The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-20
THE NATIONS LAW MAKERS
Senator Beveridge Offers Substitute for
the Foraker Porto Rican Tariff Bill.

We shall DO the same thing in Porto Rico
ss We DO In the Philippines. or that "
must be bound 70 afford the Philippines
the same legislation We give Porto Rico.
The questions Of the treatment OF Porto
Rico and the treatment OF the Philippines
are entirely different and distinct The
great question Is how can We do justice
10 the Inhabitants Of those islands and do
Justice TO ourselves at the same time. Bad
as this bill Is. IL is Infinitely better than
anything the people OF Porto Rico ever
had before"
After deprecating the newspaper
ciam0r." which he said. indicated that
the United States was about TO take some
lllOera1 and unjust advantage Of The
Porto RicanS. Mr.. Teller concluded with
the statement that the bill as presented
= as an incOngruOus proposition. and he
had little hope Of fits being materially i'm
proved before its enactment
The House listened 10 several eloouent
Speeches Wednesday afternoon on trade
and expansion topics. Representative
Adamson, OF Georgia, was the first He
is member Of the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce, and ha
been intensely interested IN the construc-
ton Of a Nicaragua canal. Speaking for
an hour yesterday, he forclbly advocated
the building Of the canal. TO be owned by
this government. and made il plain that
he dissented from any treaty that would
forbid this government the right TO fortify
such IN important waterway
Representative COwherd. OF Missouri
addressed the House on the subject Of the
Philippines, holding that the advoca tes
OF Imperialism were actuated by two mo-
tves-militarism and commercial greed
lie denied that Jefferson was the father
OF modern expansion, quoting extensively
from JeHeTson's writings to show that
JeHerson's motive in securing the annexa-
uOn OF Louisiana was TO avoid er1broiling
the country in foreign wars I'm the future
Jefferson, ne said, desired to insure peace
Modern expansiOnists courted foreign COM
plicatlons.
Provision for Citizenship.
In every treaty Of annexation made
under a Democratic administration there
was clause which provided that every
inhabitant Of the territory annexed should
become an American citizen. The treaty
OF Paris was the only one acquiring ter
ritory in which it was left TO Congress to
decide the political status Of the tnhabi-
tants
Mr. Chairman" concluded Mr.. Cow
nerd, there was time when we boaste5
not OF the money we could make. not that
yonder nag carried trade IN its wake. bur
mat It carried liberty. To-day its proud
Doast Is that trade follows the flag The
otheF Gay when Gen. French rode into
kimberley 10 the relief OF that beIeagurad
CITY the newspapers tell US the citizens
heid a reception for the English officers.
ana cecil Rhodes, the very incarnation of
the land lust, the land-grabbing spirit of
the age, the man who might also have
SAID, as was said the other day in the
other end Of the Capitol, these are all the
Islands left TO grab'-Cecil Rhodes in re-
sponse TO a toast, said that the people Of
Kimberley had done their part in preserv-
ing 1or the world the greatest CONNER
cial asset Of the age, the English flag.
spirit Of the Revolution.
Mr.. Chairman, ! hope the dav will
never come when any man can rise in anv
land and point 10 yonder banner as a
commercial asset. CApplauseD l trust
SIR mat something still Will survive Of the
Gays when that banner floatad above
washington and his barefooted, bloody
patriots at Valley Forge | trust some
thing still viii live Of the spirit that ami
mated the men who upheld that banner
When they stood with stubborn Old An
drew Jackson at New Orleans. | trust
something Of the life of liberty still per
meates this nation that permeated the
followers Of yonder flag when thev march,
ed with Grant on his stubborn advance
to Richmond.
ana, Mr. Chairman, II the dav ever
comes When that banner is nothing Eur
! a commercial asset, then, sr, every stripe
or white upon its fold should be dyed in
the blood Of the men we killed and con-
quered, and from yondar ground of bIua
you should take every star that repre-
sents an Independent State" (Applause
on the Democratic side)
Representative Howard. Of Georpia d;s
cuSsed the open door, policy in The East.
ana Representative RuciIer. OF Missouri
submitted an argument in favor nf a con-
sutullonal amendment for the election of
Senators by the people He sad that
ihlIty-two states Were on record as favor
ing lhe popular election Of Senators.
Approval of Civilization,
| Representative BouteH. OF Illinois cIos-
ed the debate with a brief reply to the
/ argument of Mr. Cowherd.
| He hoped and prayed that in dealing
with the problems which confronted us
we would be guided by the highest mo-
tives, and that the blessings Of the God
OF nations and the approval of all civil
| ization would rest upon US.
| A resolution was adopted, setting aside
| alternate Fridays. except such as are de-
/ voted under the rule adopted last week
/ to pension legislation, for the considera-
! ton OF private bills reported by the Gains
and War Claims Committee. Bills were
passed to settle the title to real estate
| IN the city OF Santa Fe " NJ ar] -
| the relief OF Thomas Paul Represen-9-
/ tiveS Roberts HeatWole and Briggs Wa
! appointed a special committee 10 invesff-
gate storage rooms in the Capitol.
! Chairman Marsh, of the Committee on
/ Militia has introduced bill 10 appropri-
ate 100000 for the equipment of the mi
/ litia in the several States. This bill &c IN
/ accord with the requests OF the adiutants
/ general Of many States, who have been in
! Washington for several days. A commit
tee OF Them was at the Capitol "Wednesday
/ to further urge the adoption OF the Marsh
/ bill