The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-19


very estimable American gentlemen
sitting as a legislature over 10000, 900
people. of whose language, customs,
conditions and existence they Vert
probably ignorant four years ago. We
have witnessed the spectacle of an
American army numbering over 10000
men engaged in conquering a people
struggling for independence. We have
seen our highest court apparently
forgetful that this nation was
established as protest against
the power of one people to tax per-
manently another people, declaring
Congress exempt from the constitu-
tional limitation upon the great GEN.
trail power of taxation, and thus open
ing the way for autocratic govern
ment and for the exploitation of sub
ject peoples. We have seen our per-
manent standing army multiplied more
than three-fold and the expenses OF
our military establishment approach
that of the most army-ridden nation
of Europe. We have seen ourselves
take a position highly inconsistent in
point of justice with the Monroe doc
trfne when demanding that the gov
ernments of the overcrowded Eastern
continent shall keep their hands off
from this hemisphere, we ourselves,
Will luIldI Gus VI IIlllllOIlo vi hiQtAllACd
acres and vast untouched forests, seize
at one stroke thousand islands in
the other hemisphere. If four years
ago a writer of burlesque opera had
put these things in a play he would
have stood apart and alone in his
profession as the consummate creator
of impossible situations. And yet these
fantastic things have, within a little
more than three years, been written
in our history"
Mr.. Mcclellan of New York closed
the debate for his side. He said he
was in absolute accord with his party
associates in the hope that ultimately
under Democratic auspices when the
Filipinos have learned to govern them
selves, the United States would grant
them independence.
The acquisition of the Philippine ISL
ands was the most costly plunge ever
made by a reckless gambler at the
Monte Carlo of international politics.
DnIzeH Taunts Democrats.
The debate was closed by Mr.. Dali
zell of Pennsylvania. in a speech of an
hour. He drew a parallel between the
government of the Louisiana territory
Immediately after it's acquisition, and
the government of the Philippines, and
said that the latter was much less
dIDlIi anu 0GSpOblC Llleil Tic lOt .
mer. He commended to those on the
other side who were so jealous, he
said. of the rights of the
little brown men" in the
Philippines. the protection of the
rights of the black men in the South.
Those on the other side, he said, de-
claimed about the consent of the gov
erned,' while in some of the Southern
states they were writing into organic
law methods for relieving themselves
of the consent of the governed" Gre
publican applause.)
Mr.. Dalzell tainted the other side
with their utter inability to present
anything as a substitute for the pend
ing bill" He said he desired to make
their protest as Intellectual as possible.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Dalzells
remarks, Mr.. Richardson, the minority
leader, moved to recommit the bill with
the following instructions:
ITO report a bill reducing the tariff
laws and internal revenue laws now in
force in other portions of the United
States to a revenue basis; and to apply
the same to all portions of the United
States, including the Philippine ISL
| ands to be in effect until order has
been restored there and the Filipinos
permitted, with the aid of the United
| States, to establish a stable and inde-
pendent government"
The motion to recommit was lost,
122 to liz, and the bill passed, l6S to
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