The age-herald., 1900-05-26
Says Our Title to the Philippines
 is Clear.
AN OPEN DOOR TO THE SOUTH
He Believes It To Be One of the Most Advantageous Treaties That United States Has Made
 in Century.

Washington, May 25.-Discussion of the Spooner Philippine bill was continued by MT. Morgan of Alabama. On the general question of the ownership and government of the United States of the Philippine islands he was in accord with Senators Spooner and Lodge, but he regarded the pending bill as unwise and dangerous leg islation, because of the great power 1t placed in the hands of the president He was satisfied, however, that the measure would not be passed by this congress, and declared that it was being used as foil to thrust aside the Nicaraguan canal bill. Much of his speech was devoted to the canal bill, and to denunciation of the ef- forts to prevent its enactment at this ses- sion.
 Senator Carter of Montana today pre- sented the certificate of Governor Smith, appointing Hon. Martin Maginnis senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna- tion of Senator Clark, and to which MT. Clark also had been appointed by Lieuten- ant Governor Spriggs in the absence of the governor. The certificate was in practically the same words as Acting Governor Spriggs' certificate appointing MT. Clark to succeed himself. In accordance with re- quest made by Senator Carter, the certifi- cate was laid upon the table.
 MT. Morgan introduced bill to punish crimes against the United States not com mitted within a state. He said the bill seemed to unlock the difficulty the govern ment was in now as to extradition of an offender from the United States to Cuba. The bill was referred to the judiciary com mittee.
 When the Philippine bill was taken up MT Morgan addressed himself to it. He agreed with MT. Lodge and MT. Spooner on many phases of their contention as to the Philippines, but as to the pending bill he differed from them on some constitu- tional points and as to the necessity for and wisdom of the enactment of the measure. He agreed that the Philippines were ours and that the title of the United States to the islands under the treaty of Paris was clear and beyond any question:
 MT. Morgan declared that no promises had ever been made by our military and naval commanders to recognize the Tagalo government No such government existed in the Philippines when Dewey arrived there and took Manila At that time Aguinaldo was in Singapore enjoying the pay for his treachery he had received from the Spaniards. He denounced Aguinaldo as political adventurer and traitor, and asserted that we would have disgraced ourselves before all the nations of the earth had we yielded to the demand of Aguinaldo and his followers to loot the islands, and especially Manila"
 The Paris Treaty
 Discussing the ratification of the treaty of Paris, MT. Morgan said:
 T was in favor of the ratification of the treaty of Paris and still adhere to that conviction of duty. believe it is the most advantageous treaty next to our treaties of annexation with Mexico, that the United States had made in the nineteenth century. am proud of the motives and their heroic support by our army and navy that forced fh4S treaty from an arbitrary cruel Span ish-Bourbon despotism and again opened the way for our republican institutions. I welcome this open door of relief to the south, especially in their honorable strug- gles to repair the losses and humiliation of the war between the states, and I honor the president and our commissioners for leading us in this course of national duty to glorious result
 .'I am proud that our distinguished party leader, MT. Bryan, came to Washington to implore the democracy of the senate to ratify the treaty of Paris and bid us not to stutify ourselves with needless fears, be- cause it's ratification would open to the ab- solutists another opportunity to test the courage and sincerity of the grand democ- racy.'
 MT. Morgan attacked the bill as concen- trating all the power over the Philippines in the president of the United States. It was legalizing absolutism and took away from the senate the power to confirm the appointments of the president
 Imperial Power Of President
 q do not know" said Mr. Morgan, "whether the president is demanding from congress this imperial power. His con- duct thus far of our island possessions does not justify the suspicion that he de- sires the vast powers conferred upon him by this bill merely for his own aggrandize- ment or for any imperial purposes. This Is an unhallowed power, and ought not to be conferred upon the president. Fraud has already touched his administration in Cuba, but no one is more sorrowful over it than he; no one is more indignant than he."
 MT. Morgan made long argument in support of the Nicaraguan canal as doubly necessary now that we were in the Philip pines.
 He declared that there was even now revolution in the state of Panama, which was being fomented. melted and aided by various canal companies which had prop ositions before the United States for it's consideration. Referring to the sugges- tious that had been made to this govern