The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-28

Mr.. Rawlins offered an amendment
declaring it not to be the purpose of
the United States senate to hold per
ament sovereignty over the Philip
pines, but only to the extent necessary
to secure their pacificatiOn and to es-
tablish a stable government. Rejected
ayes, "A. nays, 10
MIR. Bacon offered an amendment to
limit the grant of power to March 4,
1904. Rejected-ayeS, %; nays, As.
Mr.. PettUs tAla-) offered an amend
ment providing that every person in
whom authority is vested under this
grant of power shall take an oath to
support the constitution of the United
Sta ties. Rejected, p to 81
Mr. -eller then offered his amend
ment providing that the civil govern
ment established in the Philippines
should be 50 exercised as to secure for
the inhabitants there the fulle st
participation consistent with the safety
of the government Rejected, % to 80.
Teller is Unsuccessful.
Mr.. Teller then offered as an amend
ment a provision of the act establish
ing the Missouri territory in 1912 and
that all fines shall be moderate, no
post factC laws. etc Mr.. Teller said
that as officials of the Philippines were
not to be required to take an oath to
support the constitution of the United
States and the constitution and laws
were not to be applicable, he offered
the amendment tn protect the people of
the islands. 1t embodied pretty good
republican doctrine, said he, in the
days when it became a law. To pre-
vent cruel treatment of the natives I'M
der the powers of an autOcraUc gov
eminent ViOlatiVe Of every principle of
free government, he declared the
amendment should be adopted. It was
rejected. % to A.
ATv-
Teller said it had been his intention to
offer an amendment to extend the con-
stitutiOn over the islands. But the
senate had twice negatived that amend
ment and, he said, he would rot bring
the constitution into further contempt
by offering his amendment. But h
said, congress was about to enact a
law so contrary to anything that had
taken place in American history that
he felt constrained TO read some utter
auces of our early history, which might
be treason now, but which We're pa
triotism then.
Mr.. Teller declared nasSiOnately that
he had never expected to live. indeed,
he regretted that he had lived to see
the cay when the ordinary rights Of
citizens We're denied to people living
under the American flag
NIr. Allen (Neb) followed. He de-
clared that with the end of the session
who opposed the amendment to defeat
the bill. If 1t became d law they would
not be able to escape responsibility.
For himself, he was willing to devote
all his physical and mental energies to
the struggle, but no one man half
a dozen men could successfully make
the fight. It would require the united
cooperation of all The Republicans
were intoxicated with power. but
later they would regret this IegisIa-
ton.
After talking for over an hour. Mr.
Allen concluded with the announce
mCnt that if the minority would CO.
operate with him he would remain in
his place until noon, March 4, TO pre-
vent the pending bill from passage.
All Principles Slain.
It looked as if the vote was about
to be taken, when the venerable Mas
sachusetts senator, Mr. HOar, arose.
There is one principle of cOnstitu-
tiOnal liberty not yet slain, said he.
and I VIII give It a chance tonight"
He then offered an amendment pro-
viding that no official of the Philip
pines vested with executive power
should exercise official and judicial
power. and vice versa, etc. TO the end
that the government might be one of
laws, not of men. The amendment
was rejected-Ayes. IS; nays, 43.
At last the decisive moment had ar
rived. Tt was now 1890 p. IN. The
senate had been in session continuous
" since Il O'Clock this morning. The
vote was taken upon the amended
Spooner resolution. which was adopt
ed-Yeas, 10; nays. Pas follows: