Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-31
HON. FRANK cLAaK's gill

most important bills OF the present
session OF Coag'e.s. l. u = bill au.
thor,zinH and requiring the President
81 the United States 10 negotiste for
and make sale of the Phiippina
Islands TO japan or some other foreign
nation, AZ -uch price ne vill reimburse
the United States for the original cot
and expenditure incnrred in maintain.
ne the islands. ou such terna a. the
President may prescribe
The bill itself reads a. follows:
"Be it enacted ~ the Senate aid
House Of Representatives q me
United States OF America in Congress
assembled, That the President ~ the
United State BE-, and he is hereby
authorized, directed. and required, I'M.
med isteiy npon this act becoming r
Law, 20 open negotiations with japan
~ d .uch other foreign nations n in
! is Judgment may be deemed advisable
or proper, for the sale aud transfer to
.
all the right, title and interest NJ the
United States in and TO the Philippine
J. anCs, and every part and parcel
thereof, excepting and reserving to
the United states r naval aud coaling
station at Manila or such other place
a. in the judgment OF the President
may be for the beet int rests OF the
United States II the President can
secure from Japan or any other Tor
the United States in and 60 the Philip
pine Islands, excepting such naval a1d
coaling station =. in HE judgment il is
wise FOR the United States to ret ain
and maintain in the Orient. an offer
81 such sum OF money ~ will reim-
burse the United States for the orig
insl purchase price paid To- the King.
dom ~ Spain for said islands, together
with the expenditures since made by
the United States in the construction
oi permanent public works in said
islands, NJ il hereby required to accept
such Offer and cousummste at as early
a day ss practicable the sale and trans
fer OF the said Philippine Islands to
the purchaser.
"Sec. 2. That when the President
OF the United States shall have made
the sale Of the Philippine Islands in
the manner ss authorized and directed
in the first section OF this act, he shall
consumm mate the same upon such terms
as TO the time, manner. and place OF
the payment OF the purchase price -
in his judgment and discretion msy
seem just and ss in HE opinion will
fully protect the interests OF the
United States. He shall also secure
in such negotiation aud sale such slip.
ulations and agreements with the pur-
chasing nation as to commercial in.
tereourse between the United States |
and the islands as will for the future |
best subserve the interests Of Ameri-
can commerce.
Sec. 3. That this act shall take eff
feet from and after its passage and |
approval BY the President or upon lite
becoming q law without such approx
al"
Florida will heartily indorse the stand |
taken by Congressman Clark in sub
hitting TO Congress such q sweeping |
measure. Dealing with this great
question fairly on its merits. il may
safely be said that the majority al the
people OF this country are sick and |
tired Of the enormous expenditure
made for the maintenance 81 law and |
order for the government Of the Phil.
ippines
From this and hundreds OF other
cltles in the United States requests
have been made 90 Congress for ap.
for river and harbOr i'm
provement. The request is in vain
Congress has only li'ni'ed amoenI
20 spend. and yet million. can be- eX-
pended upon the PHILIPPINE Islands
Florida 10 badly in need Of good
roads, which the nation should help
STATE OF ONO. City or TOLEDO.
Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney mskes oath ihst he ,
- senior partner OF .he firm Of r. J.
Cheney d Co.. doing bushes. in the