Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-26

matter Of fact. 1t was not one OF th'
| chief purposes OF the pendlng propose
/ lion 10 provide for the sale OF the pup
I Ilc lands before the Filipino people
had any opportunity TO have voice
| In the sale, ~, A., c.o.,.
"and II the Fillpinos ever come mt
| thelr own they will discover that they
have no public lands. They VIII al
have been alienated.'
HoAR is SARCASTIC.
.The leading bold proposal here,
| said Mr.. Hoar, lis that public LANDS
and franchises Of 120O0,OO0 of people
shall be sold by Americans to Ameri.
cans as upon the whole. the best
means Of pacilicatlon. The Desl
means OF pacifying a man. continued
Mr.. Hoar, safcastlcally, rs for one
foreigner TO take and sell his prop
erty to another foreigner. And this i
The method by which we are 10 teach
The principles of liberty and self-goV-
eminent"
SEEKS INFORMATION,
Mr. Caffery, who followed. was say
ing there was no precedent for this
wild and comprehensive grant Of pow
err" when he was Interrupted by Mr..
Mallory Of Florida. who inquired If II
would not be better for our govern
ment to proceed along present lines
than for Congress to adopt the pend
ing proposition.
II think" replied the Louisiana sem
otor at would be far better for us to
90 on forever as we are than that we
should do voluntarily so great an in
Justice to the Filipinos as Is proposed
here"
NECESSITY FOR AUTHORITY.
Mr.. Fairbanks read from the report
of the Taft commission to show the
necessity for the proposed comforting
of authority and added that unless the
authority was conferred there could
be no development of the resources Of
the island.
Mr.. Tillman interrupted to say that
no five men composing a commission
had a right to ask that they be allowed
10 deal arbitrarily with the rights Of
tWelNe in,tiV' puop,N, - N''
Mr.. Fairbanks replied that II the
recommendation of the Taft commits
SION "@ r nos T., tha ,slonds until me
pe ~ psOe - cor,nioto s,,storn
90 oi,,,i snyernn,ent and No man
VI -, s,hen ,ho, would ma
'o"'u 'e''
MIR. RAWLlNS' POSITION.
Mr. paw,Irs mada IN axtended arpu.
mi aao,ns, no grant 90 a nn1er
.,,,,ii,,i,ad a,d i,u,oitahle . Va do.
o,arad ~ would ha ~ advantage onlv
90 those who wished 10 advance their
nersonal interests in the PHILIPPINES
They were, he declared, band Of pub
the opportunity TO fasten themselves
rpon the islands they would hold the
lands and mines and franchises ac-
quired by them TO the detrlment Of the
interests of both the people OF the
Philippines and those of the United
States,
,,,p,,,,,,r>re ppo,oern
ANi1'N L'"r' ii'0i O'i1D'
Three amendments to the Philippine
section of the bill were offered, as fol-
lows.
BY Mr. Bacon of Georgia--"That all
grants of franchises, rights and
privileges or concessions of a public
or quasi-publc nature granted undel
the powers conferred by this act shall
be reported TO the Congress Of the
un''eo oea.es wn,rn merely odi ISse't tSs
same. That all laws enacted by any
governmental authority created under
the powers conferred 10y this act shall
be reported TO the Congress of the
United States, which hereby reserves
the power and authority If deemed
advisable to annul the same"
orN,rop uo,p,e ppopoeAr
''''' 80
BY Mr., Hoar-"That no sale or lease
of property shall be made and no
franchise granted which Is not ap-
proved by the President of the United
States, and is not In his judgment
clearly necessary for the immediate
government of the islands and inds.
pensable for the interests of the people
thereof, and which cannot, without
great public mischief. be postponed
until the establishment Of permanent
civil government"
BY Mr.. Pettus--"That every person
In whom shall be vested any power
In or over the Philippine islands, be.
fore exercising any such power shall