The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-31
GIVE THEM SELF GOVERNMENT
SENATOR BACoN's VIEWS ON PHIL
IPPINE QUESTION.

CIV of ImperfaIism-MuSt Necessar-
ily Weaken Our Defenses ut Home.
FiIipinos should BE Treated just
as the Cubans-PettiSrew Wanted
AguinaIdo's Statement Printed.
Pension of $50 for Mrs. Brumby.
Washington. Jan. SO.-The speech Of Mr.
Bacon of Georgia on the Philippine policy
was the feature of to-day's session of the
Senate.
AT its conclusion there was spicy col
loquy over a suggested declaration for the
self-government of the Philippines similar
to the Teller declaration as 10 Cuban self
government.
The bill presenting to the city of Nash
vile the cannon of the gunhoat Nashville.
from which was fired the first shot in
the Spanish War. was passed.
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution directing
the Committee on Rules 10 consider
whether some suitable plan could not he
adopted for the enlargement OF the Capt.
tol and for providing for the transaction
of public business other than legislative
business elsewhere. After some debate
the resolution was agreed to.
A resolution presented by Mr.. Hoar pro
viding that on Thursday, Feb. -, Wash
ingtons farewell address be read to the
Senate in accordance with it's annual Gus
tom, by Senator Foraker of Ohio. Was
adopted.
A resolution offered yesterday by Mr.
Pettigrew calling upon the President for
Information as to whether the people of
Samoa We're consulted on the recent Sam
oan treaty, etc. was referred to the Com
mttee on Foreign Relations by vote of
80 to 80
Mr.. Pettigrew then asked unanimous
consent to have printed as a public docu-
ment a statement by Aguinado giving a
history of the revolt of the Filipinos
against the Spaniards. He said it was a
document of great interest to the Senate
and to the country, but on objection the
question went over.
When the pension calendar was taken
up the bills passed included one granting
to Annie e Brumby, mother OF Lieut..
Brumby, who was Admiral Deweys flag
lieutenant. $50 a month.
Mr.. Money of Mississippi, presented his
colleague, w. V. Sullivan, recently elect
ed as senator from Mississippi, and the
oath was administered to him
Senator Bncon's speech.
Mr.. Bacon of Georgia was then recog-
nized to deliver his previously announced
speech on the Philippine question. He
was accorded particularly close attention
by his colleagues and by his auditors in
the crowded galleries, his position on the
foreign relations committee making his
deliVerance of Importance, particularly to
the minority in the Senate. Mr.. Bacon
said, in part
Under these resolutions, if adopted the
United States will do for the Philippines
practically the same as they have under
taken TO do for Cuba.
THE question presented may be concise
ly stated as follows: When the conditions
are ripe, when peace has been restored and
the authority of the United States is no
longer resisted in the Philippines shall
the United States then accord free gov
eminent TO the Flipinos TO be independent
ly exercised by them, or win the United
States thereafter retain the possession,
dominion and sovereignty of the Philip
pine Islands. with the view to their per-
manent retention as a part of the terri
tory of the United States?"
After discussing previous acquisitions of
territory, Mr.. Bacon said
In each of these vast acquisitions and
in the uses made of them there was ex-
pansion, and great expansion. But 1t was
not simply expansion of the territory sub
ject TO the jurisdiction of the United
States il was also an expansion, or rath-
er an extension of the same
political systems and political institu-
ton which existed in the original states
the expansion or extension of a system
of states inhabited by people of our own
race, a people free and self-governing and
with equal rights with the people in the
original states in the making of laws for
the control of state and federal govern
ments.
This in each instance was legitimate
expansion. 1t was legitimate and harmo-
NOUS growth. 1t was not revolutionary
change. 1t subverted none of our institu-
tons. 1t did no violence to our political
principles. 1t destroyed none of our politl-
cal ideals. 7ia11 neLa
us it not possible than such expansion
can result from our permanent retention
of the Philippine Islands? What shall be
said of an expansion which is simply an
expansion of territory which does not
carry with it an extension of our political
system, our political principles and our po-
ltical ideals. What shall be said of an
expansion by the acquisition of territory
where it is not intended thAtnthere shall
be statehood, and where II is impossible
that there can ever be statehood, with the
rights of citizenship in a state--where It
is not intended, and where IL is not posi-
BILE that the inhabitants of the acquired
territory shall ever be equal participants
with ourselves in the making of the laws
of the general government?
Cannot become "a state
which will undoubtedly exist hereafter if
we permanently retain the Philippines
make it impossible that they can ever be-
come a state; and to hold them as a sub
ject colony makes necessarily reVo-
luton in our system of government
which should not be aided by any
one who is loyal to the principles upon
which that system is founded 1t is revo-
luton which while il denies liberty to
other people, endangers the liberty of our
own people.
THE advocates of the permanent re-
tention of the Philippines do not like to
hear the term ''vassaL" Nevertheless one
who is subject of government in which
he has no voice, who only has such lib
erty as the government will grant him,
and which itself may be taken from him
at the will of the government, is vassal.
And that is the only political relation the
can ever bear TO the United
States. The advocates Of permanent re-
tention do not like the term imperial
ism" Nevertheless when ever a republic
owns outlying provinces to be held per-
manently as dependent colonies MAYER IN