Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-20
STILL DEBATING
ON EXPANSION.
Senator Nelson Takes the Floor in
Support Of Vests Resolution
CONSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENT
came, wants III. Communications Of
th. piiipIno Entoy ." be ""d"
rubiic.

Washington. Jan. go-Mr canery
n.a.i onctcd the following concurrent
rcroiutinn;
"rha, the President be and II here
by requested. % not Incompatible with
tho public interest. 10 furnish to the
s.nate copies NJ any communication
received b. the state department from
any representatives On agents ~ the
ro-called Philippine republic aud also
10 furnish any Information In his pos-
session or any documents nlcd before
the state department relative 90 the
bounds u the territories In the Philip
plne Islands. together with the number
Of inhabitants therein, held respective
~ under tho control ~ the American
forces and the authority " the fo-
called Philippine republic. showing
particularly what Islands or parts u
islands. " any. can In any event BE-
delivered by Spain 10 the United
states"
The resolution went over under OBJ
lection.
Mr.. Allison uuwn) ondcavorcd 10 So
cure unanimous consent for the taking
Of a vote On the Nicararunn canal bill
at o'clock today, but Mr.. Gallery OBJ
jcotcd.
a House Joint resolution was passed
rc-nppointlng James Hangcll 81 Mich
iran a. a,- OF the regents ~ the
Smithsonian Institute. Mr. Nelson
Mimi was then recognized 10 make u
speech upon the Vest ani..eNpanrion
resolution.
Ills address was constitutional ar
gumcnt Ia support ~ the United states
u acquire and govern foreign territory.
lie maintained that II was no longer
an unsettled question that this coun-
Try had the power not only 10 acquire
foreign territory by discovery. cnn-
quest or treaty, but also 10 govern ter.
fitory 10 acquired. That question. he
said. had been settled by decision 81
the Supreme court and was scarcely
longer open 10 debate, lie referred 10
the territory that had been acquired In
the past by the United states govern
mrnt and declared that In no single
case had the people ~ the
territory acquired been consulted
or their consent secured In the two
eases " Texas and Hawaii W. had
more nearly approached the point ~
consulting the Inhabitants than IN any
other. but even IN these eases there
was hut n shadow 81 consultation. In
that ~ Hawaii less than s,O0o ~ the
inhabitants had been asked for their
consent 10 annexation. In the course
~ his debate he said the
the people Of the territory
proposed 10 be- acquired were not NJ
for citizenship In our republic. Admit
TING that that contention was correct
II was quite ~ true that the people OF
much Territory hlihslte ncqulrcd ny
this country wan unit for ci1Henrhip
at the time the territory was taken into
the Union. Had W. applied the rcn-
sonlng that IL now being advanced
against the acquisition OF territory tho
people Of Florida and the louisiana
territory when they were admitted into
IN. United States could scarcely have
passed muster. ~ II II we'll known that
they were not fitted for citizenship.
hr. Nelson then entered upon an
elaborate constitutional argument. cit
Ing numerous authorities IN support or
his position, lie maintained that the
arguments that taxation without repre-
sanitation was tyranny and that goNern-
menta derived their Just pawsrn from
the consent ~ the governed were true
only In a limited extent A majority ~
our people, he said we're without direct
representation,
Women. minors and imbcclleH were
without representation IN our govern
ment and had 20 bear their share ~
taxation. They had In other words a.
undergo the burdens ~ our government
without any voice IN IL control
In response 10 u question By Mr.. Ma
non, Ills, Mr., Nelson said that man
could truthfully say that tho rights ~
fnRllrhmcn had been destroyed or
even In any sense impaired by Great
Ihftnln'r great scheme ~ colonization
Further replying a. MIR Mason he de.
clarrd that the United States, our own
magnificent government. was the urn-
duet ~ the colonization plans OF ENG
land ana demanded 10 know whether
Mr.. Mason would desire To- blot out
that great work 81 England What tho
people nf England have done, said he.
certainly the people Of the United
States could accomplish
COLONIES have not destroyed Eng
land, How Win they destroy uaF'
Mr. Tillman 49, 90 Interrupted Mr..
Nelson and referring a. the contest t..
tween sweden and Norway and tho
practical severance NJ their De-.
iationH, Inquired why tho Nor
weglana az home wanted
liberty. while those of tho United states
10 not drsiit to give liberty Co the
liliplnus
This q fcrcnce 10 Mr. Nelson's Nor
Nesian birth aroused him
Il am % citizen ~ the United states.
Mr, President he replied. Il am mot
representing either the people or th-
government ut Norway, whose rights
ana llheriles I nm satisfied arr rrritrr
than those of g. Heople ~ South caro-
lina." u.auRhtorl