivan. OF Mississippi, entered a
motion % substitute his resolution for
th.e of Air. Bacon, as follows:
.Tua, The ratification of the pending
r.aty of peace with Spain shall in no.
WISE determine the policy to be pursued
tae United States in regard to the
Il gppines. nor shall 1t commit this
..ernment 20 a colonial policy; nor is it
. ended 10 embarrass the establishment
,l @ stable, Independent government by
me people of those islands whenever
ouditlons make such a proceeding hope
Jul OF success and desirable results
BACON RESOLUTIONS GO OVER.
Sir. Davis. chairman Of the Foreign Re-
stous Committee. announced that he
N3s willing that vote should be taken
Immediately. As # was evident. however,
.hat vote on the resolutions and amend
u.auts could not be taken before , o'clock
She hour fixed 10y unanimous consent Tor
tr. Senate TO go into executive session
Mr. Bacon asked for unanimous consent
tb3t a vote be taken at 1880 tomorrow.
To this request Mr. Carter, of Montana
objected, and the whole question was LETT
suspended IN the air.
During the morning session Mr.. Raw
lius. Of Utah. addressed the Senate upon
the Vest ant-expansion resolution. Sem
ator Rawlins said:
PROBLEMS ANENT EXPANSION.
"The atmosphere just now seems TO be
olouded with perpleXing problems. Every
one. / presume is imbued with the wish
while adhering 20 justice, TO do the best
he can for his couptry. ] have not here
tof2re been opposed 10 expansion. This
1aIon has been one Of growth-in popu-
auon. from 81 o.CJ 90 100000; in terri
across the Continent and out into the
swelling waters of the Pacific. Millions
ur the homes of our sturdy and patriotic
people and magnificent states have been
rle fruits of our expansion. TerrtOridl
expansion. with commensurate extension
of constitutional freedom, is twice hlest;
it blessoth those who give and those who
receive No man can set an artihcid
barrier TO the inevitable progress OF the
American people. but thus far our pro-
gress has been that of freedom, not that
OI tyranny.
when our fathers christened the re-
tuhic they gave 10 q name which they
doubtless deemed sufficient to cover all
the cxigencies of its future career 1t
was 10 Doe the United States of America.
We could stretch Out 10 the north and
81, the south until We encompassed the
t.,o continents and ali the islands of the
caribbean Sea. and stll We might APP
flu.riately bear the name which our
Il tlers gave us. Shall We now change
CHAT name. and If so. what shall the new
l.ne be. and what shall il symbolic?
Shan DO Do the United States of America
and tine Kingdom of the Philippines, or
...u it Doe the Empire Of America and
..fe Already there are spectral visions
O. This in the political sky
POWER TO ACQUIRE TERRITORY.
.rr Eawlins then discussed the extent
u OBJ. power of the government. under
t. Con titutiOn. 10 acquire, hold, ana
govern territory. maintaining that such
...r must be exercised TO subserve the
..ts and purposes for which the gov
..m.ut was created. He contended that
... constitution i'm an its provisions,
rr0us and safeguards was as appli-
t1 the Territories and their inhabi-
to the States; that while some
t provisions of that instrument may
i.. .f-cxecutng, they are no less 50
territory than I'm State; that an
... . congress s. not necessary 10 apply
.....I1us Of the Constitution TO
Referring 20 the contention Of Senator
and other senators that the labor
product of the Philippines would not
ttel % come into competition
N- american labor and its product, Mr..
pointed out that if Congress pos
authority it could impose du-
would prevent the "htaI
oklahoma from competing win
$3.50 .u Kansas or other states OF
U 0r the minerals produced IN
-.H .....0 and Arizona from competing
N r. . PRODUCTS of Colorado ana
' -Ie .tained that If the inhabi-
i ol la. philippine archipelago may
ft. liberty Of lOcOmOuon. NOT
punishment for any crime OF Whl'n
@ H.t. been duly convicted; il
.s .Riully forbidden TO come
In. we may deny them the
f1m one island TO an
o.H.. or n ing their neighbor's
i "0 u.. 10 this, we may thro"
iNl' I. SPANISH dungeons theIe'
r" DID,. looming tide. TO end their
troubles aHi lace them beyond the reach
am Dl tyranny.
WHAT D) WE WANT ISLANDS FOR
aHt .9 We want the Philippine Is
i'r. e0nunued Mr.. Rawlins. "Do
.i Them 10 furnish homes for our
InIu.ar So DO we want them 10
900 outlet for our surplus labor?
I'D .. want them 10 add wholesale cle-
no our population, that our sons
lud wives and our daughters hus-
The bighting curse Of the AL
would rest upon such mlscegeny.
at want them I'm order 20 practice
f.olr Inhabitants the same arts OF
f'hiopy which applied 70 the abo-
a. Inhabitants OF this Continent, nave
' 'l their determination? Humanity
Do. DO we want them IN order 10
end thther swarns OF ofce-holders
-baggers. go riot among them Ike
tlur worms eating out their substancey
hh. there's the rub But for this, TINS
'rrl cying problem would not to-day De
rously confronting the American peo-
..n 30: there rs no conceivable good
which they can bring 10 US. Their reteh-
n9n bodies nothing but evil. We cannot
afford 10 20 even halfway down 10 the