The evening times., 1899-02-07
TREATY RATIFICATION.
some Press Comment on the Sen
ate's Patriotic Action

ate's Patriotic Action.
New York Sum- Thank God, the
Treaty is passed, and the American nation
can look other nations in the face, like
country able to conduct its international
affairs on the common lines of sanity and
self-respect
THE people salute the Senators who
have supported the Administration with
admiration, and even with gratitude, not
withstanding they have, like soldiers, done
no more than their duty.
Come what may, there will always be
pleasant place for these sixty-one Senators
in the memory Of their countrymen
The ratification of the Treaty brings
peace, and takes from the country crush
ing weight of uncertainty and discredit.'
Philadelphia Inquirer: 1T is well that
the Treaty has been ratified, for we can
hold up our heads with honor among the
nations of the world now, and we shall
have an absolute right to deal with the
Filipinos after this, right that was lack
Ing until the aid and comfort extended
by nearly one-third of the Senator'S to
Aguinaldo inspired that ambitious leader
of few thousand misguided men to attack
our troops"
New York Herald so far as Spain is
concerned our controversy with her is over
There is no reason why our mutual rela-
tlons should not be entirely amicable We
have no reyenges to crafty, and time will
prove that We have done her good serv-
ice. 1t may be true that this was not
part of our policy when we declared war,
but it will nevertheless be the sure re-
sultant of the war.
SO far as the Philippines are concerned
the ratification of the Treaty is the begin
ming of a new epoch. American ideas will
find a lodgment in that distinct locality
and they will leaven the whole lump The
people will doubtless give us trouble for a
time, but when they become convinced
that we mean to establish better order
of things. and first of all a stable govern
ment. under which life and property will
be fully protected, and. furthermore, when
We prove to them, as we shall very quickly
do, that the conveniences and comforts as
well as the luXuries which universal human
nature Graves will be placed within easy
reach, the problem of disorder and insur-
reetion will solve itself and the inhabi-
tants of those islands will bless the day
when Dewey fired the shot that was heard
round the world.
New York Journal" I'VE know now
where we stand, and can go ahead fear
lessly in the establishment OF such a gov
ernment in the Philippines as will secure
order, justice, and liberty. The position OF
Otis and Dewey has been iegaliZed. We
can carry out policy without the paralyz-
ing possibility that an adverse vote in the
Senate may make it necessary to retreat
from it,"
philadelphia Record" The ratification
of the treaty does not make the people OF the
Philippines citizens of the United States
but il does invest the United States with
the responsibility of establishing orderly
/ government in the archipelago and of
! providing for the release of Spanish pris-
! oners, as well as for the protection of the
property of foreign residents
New York Tribune: The Treaty
does not fetter this Government. but sets
| it free to do as it wills in the Philippines.
| 1t RENTS to Congress the determination
! of all questions to the control of those
| islands. Congress may annex them as ter
| ritories or as colonies 1t may establish
a protecorate over them. 1t may set them
pose of them by sale or barter to some 9TH
er power. Ii may do anything il pleases
! excepting two things, and from them II
I will be restrained by an unwritten but
ineXorabe and inviolable law. IL may not
give or sell the islands back TO Spain, and
| it may not admit them into this Union
of sovereign States. These two things are
never to be done. What else shall be
done Will be determined by circumstances
on fuller knowledge than we now possess
and in accordance with the best Judgment
and the highest welfare of the nation"