Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-28

the words of Lincoln, This republic
cannot endure one-half free and one
| half slave We must be all citizens
or in time we Will be all subjects | did
| not want to aSSimilate these alien and
| inferior races and pray God to deliver
us from the task. But if you will take
them, they must share our destiny with
us
The Democrats greeted Bailey's con
| clusion with unroarious applause ana
half a hundred Of them crowded up the
| aisle to encourage him.
DolIiver, Ia, closed the debate for the
majority. Every seat on the floor Was
occupied and the galleries We're crowd
ed to sutfocatiOn. He had intended, he
said, to argue some of the questions Of
| law to which the gentleman from Tex
as. had addressed himself. But he had
remained in the House. during the 10
days debate. while the gentleman was
| abs mt preparing his speech. He had
| list med to the discussion and had
heard every case cited and argued by
| the other side and replied to by his
frit Ids on his side.
so" said he, Il am not prepared to
go into them again even. This bill is
merely a temporary measure to provide
revenue for Puerto Rico. Yet it has
beeen magnifed in this debate until it
| has been made TO include the whole
| problem of the government of all ter
ritory acquired by us by the treaty Of
| Paris.
THE President recommended that
Congress abolish all duties on Puerto
Rican goods that the inhabitants Of
that stricken island might rebuild their
fallen fortunes and regenerate their
shattered industries. Despite the abuse
heaped by the press upon this bill I
am prepared to show that it will do
exactly what the President recon-
mended should be done" (Applause).
Dolliver spoke derisivcly Of the anX-
| iety and zeal Of the Democracy to up
| hold the President. Coming after two
| years Of calumy directed against the
| President, it was he said. but cheap
| party ingenuity. 1t was declared that
this bill was in behalf of the sugar
trust. when the fact was. declared Dol
liver. that the sugar trust wanted free
trade. The same was true Cf the to-
bacco trust. The syndicatcs had piled
up the WharVes il San Juan awaiting
their rich harvest when free trade
came, and their representatives hung
about the halls Of Congress seeking 10
advance a free trade bill.
"If," hc said. "thc constitution Of the
United States establishes fee trade he
tween Manila ana san Francisco, as il
undoubtedly dos between Maryland
, ana Virginia. then the fact that we
have got into 4 now competition is only
the least trouble that is before Us. W.
are in that case disarmed at one" in
the momcltous demand which this ma
ton has made for equal rights in the
commerce Of Asia. l violate 10 secret
Of this government when | say that
tod ~. there is pending in the state
department the most elaborate conf
mcrciaI negotiation ever attempted IL
the history uf our diplomacy, blarI
upon the pledge made hy our commits
sioncrs ri Paris that whatever We did
in the Pacific ocean we would main
tain an opon door for tho conmcrc
of the world. And | want t. ask Re
publicans and Democrats With what
cpuntcnance we can stand before the
cabinets of Europ" protesting against
tIlt " 'liI'iblli4N III tli' III - u IlI4i'i
| to the prejudice Of American trade.
when we ourselves have deliberately
drawn 2 commercial dead lire about
the Philippine islands for the perml-
nert exclusion Of everybody else. The
open door Of Asia through which the
enlightened community Of American
business looks forward to opportunities
not even yet explored, that is the real
question on trial here
, no man. he went on. should have
voted for the appropriation to carry
the Paris treaty into force who had
not taken the manful resolution to
hCuidCr tine infinite responsibility
which it laid upon his country. He
| Denounced in scathing terms a man
who would seize a miserable oppor-
| tunity to harrasS the government for
| political purposes. Yet such a man.
! leaving his uniform in Florida, had
| fastened to Washington to rally his
| supporters for the ratifica ton of the
| treaty in order that he might subse-
| qucntly turn it to political account
| In the heat and dust of the coming
| campaign. he said, the moral charac-
| teristics of such 2 man would not es-
! cape the attention Of the American
! people. In other times, he said. such
measurcless degradation would be
properly characterized. But the politi-
| cal advantage he sought was not 50
| obvious. The wisdom of the admins
| tration had been demonstrated as the.
| folly of everything else offered in its
| place had developed.
/ Mr.. Bryan had advised not that We
should abandon the archipelago. in which
there was some sense. but that we should
remain there with our army recognize
/ the military leadership OF a chief Of one
! Of the 50 tribes and assume responsibility
without authority.
In the history Of the world. he said, no
such blatant stupidity had masquerade
for wisdom. even in the annals Of for
lorn political party. II this government
withdrew. it would at least take its bag
gage with il. If it stayed. il would stay
, of its own right. CAppliuse).
/ Proceeding. he said that the Democ-
racE had sought 10 turn erythinE. good
or bad. to political account; that il had
gone into partnership with the diseases
III the camps and had tried to pick up
votes at every soldiers funeral: that il
nad magniiied the quarrels of officers
had magniiied our scandals before the
world and had formed treaty Of peace
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