Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-06
THE Law AND PHILIPPINES
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ENGLAND RENDERED INsEcIJRr

great nation Which was rendered in
secure by her colonial possessions.
She trembleS," he said. Eat the
spectre of the Russian bear crossing
the Ural mountains. and she NAV well
tremole at the attitude of the less than
a million of people i'm the Transvaal.
There is no strength in these extended
possessions The very moment we take
these tilipfnos we have injected into
our system poison that will inoculate
our whole body polite.
WICKED AND ArROCIOUS.
II believe 1t was wicked and atrocious
70 take these filipinos into the United
states and. under Pecksnifian policy.
10 murder and destroy them in order
70 force upon them American freedom"
first stating In brief the proposition
Oh Mr.. Caffery concerning the Filipinos.
MI. Platt (ConnecticuO asked: "Whnt
do?" we
urn them loose as soon as we can
se' rld OF them" responded Mr.. Gallery.
M"o advocated declaring IAN armisticc
~ inc philippines and then promising
VIZ r,''pihos their independence. That
would stop the war"
After brief executive session tbc
senate adjourned
L
inc senate. in executive session, rat
In! nc lague peace treaty; also the
eNtradition treaty with Argentine Re
PUBIC Both were adopted without OH
lection or division
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 5.-This was sus.
pens,ol, DAY in the House, and MIR.
Bartholdi. of Missouri, was recognized
to move the passage under a snsnon-
SION OF the rules of bill appropriating
S4ooo0 for the appointment of an expart
scientific commission to investigate the
allessd pollution of the matters of the
mississippi river by the Chicago drain
age canal The bill was drawn in gen
eral terms, covering the pollution of
rivers which threaten the water supply
in more than one State.
fhe Dill was defeated-ayec,. &C: noes.
ST. W ''oe'
Mr.. White, of North Carolina, rose to
a question of personal privilege to re-
ply TO an editorial denouncing his
course In Congress printed in the Ra-
'eigh' N. c., News and Observer.
MIR. Robinson, OF Indiana, under
unanimous consent, paid n glowing tri-
butte to General Lawton's patriotic a.
reer from the time he left Fort Wayne
rs u boy of is to the time when he
died upon the battlefelds in the Phil
ippines
Mr.. Linney, OF North Carolina, sub
mitted a report in the Evans-Turner
contest election case from the Fifth
Kentucky district in favor of Turner.
Mr.. Hit, OF Illinois, chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee, then called
up the Diplomatic and Consular Ap-
preparation bill.
ANNEXATION OF CUBA.
Mr. Dinsmore, OF Arkansas, the rank
ing Democrat on the committee, called
attention to some foreign questions in
which this country is concerned
lie said the jurisdiction over matters
relating to Cuba. which was not United
States territory. had been transferred
from the Foreign Affairs to the Insular
committee. This was deliberately made
Tor the purpose OF giving color to our
retention of control there, and ultimate
ly of absorbing Cuba He had hoped
that some day Cuba would be part of
the United States, but would never IA
vor annexation under such conditions
as surrounded the annexation of ths
Hawaiian islands.
THE PHILIPPINES.
Speaking of our duty in the Philip
proclaim Immediately to the people in
arms against us that 1t was not our
purpose to acquire permanent sovcr-
eighty, but to offer our friendly aid TO
set up n stable government. When such
s-f5etesi4 e>4-laaa- lae=s4=eat IA sAasl-A4=
said. we should withdraw from the ISL
ands Democratic applause).
DANGER OF IMPERIALISM.
Proceeding, he inveighed against i'm
perialism in eloquent terms. He went
into the history of the negotiations
with Aguinaldo in an attempt to provc
that the latter understood that success
against the Spaniards would mean lib
erty and independence for the Filpi-
nos.
In conclusion, Mr. Dinsmore said,
speaking of the alleged purpose of the
Administration TO hold the Philippines:
IT believe as fully as 1 believe any
thing that the moment this obligation
is imposed upon us. as it will be unless
the people at the polls prevent it, that
that minute will bark the beginning of
the decadence and fall of the American
Republic. In this belief all history
bears me out"
Mr.. Adams (Pepnsylvania) followed
discussing his plan of reorganization
of the consular service.
SOME PLAIN PROPOSITIONS.
Mr.. Clark (MissourD. a member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke
against the Philippine policy of the
Administration. Mr.. Clark. in his
characteristic way, laid down the fol-
lowing proposition:
"A man does not have to be an idiot
in order to be a patriot.
"a man is not traitor because he
is opposed to doing those things which
jeopardize the life of the republic.
''In the hands of political jobbers the
American flag, like the mantle of char
IL x..ill he do "a