Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-17
senator Innes Talks.

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Senator Jones Talks.
In recent interview Senator James
K. Jones, Chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, said:
I'm my Judgment the next session of
Congress will devote very large por-
ton of its time to the question upon
Which the next campaign will be
fought. This will be the Philippine
question"
Did not the Supreme Court settle
that question:"
Not by any manner of means. The
Supreme Court, if have read the de-
cision rightly, simply said that Con
gress would have to deal with the Phil
ippines. AS soon as Congress meets 1t
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, think there will be n
day of reckoning at the polls which
Twill surprise the Republican leaders"
Asked what would be the Demo
CRITIC 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 governments"
Certainly. think we ought to give
the Filipinos our earnest, sympathetic
and material support in their effort to
establish government Of their own,
and after they had become independ-
ent think the United States ought
to stand up for them against the Whole
world. We ought to glory in the estab-
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, II
want to see the Filipinos given their
independence quickly. We lived for
some years in the South under car
pet-bag government and do not want
another people to suffer us we did.
81 don't believe, though, that tile 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 1t.
Against that program l shall enter
my protest. And believe that many
luen 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 como 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 n strong, conserva.
tive portion of their party. who will
say that the subsidy bill has had its
day of hearing and that it will be un.
wise to force 1t upon Congress and the
country on the eve of campaign.
Whatever is done, the position of the
Democrats will not be changed. We
will fight 1t just rs determinedly and
heartily as we did in the last SEES
SION"
Senator Jones predicts that the BAD
II COCh Ulll cltihiAS III lluSto VIII never
be reported from the Ways 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 tc
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
cloture rule, Senator Jones simply
laughed. "That performance" ht
said, twas simply an exhibition of Sen
ator Platt's humor. We will never heal
of it again."
On to Victory.
"There is a tide in the affairs Of men,
If taken Mt Its food, leads on TO for.
tune" With equal truth, Shakespeare
might have said the same thing of pc.
litical parties. For the Republican par
ty that tide set in when Grover Cleve
land was elected President the second
time. 1t was taken at its flood, and
the balance is history.
The people are beginning to tire OF