The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-17

he ldQ N0L0I against Uno nOJlOn De-
cause the president had the power to
send any communication to the senate
in secret and because ne believed that
all attempts 30 keep from the public
Information of the kind asked for by
the resolution was likely Ito create sus-
piciOn.
Remarkable Proceeding.
Mr.. Hoar regarded the action Of the
majority as a most remarkable pro-
/ ceeGing.
Mr.. Sp0oner of Wisconsin said: "The
president has been perfectly frank with
US in this matter, and all of US know
just what was done in respect to the
Paris treaty"
Mr.. Hale of Maine followed with a
brief statement, in which he said:
The result of the negotiations of the
Paris treaty was to my mind calamit-
GUS"
The debate on the resolution was
concluded by an earnest but brief
speech by Mr.. Vest Dem, MOI. He
regarded it as very unfortunate that
nothing could be said by the opponents
Of the administrations policy ~in the
Philippines without calling forth an
1mputatiOn Of improper motives.
The friends of the president said
Mr.. Nest-'and I am not his enemy
othehs weak to 10c lower; native steers,
assume that any demand made about
the Paris treaty or its negotiations is
an attack upon the administration.
This is an unwarranted assumption.
Unjust Imputations.
con his western tour, the president
said the whole archipelago had fallen
like a ripe apple into cur lap. and we
ware bound TO meet our new duties as
they were presented to US. Were we
To leave them, or were we, as the junior
( senator from Indiana (AIr. Beveridge)
SO elOqUently told us the other day,
trustees under God to hold them as a
/ part of our mission to degenerate the
| earth2
4 hardly know how to characterize
I the imputatiOn that friends Of AguiTEaI-
do on this floor are giving aid and COM
! fort to the enemies of this Jntry I
have already said that I consider the
/ discussion of those resolutions as of no
/ consequence. It is like calling in a
! skilled physician after the patient is
dead"
What is the position of the presi-
dent?' inquired Mr.. Vest.
He directed the peace commission
I to take one island-LuzOn, and after
ward abandoned that policy. He has
since said the acquisition of the islands
was an act Of Providence-that we
could not leave them as derelicts.
In Foggy Condition.
The fact is. that this whole business
/ is in nebulous and foggy condition. l
disclaim now any intention that my
remarks should reflect upon my coun-
| try. But I deny the right of any man
/ to mUzzle 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 Puerto Rico, we have I'M
| rest anc disquiet in Cuba, and we have
a war of indefinite length in the Phil
/ ippines. Is it treason to say this?''
/ In conclusion. referring to the Paris
/ treaty, Mr.. 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 paving
S20.OOO.000 for war in the archipelago,
1 the end of which might come in a
| month and might not come il ten years.
Shall They Be MuzzIedP
'I simply put before the senate and
/ the country this proposition. Are we
/ 10 remain silent, refraining even from
ordinary 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
/ country"
/ At the conclusion of Mr.. Vests speech
I the currency bill was laid before the
/ senate. and Mr. McLaurin Dem, s. c.
/ addressed himself to an amendment
| which he had offered to the pending
! measure. He advocated the repeal of
1 the law placing a tax on state bank
ts.t~- -f.-4s 49,
/ banks to issue circulating notes He
I maintained that the increase Of the
banking facilities would not help the
I south and west, if provided according
! to the provisions of the pending bill.
/ He would have each state regulate its
own domestic currency. both in volume
/ and kind.
| At 2:45 the senate went into execu.iv
! session and at Ass adjourned.