The times., 1899-02-04
MONEY and DANIEL
OPPOSE THE TREATY
Nearly All the Day Consumed
in Speech Making.
No Action Taken on Either Of the
Resolutions.
The Argument of the Senators
Largely Devoted to the Alien
Race Question.

Senators Money and Daniel yesterday ad
dressed the Senate at considerable length
on the expansion question, both being
! against the ratification of the Treaty of
/ Peace because it did not dispose of the
| Philippine Islands in the same manner as
it does of Cuba.
Interest in this question is increasing as
the time draws near for a vote the
Treaty, as noticed by the eager crowds in
the galleries Throughout the four and a
, half hours of debate yesterday there were
: no vacant seats to be had. No vote was
reached on the Bacon-SulIivan resolution.
and no agreement made in connection with
it.
MIR. Money Speaks.
Mr. Money, who spoke for over an hour.
began his remarks at 1890 AT the outset
he conceded the right of this country to
acquire territory by conquest or purchase
He based his objections to the acquisition
of the Philippines solely on the ground OF
policy. There would be no advantage in
our assuming sovereignty over them in
order to get trade opportunities. he de-
clared, and in substantiation OF this he
called attention to the trade relations of
Great Britain with her colonies. In this
connection Mr.. Hale interjected the state
ment that England's trade with India, her
entire trade of that colony.
Mr.. Money predicted dire results to the
future of this country if the pending Treaty
were ratified as it now stood. and said that
next Monday would be a turning point OF
the most critical kind. when. if the right
thing be not done. future generations
would look back to that date as the begin
ming of the end of the great Western Re-
public.
The Senator From Virginia.
Mr. Daniel took the floor at the conclu-
sion of Mr.. Moneys remarks and spoke for
over three hours. maintaining the same
position as that held by Mr.. Money.
Today he began, we are the United
States of America. Tomorrow, if the pend
ing Treaty be ratified, We will be the
United States of America and Asia. Our
name. like the hoop of a barrel, Will mark
the boundary of our national projection and
ambition
After describing the inhabitants of the
Philippines Mr.. Daniel continued: IL we
look perspectiyely we find that this ma
ton having now established its ascenden-
cy on the wings of the republic in the
Sandwich islands, in Cuba and Porto Rico,
is perfect symmetrical body. becoming
homogeneous in all its parts. dedicated to
principles of human liberty, and goes forth
like a bridegroom from his chamber re-
joicing as n strong man to run race.
Annex the Philippines to this country and
what is ii then? Something beyond the
boundaries indicated in its Constitution:
something beyong the ideal that ever en-
tered the dreams of our fathers; something
that is unnatural; something that is hete-
rogeneous and surprising; something that
is ambiguous: something that is half man
and half fish; something that never would
have been born in the natural course of
human prefecture; something that is a
haphazard chance of war we are asked to
change into permanent establishment.
Years of History.
When we contemplate the 125 years of
the history OF the American Republic. and
the anterior years in which it was forming
here in these forests of America, there has
been but one single impediment to our
national harmony and to our national
growth. For that impediment the genera
ton that founded this Republic and its
successors were not responsible. The
Dutch ship that landed at jamestown,
bringing here another race, brought also
Pandora's box.
1.-THE interjection of a race unaszimi-
latable has been the ily in the ointment of
American institutions, American peace anl
American history. That injection came
from war and came from distinct colonial
establishments. The untutored back man
in his native haunts was seized upon in
war, was torn from the habitation in which
nature intended him, was put aboard alien
ships by an alien people and was brought
here and sold. There is no tragedy in hu-
man history, Mr.. President. so pitiable
and none. if it be justly contemplated. that
is so instructive. That one ingredient in
the American commonwealth turned
brother against brother, and sowed the
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otherwise have been a perfect union.