The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-28

masnifisd In this dsbass until 10 has been
made TO include the whole problem Of the
government Of all territory acquired By
Nc by the treaty Of Paris.
The President recommended that Con.
grsss abolish oil duties on Porto Rican
goods that the Inhabitants OF the stricken
island might rebuild their fallen fortunes
and regensrate their shattered industries.
Despite the abuse hsaped by the press up
on this bill sm prepared TO show that IL
will do exactly what the presidsnt recon.
mended should be dene." (Appiauss.)
Mr.. Deliver spoke dsrisively Of the
anxiety and zeal of the democracy to mp.
hold the President Coming after two
years OF cslumny directed againN the
President, It was. he said, but cheap
party ingenuity. II was declared that
this bill was In behalf Of the sugar trust,
when the fact was. declared Mr.. Dolliver.
that the sugar trust wanted free trade.
The same was true of the tobacco trust.
The syndicatss had piled up the wharvss
In San Juan awaiting their rich harvest
when free trade came and their represen-
tatives hung about the halls of Congress
seeking TO advance free trade bill.
"If." he said. "ths constitution Of the
| United States establishes free trade be-
tween Manila and San Francisco, a. 10
undoubtedly does between Maryland and
Virginia, then the fact that We have got
into . new com petition Is only the least
trouble that IL before Us We are In that
case disarp,ed at once In the momentous
demand which this nation has made for
equal rights In the commerce Of Asia.
violate no secret Of this government
when say that today there Is pending
In the state department. the most elabo-
rate commercial negotiation ever at
tempted In the history Of our diplomacy.
based upon the pledge made BY our COM
missiontrs at Paris that whatever We did
In the Paciho Ocean We would main tain
an open door for the commerce OF the
| world. And / want to ask Republicans
and Democrats with what oountenanoe
We can stand bsfoee the cabinets of Eu-
rore protesting against ths occupation
Of the ports Of China TO the prejudics of
American trade when We ourselves have
deliberately drawn commercia, dead.
line about the Philippine islands for the
permanent exclusion Of every ody else.
The open door OF Asia through which the
enlightened community Of American
business looks forward to opportunities
not even yet explored that 10 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 shoulder tie In
finite responsibility which 10 laid upon
his country. he denounced In scathing
terms . man who would seize miser-
able opportunity to harrass the govern
ment for political purposes. Yet, such
q man, leaving his uniform In Florida
had fastened to Washington to rally his
supporters for the ratification OF the
treaty In order that be might subseq uent-
IL turn IL to political account. In the
heat and dust Of the coming campaign
he said, the moyal characteristics Of such
a man would not escape the attention
of the American people. In other times,
he ssid. such measureiess degradation
would be properly characterized. But
the political advantage he sought was
not 30 obvious. The wisdom Of the ad-
ministration had been demonstrated as
| the folly Of everything elss offered In it,
place had developed.
Mr.. Began 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 chief of one
of the sixty tribes and assumes RESPONSE
bility without authority.
| In the history Of the world, he said. no
such blatant stupidity had masqueraded
for wisdom even In the annals OF a
forlorn political party. II this govern
ment withdrew, It would at least take
Its baggage with 1t. II 1t stayed it would
etsy Of Its own right. (Applauss.
| Proceeding, he said that the Democracy
had sought to turn everything. good or
bad, to political account, that 1t hal gone
into "partnership with the diseases in
the oamps' and had tried to 'pick up
votes at every soldiers funeral" that
IL haa magnified the quarIels Of officers
had magnifed our scandals before the
world and had formed treaty of peace
with the Tagal leader through the agency
Of the 'inimitable fortune teller, from
Missouri, (Mr. Clark VINO delighted the
House with his tales Of fallen empires. -
Mr.. Dolliver said that the other day
while In Philadelphia. he read In an
evening paper that gentleman had
denounced the President as a murderer
ty name amid a universal applause of the
aLti-imperiAlis national meeting In
Philadelphia, to celebrate Washington
birthday; that great conferences presided
over by dead man, and Its exercises
conducted on tie floor by mailman.
daughter and applause on the Republic
can side.)
de then reviewed the Presidents or
iers to troop, In the Philippines and the
efforts of the opposition to belittle his
public. services and read Lawton's letter