The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
Chiffon AND WOLC0TT
Express Different Views on the
Peace Treaty.
DAY GIVEN UP TO ORATORY
The Texas Senator Held That Ratiflca-
ton Would Bring Demoral'zlng Com
petition to American Labor
Wolcotts Appeal for Treaty

| other day for expansion oratory il& the
senate. In the open session the speak
| ers We're Mr.. Chiffon of Texas and Mr..
| Wolcott of Colorado. Mr. Chiffon made
a constitutional argument in support of
the Vest resolution. His principal OBJ
| lection to the annexation of the Phil
| ippines was that it would admit to this
country both the Filipinos and their
| products. His proposed solution of the
pending problem was the establish
ment of republic in the Philippines
over which the United States would ex-
ercise such care as it gives the Repub-
lie of Liberia.
Mr. Wolcott made an eloquent-al-
most mpassioned-appeal to the SEN
ate for the ratification of the peace
treaty.
At the beginning of the session of the
senate Allen offered the following reso-
luton:
That the senate of the United States
in ratifying and confirming the treaty
of peace does not commit itself or the
government to doctrines that the ISL
ands acquired by virtue of the war
with Spain are to be annexed or to be-
come part of the United States, and
y
treaty as respects the island of Cuba
and it's inhabitants shall not be con-
strued or be held to be difference in
effect, but that it is the intention and
purpose of the senate in ratifying said
treaty to place the inha bitants of the
Philippine islands and Porto Rico in
exactly the same position as respects
their relations to the United States as
are the inhabitants of Cuba
Allen will address the senate upon
the resolution Monday.
Chiffon then addressed the senate on
the various anti-expansion resolutions.
He asserted that he was not an anti
expansionist or anti-annexationist.
Within proper bounds, he regarded it as
the duty of this country to
widen its bounds, He believed
that the acquisition of Porto
Rico and Guam was we'll enough, but
in the acquisition of the Philippines
grave public policy was involved.
He believed such acquisition involved
serious perils and dangers to our gov
ernment and institutions. and would
constantly be menace. He did not
regard the annexation of the Philip
pines as at all similar to Louisiana
| and California and other localities when
made a part of the United States.
His belief was that if we took the
Philippines and they became part
cease to regret it. Mr. Chiffon said if
our operations We're confined to Porto
Rico and Cuba we would need no in
crease in the standing army, but if the
Philippines We're taken we should re-
quire an army of 100000 men to sub
jusate the scattered and turbulent ele-
ments in the island and pensions would
be piled on pensions. He declared his
belief that the supreme court would
hold that congress had no power to
prevent the Filipinos from passing
from one part of the country to an
other. But even if the inhabitants We're
Shut out, their products should not be
and could not be.
Mr.. Foraker of Ohio nterrupting Mr..
Chiffon, called his attention to author
tiles for the statement that it would be
competent for any state of the Union to
protect itself in any way it saw fit
by levying duties on importations from
the Philippines. This point was sharp
ly controverted by Mr.. Chiffon The
caught the alarm and he read
a letter he had received from
the National Cigarmakers union
urging congress not to an
mex the Philippines, on the ground
that it would demoralize the labor
market of this country.
MI Platt of Connecticut said he had
studied the question pretty carefully
and he was satisfied that neither the
Filipinos nor their products could come
into this country unless congress SO
provided.
Mr. Chiffon replied that this was
merely the opinion of Mr.. Platt and
was not of actual force or effect He
had examined the question very care
fully and had reached the opposite con-
clusion. Mr.. Chiffon said he would
do with the Philippines what the Unit
ed States has done with the Republic
of Liberia and no European govern
ment would then dare to interfere with
the independent government of the
Philippines.
Mr.. Wolcott, who had announced a
brief speech for to-day. was then rec
ognized. He attempted no discussion
of the pending resolutions, but urged
the ratification of the treaty on purely
moral and patriotic grounds.
1T was not said he, until it be-
came patent that the resolutions pend
ing before the senate We're being used
merely as a cloak with which to de-
feat the treaty of peace that l deter
mined to say a few wOrds.''
His own belief was that discussion of
the treaty should take place in exec
utive session, but senators had taken
the opportunity in presenting their
views upon the resolutions to discuss
the treaty, and he felt it necessary
to say something also He said that
the war with Spain had had no charms
for him, and he had walked with per-
haps reluctant feet along the lines of
duty marked out for him. If the COM
missioners had presented to the senate
treaty yielding up the Philippine ISL
ands, he would have felt it his duty
to ratify their action; if they had in
the treaty held only a coaling station
he would have felt bound equally to
support their action.
I'm their wisdom" said he. they
have brought to us treaty providing
for the taking of the entire Philippine
group. and | see before me my duty
to assist in the ratification of that ac-
ton"
After reviewing briefly the results
of the war and the negotiations which
led to the appointment of the peace
commission Mr.. Wolc0tt said: The
commissioners appointed by the presi
dent We're men of eminent character
and ability. We may judge something