Evening star., 1900-03-01
Consideration Resumed by the Senate
This Afternoon.
10 VOTE ON CURRENCY BILL TUESDAY
Trying to Get Up Contested EIec-
ton Case in the House.
D EMOC GRATIS JUBILAN

bill was passed at the opening of to-
days session of the Senate extending the
time for the commencement of the con-
Struction of a bridge across the Missouri
river at Yankton, S. D., by the Dakota
Southern railroad to March 5, 1901, and its
completion to March 3, 1904.
AT the conclusion of routine business.
Mr.. Aldrich asked for unanimous consent
to fix time for the final vote on the
conference report on the financial BILL He
was anxious to have a vote this week but
as some other orders of business previously
agreed upon were likely to take up con-
siderable time he asked that the vote be
taken next Tuesday at pm.
TO this the Senate agreed.
Mr.. Hoar said he desired briefly to ad-
dress the Senate the Quay case. but
would not interfere with the delivery of
the speech announced by Mr.. Clay CGa.) for
today.
Mr.. Clay then addressed the Senate on
the Philippine question. He was one of
the democratic senators who voted for the
ratification of the treaty of Paris, and his
position in supporting the Bacon resolu-
tons declaratory of this country's policy
toward the Philippines was interesting.
For Commercial Expansion.
Mr.. Clay, adverting to the commercial ad-
vantages of holding the Philippines said:
There is quite difference between COM
mercial and territorial expansion. One
does not necessarily follow the other. 1
favor commercial expansion, but oppose
the latter where applied to territory beyond
the western hemisphere
No senator upon this floor is more anx-
ious to enlarge our markets and to induce
the vast population of China to purchase
our surplus products of farm and factory
so as to give employment to labor and en-
haQre the v3ine Of hot he ioI
and finished product of producer and manu-
facturer than myself. Wars and domestic
insurrection are not the proper means to
induce foreign consumers to buy our goods
and wares and to become our customers
I'VE must study their markets, the wants
and demands of their people. We must
cheapen transportation by the construc-
tion of the Nicaraguan canal; build up our
merchant marine; take every possible ad-
vantage of the laws of trade and commerce
TO meet promptly the keen competition of
England. Germany, France, or any other
foreign country seeking to extend it's trade
to the markets of China"
In conclusion Mr.. Clay presented an ar
sument in favor of the resolutions offered
of the governments policy in the Philip
pines.
The Hawaiian Bill.
When Mr.. Clay had concluded his speeci,
consideration of the Hawaiian bill was re-
sumed, MIR. PenrCse tPa.) stating that he
would not call up the Quay case on account
of the unanimous agreement as to the final
vote on the Hawaiian government bill.
The pending question was the amendment
OF Mr.. Teller relating to the establishment
of district court with district judge N
Hawaii, carrying with 1t the right of trial
by jury before the court.
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) resumed his speech be-
gun yesterday antagonizing on technical
gl ounds the proposed amendment.
He asserted in connection with a discus
sion of the judicial features of the measure
that the bill as it stood now would legislate
out of office every democrat in Hawaii. He
did not care SO much about that so far as
it was applied to judicial offices it was a
dangerous practice. He declared his belief
that some senators Were determined to give
political complexion to the Hawaiian
judiciary.