The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-01
STILL TALKING TREATY.
Senator Berry Of Arkansas Speaks in
Opposition.
MR.. PLATT ANALYZES SITUATION
CONFRONTING COUNTRY.

Bacon Tries TO Get vet ON HIS Amend
ment Bat Fails After . Lively Debate
Essays He wont Vote for Treaty Un-
less Amendment Is Adopted.
Washington. January 8i.-During al
most the entire morning hour today the
senate had Under discussion the policy Of
this country to be pursued In the Philip
pine islands Mr.. Berry OF Arkansas In
a speech upon the resolution offered by
Mr. Vest discussed the policy Of expan-
sion without . reference TO the constitu.
tional point involved In the Vest rssolu
ton. He spoke from notes stating with
pending treaty OF peace. lie declared
that he would never vote 30 place upon
any people q policy against which Lee
fought and against which jackson gave
mp his.life. An attempt by Mr.. bacon Of
Georgia, to secure vote upon his resolu
ton which declares that the United States
government will not make war upon .
people seeking for their freedom, precipi-
tated . lively debate which was partiei-
pated In by MIR. Plat Of Connecticut and
Mr. Teller Of Colorado. Mr.. Bacon de-
olared that he would not vote for the
treaty unless some such declarations were
adopted by Congress. To this Mr.. Platt
carefully analysed this situation which
confronts this country in the Philippies.
No action on the reolution was taken.
Washington. January 81. "A bill re-
ported from the committee on naval
affairs at the opening OF the Senats'u
session today was passed granting extra
pay to the officers and men Of the tempo.
rary force Of the navy, two months extra
pay to those who served beyond the limits
of the United States and one months pay
TO those who served within the United
States. The provisions Of the bill are 70
apply to all such temporary force whether
discharged yet or not.
At the conclusion of the morning bust
ness MIR. Berry. of Arkanrsas ose to adj
dress the Senate on the Vest anti-expan-
sion resolution.
III In November, $780," he began. 1T
had been known that the President at this
time so soon after his inauguration would
be asking Congress Tor an army Of l00, 600
men to subjugate and reduce people 1000
miles from our shores. who were en-.
deavoring to establish government for
themselves, he would not have received u
single electoral vote In any state. F"
Ii Senators on the other side, who are
now advocating this policy Of expansion,
he continued had been told then that
they would thus depart from the
principles Of thu declaration OF independ
snce they would have repudiated the idea
as unworthy of them.
MIR. Berry adverted to the great ipnu-
an nf tho ttip and the
of corporations exerted In the election OF
1896 declaring that President MCKINLEY
owed his election TO that power. We had
fought Spain to free the Cubans from her
control and having accomplished that
purpose we could not now without dis
nonor make war upon the people Of the
Philippines TO subject them 70 our con-
troll
MIR. Berry said that the opponents of
colonization were being urged TO agree to
the ratification of the trea,y and after
such ratification GsneIai Otis might push
forward his battalions and kill thosr who
are lighting simply for their frecdom. He
called attention TO "a statement which he
said the President made on his western
trip that his country was guided by
destiny, II this be true aud he did not
think so-nO crime, however great. no
deed however degrading was possible that
could not be excused by attriouting II to
destiny.
MIR. Berry, referring to an aliusion
made that he had not always earnestly
supported the government OF the United
States, said IL was true he had served In
the COM ederate army and that there had
never been day OF his life since that be
was not proud OF that service, yet, he be-
lieved that the government Of the United
States under which we ara now living
was the greatest on the face OF the earth.
nil vnf hn - hA do.
clared with great emphasis, ito place up
on any people "a policy against which Les
fought and against which Jackson gave
up mis- life"
MIR Platt OF Connections then addressed
the Senate upon the various resolutions
He said:
This resolution is one of series of
resolutions which have been introduced
from time to time In this body, with
view to declaring what our policy 10 not
to be. so far ms have heard. nouody ex-
cept the senator I ON Massachusetts,
(Mr Hoar), has siRuitied what he thought
the policy OF the country ought to be-"
MIR. Platt said no desired To give the
Senate some OF the reas ms why be could
not vote for any OF the pending resolu
tons
After Analysing the several resolutions
and adverting to the Bacon resolution
he said that IL could mean but one thing
and that WAS IL the treaty was ratified iL
would be the duty Of this COVER ment co
relinquish the Philippines immedistsly 10
the Inhabitants without reference TO our
rights In the premises.
The resolution did not say So" inter-
jeeted MIR. Bacon. Indeed, they say
quite the contrary"
1hereupon AR. Platt read the resolu.
tions and said: IF the statements made
In these resolutions are true, no other
construction could he placed upon them
by the Inhabitants OF the Philippines than
that the islands ARE to be given over to
them Immediately"
Mr. Platt went on to say that We had
had "a war which had ended gloriously for
the country and for the cause of free
government throughout the world and
now almost six months since the protocol
was signed, the treaty of peace, which
had been agreed upon, was not ratified.
1.-The two nations have agreed" said
MIR. Platt. Spain has surrendered much
valuable territory. She has evacuated
Cuba and Porto Rico. Whatever may tie
the fate of this treaty, Spain has sur
rendered these two islands. The negotia-
ton of this treaty reflects the greatest
honor uuou this country ttAt ANY treAtv