The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-19

Won Yourselves will see the unWisdom OF
giving the Cubans independence.
Mr.. Mccall (Mass.), a member OF the
ways and means committee, VINO opposed
the Porto Rican tariff bill in the last
congress. opposed the pending measure
in a vigorous speech. Referring to the
Porto Rican decision by the supreme
court he said:
-Four of the five justices who upheld
the law were of the opinion that the fifth
Justice. in deciding with them, assumed
a position inconsistent with that taken by
the same justice in another decision
promulgated by him on the same day.
One Justice said that the two positions
We're irreconcilable 1t may therefore
fairly be said that upon these questions
which involve our power to make the
people of the Philippine islands mere
chattels, without a country, to confer
upon them a bastard common law
citizenship and commercial isolation,
the court stands with four and a half
justices ranged upon one side and four
and a half upon the other
So far as the pending bill was con-
cerned, Mr.. Mccall said that he disbeliev-
ed so profoundly in the administration
Philippine policy that he could not sup
port it. ''In the last three years. he
said, 1--WE have witnessed the solemn
farce of four or five estimable American
citizens sitting as q legislature over
10,000,0G0 people of whose language, cue
TOMS conditions and existence they were
probably ignorant four years ago. We
have witnessed the spectacle of an
American army numbering over 10000
men engaged in conquering people
struggling for independence. We have
seen our highest court apparently forget
full that this nation was established as
protest against the power of one peo-
pie to tax permanently another people,
declaring congress exempt from the con-
stitutional limitation upon the great cen
trail power of taxation and thus opening
the way for autocratic government and
for the exploitation of subject peoples
If four years ago a writer of burlesaue
opera had put these things in play he
would have stood apart and alone in his
profession as the consummate creator
Of impossible situate
Costly Gambling Plunge.
After a few remarks by Mr.. Greene
Pa.) in opposition to the bill, Mr. Nc
Clellan, On. " 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 poll
ties.
''Your justification for embarking this
country upon a policy of colonialism,
said he, 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 Philippines to the people of the
United States If they cannot sell to us,
they will not buy from us, and if they
cannot trade with us. their SympathieS
will follow their interests. Ii you tear
down the barbarous restrictions oil q pro-
tective tariff between different parts of
cur territory, you will not only open new
markets for American products, but by
permitting the Filipinos to prosper you
will begin the work of pacification and OF
fitting them for government
DaIzeIl in Character Vein.
The debate was closed by Mr. Dalzc!l
(Pa.) 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 to show that the latter was
less arbitrary and less despotic than the
former. He commended to those on the
other side who were so Jealous of the
rights of the little brown men, in the
Philippines the protection of the rights
of the black men il the South
Mr.. Dalxell tainted the other side with
their utter inability to present anything
as a substitute for the pending bill. He
said they desired to make their protest
as Intellectual as possible
The motion to recomnit was lost 123
to 172. 1t was a strictly party vote 50 far
as the Republicans were concerned but
there were three votes against the motion
from the Democratic side, cast by
Messrs. Broussacd, Davey and Robert
son, all of Louisiana. Mr.. Meyer ha)
paired against the motion with Mr.. Fos-
ter (Dem., HID. The bill was then pass
ed, 165 to 12S The three Democrats from
Louisiana who voted against the motion
to reconmt voted for the bill, and five
Republicsns--McCall (Mass.); Littlefield
(Me.): Heatwole, Eddy and Stevens, all
of Minnesota, voted with the Democrats
against it.