The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-17

have been, Page felt that he had to run
the gauntlet and show his constituents,
even II they were not from Missouri"
what he voted that way for
BIT another of the invited guests was
William Henry Eustis. and William Hen
~ has thought a few thinks about the
Puerto Rican business himself
'Our Flag and Party was the toast
assigned to William Henry and If there
Is any toast that w. Fly likes better
than the old flag. it would be hard to
find.
Equality of trade must follow the
flag. exclaimed the Minnesota politician
Eeruicai:y, and that" pausing impress
sively. means Puerto Rico The 400
banqueters applauded the sentiment en-
Enthusiastically.
1t was Ike splashing down on the de-
voted head of Morris a crown of thorns,
and If the blood was not dripping from
his forehead. the perspiratien was, when
he rose a little later to come back at
William Henry. Page had a neatly type
written speech prepared for the occasion,
but he did not recite it once.
Not he. He engaged in few
discursive remarks OF a more OF
less pointed nature and more or less bit
terness was manifest Pare thought 1t
was unfair, after he had consented re-
luctantly. tc become the congressional
candidate Of his party, and had worked
fourteen or fifteen hours day to get
elected, as the savior of his party that
the party should criticise his action in
following the loyal bent of his patriotic
inClinatiOnS, and 10 per cent
And Morris preceded TO throw 1t into
Eustis:
1T Is well enough to talk about equal
ity of trade following the flag but be-
ing Is sometimes awful. He is the wiser
statesman who legisiates for his own
country 1T Is not question of poor lit
tie Puerto Rico. but question Of our
relations with millions of people 1864
miles across the sea. Now, I want to tell
you what is the policy Of the Republican,
party II IS that the Philippines belong to
the United States, bat are not part OF
IT, II they are part Of the United States
we must have free trade with them i1nfaT
the constitution.
Judge Morris said: ''Tha FYIfnipos
should be given every right and privilege
of self-government they are CAPABLE Of
and II in the centuries to come they are
E worthy OF Independence the republic vii
say to them: Brother, depart We shall
treat and govern the Filfpines so thai
they may govern themselves" The i,td~e
ueciaTeu Olat no practical statesman ever
Thought of the constitution extending r.
SELF TO acquired territory but conte1ded
that the rights of free men would neteI
be withheld under the flag. <ffEreedo1r
and the flag go together; ilabeas CORPUS
ana the nag go together; and the rights
OF men and the flag go together. b,,t
there are many other parts of the consti.
tuition that do not go with the flag
There is little thing that is in tn.
mlnd OF every one Of you You are al
saying to yourselves, What is he goip,e
TO say about that vote of his?' -
Judge Morris then took up the 41uertc
hico question, but first he predicted that
before next November his friend Ensfi,
would be standing on the same DIatforTT
with MIN. Il do not come to anoJoerIze
or excuse myself, said the Judge Rfo,
that would imply that a wrong had baer
done, and no wrong has been done
defiantly. O"S'iy
And then after Morris had finished will
both his 'inlpassiened'' and his typeNwrat
ten talks, j. Adam Bede threw the table
into roar by a few remarks in his rs,a
serious turn. j. Adam pleaded for free
trade as Il moral right of the Puerte
Ricans. and said that when he hearf
Page Morris telling how hard he ha6
been working in congress he tBede} fell
like spelling him for year or two II