The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-07


purpose on the part of a vast majority of
men in public positions to loyalty support
! the government in every move made. There
had not been a dissenting voice to the ap-
/ preparation of s5O,0O0,OO0 and giving it to
the President for national defense fund.
| That first great demonstration of loyalty
| to the Nation and to the flag was followed
! by others equally inspiring and quite as
| important in their way. Partisanship had
| been sunk when the question came up of
| authorizing the enlistment of a great army
| of volunteers and of making provision for
their maintenance and for their effective
| handling. Every step which the govern
ment found necessary to take had met with
| cordial support irrespective of party afilia-
| tions or connections.
NO TIME FOR POLITICS.
Senator Fairbanks hoped that the closing
/ chapter in the history of the war might
/ be equally free from exhibitions of partisan
| rancor and divested of attempts in any
| quarter to make political capital out of
situation so vitality important to the welfare
| of the Nation. He did not want to see po-
| litical feeling obtrude on an occasion like
| this. He believed it to be the duty of
every senator to record his vote for the
ratlileation of a treaty which would re-
one of peace. and which would pave the
way for speedy return to their homes
of hundred thousand soldiers who are
now scattered about in many parts of the
world in military encampments He pointed
| out that failure to ratify the treaty might
! lead to dangerous complications, interna-
| tional and domestic, and that it would be
| construed by other countries as meaning
that there was controlling sentiment in
/ the United States against collecting the
| fruits of victory and against the wise policy
| of the administration for the handling of
| the newly acquired territory and of it's in
| habitants. These were things he thought
| which ought not to be brought into ques-
/ tion at this time, and which could be dis
| cussed with greater propriety later on. The
| only point at issue was to put the
| United States on peace footing and to
| bring to a legal termination the war which
had been declared by the Congress of the
| United States a little less than a year ago.
| He said that the opposition which had been
reared against ratification had engendered
| spirit of unrest and uncertainty in our
| country and that there had been a pause
| in the onward sweep of prosperity in con-
| sequence of the uncertainty which had
arisen in the minds of the people in the
outcome should there be a failure to i'm
mediately ratify the peace treaty.
l. The senator spoke of the high character
| of the men who had negotiated the treaty
and of the confidence the country had in
| them. He said it was the universal opinion
that they had made the very best arrange
ment for the welfare of their country that
could be made, and it was due to them
to approve and indorse their work He ex-
| foil
| PARTY and to cast their votes in the affirma-
tive. He said the country would not under
stand, and could not be brought to under
| stand, that failure to ratify meant any
| thing but invitation to disturbance and
dsquiet He did not wish to be understood
as impeaching the loyalty or the good faith
| of those who We're arrayed with the opposi-
tion, but he felt justified in questioning
the wisdom of the stand they took, and once
| moro earnestly appealed to them to change
front.
CONGRATULATIONS.
The speech was listened to with close at
| tention, and at its conclusion several
| Democratic senator's congratulated him on
the good temper and kindly spirit displayed
They said that while they would have to
vote against him, they nevertheless ap-
preciated the spirit that ran through his
| utterances.
In an interview this evening Senator Fair
banks expressed himself as highly pleased
at the result of to-day's vote on the peace
treaty. He said he thought it meant a
great deal to the country. and that the peo-
| pie would feel renewed assurance that there
would be no further serious interruption to
| the grand wave of prosperity that was
| sweeping from the Atlantic to Pacific and
| from the gulf to the Canadian line He
! had noted with concern the fact that op-
position to peace had checked enterprise to
some extent, and had caused a general
| pause in the onward movement towards
| enlarged prosperity and development. These
signs of disquiet, he thought, would speedily
disappear now that the cause for them had
been removed. He thought that the eff
feet Of to-day's vote would be beneficial
from every tandpoint-political, moral
commercial and industrial-and that it in
sured for the United States a prolonged
| period of progress toward the higher level
He thought the nations of the old world
| would see in this vote that a vast majority
of the people of the United States were in
hearty sympathy with the government.
Senator Hale to-day gave his impressions
| concerning the effect of the battle of Manila
on the peace treaty. He said: Il am not
/ SulpllSeu dl TIE occurrence. IL the treaty
had been made as it ought to have been
made, putting the Philippines on the same
| basis as Cuba, no trouble would have arisen
or if the managers of the treaty had con-
| sented to an amendment on this line, there
would have been no trouble of this kind
| Or, still further, if they had agreed to the
| passage of a joint resolution declaring that
| Congress did not expect permanent occupa-
| ton, trouble would have been avoided But
the truth is that underneath the expansion
| newspapers and back of the movements of
the leaders of the expansion cause lies the
determination to be content with nothing
but permanent annexation This means a
protracted war of subjugation against the
| people of the Philippine islands The rati-
fication of the treaty means nor peace but
immediate war. We must send more troops
and more ships to Manila and must under
take the immense job of conquering the
people who are trying to establish gov
ernment of their own"
DETAILS OF THE SESSION.
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