The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-02-01

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aud President sent to tn. senate.


snd President sent to the Senate
WASHINGTON. Feb. The president
mas sent to the senate correspondence
bearing upon the peace treaty. 1t in.
cludes most Of the letters and cable.
grams from the commissioners 10 the
president and from the presden, 10 the
commissioners. III the way II instruc-
tions III return.
In submitting the papers the pres-
dent sent brief message saving that he
Transmitted them in accordance with
the resolution. The reading consumed
the entire time of the executive session.
lasting from , 10 $50 J.. IN. except a
few minutes AT the Clos" The princi.
pal interest among tn. senators at.
tached 10 tn" presidents instructions to
insist upon the cession Of the island OF
Luzon and after that in the decision &c
take III. entire group II islands This
latter development, APPEARED from the
correspondence to he "A growth and the
suggestion was mad" hy III. commits.
sioncrs 10 the president as the result OF
conferences AT Paris after the arrival
there of In. commissioners. In his dis.
patch conccrnin. Luzon. he said thcr,
wa. but Oh" a!t"rnativc--th. United
States
Must Either Take the Island
and assume sovereignty or return II t.
Spain. and Of III. two courses he pre-
ferrcd the former. SI,ain was generally
unwilling Ia cedc I'll" Philippineislands
Tn. commissioners. with the exception
of Senator Gray. urged that 10 tax,
Luzon and leave In. other islands Of The
archipelago in In. hands of the Span
iarls would be to invite innuluerabl'
complications with other nations an,
especially with Europe and with SPAN
Much stress was laid upun the prohahil
,,y of future trouble with Spain. Wltt
Luzon under American authority th,r'
would soon bc such avast improvement
they wrote. that the other islander
would soon grow more and more rebel
lious. and with SPANS oppressive meth
ods Of government we would soon agar
6nd that we had another Cuba at In
other door. Furthermore. there w"ul'
be constant hlibustcring and We sh"ul'
| Find Ourselves spending Millions
| TO preserve a state Of neutrality. gust n
We did with Cuba prior 10 our declari
ton of war. on account oi ihat isiailo
General M.rritts testimony Oh TN
point was cited and made the r"aso
| for much Of the argumcrt III favor 9
taking the entire group. The pr'siaeh
does not appear to have AT any nm
given exphci, instructions t. ,'hsnii !,
mate the bargain by taking all the I'M
inpincs. but rather. after hearing III
exclamation. 10 have left the matter !
III. discretion of the commissioner
The entire controversy was practicaii
over tn. Philippines and the question
assuming responsibility for the la!'a.l
of the Spanish bonds for which In
C,nhan revenues were pledged. In
Spaniards from the first
insisted upon an Indemnity
for the Philippines. and the correspoh.
ence shows that after the prop"s'''o'i
pnv 400. ON, 600 was made the nego!i'
tions proceeded much more smoo'h'
and were soon brought to close.
The American commissioners app''
IN have been of one mind rs tn the WI
dom Of taking over tho whole OF u
;. Philippines, with the exception ,9',,' ol sG' ,
.tor Gray, who, notwithstanding
signed the treaty. held out to the u"
, AGAINST the policy Of acquiring 'he'
, ;siands. In one noteworthy dispatch
nleaded xealously against the pol''y
unpatriotic. un.American and 'nro GO
si.tcnt with probity and good state
/ manship. -.fus.
, After A brief debate the senate ref"s'
- mint the correspondence.