The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-19

| rently forgetful that this nation was es-
 tablished as q protest against the power
 of one people to tax permanently another | people, declaring Congress exempt rom the constitutional Limitations upon the great central power of taxation, and thus
 opening the way tor autocratic govern
 ment and for the exploitation of subject | peoples. We have seen our permanent
 standing army multiplied more than three | fold and the expenses of our military es- | tablishments approach that of the most
 army-ridden nations of Europe, we | have seen ourselves take position nisniy | inconsistent ip point of justice with the
 Monroe doctrine when demanding that the governments of yhe oyer-crowded eastern continent shall keep their hands of this hemisphere. we, ourselves. with millions of untitled acres and vast un- | touched 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 ne would have stood part and alone Tn ms | profession as the consummate creator or impossible situation I believe now, as
 I have always believed. that when our commissioners set their hand to the treaty annexing the Philippine islands
 they inaugurated as fatal a policy as any upon which great nation ever eH"
 parked. It was a policy which has been | followed by the destruction by us or tens of thousands of innocent brown men, who J had never done us any harm and who
 were Iured by our own glorious history to fight for their freedom and their
 homes. It was a policy too. as a result of which thousands upon thousands of the soldiers of American mothers will sleep their last sleep upon the banks or the
 Rio Grande and the Pasig. know 1t IS said that it will give us commerce. our trade with those islands appears today to have reached the magnificent propor- tions of the trade of corner grocery but if 1t should promise to bring to this country all the wealth of the Indies be- lieye that our national honor, preserva- ton in their integrity of republican in stitutions our future peace and safety. every dictate of interest and justice de- mand that we shall now os shape our steps that we may return again to the | God of our fathers"
 After a few remarks by MT. Green | (Penn) in opposition to the Dill, MT
 Mcclellan (N. Y) closed the debate for | his side.
 The acquisition of the Philippine islands | he said, was the most costly plunge ever
 made by a reckless gambler at the Monte | Carlo of international politics. Your | justification for embarking this country | upon policy of colonialism, said ne, | was that it would open new markets | for American products, And now, despite your solemn promise, you propose by this | bill to close the markets of the Philip pines to the people of the United States. As long as you keep up the bars of pro- l lection and forbid the Filipinos to trade | with us, just so long will they remain | our enemies. If they cannot sell to us | they will not buy from us, and if they cannot trade with us. their sympathies l will follow their interests. If you tear
 down the barbarous restrictions of pro- l tective tariff between different parts of | our territory you will not only open new l markets for Americans products but by permitting the Filipinos to prosper you will have begun the work of pacifcation
 and of fitting them for self-government. | The debate was closed by Mr. Dalzeil | (Pa.) in a speech of an hour. He drew
 parallel between the government of the Louisiana Territory immediately after Its 4 fsacQuisiton and the government of the l Philippines to show that the latter was
 less arbitrary and despotic than the
 former. He commended to those on the
 other side who were so jealous of the
 rgihts of the Little brown man" in the
 Philippines the protection of the rights of
 the black men in the South
 l This measure purports to be revenue
 bill," interrupted MT. McDermott (N. J) I
 duty upon goods from one territory or
 State to another"
 Certainly" replied MT. Dalzell, If | the gentleman will examine history he
 will and that duties were levied for a
 long time on goods from the territory of | Louisiana and also of Florida. CRepub-
 hcan applause followed by laughter as
 Mir. Mann Qll.) called out to Mr. Me
 Dermott "Go way back and sit down. )
 "I mean an act of Congress" persisted
 MT. McDermott. "He cannot cite me to
 any act of Congress, because there is
 none."
 Dr. DaIzell declined to be interrupted further.
 MT. Dalzell taunted the other side with
 their utter inability to present anything
 as a substitute for the pending bill. Mr. Richardson, the minority leader
 moved to recommit the bill with the fol- | lowing instructions:
 | To report a bill reducing the tarin
 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 Islands,
 to be in effect until order has been | restored there and the Filipinos permit | ted with the aid of the United States to | establish stable and independent gov-
 ernment.
 l The motion to recommt was lost, l22 | to l72. It was a strict party vote. so far | as the Republicans were concerned, but
 there were three votes against the mo-
 tionF on the Democratic side, cast by | Messrs Broussard, Davey and Robertson | all of Louisiana. MT. Meyer La) was | paired against the motion with Mir. l Foster tDem., Ill.)
 The bill was then passed, l63 to 128. | The three Democrats from Louisiana
 who voted against the motion to recom-
 init, voted for the bill and five Repub-
 Hcans Mccall (Mass). Littlefeld (Me.)
 Heatwole. Eddy and Stevens all of Min | against it.
 | The House today resumed the debate | upon the bill to provide temporary
 revenues for the Philippine Islands under
 an agreement that the bill should be
 voted upon at f o'clock this afternoon,
 The attendance in the gallery did not | indicate much public interest in the de- l bate.
 MT. Henry (Texas) was the first speak
 CT, He characterized the bill as oppres- | EiVe and outrageous. Months, instead of
 two days, he said. would not be too long
 for the discussion of a measure of vital
 interest to 100000 people. He dwelt
 upon the injustice of the double export
 and import tax on rice. sugar and tobac-
 co, and charged that this double taxa
 ton was in the interest of the sugar and
 tobacco trusts.
 MT. Henry took issue with his Louisa- I ma colleagues as to the effect of free trade
 with the Philippines upon the sugar in-