New-York tribune., 1901-12-11
RULING NEW POSSESolONo
MR. GROW SHOWS HOW THE CoNSIlIo
TTON CONFERS FULL POWER ON CON
cRFSs-DUTY OF THE NATION

| WASHINGTON, Dec 1U.--iH tIe i1O"-N
! Grow of Pennsylvania delivered speech idS'liis ms
eorIv an hour on prospective legislation for the
Philippine Islands He contended that 'iie
| tuition contained two grants OF power uiidei
| Congress could govern the Phlhpplnes aeeoiuH
| 70 its discretion. Nj Grow spoke in part as foi-
lows
The President in his Message 10 Congress, S. says SAYS
'The time has come when there should De &G8is W.
hope to do for them what has never before been been
done for any people OF the tbe fashion of the
This declaration of the President represents the
universal sentiment of the American people what,
ever power destroys organized goperneEe en- stons
people is morally bound in the forum OF ra
to see that government equally II not 1loie re
established to take the place of the government
m 4b fortunes of war the United of
Aea1ca Am f fsnds eu in ibe Pacific Ocean border
ins f on the Chinese Sea known as the PhipPine
% b geo or sFss 5 o. of
Of all degrees of civilization In the Treaty Of
concluded between Spain and & the rgbfs nad
potical status Of the native nhabitants of these
the United States Until the armed insurreetiG6n lon
in these islands against the sovereignty OF the
CONGRESS- could do except 10 protect and maintain
soyersign1y by military, powe nas fF
the action of Congress is what ought to be done done
can be done What iegsiative power Congress
over the Territories. and what is the duty OF the
In our complex system of government there are ar,
three distinct kndsthe national the State and the
Terrtoria-each absolute and supreme within Its
prescribed powers. The Jurisdiction of Congress-
the legislative powers OF the Of
Congress. with the approval of the President or OF
over OF all three of hese forms of
Within the limits of the States this jursdic-
grants of power enumerated in the constitution
Outside the limits of the States over territory oe
Of power to Congress in the constitution to MAKE make
territory restrained only by the Speclfc prOhiDl-
tions in the constitution; and in the language OF
fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty
which rsstrans all the agencies Of governm9en1t m mt
government that can rightfully sit in judgment
upon the wisdom of the exercise by CONGRESS OF this
discretion in legislating for the Territories, any
more than it can sit in Judgment upon the wisdom
81 m war by m ana .ae
and successful close.
POWER GRANTED TO CONGRESS.
gress in the constitution carries with it the
else of all legislative powers necessary to make the
determines what is necessary in such cases. Any
Which ~
Article Section |. of the constitution declares
yssf Il q the E9fd
to make a aws which sh Be P0Ms sn
proper for CARRYING into execution the foregoing
ttntion in the goveTnnent Of the United states Or
IN any depar5ment or officer thereof" Article "
make all nsedfgl rules and re rsgqlatiqns rsspeGng
States may be admitted by the Congress into this
Union"
power to Congress- One to make ali neesfgi rules
and resqato9s Tespectng the territory 70 do heongng @
States. Each OF these grants OF power carries with
ing these grants into fun and complete execution.
nd,r these two unTes5rctsd grants 81 poWer I how how
eminent ot the inhabitants OF territory belonging
sound discretion. has not full. unrestricted dis
ers,onsry power Of And there is nc
Of the exercise by Congress of this discretion.
case or bo esases de be fofeeG erTtory g and
becomes territory belonging to the United States
treaty Tor lis purchase But 4 cannot iadisiay
Sn b9 aI ae Tery SoHrns 10
United @ States eannot the same dn, me BE psTt
bility. Like the axiom in atural philosophy, two
spaces so Try m he or par Of any territory belong
ing 10 the United States can become State. or
For o more 5han h1ndred years Coneress has
been forming territorial governments FOR the IN,
States with Governors and judges OF the courts
viii. Call them what you please, territories. colo
MES. possessions or dependencies makes no differ
ment the inhabitants OF territory belonging to
where. no matter by what name 1t may be called
CONSTITUTION ONLY FOR STATES.
Our present constitution was made by States for
States, and for States only. BY its own terms it
provided that when ratified by nine of the original
CONSTITUTION Of the tinted States Of America 1t
extended over the other four only by the
ratification as provided III the act OF suhmis-
sion for each State. The constitution thus rati-
fed has never extended beyond the original
thirteen States except by act OF Congress
itants outside the limits of the original thirteen
States had anything TO do in the formation or rati-
fcation OF the constitution. BY any theory of free
elective government, how a constitution of gov
ernment extend over community Of people who
it's ratification? The constitution of the United
In triple form of government II Is not neces-
sary for any purpose whatever that the constitu-
ton should extend beyond the limits of the States.
On all questions outside of the limits of the States.
over territory belonging to the United States. and
in the intercourse of this nation with all other
tions the legislative department OF the government
their will.
The flag not the constitution, represents the
Congress. clothed with the treaty making and war
powers of the government-powers not necessarily
derived from the constitution for they are inherent
in every sovereign natinn-follows the flag wher-
ever il floats, at home abroad, on land or sea.
for its protection and for the protection OF every
human being owing It allegiance. Our flag is in
foated the embattled walls of the Chinese
Empire. and the legislative rover of Congress, not
lows the flag everywhere. The constitution With
legislation by Congress, follows nothing outside
the limits Of the States for which 1t was made and
the States admitted into the Union by act OF Con-
gresS-
LEFT TO DISCRETION OF CONGRESS-
Under the general power to acquire territory and
the specific power to make all needful rules ana
treaty conditions. can in it's own sound dlscrelon
establish form of government for one Ierrltory
and different one for other Iear5oties' I ats ~
life of the inhabitants of the respective Territory