The Portland daily press., 1900-02-17

When the Senate met today 1t was de-
oided that when the Senate adjourned to-
day It to until Monday next.
A bill providing for certain suspension
OF law ralstinG TO the war department
was passed also bill to pay an insur-
auoe company of Dresden Sl44 for oe rtain
bond coupons lost on the steamship
Oregon, sunk at sea March IA, 1886.
Mr.. Baoon's resolution declaring the
policy of the United States toward the
Philippine Islands was laid before the
Senate and Mr.. MoEnery. Democrat.
addressed the Senate thereon, In accord.
ance with previous notiss.
Mr.. MoEnsry said Filipinos had NO
conception OF liberty guarded BY law
Order established one day on the island
would be succeeded the next by disorder
and anarchy.
He declared IL would have been well
II Admiral Dewey had - iisd away from
Manila after his famous victory and left
the Finpinos and Spanisrds 10 fight out
their differences.
{ 1t IL the duty of this government now
that We are established on these islands.
said MIC. NoEnery. to htesrt Its authority
over the Filipinos.s 1 know nobody who
believes otherwise. believe We ought to
vote all the money, men and ships neces
sary to put down those who dispute the
authority Of this country. j am opposed
to have disturbed those people In the
place where GOD made and placed them.
My belief 10 that God himself will solve
the problem by destroying the inferior
races.
Mr.. McEnery said that this had bean
the result in Hawaii, where through
disease and.other causes the population
had dwindled to barely forty thousand.
He declared that while q few adventures
might thrive In the Philippines with
machinery and cheap labor, the products
OF the island would drive those Of our
own country from the markets. This
would be ruipous to the farmers OF the
United States who would soon appeal tc
Congress for help in their distress. In
the course of his remarks he adveI ted tC
the trouble In kentucky, where, he said.
an army had been employed to prevent
| the lawful sessions of the legislature.
| The people OF this country, he thought,
had enough to attend to without seeking
troubles abroad.
~ am not willing" said he. THAT the
Philippines or any part Of them should
become the property Of the United States
and am upalterably opposed to their
Inhabitants becoming oitisens of this
country. IL Is absurd to suppose tina
| they are now, or In the imm ediate futur,
will be, able to govern themselves ne W,
regard government.
Mr.. McEnery oomplimsnted the efforta
of the President to establish civil govern
ment on the islands, and believed II WA
an object lesson from which the FillpinoI
might learn much. he said that hi
would regard 1t as extremely unfortu a.
nate for the Islands to be considered q
part of the United States. for II the con
stitution and laws Of this oountryl wers
extended over them. the inhabitants
would become citizens of the United
States and we would have repeated thu
troubles from which ths country hat
suffered by the acknowledgements of tht
negroes.
Mr.. Stewart followed Mr.. MeEnery In
@ speech In which he discussed what dis
position should be made by Congress no
only of the Philippines but also of thu
other Island possessions of the Units'
States. He said In part:
Senator Stewart EAids
"The suggestion that the acquisition
of territory is imperialism Is rsfutsd By
the fact that neither Jsffs rson, Monroe,
Jackson, Polk nor any of tn cir associate
are regarded As impsrialists. Ihs impsr
ialism they advocated made homes fo