Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-03-22
FOR PRIVATE BILLS.
House to Consider Claims Commit
ice Measures Alternate Fridays.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BILL.
spesch Of Mr.. COwhsrd, of MissOurI-ie'
dustriaI schools for Freedmen OF the
sooth--The OppJtits Views Of
Two senators.


Washington, March lj.-The house
yesterday adopted resolution setting
aside alternate Fridays for the consd-
Grafton of private bills reported by
the claims and war claims committee.
The District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill was then taken up and Mr..
Groui. Of Vermont, in charge OF the
bill, made general explanation OF
its provisions. The bill carries &c.
60S,37s.
Mr.. Alamson, Of Georgia, delivered
long argument in favor of an 18TH
mian canal
N.Y. Cowherd, OF Missouri, addressed
the house on the subject of the Phil
lppines, holding that the advocates OF
imperialism were actuated by two
motives mIiiarism and commercial
greed. Tie denied that jefferson was
the father of modern expansion, quot
ing extensively from Jefferson's writ
ings to show, that Jetferson's mo-
tive in securing the annexation OF
Louisiana was to avoid embroiling
the country in foreign wars in the
future. Jefferson, he said, desired to
insure peace. Modern expansionists
courted foreign complications. In
every treaty of annexation made I'M
der democratic adminisi alton there
was n clause which provided that ev-
cry inhabitant OF the territory an
neXed should become an American
citizen The treaty of Paris was the
only one acquiring territory in which
it was left to congress to decide the
political status of the inhabitants.
"NIr. Chairman" concluded Mr.. Cow
herd, there was a time when we
boosted not of the money we could
make, not that yonder flag carried
trade in It's wake, but that 1t carried
liberty. To-day its proud boast is
that trade follows the flag. The other
day when Gen. French rode into Kim
berley TO the relief of that beleaguered
city. the newspapers tell us the cit
izcns held Il reception for the English
officers and Cecil Rhodes, the very
incarnation of the land lust, the land
grabbing spirit of the age, in re-
Spouse to toast said that the people
of Kimberley had done their part
in preserving for The world the great
est commercial asset of the age, the
English flag.
Mr. Chairman, hope the day will
never come when any man can rise
in any land and point to yonder ban
ner as d commercial asset. ! trust, sir,
that something still will survive the
days when that banner hoated above
Washington and his barefooted,
bloody patriots at Valley Forge; |
trust something still will live of the
spirit that animated the men who
upheld that banner when they stood
with stubborn old Andrew Jackson
at New Orleans. trust something of
the life Of liberty still permeates this
nation that permeated the followers
of yonder flag when they marched
with Grant ON his stubborn advance
to Richmond. And, Mr.. Chairman, If
the day ever comes when that banner
is nothing but commercial asset,
then sir, every stripe of white upon
it's folds should be dyed in the blood
of the men we killed and conquered
and from yonder ground of blue you
should take every star that repre-
SCENTS an independent state"
Mr.. Howard, of Georgia, discussed
the "open door" policy in the east,
Mr. Rucker, of Missouri, submitted
an argument in favor of a constitu-
tional amendment for the election of
senators by the people. He said that
30 states were on record as favoring
the popular election of senators,
The Opposite Views OF Two Senators.
Washington, March 15.--Two ar
guments were presented to the senate
yesterday in which almost antipodal
positions were taken by the two SEN
ators. Senator Teller, of Colorado,
in brief speech, maintained that the
constitution could not extend over
territory acquired by the United
States, while Senator Turner, of
Washington, deliberately contended
that the constitution embraced the
acquired territory the very moment
the United States took permanent
possession Of it. Senator Teller held
that this government could make
the outlying territory into states or
MS colonies as il saw fit, while Senator
Turner maintained that the United
States could not hold colonies or de-
Tendencies. Aside from the consti-
tutional questions the two senators
were in practical agreement. Both
opposed the Puerto Rican bill and
both objected to any of the insular
territory becoming a part of the Uni
ted States or any of its inhabitants
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