The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-02-07

DpriUuS ana GnoSe Deitutllli SehS -
that rhetorical beauty and finish anu Silt-
tnr did moi, come from any we'll into when
he can dip bucket and draw II out at WILL
Listen to- the programme to be followed.
He read il. mind you, showing that he
either had not had time to commit it to
memory or he wanted to be exactly sure OF
every word. Announcing, as ne qua, that
he was doing it at the request or men at
both ends Of this Capitol ana leadIng ne
publicanS everywhere, knowing that the
naners had stated that he had conferred
with the President time and again, | say
his theory or his plan of government STANDS
and will continue to stand as that whlcn
the Republican party proposes Tor the gov
ernment of the Philippines.
saw, further, that while he was candid
enough to throw off all disguise, having
been a baby or having been born during the
war. and remembering nothing about lteA-
cent a vague and indefinite idea OF glory;
never having been through it, even in part;
although was not in the army, know
what there was in my country IN the way
of suffering and tears and blood he, say,
came here at the end Of the nineteenth CEN
turv. when we are blossoming, so TO speak,
for q new fruitage; and what is 1T that ne
offers us in the way Of government LIS
fen. I can not conceive that any or you
caught the full import, unless you nave
studied it:
And 81 our Government must bessimple anu
strong. Simple and strong! The meaning OF
those two words must be written In every line
of Philippine legislation, realized IN every act
Of Philippine administrator: A pniiiiPpanie Ppparie
cam % sovernor.general W. mo ia Manila, with power to
meet daily emergencies; possibly an advisory
council with no power except that OF discuss
Ing measures with the egovernoEgenerai, sfa wHiG,l
ho fHa
ture. a school in practical Government; Amer
icon lieutenant governors In each province,
with a like council about him; II possible, an
lAmerican resident In each district anu d ilKe nns
announced visits of provincial governors to tne
districts of their province; perloalcai rep9r.ss p3 "
TO the governor-general; an American pohFu VI
visitation to make semlannuaa Irps " or ins
archipelago without power OF suggestion or III
reference to officials or people ont oniy 10 ef
port and recommend to the Philippine Once OF
our State Department; q Philippine ciVli serx
tion of duties on exports from the Philippines;
the establishment Of import duties on revcr
nue. basis, with such discrimination In iaVoro Oh
American imports as Will prevent tne cneapvi a,iar
goods of other nations from destroying Amer
| lean trade; a complete reform or local TAXA AKA
tion on Just and scientific basis, beginning
with the establishment OF a tax on hlnu acr
cordng to Its assessed g yaI1e ene and ORIENTAL
| use: the granting of franchises ana cohces-
sions upon the theory of developing the re.
sources of the archipelago, and therefore not u
by SALE but upon participation III TIC proHtS
| of the enterprise
A new socialism
the formation of system of public schools ev-
erywhere, with compulsory attendance r1gidly
lenforced the establishment of the Engllsn
Language throughout the islands, teaching u
Exclusively In the schools ana using ~, tlro9sn
| Interpreters, exclusively in the courts; sim
pie civil code and still simpler criminal code.
and both common to all the Islands except
Sulu, Mindanao, and Paluan-
These latter, suppose, belong to the Sui
| tan of Sulu. We have bought his allegi-
ance-
American Judges for all but smallest offenses
| best Filipinos into the working machinery OF
| the government; no promise whatever OF tne
| franchise until the people have oeen prepared
for It; all this backed by the necessary force to
execute 1t. This outline Of government the
situation demands as soon as Tranquility is eS-
tabished. Until then military government Is
advisable.
And I asked Senators, to remember the
description he gave Of Aguinaldo and see
how he fits the place Of governor-general,
and he had already organized just such a
government in many respects.
The Senator from Colorado Mr.: VOL
coTTl, who took issue with the Senator
from Indiana the other day, committed
himself to this proposition in general
terms. While criticising our young friend
| he recognized the necessity for force. The
Senator from Wisconsin MIR. SPoONERl
who had q bill introduced which l read,
turns the whole thing over to the President,
and as to Congress, we know he has got no
use for us in carrying on the Government.
It does not matter, because we obey orders
anyhow-at least Senators on the other
side do. Laughter.
Now, MIR. President, if you will take that
scheme, that plan, that outline, and ana
| I'VE it. what is the first thought that will
come to your mind? That Nero or Caligula
prepared it as memorandum for Roman
general sent to govern O newly conquered
province. Under such scheme OF despot-
| ISM backed by force, you have soldiers at
every turn, to be supported by the people
here, and, Mr.. President, that scheme is
American people shall rise in their wrath,
| like Unsle Sam did at the Gridiron dinner
Saturday night, and march up to the new
emperor, Mr.. Mckinley, and take his crown
and purple robe off, and tell him it is time
| for this foolishness to stop. 1t is time for
this foolishnesS to stop, Mr.. President. 1t
never ought to have started. But there is
time yet for us to retrace our steps:
In addition to this scheme outlined by
ness, and to show whittier we are drifting,
saw in yesterdays paper that the Com
mittee on Puerto Rico had decided that
wherever in the bill before this body for
the government OF that island the word
constitution" occurs, it was to be stricken
out, and that law, II it becomes law, will
allow those people to be governed by
Congress, and the guarantees OF the Con-
stitution are to remain In a condition OF
IN hoc
in insurrection! Puerto Rico even stood
Spain's tyranny without complaint, and it's
people are peaceful and Obedient What Is
the matter with Puerto Rico?
I do not know, but from the source that
the amendment came judge that there is
tobacco raised in Puerto Rico, and that
there is some similar tobacco raised in Con-
necticut and for that reason the COnstItu-
ton shall not be extended over Puerto Rico.
| will he obliged if some one will tell me
where Congress gets such power l have
been innocent and foolish enough to think
that whatever the United States bought or
conquered belonged to it and came under
the flag and the Constitute lion both; but the
Constitution will not apply to Puerto Rico
if this committee has its way. The reason
is that under the Constitution, if the Sup
RENE Court does not retrace its steps, our
eyciseS and taxes must be uniform every
where within the jurisdiction OF the United
States, and therefore we can not put
tarilr against Puerto Rican tobacco for the
protection of the Connecticut seed leaf.
Mind you, that is mere guess. I hope I
will not do anybody from Connecticut any
wrong in charging that this scheme ema-
mated there. 1t is certainly startling
proposition, and Puerto Rico is to be gov
erned just a. Spain governed it.
According to the best reports, we have
already done to death anywhere from
and children If Otiss dispatches are even
approximately correct, the number will
exceed the larger figure.