The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-17
EFFECT OF CHEAP LABOR
WOULD STOP BUILDING OF COT
TON MILLS HERE.
FOREIGN COMPLICATION WOULD ARISE
Were the Fnipinos Given Citizenship We Should
Have Repeated The Troubles That Came
Upon Us Through Enffanchsement
of the Negroes,
of the Negroes.

Washington. Feb. 16.-The Y hilipp;ne
question occupied the Senate today Mr.
McLE1nery. Dem. Lao. strongly opposed
the permanent acquisition of the islands
and Mr.. Stewart. (Sil., New. took "a
pronounced position in favor of the add
mission of the products of any Of the is
land possessions of the United States
free of duty
Mr. Bacon's resolution declaring the
policy Of the United States towards the
Philippine Islands was laid before tlc
Senate and Mr.. McEmery, Dem, La
addressed the Senate thereon.
The F'iipinOS. he said. had no con
cePtion of liberty guided by law. ORR, =
established one day on the islands would
he succeeded the next by disorder and
anarchy. He deprecated thu ACQUISITION
of lands whose productions in the y'.T
nature of things were similar to many
articles produced in parts If this country.
On the fields of Luzou he said, cotton
and rice as fine rs grown in any part
0f the South could be produced and CON
pete here with orr own products. The
worth of cotton in LGl2 ~ by the cheap
and degraded labor to - hal there would
interfere with the estIniisuncn+ of cot
TON mills in the South and New England.
Though all should now support the Ini
ted States authority over the Fihpnos,
Mr. McEnery "a he was opposed to eX
pansion God himself. he thought. Will
solve the problem by destroying the in
ferior races Through out possession of
the Philippines, Mr. McEnery felt sure
foreign complications would result with
France. Austria. Germany and Russia,
and we would he forced to seek an ALI
ance with our kinsmen, the British.
Adverting to the trouble in Kentucky
where. he said, an army had been en-
ployed to prevent the lawful sessions of
the Legislature, he suggested that this
country had enough to attend to without
seeking troullcS abroad. He had. how
ever, no sympathy with the Iilipinos
whose self governing possibilities he r;d;-
culed We're they to acquire citizenship,
he said. we would have repeated the
troubles the country suffered through ne
gro acknowledgements.
Mr. Stewart, (Nev). followed with a
speech on the disposition of al cur insu-
lar possessions. He said that if to as
sist the people of the Philippines to es-
tablish local seIf-g0vernment after the
then Jefferson was the pioneer INNER
ialist of the United States. The Pnilip-
pines will never be dependent colonies.
They viii be allowed to condrct their
own affairs with the assistance Of such
officers as it may be necessary to APP
Ooint to aid them in establishing local
Self-government.
mo one pretends that the Filipn@S
are now fit for statehood. but | repudi&te
the suggestion that they are not lit for
Just such government as Jefferson
extended to the Louisiana purchase and
Monroe to the acquisition of Florida. .
He stamped the charges that there is
any intention to govern any Of oiT ac-
Guisitions by the strong arm Of the mill
tary as absurd and said the suggestion Of
an import duty on the products of Porto
Rico is pregnant with evil
The colonial policy of greed with dis
eliminating duties against the products
of our own territory, would breed dis
satisfaction and discurd. It might lead
10 milta1ism 1t might involve vast eN-
penditures to maintain the armies Of oc-
crryation. which would he dangerous to
the safety of the Republic.
The Hawaiian Bill was then taken mp
and during its reading the agreement of
the House to the Financial Bill was
reported The Senate agreed to com
ference, naming Senators AldIich. Ar son
and Jones, (Ark.1 as conferees. The bill
was laid aside when its reading was
concluded and at 500 the Senate adj
joumed.
ATTArY nm Mr. STMMS