The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-19


nation was established as e protest
against the power of one people to tax
permanently another people. declaring
congress exempt from the constitution
al limitation upon the great central
power Of taxation. and thus 0peniae
the way for autocratic government end
for the exploitation OF subject peoples.
We have seen our permanent astaudine
army multiplied more than tfuee-tosd
and the expenses of our military estae-
lishment approach That Of most - the
army ridden nations Of Europe.
An inconsistent PositioH
I'VE have seen ourselves take q -
sition highly inconsistent in peint aL
justice with the Monroe doctrine.
when. demanding that the governments
of the OvercroWded eastern C9ntlnenl
shall keep their hands off this heui
sphere. we ourselves with hundreds 0t
millions of untitled acres and vast uu
touched forests. seize. at one stroke
thousand islands il the other heni-
sphere. If four years ago Wrltef 81
burlesque opera had put these things
in a play he would have stood apart
and alone in his profession as the eon-
summate creator of impossible situa-
tons.
'I believe now. as / have always
believed. that when our commissioners
set their hands 10 the treaty anneXlhB
the Philippine islands they inaugurated
as fatUOus a policy as any upon which
a great nation ever embarked. II was
a policy which has been followed by
the destruction by rs OF tens of thou
sands of innocent brown men who had
never done US any harm and who were
iuIed by our own glorious history 90
fight FOR their freedom and their
homes. 1t was a policy. too. as re-
suit of which thousands upon thou
sands Of the soldiers Of American
mothers win sleep their last sleep upon
the banks of the Rio Grande and the
Pasig. I know it is said that it VIII
give US commerce. Our trade with
those islands appears today to have
reached the magnificent proportions Of
The trade of corner grocery but II q
should promise to bring 10 this coun-
try all the wealth of the Indies I be-
lieve that our national honor, the pres
+ ervation in their integrity Of repub-
iCan institutions. our future peace ana
safety. every dictate of interest and
( justice, demand that NE shall now -
shape orr steps that We may -
/ again to the God Of our an
/ Mcclellan Closes.
! After a few remarks by AIr. Greene
/ of Pennsylvania in opposition 70 the
! BILL Mr. Mcclellan Of New York closed
! the debate for his side
The acquisition of the Philippine fs-
lands he said, was the most costly
plunge ever made by a reckless gau-
bier at the Monte Carlo Of information
al politics.
Your justification for embarking
this country upon policy OF colonial
( ism, p" he said, was that it would omen
new markets for American products.
And now. despite your solemn prom
Use, You propose by this bin To close
the markets Of the Philippines to the
people Of the United States AS long
as you keep up the bars Of protection
and forbid the Philippines to trade
/ with US their sympathies VIII follow
: their interests. II YOU tear down the
barbarOus restrictions of a protective
tariff between different parts of our
/ territory you viii not only open new
markets for American products. but bv
permitting the Filipinos to prosper vou.
viii have begun the work Of pacifea-
ton and of fitting them for self-gov-
eminent"
Dalzen Of Pennsylvania.
The debate was closed by Mr.. DalzeH
of Pennsylvania in a speech of an
hour. He drew a parallel between the
government of the Louisiana territory
Immediately after its acquisition and
the government of the Philippines to-
show that the latter was less arb.-
5rary and despotic than the former. HE
commended to those on the other side
who were so Jealous of the rights of
,he little brown men in the Phillip
pines, the protection OF the rights 81
The black men i'm the south
This measure purp0rts to be reve-
nue biil,' Interrupted Mr.. MeDesmott
( OF New Jersey. can he cite shy act
which imposed a duty on goods from
one territory or state to another %
/ Certainly" replied Mr. Dalzen 'if
the gentleman win examine history DE
viii ind that duties were levied FOR
Icing time on goods from the territory
of Louisiana and also OF Florida (Re-
publican applause, followed by iaugh-
ter as AIr. Mann Of Illinois called Gus
to Mr.. McDermOtt, Co way back and
sit down'D.
Il mean an act of congress" per-
sisted Mr.. McDermote- He cannot cite
me to an act Of congress because there
is none
Mr.. Dalzen declined to be inter-
rupted further.
he Taunts Democrats.
Mr.. Dalzen tainted the other side
with their utter inability to present
a.. [
ing bill. He said they desired to make
their protest as Intellectual as possible.
In conclusion. he declared that. g
turn the islands over to the fIlipin0s
would be to make them the prey ot
some buccaneer country to put them
up at auction would be dish0nor
Il rather indulge the belief ana
z hone" said he, that travelling along
, oar traditional historic lines we snaH
go forward to the Characterization ana
= civilization of those islands Of the sea
, until we shall establish there the prin-
/ ciples of civil and religious iibell
1 / Republican applause
Mn Richardson. the minority ief1eF
E moved to recommit the bin vita tle
e following Instructions;
stTo report a bin reducing the t4
p laws and internal revenue laws.
p i'm force i'm other portions Of the l
2 States. 10 a revenue basis. ana %
e fhe same TO small portions o.
g United states. including the Phiisr1Ee
g islands. 20 be I'D effect until ofde
n been restored there and the taIpiHos
a permitted. with the aid OF the thi
r states. To establish stable end III
e pendent government
r The motion TO recomml5 eas
&c to 172. 1T was a strict Panty Fof
q TAR as the Republicans were eoAc
n Continued IN Pase