The Advocate and news., 1898-08-10

I Dun WulCu mas prompted expansion from
the days Of Jefferson down to the pur-
chase of Alaska and the annexation OF
Hawaii, and which has prompted Great
Britain and other nations of the earth
to expand, and that is more trade and
more room for our own people.
Detroit Free Press: With the with
draWal Of the Spanish flag from Cuba
the declared purpose Of this government
In going to war Is fulfilled The cession
OF Porto Rico and the Coaling stations
In the Pacific will comprise no mean
compensation for the financial burdens
OF the struggle.
Speaker Thomas B. Reed: The prob
lens after the war will be the most
troublesome and will demand the most
earnest efforts Of us all. For my part
| hope that all these problems may be
worked out consistently with our time
honOred and dearly-bOught institutions
and with the traditions of our wise fore
fathers.
st. Paul Pioneer Prees: We believe
that If national plebiscitum was in
voked upon the question whether to re-
store the Philippines to Spain or to re-
tain them at least for the present in the
possession Of the United States, the peo-
pie of the United States would vote in
the proportion of four to one for their
provisional retention.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The peo-
pie Of the United States are in no sort
OF doubt as to what ought to he done
with the Philippines. The conquest of
the islands ought to be vigorously
pushed, and every foot Of ground which
is captured ought to be held Unques-
tionably this is the sentiment Of a vast
majority Of the people.
Brooklyn Times: II it is clear-and it
seems to be-that Spain is without a
navy, with a bankrupt treasury, with a
beaten and discredited army, and, torn
by internal discussions, could not long
hold the Philippines against the insur-
gents and would have to parcel them
out among other nations, the prOpriety
OF the United States relinquishing them
would be doubtful
Senator Daniel (Dem.), Virginia: 1
think naval station in the Philippines
should be taken. If we should take the
islands we should take them with their
membranes, and we would find our
selves poorer by having them. This
country does not want to be land poor
With a naval station there and prOtec-
tion to our commercial rights we will
have all we want in those islands
Boston Journal: To return the Phil
ippines would be betrayal of national
interests so colossal that the mind
would ever afteTward seek an eXplana-
tiOn beyond folly and shortsightedness
To close war for freedom and human
ity by delivering these people UP to ty-
ranny and torture even worse than that
from which we saved the Cubans would
stultify our nation to the end of time.
Mark Hanna: That 1.-THE Philippinel
is big question and we must go slowly.
We at least want footing on these
islands. Although there may be senti-
ment against keeping them, there is a
bigger sentiment against giving them
back to Spain. We are confronted with
new conditions to-day and we intend to
work out the problems in a manner
which will be for the best of the coun-
try.
Howard Citizen: Spain has indicated
that she has had enough of war with
this country. The French minister has
called upon the President and asks that
arrangements be entered into at once
that will stop the contest. In the mean
time the war should be energetically
carried on till terms are satisfactorily
agreed upon. This country is not in a
mood to stand any of Spain's dipIo-
macy.
Senator Lucien Baker, l am Of the
opinion that the United States should
claim of Spain, in case Of sediment, a
islands Of Cuba and Porto Rico. She
should cede to us coaling stations in the
Philippines, Carolines and Canary
islands. While Spain is poor, neverthe-
less believe that the Philippines should
be held for a reasonable indemnity, as
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