The Portland daily press., 1899-02-08
KEPT BEFORE The PEOPLE
Some Good Accomplished by Delaying
Treaty.
IDEA OF ROLDING PHILIPPINES
NOT ADVANCED BY MANY.
Bible and shot Gun Policy of Cyrus
suIIoway Has Not Many Follower
A speech by southern Man which
Nortberners should Read.

suIIovny Has Not Many Follower
speech by southern Man which
Northerners should Read.
ESPECIAL TO THE PRzss.l
= Washington, Feb. There Is evidence
that the long contest against the peace
treaty in the Senate has borne fruit in
one way. ina irectly Tut not the less pow
erfully. 1t has kept the question pfomi-
nently Def re the American people, and
they. have been study ing 1t and weighin !
it in a way that promises a more reason
able conclusion than one dictated when
the glamour Of passion and the war was
stu upon the country. For instance.
smong Senators aud Representatives here
in Washington the idea of taking tbs
philippines to hold them as subject is
not advanced by many. Most of the speak
ers on the Army bill, whether on the OK
pausionist side or on the anti-expansiou-
ist side. made very sure to steer clearslof
such a doctrine. The prevailing tone was
that we shoald hold the islands only 50
long as we should he Obliged TO In order
our position there. or course this Is rath-
er an indefinite and unsatisfactory posi-
tiou; Tut 1t is quite an advance over
the rabid proposition that we should take
the islands and hold them always IN order
10 allow the bible and shot gun policy set
forth by the Hon. Cyrus Sulloway, OF
New Hampshire. tn work its full mission.
MIR. Sulloway was by the way, one OF the
most radical speakers on the army bill.
He was In favor o. holding permanently
every grain of sand won from Spain.
But there were some verg serious speech
IS made against this proposition OF Mr..
Sull way. One of the most prominent
of tie ReIutlica meInters from the
south a man who ielt constrained TO
To even for the one hundred thousand
men called for by the secretary OF war
because that secretary seemed In that
+, spect to be voicing the policy of the
ad administration, expressed in the most
positive terms his opposition TO the annex
alton OF tAe Philippines. His words are
worth the attention of northern Republic
cans:
Mr.. Chairman, the people of the
South are the greatest peof lie. in many
respects, in the world. My political as
snoiates from that part Of the country
have in the past proven themselves worthy
of the very highest compliment of the
malchless and immortal Blaine. OF ali
the men of any section TO whom he refers
" 18th compliment in his book IL is the
men of the south, as above all Others,
as pailiamentarians as gentlemen, as men
of integrity, as men possessing the ca
paciiy even to dominate tie Senate when
they were in the minority, Mr.. Blaine
places above all others, and he gives them
the position to which they are entitl ed.
In that grand country of ours what Is
the resultY Where this race question,
which, l say. is inevitable in the perma
nent admission of these islands to tine
sisterhood OF states or Territorially, III
would form this msddening, dangerous
question Let me call your attention TO
the workings OF it. Louisiana has q
mem bsrs in Congress, and she gives 81 =
81 votes Mississippi has I mem beers,
with -, $50 votes; south Carolina
members ana 35,314 votes; A labama Y
members and l69, 947 votes. aggregating
20 members from these States, and the
aggrt gate vote upon which they rest is
.66, 5i5. North Carolina has only o
against 20, and she gives 533, 129 votes
-four States, with 20 congressman, give
20. 7C8 votes less than North Carolina gives
Tor Congressman.
what tlseg read this, and l hear II
as the ringing Of the fire bell at night
These things ale worthy of the study Of
every American citizen. and especially
the study OF TIE honorable gentleman
from the STATE who represents this popu-
lar branch in the ! gislnture
Idaho gives ~, ~ votes for Represen-
tative; south Carolina 81 votes for
Z mem bers-l3, 81 votes for Congressman
in south Carolina less than Idaho cast
for Representative. What d i'd 1t? Gen
ilemeu say, ION, Indifference to voting.
MIR. Chairman, that Indifference to vot-
ing indicates diseased condition some
where. The lark that does not sing is
sick; the lion that does not roar Is sick
unto death.
to believe that the law OF which no less
can be said than that her seat Is the
bosom OF God, and her voice the harmony
Of tie world; all things in heaven and
earth Go her homag-, the very lowest as
being worthy of her care, the very great
est "a not exempt from her power,
thought this was the leavep that wou Id
leaven up and work up the whole social
and politfcal fabric, and give vitality and
strength ana purity and integrity TO every
section Of the country on this great ques-
tiop of suflrsge, and that no part OF our
tel1ved Southland would ever seriously
consluer the proposition of yelling any
uurt of our strength in this great Federal
Congress. But IL has been tried, and We
soe the results We see that great and
good men are willing to accept even the
cutting down OF the representation OF their
Stnlt in order to escape-whatS In order
10 escape that maddening issue, the race
question. do not know, my brethren
OF the North, but what you would do the
same thing. l am not here TO assail any
one. am not here to assail my brethren
of the South. ] am only speaking now
of facts Accomplished. These things exist
with US; it may be possible that they ex-
isl win YOU / have thought that they
should not so exist, and still think so.
In addition TO that, the strife, the