Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-26

sion OF a paper presented 0y D. NJ
Dickinson OF Chicago on the 'Alatkah
Boundary Case concluded the day
session,
Tho report OF the secretary showed
that during the past year As members
have been added TO the association
making a total membership OF s5z,
The report Of Treasurer II. N, Wad-
ham Of Albany, N. " showed a pal
ance on hand OF SGSa
President James Hagcrman said IN
part;
Since the last meeting OF this ASSOC
clatiov regular sessions OF the leglsla-
ture OF 10 states have been held, namely
Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi Maryland Massachusetts
New Jersey, New York, Ohio Rhode
Island, South Carolina and Virginia. I'm
Oregon there has been held a special
session and the people OF oregon, under
the initiative and referendum clause of
their constitution have passed certain
legislative acts. There has been an eX-
traordinary session In Montana and I'm
Virginia the prolonged extra session Of
l909-03-0i, rendered necessary by the
new constitution OF that commonwealth,
which went into effect July TO- 1902 has
been c0pcluded The territorial legls-
lature OF Hawaii has had q special
session. Porto Rico has held the sec
ond session OF rs second executive ass
sembly and also an extraordinary ses-
sion. The Philippine commission,
composite body originally created by
the president OF the United States as
cOmmander-ln-chief Of The army and
navy and subsequently confirmed by
Congress, exercising full legislative
powers has enacted many laws govern.
ing the people OF the Philippine Islands
The second session OF the Flfty-eighth
Congress Of the United States, COM
mencing Dec last year ana terminal
ing April 10 OF this year, an unusually
short period for the long session, had
been held and passed into history
Congress passed one very important
act, Of far reaching consequence to
regulate shipping IN trade between
ports OF the United states and ports
or places IN the Philippine archipelago
and between ports or places In the
Philippines. In my judgment the need
of the times 10 that the mandate should
so forth to the American people. an the
judgment Of their bench and bar, that
territories can only he permanently held |
by the United States upon the condition
that the residents and inhabitants |
shall be citizens of the United States
and that there shall be- no tariff laws |
between such territories and the states
Of the Union but all shall be within
that zone Of free trade which has here
toforc included our states and terri |
tories. In the light OF such mandate |
and with a knowledge Of the conditions |
which It eXacts the American people !
may intelllgently decide what territory |
Is 10 be permanently retained | am
not one OF those who think Il Is absO- |
lutely essential that territories Of the |
United States should be admitted TO |
statehood for | believe that under our |
system territories can be governed as |
such IN harmony with our Republican, !
Democratic constitutional principles |
The point which | emphasize Is, and II |
seems TO me that the ULTIMATE judy |
mtnt " the lawyers OF the country will |
enforce II, that the inhabitants Of our |
territories must be entitled to United |
states citizenship and they must have |
free and unvcxed trade relations with |
us Otherwise there win be departure |
from constitutional methods and prin- |
ciples which viii be revolutionary in |
their nature and lead us TO an i'm.
perialisln which Is inconsistent with Re- |
publlcan'Democratc institutions