The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-02-28
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limos shall be moderate no exrost facto
laws. etc. Mr.. Teller said that as offio-
iais IN the Philippines were not 10 be re-
quirod 20 take an oath 20 support the
OF the United States and the
constitution and laws were not tO Doe made
applicable, DC offered the amendment TO-
protect the people of the islands 10 om
OF free government hc declared the
amendment to be adopted u was reject
ed % 10 81
When the result was announced Mr..
Teller said il hud been intention 20 onfer
an asiendmcnt TO extend the constitution
over the islands But the senate had
twice negatived That idea. and he said
hc would not bring the constitution into
further contempt by Offering bis amend.
mont But. he said. congress was about
to enact q law 40 contraiy to anything
that bad beon placed in American history
ho fcit constrained to rend SOME utter
aaccs of our early history. which might 4
bt trens1n noW. hut which were patriot
ism then
IL looked ns Il the vote was abcot
TO be taken when the venerable scna- .
tor. Mr. Hosr arose.
There Is one principle OF constitu-
tional not yet slain" said he" ana !
will give it a chance tonight" he
then offered an amendment provid-
ing that no official Of the Philippines
vested with legislative power should
exercise judicial or executive power
and vice versa, so the end that the
government might 20 one Of laws. not
men.
The amendment was rejected. aves
GO, nays 43.
At last the decisive moment had arr
rived. II was now 1890 p. m. The
senate had been IN session continl-
ously since ii o'clock this morning,
The vote was taken upon the amended
Spooner resolution which was adopt
ed yeas 45. nays q as Follows
Ayes-Aldrich. Allison, Bard. Bever-
idge, Burrows. Carter, Chandler, Clark,
bodied pretty good republican doctrine,
said he, ia the days when It became "a
law To prevent cruel treatment OF the
natives under the powers Of an autocratic
government violauvc of every principle
/ Cullom. Deboe. Depew. Dillingham;
4 Dollver. Atkins. Fairbanks. Foraker
I Foster Galiuger. Hale, Hanna. Hans
| brough, Hawley Kean, Kearns, Kyle.
/ Lodge. McComas, McCumber. McLau-
/ rim, Mcmillan Nelson, Perkins. Plntt.
1 Of Connecticut; Pritchard. Proctor,
Quarles scott. sewell. shoup, Simon,
/ spooner, Stewart. Thurston. Warren.
/ Wetmore --45.
Nays-Allen. Bacon. Bate, Berry,
Butler, Caffery, Chiffon Clay. Cock
rell, Culberson. aHrris, Hoar Jones Of
Arkansas; Jones OF Nevada; Kennev,
Lindsay McEnery, Marory. Martin
/ Pettigrew. Pettus, Rawlins. Taliaferr1,
I Teller, Tillman Turley, Turner-21.
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut then Offer
ed the amendment prepared by the
committee on relations with Culu Mr.
Jones of Arkansas moved to strike out
the third condition providing that Cuba
shall agree that the United states shall
exercise the right intervene For the
preservation of Cuban independence
Mr.. Hoar Of Massachusetts said he
considered the entire Cuban amend
ment unwise he was not able to
share in the apprehensions INDUCED in
on the other side II was designed
TO enforce the Monroe doctrine The
only condition against which objection
coulds be raised was that regarding
sanitation and he thought It was only
safeguarded against yellow fever and
other epidemics which might originate
i'm Cuba under unsantary conditions.
Mr.. Jones replied that the Monroe
roctrine was not involved IN the third
condition The right Of the United
States 20 intervene I'm the Internal
affairs of the island would be. he
thought paramount to assuming the
! -
Cuba whenever we saw tit on one pre-
, text or another,
Mr. Jones thereupon modified his
amendment so as to strike uot only
that portion or the condition or sec
tion providing that the United states
could intervene for the maintenance
OF government adequate FOR the pro-
lection OF life, property and individual
liberty.
! Mr.. Morgan declared the Cuban
proposition was piece OF arrant ny.
pocricy. The position we We're to as
sumo toward Cuba would justify Eng
land in Staying the Beers in South Al
riea under the claim OF suzereignity
The amendment in effect proposed an
American suzereignity over Cuba.
Mr.. Pettus Of Alabama, declared tha
| the honor OF the county was az stake
Congress and and the president haS
pledged their word that the Cubai
people "were and Of right to be fire.
and independent This proposition
violated the pledge II was TO b.
o the old law Of "let him take who ha
the power, and let him KEEP who can.
II was a disgrace upon the american
people
Mr. Jones' motion TO amend IN
amendment was defeated, yeas p, nay
is.
I'm order 20 save the isle Of Pine
which belongs 20 us, without a ROY
with Cuba" Observed Mr. Morgan, az
ter the vote was announced, II mOv
s TO strike out the reference TO tina
island This motion was lost withou
n division
O. MIR. Tillman read the war resolution
a. nIqdginn indcpeudence 10 Cuba and IN