New-York tribune., 1900-07-19
WHY HE IS AN ExP4NsIONTsT.
CHIEF JUSTICE sNODGRAss ON THE AID
VANTAGES OF ACQUIRING NEW
TERRITORY

Washington July IS (SpeciaD Justice
Snodgrass. Of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, is
of the avowed expapsionists in the Democratic
party in the South, He.is now conducting cam
paign for the United States Senate to succeed
Thomas B. Turley, and the main plank Of his plat
form declares specifically and unequivocally the
permanent retention of the Philippine Islands.
Chief Justice Snodgrass. who has been in Wash
ingtOn for the last few days, believes that his
chances of success are reasonably good for he
clares that 80 per of the people of Tennessee
well the South with politics eliminated,
eXpansionists at heart and for the permanent
retention of the Philippines. In discussing the
question he said:
The people of the United States as we'll as Ten
nTesseeans, are expansonists at heart. They be-
vantage of every opportunity which offers for the
acquisition of desirable additional territory. par
mercially TO the Nation at large. The Democratic
party declared in its National platform that it
Quisition Of Hawaii. Porto Rico and Guam, but
forth, that these islands were inhabited by people
who were not fit subjects for citizenship and could
and inIelectuay, to become So It seems to me
that this was rather remarkable declaration in
used in opposition to the acquisition OF that vast
ana" II was insisted at that time by many citi-
zens of the United States, among whom were in
cuded some able statesmen of those days, that the
acquisition of that territory and admission citi
Nenship of its inhabitants would endanger the Re
il was inhabited by Indians and the offscouring of
me WhllS people included Wlthln us ooroeIs We're
OF an adventurous character, whose habits and
they could never be made good citizens of the
United States. cry also went up against the
The dmissio of Least six States into the TTni6n
Iict ritb a. Tr r3io,tot 20 reIreeAnta +ion in
the House and Senate. would give them the bal
ance Of power, which dangerous experiment.
The result that the Territory Of Louisiana
was acquired; that the people from the States
rushed into this new land. and that it was quickly
settled up and to-day, instead of six States having
been carved out Of that immensely wgaiIniy ter
ritory there are fifteen States and two Territories
those in any of the other States.
The people of the United States to-day are and
have been In past years looking for additional ter
itory. In 1880, when the Indians Of Oklahoma Ter
. ritOry were removed TO a smaller reservation and
sooner had President Harrison issued his proclama-
tion opening the reservation than people began TO
opening there a magnificent rush for the land,
and before the that evening every available
that Territory, which had been heretofore wilder
ness inhabited by Indians, was transformed into
Along about 1870 the people on the Western coast
began to turn their attention TO the Hawaiian Isl
ty years people went there in such numbers that
the result was that in 1892 when Hawaii applied
came largely from our own citizens. who were then
in the ascendency, commercially If not IN numbers
pines The energetic youth Of the United States is
turning toward fields. If safety is guaranteed
to the citizens in the Philippine Archipelago. our
people will flock there, carrying with them the
Thrift and eneTgy OF t1iS Maon ma ana
conditions there. In years TO come these islands
he thoroughly Americanized and inhabited to a
large extent by citizens Of the United States. who
will carry with them civilization, Christianity and
intelligence which will be rapidly diffused among
the natives This has been the unbroken result of
the formation of the Government and It will con-
tinue surely as the nation exists. Because Of
pansionist.