The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-18

II IASHINCTON. Dec. 1.-The Dill 10
w provide temporary revenues for
" the Philippine islands was de
bated in the house TODAY and will he
voted on tomorrow at 4 o'clock. 1t was
the first debate of the session and was
conducted calmly and without display
of temper. Several lively exchanges
and an impassioned speech by De AT
mond of Missouri, who has just re-
turned from a trip to the Philippines,
in opposition to the retention Of the
islands were the features.
Mr.. Payne. the floor leader Of the ms
jority, opened the debate. Owing 10
the indisposition of Mr.. Richardson,
the duty of opening for the minority
! devoIved upon Mr.. Swanson Of Viz
ginia The other speakers were Mr..
Grosvenor, Republican, of Ohio, and
Mr.. Robertson, Democrat, OF Louisiana
fOc the bill, and Messrs. Shafroth, sill
verite, Colorado; DsArmOnd, Democrat,
| Missouri; Thayer, Democrat, Massa-
chusetts, and Patterson, Democrat, OF
! Tennessee against it. Tomorrow Mr..
Mccall, a Republican member of the
D
sachusetts, will oppose the bill, time
having been granted him by the Demo
Gratis.
Mr.. Payne aroused enthusiasm as he
/ described the great work Of civilization
which was going on along the line O.
education. Our friends on the Other
side" said he. howl about our impe-
realistic government over the natives.
We are trying to lift them up to the
standard of American citizenship"
Mr.. Gaines Asks a Question.
Are you trying to At them for citi-
zenship in the United States or citizen
ship in the Philippine islsnds?" asked
Mr.. Gaines Of Tennessee,
We will cross that bridge when we
come to it." replied Mr.. Payne. But
| if you on the other side viii Cooperate
with US, we will fit them Tor citizenship
! in the Philippine islands. the United
States or any other country" (Repub-
! liean applause).
1--WE viii cooperate with you" re-
piled Mr.. Gaines, when you carry the
constitution and the flag 70 the Phil
| ippines."
Z am surprised observed Mr.
| Payne, ito hear the gentleman from
Tennessee make that statement. He
l has just returned from The isian5s. Is
I it possible ne did not carry the consti-
tuition and nag with him?" CLaughter).
Proceeding, Mr. Payne said the other
side offered no substitute for this bill,
and he made reference 20 trust in
free trade England. Mr.. Wheeler Of
Kentucky interrupted TO inquire
whether the assurance which aggregate
capital had in this country that the at
tOTney general would not do his duty
was not responsible for the great
trusts now in existence in the United
States.
Payne Dodges = Query.
'I will allow the gentleman to answer
his own question" replied Mr. Payne.
'It is beyond me. Of course, ne does
not believe that any more than I do
81 do believe it," declared Mr.. Wheel
er, land I am quite satisfied the gentle
man himself believes il
IF he does" observed Mr.. Payne, in
closing the colloquy, I don't know
what he believes and he does not know
what ] believe"
Mr. Swanson Of Virginia, in opening
declared that none Of the benefits for
the Filipinos Of which Nh. Payne had
been telling could accrue through the
agency of the pending bill. He reviewed
the recent decisions of the supreme
court IN reference to the Philippines,
deploring the fact that Ihe court has
I reversed its previous decisions and
had seen proper 30 confer upon con-
gress an absolute power to govern the
territories. He deprecated as perniciCus
the principle of the bill which fixed the
tariff duties on goods going from the
United States into the Philippines. He
said this really gave TO this country
/ power to fix both the price at which
the Philippines should sell their goods
to Us, and also purchase ours. That
this was q power which no just nation
wanted to exercise and which could
nos be exercised without abuse and op-
: position.
Taxation Without Representation.
He insisted that it was precisely the
same power that the British parliament
sought to exercise over the American
colonies, against which they rebelied-
He said that Philippine sugar TO enter
our markets must pay q duty Of $50
! per ton, while ours could be sold in
their markets upon the payment of S11
+ per ton; that their hemp must pay a
duty of $40, while ours could enter the
Philippines at 81 per ton; that our
coal could enter at - cents per ton.
while theirs sold here must pay Sc
cents per ton; that our tobacco enters
/ their markets on a payment of IS cents
| per pound, while theirs must pay here
/ S1.SS per pound. He said a fit place for
such a bill was ia the cOrtes- of Spain.
and not in the congress of the United
/ States He pointed out that the secre-
/ tary of war favored making generous
! concessions in tariff duties on importa-
I tions Of sugar and tobacco from Cuba,
/ yet this bill failed to make any canoes
sions on the same importatiCus from
I the Philippines. He said that If the
policy of the Republican party were to
/ prevail, it was better, in order 60 get
! trade concessions from the United
! States, to be a subject Of Great Britain
/ and thereby secure d reciprocity treaty
/ than TO be an inhabitant of the Philip
I pine islands, which we hold as a part
and parcel of this country
Win Arouse Resentment.
Mr.. Thayer Of Massachusetts. in a
/ fifteen-minute speech, explained the
| reasons which induced him to oppose
| the passage Of the bill. He declared
/ that we had oyerpowered the FilipinOs,
| but had not conquered them; that the
same spirit of liberty which led them
| to rebel against the tyranny of Spain
still animated them. This bill, which
| proposed to tax them at both ends Of
| the line, would naturally arouse their
| resentment.
| Mr.. GrOsvenor of Ohio called atten-
ttion to the fact that the Republican
administration had tried to avoid the
war with Spain.
AT that time, said ne. the same