The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-31
Bacon of Georgia Wants Fiji
pinos Turned Loose.
RISE OF MILITARY POWER
Is the Particular Nightmare
That 0ppresses Him,

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ate with a discussion of the Philippine
situation. His argument, which had for
its basis his own resolutions declaratory
of the governments policy toward the
Philippines, was listened to carefully by
his fellow senators and by large gal
lery audience. He maintained that the
United States owed as much 30 the Fill
pinos as it does to the Cubans, to whom
by resolution of congress self-government
had been promised, and he strongly urged
that his resolutions declaring 1t to be the
intention of this government to confer
the right Of government upon the FIJI
hpinos be adopted as a means not only or
terminating the war, but of extending TO
/ a struggling people justice and freedom
| When the senate met today bill pro-
viding that the cannon on the gunboat
| Nashville, from which the first shot was
/ fired in the Spanish American war, be
condemned and presented to the city of
Nashville, was passed.
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution directing
7 the committee on rules to consider
whether some suitable plan could not be
adopted for the enlargement of the CAPT
toll and further providing for the trans
action of public business, other than leg
/ islative business, so that there may be
sufficient space provided for the convent
ent transaction OF the business of the
/ two houses of congress. After debate the
resolution was agreed to.
A resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Pettigrew, calling upon the president for
/ information as TO whether the people Of
! Samoa were consulted on the treaty re-
/ Gently made in relation to the islands,
and whether any protests have been re-
ceived from the Samoanese against the
treaty, was laid before the senate. On
motion of Mr.. Davis the resolution was
then referred to the committee on for
egn relations by a. vote of 60 to %.
Mr. Pettigrew then asked unanimous
consent to have printed as g public doc
ument a statement by Aguinaldo giving a
history of the revolt of the Filipinos
against the Spaniards. He said it was a
document of great interest to the senate
/ and country, but on objection the ques-
/ ton went over
/ After the passage of a number Of bills
on the calendar, Mr.. Bocan (Ga) adj
dressed the senate on the Philippine
question.
/ Mr.. Bacon. after discussing some pre-
liminary points, said in part:
I Under these resolutions, II adopted, the
/ United States will do for the Philippines
practically the same as they have under
taken to do for Cuba The question pre-
scented may be coincisely stated as fol-
lows: When the conditions are ripe
when has been restored, and the author
! ity of the United States is no longer re-
sisted in the Philippines, shall the United
States then accord a free government
TO the Filipinos to be independently ex-
ercised by them, or will the United States
thereafter retain possession and demand
sovereignty of the Philippines with the
view to their permanent retention as a
part of the territory of the United
! States?"
| After discussing previous acquisitions
of territory, Mr.. Bacon said:
of territory Mr.. Bacon said: "In each Of
these vast acquisitions and IN the uses
made Of them there was expansion, and
great expansion. But 1t was not simply
expansion of the territory subject to the
Jurisdiction Of the United States. It was
also an expansion. or. rather an extension.
of the same political systems and polIti-
cal systems and political Institutions
which existed in the original states-the
expansion or extension of a system Of
states inhabited by people Of our own
race a people free and self-governing.
and with equal rights with the people In
the original states in the making OF
laws for the control of state and federal
government. This in each instance was
! legitimate expansion. II was legitimate
and harmonious growth. II was not
revolutionary change It subverted none
OF our Institutions It did no violence to
our political principles, 1t destroyed
none Of our political ideals What shall
I he said Of an expansion which is simply
an expansion OF territory. y hich does not
carry with # an extension % our Doiit-
cal system, our political principles and
our political ideals What shall be said
Of an expansion by the acquisition OF
territory where it is not intended that
there shall be statehood and where 81 IS
impossible that there can ever be state
hood. To hold them a subject colony
makes necessarily a revolution IN our
system Of government. which should not
De aided by anyone who 3 loyal 20 the
principles upon which that system Is
founded.
The advocates q the permanent reten-
ton OF the Philippines do n-t Ike 20
hear the term 'vasaI' Nevertheless. On.
VINO IS a subject % goYErRmen in
which he has no voice. who only has such
liberty AZ the government mas. grant him
and which ITSELF may be taken from him
a. the VIII q the government. Is vaasaI
And that IS the only political relation the
Filipino can ever bear 70 The United
States The advocates q permanent re-
tention DO not Ike the term 9-uperia8srn
,Eevertbelesz. whenever a republic Owns
outlying provinces 10 De held permanently
a. dependent colonies, never 20 - al
mltte5 as q part o. the repuallc IN the
control and administration u TIE GOV
eminent q that republic 4 T. t. that
extent imperial And & held permanently
that y The oaly relation which the Phlsfp-
pine stands ran ever bear q the United
States. In ihe nat-re q tasnEz. there car
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