Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16

Senator ZONES Talks.

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Senator Jones Talks.
In a recent interview Senator James
K. Jones. Chairman of-the Democratic
National Committee said:
in my judgment the next session OF
Congress viii devote very large por-
ton of its time to the question upon
which the next campaign will be
fought. This viii be the Philippine
question"
did not the Supreme Court settle
that question:"
Not by any manner of means. The
Supreme Court, if 1 have read the de-
cision rightly, simply said that Con
gress would have to deal with the Phil
ippines. AS soon as Congress meets it
must take up the whole problem and
therein will be the opening skirmish of
the campaign"
Until the Supreme Court acted the
question was, Does the constitution
follow the flag?' The question now is.
Ought the constitution to follow the
flag?'
IF the Republican majority in Con-
gress, which will be responsible for all
that is done, by its action shall declare
that the constitution ought not to fol
low the flag, l think there will be
day of reckoning al the polls which
will surprise the Republican leaders"
Asked what would be the Demo
cratic position on the future OF the
Philippines, the Senator said:
81 cannot assume to speak for the
party, but l have a very clear idea as
to where stand. do not believe that
we have the right to hold any people
as vassals and subjects. believe that
any people coming under the control of
the flag have the protection Of the con-
stitutiOn and can enjoy all the rights
and privileges which that document af-
fords. Unless they have these rights
and privileges, we have no right to
bring them under our subsection"
you would allow them to exercise
an independent government
Certainly. I think we ought to give
the Filipinos our earnest, sympathetic
and material support in their effort to
establish a government of their own,
and after they had become independ-
ent 1 think the United States ought
to stand up for them against the whole
world. We ought to glory in the estatIs
lishment of an Independent govern
ment and let all the powers know
that we propose to see the experiment
made a success.
"And," continued the Senator, 81
want to see the Filipinos given their
independence quickly. We lived for
some years in the South under a car
pet-bag government and 1 do not want
another people to suffer as we did.
II don't believe, though, that the Re
publicans ever propose to let the FIJI
ipinos enjoy the possession of the is
lands, but will arrange to hold the
country for the money that can be made
out of it.
Against that program 1 shall enter
my protest. And l believe that many
men will vote their honest convictions
in the next campaign who did not do
so last year. because then they regard
ed the question OF. dollars and cents
as uppermost. Next year, not having
to consider whether upon their vote
hinges the continuance of good times,
they will speak their honest sentiments
upon the Philippine question"
Discussing other matters to come be,
fore Congress, Senator Jones said that
he supposed certain Republican lead
ers, Indifferent to everything except
their own selfish ends, would insist
upon trying to resurrect the ship sub
sidy bill.
"They will be met, however" said
the Senator, ''by a strong, c0nserya-
tive portion of their party, who will
say that the subsidy bill has had it's
day of hearing and that it will be I'M
wise to force it upon Congress and the
Whatever is done, the position of the
Democrats will not be changed. We
will fight it just as determinedly and
heartily as we did in the last ses-
sion"
Senator Jones predicts that the Bao-
cock bill striking at trusts will never
be reported from the Wavs and Means
Committee, and is also very dubious
as to the passage of the Nicaragua
canal BILL asserting that the transcon-
tinental railroads will issue their or
ders to the Republican leaders to
smother the bill and these orders will
be obeyed.
Asked if he thought the Republicans
would persist in their effort, begun in
the extra session Of the Senate, to pass
a cloture rule. Senator Jones simply
laughed. THAT performance, he
said, was simply an exhibition of Sen
ator Platt's humor We will never hear
of it again"