The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13

Mr.. Ball of Texas-I mean the Cuban
reciprocity bill that passed this house
and on which had the honor to follow
.ne leadership OF the distinguished gentle
the bill.
Mr.. Ball Of Texas--Yes but the gen.
tlemsn voted TO strike off the differentiai.
Mr.. l.ittleheld--Ncs. voted 10 strike
on the diiterential but did not vote for
the bill
Mr.. Ball of Texas-I must decline to
yield any more, do not care to be in
terrupted by gentleman who exhausted
three hours in 1900 showing the necessity
/ Tor trust legislation, and who has not
the nerve 10 come out now and advocate
his own bill applause and laughter on
the democratic side) Now. there is an
other little matter that | desire to call
TO the attention of the house know
there is no use Of appealing to the CO.
Gained conscience OF the republican party.
Laughter on the democratic side.)
However. would like TO have the coun-
| try understand that party in all of its
nakedness, as 1t ought to be shown. Take
the question OF the Territories. In 1896
| you promised them admission as States.
In 1000 you promised them admission as
States. i'll the republican platform. The
bill admitting them has passed here and
has gone over to the senate. where all
good bills arc buried until after the cleo
ton is over, when the republican admins
/ tration so determines. and the gentleman
from Indiana, the distinguished. preco-
cious and versatile senator who went over
| TO the Philippine Islands and solved in
two weeks the great problem of absorbing
alien races, says they have not time
enough to take up the Territories bill in
the senate that the bill has been before
his committee for only FIVE weeks.
Mr. Payne--Mr. Chairman, | call the
gentleman to order for referring to what
took place in the senate.
Mr.. Ball OF Texas--This did not take
place in the senate. 1t took place over
in the Philippine Islands (Laughter,)
Mr., Gaines of Tennessee-Outside OF
the constitution.
Mr.. Payment Chairman, call the
gentleman to order.
Mr.. Ball of Texas-Ths was not said
in the senate. I got it out of the news
papers, out of reliable republican news
paper the Evening Star. daughter on
the democratic side.)
Mr.. Payne--If the gentleman got it OUT
of the newspaper, then it was said in the
senate.
Mr. Ball of Texas-Then l am sorry,
and | will apologize for the gentleman
making the statement, for attempting to
hoodwink the American people by max
nlg lHtUl pellGNG lndl dlIeT llG IcpuDlC~
an party has promised for eight years to
give the Territories Statehood they have
not time at this session to consider the
bill Now, then. there is another pro-
position which the distinguished chair
man of the insular affairs committee says
is an American problem, not a democratic
problem, not a republican problem; and
yet, Mr.. Chairman, the Pecksniffian school
is on top in the republican party in the
hond1ipo NJ that prlvfs question I
of course, to-
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Four years ago the cries of the OPP
pressed Cubans reached the ears of our
people, taught from infancy to love liberty
and hate tyranny. Then no one dreamed
that this country could ever be induced
to turn from "the path our fathers trod"
and enter upon our present course Of
conduct The horrible concentration
camps in Cuba. the merciless orders and
mode of warfare of Weyler. and the star
vation disease and death which stalked
abroad throughout that unhappy isle pro-
duced condition of affairs that, in the
language of President Mckinley could
not longer be tolerated" Proclaiming to
the world that the Cubans ought to be
free and independent and that it was
not our purpose to take land or terri
tory, believing, as was we'll said by Mr..
Mckinley that "forcible annexation under
our code OF morals was criminal aggres-
sion and could not be tolerated. we went
to war with Spain and loudly boasted that
We had done what no other country in all
the ages had ever done, engaged in war
at a great sacrifice of blood and treasure
for the sake alone OF liberty and humani-
Ne nd I'D v1C
Gus victory, and Spain was at our feet
in ninety days
Thus far all was honor and our good
name and fame untarnished. Dewey in
Manila bay, guarding the harbor and
standing sentinel over the hulls of the
Spanish ships, was without land forces
and 1000 miles from our shores. Our
consular representatives and Commodore
Dewey invoked the aid OF Agunaldo and
the Filipinos to join forces against the
common enemy. Then came the treaty of
peace negotiated at Paris, in the negotia-
ton OF which the Filipinos were denied
audience and our future policy left I'M
certain Then came the outbreak of hos
tilties between our troops and their late
allies, the Filipinos; and the end is not
yet
Thus the war against Spain for high
and holy purpose in Cuba has been sunk
to the level of the Spanish regime Nay,
worse Spain at least was fighting her re-
belious subjects, no matter how just the
cause for their rebellion. Spain was exer-
cising force never denied to monarchies,
while we went TO war with our allies who
owed us no allegiance, but occupied the
same relations 20 us that Lafayette, Roch-
ambeau De Grasse and the French troops
occupied to sur revolutionary sires. Had
we been as true to them as the French we're
to us, had we but declared our purpose
then to give them the freedom we had
promised the Cubans, the frightful results
of our present policy would have been
avoided. The representatives OF this re-
public some day might have carried to
the Filipino republic statue OF Admiral
Dewey, and ceremonies been had like un-
10 those which recently transpired in this
city when the statue OF Rochambeau was
unveiled upon Lafayette square.
"PIRATICAL DOCTRINE"
Instead of that, we are seeking to an
mex the Philippine archipelago by force
and govern them without their consent un-
der the hypocritcal pretense OF carrying
the blessings of liberty and civilization
TO them or dosing out to them from time
10 time in the language of Presiden,