The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-28

Of the constitution. the $40. 600. 900 paid
Tor the Philippines and other argu-
nlenJS which Mr. Cannon styled bOgles
set up to scare the people. His recital
cOnvUlsed the house and set the men,
oers Ia an uproar Of applause
Mr.. Bailey Speaks.
It was then arranged that the re-
naming hours of the general debate
should be divided equally between MI.
Bailey tDem., Tex and Mr.. Dolllver
(Rep-, Ia-), who were to close for tnelr
respective sides.
Mr.. Bailey declared that there was
involved in the bill question OF law
and question of morals He made an
exhaustive argument against the con-
sututiOpality of the bill, arousing the
lawyers on the other side, so that for a
time he was almost continuously en-
gagged in crossing swords with one or
the other Of his adVeFsarles.
DO you desire TO present the anOm-
ally of a government restrained BY the
constitution in one quarter of the globe
and possessed of deSDOtic power IN the
rest Of the wOrld?" Mir. Bailey asked.
How long is the cons ltutlon TO
shield US and our children If its pro-
lection is withheld from the hUmOiest
/ inhabitaut? Let me borrow the words
of Lincoln: This republic cannot en-
dure one-half free and one-half slaves.
We must all be citizens, or in time We
viii all be subjects, ! did not want 70
esssimilate these alien and inferior
races, and pray God to deliver US
from the task. But if you will take
them, they mist share our destiny
with Us"
The Democrats greeted MI. Bailey's
conclusion with upTOariOu5 applause,
and half a hundred Of them crowded
up the aisle to congratulate him.
Dolliver Closes Debate.
Mr.. Dolliver Qa.) closed the debate
for the majority. Every seat on the
[ floor was occupied, and the galleries
were crowded to suffocatiOn.
This bill. said he, ''is merely a tenn
pOrary measure to provide revenue for
Porto Rico. Yet it has been magnified
in this debate until it has been made to
include the whole problem Of the gov
eminent of ali territory acquired by US
by the treaty of Paris"
Mr.. Deliver said that he was not
frightened by the Democratic predic-
| tons Of disaster, or of the effect of an
appeal 10 the popular fear Of free
trade, however small, even when pre-
scented by the managers Of Democratic
| politics in the United States. Free
trade with Porto Rico could introduce
no element of alarm into the American
market politics But this cry had done
the Republican party at least a great
service, for it had put a stop to the
INSCRIPTIONS agitation. that was filling
the United States with the fear that in
| taking possession of vast tropical areas
and territories the United States were
| found helpless to deal with them, ex-
Cept on terms of such political intimacy
/ al nd al arfrra9ffrr - -
| tuition pTeScribes for the people Of the
| United States.
The Treaty of Paris.
81 am not going TO stand here a min
Ute to defend the treaty Of Paris, said
he. Il don't intend TO go into detail
about how it happened to be agreed
upon. 1 viii say to both sides of this
house that when the world knows, as
1 it will soon know, every line in the
/ history of that transaction, by the pub
! LEGATION of the whole archives of the
negotiation, every American will per-
ceiVe that the president Of the United
states ended our war with Spain on the
same high level that the American
people began il, and will be able TO in
woke upon every part Of his perform
ance the gracious favor OF Aim MY
God and the considerable JudgmGt- of
lican side.)
/ No man, he went on, should have
voted for the appropriation to carry
Lhat treaty into force who had not
taken the manful resolution to shoulder
the infinite responsibility which it laid
upon his country. He denounced in
scathing terms q man who would seize
d miserable opportunity to harass the
government for political purposes. Yet
such 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 subsequently turn it to political
account. In the heat and dust of the
coming campaign, he said, the moral
characteristics Of such a man would
not escape the attention Of the Amer
lean people.
Mr.. Bryan's Part.
Mr.. Bryan had advised, not that we
should abanGOn the archipelago, in
which there Was some sense, but that
/ we should rather, with our army, rec
! osnize the military leadership Of a
chief of one Of the sixty tribes, and
assume response bility without author
fty.
In the history of the world, he said,
no such blatant stupidity had mas
queraded for wisdom ever in the an
nails of a forlorn political party. If
D this government withdrew, 1t would at
least take its baggage with 1t. If II
stayed, it would stay Of its own right.
MIR. DOlliYer then defended the preJi-
dents course in the Philippines, read
General I.awton's letter charging that
the resurrection in the Philippines was
kept alive by the agitation in this
country, and urged his countrymen,
north and south. without regard to
their political party. to put a stop to
the INSCRIPTIONS agitation that for
nearly two years has filled the hearts
of our own boys with despair, and the
hearts of their enemies with confidence
and good cheer.
"Oh, my cOuntrymen," Mr.. DOlliver
! concluded, 1--WE are in the midst of such
difficult responsibilities that I some
times feel that our resolution and our
purposes are almost overwhelmed.
There are two ideas of the
national duty in this emergency. One
is that the nation should take care of
itself and let the world alone. That
is narrow view of our national duty
The Other Ideal.
HThe other ideal Of national life, an
ideal born in the heart Of the Workman
| of Nazareth, is that no nation liveth
to Itself alone, but that every real ma
tional life pours itself out in the serv-
ice of mankind. 1 don't believe that
the American republic. with motive
like that and a purpose like that, VIII
be allowed by Providence to tall amid
the difficulties of this hour You have
read the masterpiece Of fiction where
a hand from the sky touches the 5hOul-
! der of NAPOLEON the Great. puts an end
to his career. and says to him, Your
business is over, your time is up, your
affairs are at an end
THAT was the CLEAN Of superb
/ imagination There is in this world
the steady light of ffsth more superb
even than that, faith in the future
of humanity, a faith in the greatness