Show POLICY IN THE iSLES I Caffery Delivers an Address I 1 Thereon in Senate l I 1 HE WOULD GET RID OF THEM i I In tho House tho Democrats Continue Con-tinue to Assail the Administration Two Speeches Made by Members of Foreign Affairs Committee Dinsmoro of Arkansas and Champ Clark of Missouri Siblcy of Pennsylvania I Penn-sylvania Goaded into Admitting Bopublican Leaning IJ J I II I Washington Feb 5 Senator Caffery of Louisiana in a discussion of tho j Philippine question In the Senate today dl in I developing day broke new ground I his iosltion as an antiexpansionist In response to a question cs to what II In the present circumstances he would do with the Philippines I he said with characteristic courage of conviction I Tuin them loose ni soon as we can get rid of them That would be better bet-ter for them and Infinitely better for us Mr Cafrcrys argument was mainly 0 discussion of the constitutional constitution-al question He maintained the Constitution Con-stitution extends absolutely over tho Filipinos and that they were entitled to all the rights and privileges of citizens citi-zens of the United States guaranteed by the Constitution i Soon after the Senate convened today to-day Senator Foraker chairman of the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Por-to Rico reported a bill providing n form of government for Porto Rico Mr Cal i ner presented a statement of the views of himself and Mr Perkins Per-kins dissenting in part from the majority ma-jority report I CAFFERY ON ISLAND Mr Caffery then spoke on the Philippine ippine question lie dissented from the proposition that this country should take over the Philippines ns proposed by l Mr Beverldge He maintained that under the Constitution the Filipinos were citizens of the United States en llrely I I completely I I absolutely I They began so he declared by the annexation annexa-tion of tho Philippines by the United States and by the fact that the flag of this Government floats over the islands o foats ands and the flag carries Its citizenship citizen-ship whomever It floats I Mr I Caffery maintained that in the Philippines there was when our forces I arrived there a Filipino government A dc facto government declared Mr Caller but that has been destroyed by fire and sword for the soldiers of the United Stales unequaled in the world in valor and military skill have vanquished the Filipinos WHAT HE MAINTAINED Mr Caffery maintained that whatever territory may be acquired by tho United States must be governed by the limitation of the Constitution and that the Filipinos were entitled to all privileges that are guaranteed by the Constitution to the citizens of the United States He denied that Congress Con-gress could legislate as it chose for the Philippines saying I I Is absolutely assured In my mind that thee outlying possessions cannot be governed by the caprice of the un I restricted volition of Congress They I must be governed In accordance with i tho Constitution or Congress will have I I to usurp powers of government In answer to Mr Spooner he continued con-tinued Notwithstanding the Philippines Philip-pines were ceded to the United States as a war Indemnity w < as a people that believed that all Kovemmenlu derive de-rive their just powers from the consent of the governed were obliged under the Constitution and the Declaration of Indei5endanee to obtain the consent of the people of tho territory exacted as a war Indemnity PLIED WITH QUESTIONS Then said Mr Spooner we would have no authority to take Porto Rico if tho Porto Rlcans objected I The Louisiana Senator declined to go so far as to admit that proposition but held that wherever In territory acquired ac-quired there was agovernment of even a germ of nationality the United States would not have a right to govern gov-ern the people of the territory I believe declared Mr Calf cry that the Filipinos have a germ a mom than germ of nationality and I dont believe we tan kill them to civilize civi-lize them or slaughter them to give them freedom ll Suppose suggested Mr Platt Conn that we should carry a war into Mexico and that our forces should enter into and occupy the country Would we have lo consult the Mexicans Mexi-cans as to what we should do with the conquered territory fery Yes sir promptly replied Mr Car HE CITES ENGLAND Mr Caffery pointed to England as a great Nation which was rendered insecure in-secure bv i her colonies She trembles he said at the specter of the Russian bear crossing the Ural mountains and she may well tremble at the altitude of the less l than a million o people In the Transvaal There is no strength in these extended possessions Tie very moment we take these Filipinos we have Injected Into our system a poison that will Inoculate our whole body politic I Mr Platt Conn asked What I under the present circumstances should wo do I Turn them loose as soon as we can get rid of them responded Mr Caf felT That would be better for them and Infinitely belter for us Mir Platt You think that Is better for the people than that we should try to bring them up to the enjoyment and bln blessings and privileges of a free government gov-ernment I do replied Mr Caftery and the the embarrass sooner we can get rid of ments attendant upon the ratification of the Paris treaty the better It would L be for the United States and for the Flllninos Without concluding his speech Mr Caffery yielded me noor Those bills were passed J To erect n public building at aOvonston Wyo for the relief of Custer county Mont The Senate then held a brief executive execu-tive t session and at 113 1 p m adjourned |