The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
,1rI F8 RECALLS AMENDMENT
,,ns HIS STAND FOR PENSIONS
Dhf ron CONFEDERATES.

south Was Justified in
s@i1 IN, IN Defense of COnstitu-
al Richts-Bate Says the south
rurlv Able to Take Care of Her
,,..rs-trrument Came Up on
sion BilI-MalIOry's Speech
,rainst Expansion.
,,..binpton, Jan. 26.-In the Senate to-
ur Mason of Illinois announced that
,,orroU morning he would ask for a
IN his resolution declaring 1t to be
..o,i.v Of The United States not to at
...,,, 10 govern the people of any other
,.,rv without the consent of the people
themselves
Mr Mallory of Florida, who had been
tin, for nearly three-quarters of an
,.,r for an opportunity to begin his an
.,nrces speech on the Vest anti-expansion
..soutlon. was then recognized. He said
IN tbs very face of the declaration of our
1sirrerestedness in Cuba we proposed to
take Porto Rico and the Philippines.
He thought We ought not to be incon-
.istept. that we could not afford to be in
consistent We could not, therefore, af-
Gard 10 take the Philippines, although the
case Of Porto Rico might be fairly regard
ed as different.
The Philippines, he said, were 1900 miles
from our shores and inhabited by a peo-
ple with which We could have nothing in
common-a people who were semi-bar-
barous. if not absolutely savage. He point
ed out some of the difficulties which con-
front this country in the attempt to bring
those unwilling people into subsection.
Mr. Mallory entered at this point upon a
constitutional argument, in the course of
when ne quoted from arguments made in
oppospion 10 the Vest resolution. and Dre
sented his reply to them. He complained
that il the treaty of peace should be rati-
fed the Inhabitants of the Philippines
from 100000 to 100000 In number
would have the right to come to this conn
try and to compete with our own labor:
and if they did not actually come here
they would have the right to send their
products here TO compete with those of
our own laborers.
Would Open Competition.
Mr. Mallory said that it had been main
tanned in this debate by those who as
sumed the negative of the declaration
made in the Vest resolution, that they
have confidence in the American peop}e.
implying that those who advocated the
resolution had not that confidence.
The American people in establishing this
government he said, 'exemplified their
IDEAS with respect to the majorities. They
knew that majorities sometimes became
tyTannlcal and, therefore, hedged them
about with constitutional restrictions"
Menace to the Republic.
In conclusion Mr. Mallory said he had
quoted from the utterances of Washing
ton' Jefferson, Sumner and Thurman and
DINER great statesmen of the country in
support OF has contention that the policy
Whcn It was proposed now that the Init
"a states should enter upon, was not only
dangerous and frdught with consequences
wheh We knew not of, but was an abso-
Iule menace 10 the republic itself
Al the conclusion of Mr.. Mallorv,s
speech on motion of Mr.. Davis. chair
man Oh the committee on foreign rela-
uous' at 2:5O O'Clock p. M, the Senate
went INTO executive session. At APO
O'Clock the Senate resumed business in
open session.
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