The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-17
SENATE DEBATES on !.
PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Continued from Page One.

(D.), Mcmillan, Nelson. Perkins. Pettus
(D.), PIatt, Connecticut; Platt. New York;
Pritchard. Proctor. Quarles, Ross. Scott.
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Nays-Bacon. Berry. Butler, Caffery,
Chiffon, Clay. Cockrell, Culberson, Helt-
field. Hoar (R.), Jones. Arkansas; Martin.
Money, Pettigrew. Talifcrro. Teller. III
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Teller Explains His Vote.
After the announcement of the vote
Teller explained that he had voted
against the motion because the president
had the power to send any communication
TO the senate in secret, and because no
believed that all attempts to keep from
the public information Of the kind asked
for by the resolution was likely to create
suspicion.
Hoar regarded the action of the ma
jcrity as most remarkable proceeding.
spooner said:
'The president has been perfectly frank
with US In this matter. and all of us know
Just what was done In respect to tho
Paris treaty"
Hale. of Maine. followed with brief
statement. in which he said:
'"rhe result Of the negotiations of the
Paris treaty was to my mind calamitous."
Vest Concludes the Debate.
The debate on the resolution was con-
cluded by an earnest but brief speech by
Vest. He regarded it as very unfortunate
that nothing could be said by the oppo-
nents of the Administrations policy In
the Philippines without calling forth an
imputation of improper motives.
THE friends of the president" said Mr..
Vest land am not his enemy, assume
that any demand made about the Paris
treaty or It's negotiation IL an attack up
on the administration. This Is an I'M
warranted assumption.
ION his Western tour the president said
the whole archipelago had fallen like a
ripe apple into our lap, and we were bound
to meet our new duties as they were pre-
scented to U.S. Were we to leave them. or
were we, as the junior senator from lndi-
ana (Beveridge) SO eloquently told us the
other day, trustees unto God to hold them
as b part of our mission to regenerate the
earth?
II hardly know how to characterize the
imprtation that friends of Aguinaldo on
this floor are giving aid and comfort to
the enemies of this country. l have al
ready said that l consider the discussion
of those resolutions as of no consequence.
1t is like calling in a skilled physician
after the patient Is dead.
What is the position OF the preadent?'
inquired Vest. "He directed the peace
commission ia take one island--Luxon--
and afterward abandoned that policy. He
has since said the acquisition of the is
lands was an act of Providence-that we
could not leave them as derelicts
.'The fact is that this whole subject is
In nebuious and foggy condition.
s.<4l t.rr fl.ck
remarks should reflect upon my country.
But deny the right of any man to mug
zle me and restrain my right to express
my own opinion In my own way. We
have the bubonic plague added to leprosy
in Hawaii; we have starvation In Porto
Rico; we have unrest and disQuiet in
Cuba, and we have war of indefinite
length In the Philippines. Is 1t treason to
say this?"
treaty, Vest said:
when that treaty was ratified by the
senate of the United States, every man
who voted for it knew then that he voted
for a war. Every senator knew then. as
he knows now, that we were paying $780,
100000 for a war in the archipelago. the
end of which might come In a month and
might not come in ten years.
IT simply put before the senate and the
country tnfS pfOpO6itiO7is <AIS VIC 80 RS
main SILENT refraining even from ordi-
nary criticism as to the conduct OF the
war, for fear that we are to be denounced
as allies OF Aguinaldo and opposed to the
authority Of our own countryY'
McLaurin Talks ON Currency Bill.
at the conclusion of Vests speech. the
currency bill was laid before the senate,
and McLaurin addressed himself to an
amendment which he had offered to the
pending measure. He advocated the re-
peal of the law placing a tax on state
bank circulation, and permission to state
banks to issue circulating notes. He
maintained that the increase of the bank
ing facilities would not help the South and
West if provided according to the provis-
ions of the pending bill. He would have
each state regulate its own domestic cur
rency, both in volume and kind.
At 2:45 p. m. the senate went into ex-
ecutiye session, and at Ass adjourned.