Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-25
Another Richmond in the Field Of
Expansion.
A QUERY BEFORE CONGRESS-:
"rhat IL, whether the Treaty shall
be Ratified or Not,- says the Man
from Massachusetts.


Washington, Jan. 2i.-Whcn the Sem
nj. convened today STR. Galilngcr had
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the door OF Congress. " provided 'i"r
an Investigation Of the asylum by the
committee an pistrIc, ~ Columbia.
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deemed the situation 10 De ulHEraee
TO Washington and calculated to bring
rs,roach upon conyr.sa.
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MTs bouSc "i 'Mhrha'huht'N i''"h-
nlked 10 deliver his speech upon the
Motley of expanRlon.
Air. I.odrs's position on the foreign
relatlonH comtnitttcc and hla well
known nptnglsm to the Views on the
ot,.stlon ~ .xpansion and RATIFICATION
Of the pcacc treaty entertained by his
dlstinstilshed colleague. MIR Uoar
aroused unusual Inter.st In his adj
dress lie anohe In mari ns foiIowHs
ur prc-ident in eonn.ctIon with
Ines. ,csoluti"na and otherr which
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M NECESSARY. that action In these III
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atat.. In any t.,ritorv ar posgraaI IN
ouisld. The limit. Of N. states them.
sciy.. a. ahsniu,c with the slnsi. cx-
c.n,t.n 80 ~. iini,ation ninrrd upon
.nrn nn,.,da nnsa.ssions IN Tho iath
am.ndunent such nj ali events has
h..n H.. noitrv ~ m. limited States
and NJ co,,rr. Of action In practice.
4 Will not enter into any discussion
OF the Dr.d Seott declslon which has
been 10 ndmirnbiy dealt with by IN.
senator from ohio. 1 was brought up
10 believe Tint no greater injury was
ever nttempted against The supreme
Court than when for potltlcnt reasons
thnt decision was forced upon II.
wnr also brought up 10 believe that the
famous oblt.r dlctum Of chief Justice
Taney was AZ bad In law NJ II was In
politics and human doctrine. am not
am too old TO unlcarn nov. am con-
tent TO stand on the broad proposition
laid down by Webster In debate In
isig, that the territories ARE not part
OF the United states, hut belong To the
United states - Engiand'H Colonies
belong 10 England
Constitutions de- not make pcoplc;
peoplc make constitutions. our connti-
tution IA great and admirable because
the men who made II were 30, and the
people who ratified II and have lived
under Il were and are brave, intelii-
gent and lovers OF liberty. There IL a
higher sanction and "a rurer protection
To life and liberty To the right of free
speech and trial by Jury 60 Justice und
humanity In the traditions. the beliefs,
the habits OF mind and the character
of the American people than any which
can be- Afforded by any constitution no
matter how wisely drawn.
Holding these views as To our consti-
tutlonnl powcrH the great question now
bnfore the American people resolves H.
self In my mind 10 one OF policy pure
ly. There II only one aueatiou demand
ing actual aud Immediate decision now
before Congress and the peoplc.and that
IL whether the treaty with spain shall
be ratified or not l have heard NJ op-
position expressed 10 any part OF the
treaty except such portion Of u nH re-
lates TO the philippines and that, there
fore, IL the sole point upon which I
desire 20 touch, In our
war with Spain We conquered the
Philippines or TO nut IL more
exactly, We destroyed the power OF
Spain In those Islands and took possess
sion Of their capital. The treaty codes
the Philippines TO us. n II wisely aud
skillfully drawn, n commits us 10 no
Iolicy, To no course of action. what.
ever, In regard To- the Philippines.
When that treaty N ratified We have
full power and are free Ia do with
those Islands az we please ard the nppn.
atlon to It's ratification may b. summed
up IN a single sentence, that the ALeri-
can people and the American Congress
are not To- be trusted with that power
and freedom OF action Ia regard To- the
Inhabitants 81 these distant Islands.
We must either ratify the treaty or re-
jcct II. For / cannot suppose that any
one would seriously advance the prop
osition that we should amend the treaty
In such IA xvav ns Ia make pi..lrns Ia