The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-21
DEBATE ON PHILIPPINE
BILL A PARTISAN AFFAIR
Strictly Case of Democrats Versus Republicans
Discussed on Party Lines.
Jones Censuss Roots Report on Expenditures For Philippine Op
eratOns-Kahn Tells of His Trip to Islands,

: or the gentleman from Iowa that every
/ proper effort will be made to bring the
matter back 10 the house at the earliest
I possible moment, when those who de-
/ sire 10 do SO can support a motion
( to concur
y Mr. Hepburn's request was agreed to.
! The speaker appointed Messrs. Hep
/ burn Of Iowa, Fletcher Of Minnesota
and DaVey of Louisiana cOnferees on
I the part of the house. Mr.. Patterson
I then opposed the Philippine bin and
/ supported the minority substitute.
Well may the American people
pause said he. before the step is
taken which reverses all our theories
of government and brings us TO the
old world methods of colonization and
empire
Mr. Kahn Of California concluded the
debate OF the afternoon in a speech
which was listened to with close at
( tention by members ON both sides of
the house. 1t was largely a personal
narrative Of his trip 90 the Philippines
last year. He told of a personal inter
view with Aguinaldo. at which the lat
( ter admitted that no promises of indie
! pendence had been made TO him by
Dewey and Wildman. He concluded as
follows:
There Is one instance in our nation
al history when the policy of sCuttie
after being overwhelmingly repudiated
at the polls was nevertheless adopted
by the then Democratic administration.
/ refer to the 'fifty-four forty or fight
campaign of 1874. 1t is true that when
the question of our Oregon boundary
came up in the senate in 1886 a large
majority Of the senators voted to ratify
the treaty by which we relinquished
all OF that territory which is now
known as British Columbia. If we had
held our ground at that period. Eng
land today would not have a single poIt
on the Pacific ocean side Of the CON
tiuent The commerce. Of the Orient
coming across the Pacific would have
had 10 pass through an American port.
/ There probably would be no Alaskan
boundary dispute TO plague us at this
time, and J, for one, do not propose,
with my vote, at least, to sanction an
other mistake of a similar character"
Adjourn Until Evening.
At O'Clock 8Ir. Hahn yielded the
floor and a recess was taken until s
o'clock.
Al the evening session Mr.. Kahn re-
sumed his remarks and described in
detail some of the cruelties inflicted by
Filpinos on American troops. He made
a vigorous defense Of the army. and
said its good name should not be be-
smirched because Of the conduct of the
pitiful few. IL was a mistake to assert
that the sinsurrectiOn would end should
the Filipinos be given their independ-
ence- 1T would only give the irrecon-
cilables.' he said, AN incentive for
the renewal Of activity"
He added that If such Independence
be given the Filipinos there cruelties
would be so revolving that all the tears
of the angels could never blot the rec
ord out
Mr.. Kern Dem) OF Illinois denied
the right Of the United States to frame
laws for the Philippines, because. in his
opinion the Filipinos are an alien peO-
pie. He charged President Roosevelt
with acting in the Filipino matter
without the authority Of congress, such
as was conferred on him by a meager
resolution. AT no stage Of the game"
said he. has he done congress the
honor TO ask advice or counsel"
Roosevelt Could Stop War.
The vital question to his mind. he
said. was not so much one of good
eminent. There is only one man. ne
declared with emphasis. in all the
world ~ho can stop the war; and that
man is Theodore Roosevelt Il say to
YOU, Theodore Roosevelt" he exclaim-
ed with vehemeuce. that if you are
earnest in your loud declarations and
want these people TO have their lib
erty and their independence. they say
the word. and congress and the peO-
pie VIII back you up. and hostilities
will cease
Mr. Adams (Rep) called attention
to the fact that only yesterday or
ders had gone forward reducing TO
1900 men the army in the Philippines.
which, he said, was a new evidence of
the Intentions of the government He
then. under the latitude Of debate en-
tered into a defense of the Panama
canal
At 1888 p. m. the house adjourned
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