Philippine Annexation In January, 1900, there was a debate for American annexation of the Philippines. There were those in favor and some against it. The debate for annexation was between Senator Beveridge who was in favor or annexation and Senator William Mason and Andrew Carnegie who were against it. One argument was that at what price would the United States have to pay to take control and govern the Philippines. With other European countries having a much better naval fleet Andrew Carnegie felt that it was not worth it for the United States to try to take control of the Philippines. His logic was that how many people would have to be put in a position to go to war and possibly the loss