Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-01-16

lands ana that in days Of peace we WI,
work out The noblest and hiEhcst sociai y
! the Old World: You may hold your
thrones as hong as the people will permit.
but. this continent shall forever be de-
voted to liberty, you shall not step your
| foot upon it That is our destiny. 1t Is
! idle to talk of our being Gods chosen
people
eridges statement that charity did not
begin At home. but was filtered in from
the outside. With the municipal corrup-
| tion that all admitted existed, it was
| ridiculous to talk of appointing Tot OF
Indiana politicians in the Philippines and
| letting the reflected glory of our republic
| shine across the seas to make their al
ministration pure and holy.
Wolcott said we We're bound to make
many mistakes and before we finished We
| might believe we had taken over from
Spain a home for incorrigihIcs. IL
the century. when the world is growing
more bencticent. when the rich are grow
ing richer and poor richer. too. the time
sun which now shines so brightly over
our own country will shed its refulgent
rays upon far distant seas
PettigreW briefly replied to Wolcott
The latter had stated. he said. that he
had never had Il kind word for his asso-
ciates in the senate. Yet Pettisrew said
bis relations with his colleagues had been
most pleasant. The Senate could not hide
behind the large personality of the sena-
tor from Colorado. II have not spent
much time" said l. ttigrew. lin laudinE
him, although / am ready to confess he
has 4 large voice He said he did not
think the senator's attack upon himself
was worthy Of reply. lie did marvel.
however, at the div sion in the ranks of
the imprriaistS.
The sena,or from Indiana CBevcridgel
had said the motive Of expansion was
greed" the senator from Colorado
WolcotU said il was "philanthropy.
The latter was the motive which dctu-
ated Spain her conquest Of the Western
world. Her preteNt was civilization ANA
religious zeal. That was the motive of
iiZarro, who butchcred people right ana
left. PettiSrew pointed out the names Of
many illuStribuS men who had oppose
the policy of their home governments
given to asgressionS abroad notably Fox
ana Pitt. who had denounced the course
Of King George against the American
colonies.
At the conclusion Of Pettigrews state
mcnt. an order was made At the request
of Lodge that the resolutions under con
sideration 20 over until tomorrow with
out losing their place.
Consideration Of the financial bill was
then resumed. Rawlns addressed the
Senate in opposition to the measure.
which he intimated was one Of the OBJ
icctS of those who favored Imperialism.
He denounced the bill rs sanctiiicd b.
Wall street and blessed by the British
financial promoters. He declared the cf-
fors uf the Republican party to brins
about bimetallism bad been periidious
and treacheruGs and that there was no
eNamp" IN history NJ greater luplicity.
He devoted his chief attention to the
House bill for which the Senate measure
is substitute. pointing out what he re
gurded as serious defects. He said il wa
astonishing mat on the eve uf a financial
crash, due - an arrested money supply.
a proposition should be made in Congress
that. in his opinion. would multiply the
imminent dangers.
At the conclusion of Rawlins' speech
Davis. chairman nf The foreign relations
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