The San Francisco call., 1899-01-26

entered public life. My party is a means,
not an end, with me, and when | believe
my party is wrong nothing can make me
abate my Independent convictions"
Great Democratic applause)
Proceeding, he denounced the Presi.,,
dents course as a policy of evasion
conjuring up specters to drive in the op-
position. 1t was declared that our fail
ure to take the Philippines would pre-
cipitate a general European war; that all
the nations of Europe would scramble for
what we left If we withdrew. He said he
had seen no such disposition except on
the part of Germany, and she was actu-
ated by the example of our greed. If we
set the example and withdrew, recogniz-
ing the independence of the FilipinoS, 9TH
ers would do likewise. But If other coun-
tries did pounce down upon the islands,
let them do it. We would not expressedly
or impliedly be responsible If they did
tions. Let us see that we do no wrong.
The evil was theirs. If there was, he
said, to be European war, let us, in
Gods name, keep out of it. The cry
went up, "Ratify the treaty and stop the
war The President arrogated to him
self the right to speak for 10000 900 peo-
Il thank Cod" shouted Johnson, "for
the spirit of independence in the Senate
of the United States, irrespective of
party. Bryan never made greater
blunder than when he said the treaty
should be ratified and our policy deter
mined afterward. Andrew Carnegie was
nearer right. but he said the treaty
should be fought in the dark. not in the
open. say we should fight it from start
to finish. We should meet this whole
question at the threshold and strange it
to death. Public sentiment should be
aroused. 1t is being aroused, as evil
denced by the great public meetings in
New York and Philadelphia, and take my
word for 1t, 1t will not be many months
before the tide of public sentiment which
the President vainly imagines is now
carrying him to a second term will recede
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Of the people will rebuke the spirit of
commerce which has supplanted the spirit
Of liberty. If the treaty is ratified with
out being coupled with a resolution de-
claring for the ultimate independence of
the islands 1t will be the deathknel of all
our efforts to stop the torrent"
He would vote for bill to reorganize
the army. but before God he would never
vote for standing army of 100000 whose
ultimate object was to establish colo.
NAL system. IF | were in the Senate.
he said, II would rot in my seat first;
would scorn the demands Of a State Leg
islature and the clamor of the press. I
would let them malign my character and
misinterpret my motives. but 1 would
never swerve from what l believed to be
right"
Britain had taken In inducing the United
States to enter into controversies of the
far East and of the manner in which
British assistance was being given to the
'iniquitous policy of William McKin-
ley"
LET there be a new treaty" he pleaded
vehemently; '1et It not give $50 900 900 for
q cession of the Philippines to the United
States, but let 1t provide unequivocally
that Spain withdraw from the Philip
pines and give the Philippines the inesti-
policy meant the embarking OF a course
like that OF England, which embroiled it
in war uninterruptedly for 100 years."
The Indiana member now turned to the
cost Of expansion. He detailed the cost
of the war and the estimates of S145,0 ,000.-
600 for the military establishment and
SAT ,000, 900 for the naval establishment for
the next fiscal year II shoWed he said