The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-02
SlBLEY FOR EXPANSION
DEMOCRAT MAKES a NOTABLE
SPEECH IN THE HOUSE.
He Takes Issue with His Party and
Supports Mckinley's Policy-Sen-
ator Allen Attacks Gage.

WASHINGTON. Feb. L-Representative
Joseph Sibley. of Pennsylvania, who at
tanned great prominence in the Fifty
fourth Congress by his earnest champions
SLIP Of free silver, assailed his Ds>aocratio
colleagues to-day for their opposition to
expansion in a speech that made the floor
and galleries roar. Mr.. Sioley has recant-
ed his views on free silver and Is now gem
orally out of line with his colleagues on the
Democratic side. He insisted to-day that
expansion was an original democratic doc
trine, promulgated by Jefferson and adj
hereo to by Madison. Jackson, Tyler. Polk
and Buchanan. In eloquent language he
pictured the destiny Of the United States
carrying the arts OF peace and the sto-y OF
the cross to the remotest corners Of the
globe. Mr.. Sibley received impressive
demonstration when he closed. The re-
mainder of the debate to-day uninter-
esting 1t touched the questions OF media
ton I'm the Transvaal war. lynch.ngs In the
South and the jury law in Hawaii. Not
much progress was made with the Indian
appropriation bill, which was under con-
sideration.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Sibley. In
reply ID taunt from Mr.. Cochran, Of Mis-
souri,. that civilization was being shot into
the Philippines. said the history of civiliza-
ton had been traced in human blood. Wen
dell Phillips had said that every achieves
ment Of human justice had gone from rack
to rack and scaffold to scaffold. shall we
hola Porto Rico and the Philippine archi-
peIago?" asked Mr.. sibley. Every foot
No nation on earth has a higher right OF
81 Of ho1 ht n
double title OF purchase and conquest. and
my belief is that where once the shadow OF
our banner has fallen there will survive a
race OF free men, and / would hold Cuba
until stability. order, good government and
the protection of life an property were as
sured. am going 40 echo the Presidents
query. Who will haul down the nagg MO
planted IL there? What Cabinet council.
what warrior, what statesman, What sen
ator or representative. what body or men
formed any plan of conquest? The cries OF
suffering humanity rang in our ears ana
We stopped our ears. The groans were
heard, but answered net We saw
them stripped and wounded on the way TO
Jericho. and. like the priest and the LeyiSe.
we passed by on the olner side. Not un-
heard those cries and groans al the throne
OF the Almighty who. 10 awaken US from
apathy, our almost criminal indifference.
permitted the engines OF His wrath % huri
their thunderbolts under the bows OF the
Maine, lying peacefully at anchor I'm the
Havana harbor- Nor acknowledgement
statesmen. nor most daring warrior had
dreamed even OF the possibility OF great
gain. growth or greatness 10 come 10 US az
| q nation from that war OF which the blow
| ing up OF the Maine was the first deciara-
| ton God and the valor OF the American
| arms gave US that territory. not because
| We are a nation altogether free. altogether
pure altogether blamessless. but because.
| working through Him as an tnstrument1l-
| ity. He has given TO Il the boldest. The
freest. the most progressive. the mast e.