Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-07-19

ippines from Spain aud presented to
that worn-out Monarchy s20,o0o,0oo
&c q gratuity. On Tuesday, the second
day OF the session, I offered = resolu-
ton In the Senate, asserting that the
colonial system Of Europe was In vio-
ASTON sf tse Fsaer Oo1ssftuslos, aad
that large areas OF territory inhabited
BY millions of people could not be
held BY the United States with the
ultimate purpose Of admitting such
territory as states Of the Union. Five
days afterwards / opened the debate
by speakingin advocacy of the reso-
lation, citing the declarations Of emf
nent statesmen and decisions Of the
Supreme Court from the time OF Chief
Justice Marshall to that of the pres-
emit court, which unanimously decided
through Justice Gray, Of Massachu-
setts, some six years ago, that the
territory acquired By the United States
through treaty, purchase or conquest
must be held by the Federal Govern
ment for the purpose Of being formed
into states when fitted, in the opinion
of Congress, for admission into the
Union.
Hsenators Plat, OF Connecticut,
Foraker, of Ohio, and other Repnbli.
cans replied to my speech and assert
ed that this government had all The
powers of any other government and
that II could hold colonies as under
the European system, the Constitution
OF the United States having M sppIi'
cation to such territory unless made
to do &C by act Of Congress. The de,
bate upon this resolution continued
until the Paris treaty WA ratified
zear the end Of the session, and tha
Congressional record viii show tina
the position Of the Republican partl
in the Senate was as / have stated.
;. "senator Hoar says that seventeel
Of Bryan's supporters in the senat'
voted for the treaty, but he Il mis-
taken. The treaty was ratified By tn
votes Of eight Observation-Disclosures
Lindsay and Gray, whs suppoFtss
Palmer and Buckner In 1see-onI
Silver Republican and three Popullsts
All the Republican Senators voted 70
II except Hoar and Hall.
nEvery Senator who voted for tn
: treaty knew ii the time that he ~
voting for 3 war Of indefinite duration
in the Philippines, . battle haviuI
| been fought before Manila betwss'
the Fniplnos and our foross tire
days before We voted In the Senate
Il was ProphssIed then that the in
s~urrection, as they termed It, wouli
be suppressed In thirty days, bu
eighteen months have elapsed and VI
nov have 5000 American soldier
shooting the doctrines Of the Declare
ton Of Independence into an unviIlinI
people VINO persist in believing viii
! Mr. Mckinley that sforcible annexa
lion lie criminal aggression. fpstsa'
OF the instruction being suppressed
Judge Taft, President Of the Philip
pine Commission, informs the Presi
dent that large reenforcements to on
army must be tent to the archipelago
@When the Peace Commissioner
left Washington for Paris At the clos
Of the Spanish war, the President In
structed them to insist upon takinl
from Spain only : dock yard and coal
ing station In Luzon and nndsr n
circumstances to take more than III
island Of Luzon. The O~ongressiona
record shows that Senator Fry, one o
the Commissioners, admitted in
colloquy with me on the floor OF th'
Senate that these were the Presi'
dent's distractions. The friends o.
the administration nov effect greai
Indignation ct the idea OF abandon
ing the Philippines 70 anarchy or 4
be divided up among European pow
srs, and DR.. Mckinley bas announced
that We have been chosen b. proyi.
dencs to protect the Fillplnos from
themselves. Il L. = curious inquiry -
to Why providence changed its inten-
ton between the date Of The PFssi-