The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-04
LONG DEBATE ON
PHILIPPINE BILL

WARRINGTON. June "a aluis fHn.
tine business preceded ihe resumption
today - ,he debate IN me thUIrpint
ciyil government bili
4 resolution wss adopted caiiine up-
On the Secretary ~ War f0r inflrmh.
tion az 10 any payments made hy D0y-
ornor General Wood 10 .. - Thufber
and any other persons or corporations.
together with the dates and amounts ~
such payments. Tor advocating rcci-
proclty with cuba
The consideration 81 the Philippine
civil government bill then was resufn-
I'd and Mr.. Diamond u Missouri made
a general speech In opposition Ia the
policy % retaining the islands. lie re-
pudiated utterly the charge that the
opposition TO the present Philippine
policy In critiolzing some Of the acts Of
army officers In the Philippines was
slandering and assailing the army.
Recalling Mr.. Kuhn's statement last
week that In giving up slice Of North
western Territory upon the occasion OF
the oregon boundary dispute We had
made n mistake which should not be
repeated now, Mr. Diamond agreed
that the surrender OF the territory
north of Washington on the Pacific
had been a mistake. but he pointed out
that the territory was contiguous to
our border. and was capable of furnish
ing homes for our own people and
eventually coming into the Union as n
State. while the Philippines, already
densely populated by an alien people.
could never be Incorporated into the
Union. The Democratic party, he de-
clared, was not opposed to expansion
founded upon American principles Ex-
pansion was one thing, colonial en-
pire was another. The Democratic
party was anxious to see the country
expand. as expansion was understood
by the fathers. Expansion upon the
American continent. north or south. he
said. was the Democratic idea OF ex-
pansion, not holding by subJugation
ten million people. 1000 miles beyond
our border.
In conclusion Mr.. Diamond told of
his presence In Havana May goth. when
the American flag was lowered and the
flag OF the Republic OF Cuba hoisted.
I To him as an American citizen. he said.
the sight was inspiring-'far more in
spring" he said, than il the American
flag had remained up IN Cuba, and the
faith OF the American people been vio-
lated"
Mr.. Olmstead of Pennsylvania, who
succeeded the present Secretary of the
Navy AZ a member OF the Insular Com
mittee, followed Mr. Diamond. He
summed up the situation in these
words:
THE bill proposed by the minority
means a complete remuneration by the
United States of the duties and respon-
sibilities which In the providence Of
God have been cast upon us. 1t means
n cowardly retreat 1t means that we
shall be degraded and disgraced in the
eyes of all the world. II means some
thing that the American people will
never tolerate. On the other hand. the
bill which We present and propose to
pass maintains the honor and dignity
of the American people. enables us TO
carry out our treaty obligations. to
maintain peace ond good order in the
Philippines and to be more instrument
tai and effective In maintaining peace
throughout the world. At the same
time II enables the Filipinos to partlci-
pate as fully as possible in the bless
ings of our republican form OF govern
ment: 1t gives to them more independ-
ence Of action, more OF elf-government
and more Of liberty than they have
ever enjoyed or ever expected to
achieve. 1t is all that they demand and
when We have passed 1t, then, in the
language Of the prophet Isaiah, let
them give glory unto the Lord and de-
clare His praise in the islands.'"