The San Francisco call., 1898-08-10

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 ''Tvhere is uncertainty in the ut ullIluo o the people and the GoYernmenI as +be gardins the policy of America III SlI0 Philippines. Still, we need never IeSl ,ia, Il5v ouietude if we simply. and s1ncerely lOttUT S,,r fhe lines of duty as they deVelop. S CCti first duty is to understand. our states men must understand all there IS to h4Io, til,,, about the Philippines and the sltuIoI sltuaoIoIIi there before decision can pe sbnI1d I have been in doubt as to what snou!u IL! be done by the American GovernIIleLttt lll- tto, II, those islands. I have lacked lnlorlIlS.i i1d tIoii and the destinies of 12,000.G 900 of people ot whom we know little. But | NIL VII +jag 3@y something that may be at the er,Taenf! of my heart and not Of my JuGds .ds an. Yo,1r newspaper bulletin boards @ @an- nounce to-day that American DIo9u cf; tifi9 been shed at Manila-the oIooq Ia oL Taai, ,Ialr7 fornia troops The graves or those lIIelt t viii lie in Manila There they must resI oayt forever. It Is my feeling that AL1eIlGari 5,S,Ii citizens will never consent u bnToes 11 are the flag where American aeroTs ne. e|5.s ,,ee sleeping. It will wave over thelr graves.
 Tbe cheering which here interrupted me Senator was so prolonged as 10 LII [4a1e1, JTben tbe continuity of his remarks. When ttr,Tod ."This may be the thought or my heart and not of my cooler Ja7I Juog7 but l feel that the o nag a,gossession slit then 1t were better that we should nqt ! Soti- oner If it were known that the tI.o GoEo ernrnent would keep the ,,en an would soon be many of our youIIig men Glt It oI,te fhere to make their fortunes: IL should be understood that tne A iISr E,,,Il will not invade either ha asda done e to hu nv1 man being, No one in the Philippines u,jT suffer wrong should we go there. IL is our mission to upli1t all nina niGh o4 +he AiInightv a foot has been set upon tng sea sea and another foot upon the Ia iand5 eIna ana will
 on eattm' a+nr C,lIIou followed in short ad- dress Tt seems to me that you people here ought to ajd talk t2 We us come ane t S gather tRnOffnrmstion. so as to know what legls- iation to recommend to Congress tou tou have studied the Hawaiian q9estion tol lands I do not know what we are go- ing 10 recommend. 1 can say Tor @ tne commission that the membefs h4be lqre {Is Tewaiian Islands should be annexed to !ha ta I1I1itad States. They will be of vast hanefit. both in peace and in war.
 sAs regards the Philippines, Cuba and po-4o Rico. there are many things to be aonsidered. T We must keep string on Suba for a while to see that she gets good government. Porto d FlG0 Herv VIII iI5 noe 1e United States terrllory anu NelS iihPOi- tant acquisition ,.1 -,,...... to the Union Iron Works Your iron Scotts will equal anything on earth. The STeg11 is on every mans lips. She is the bride of the American navy. Your ci+y has a future. In fact, l like San Erancisco. When I finally get knocked out over in Illinois I am going to come here and see if I cannot beat Perkins. or somebody else.
 Representative Hit, of the Foreign Re- lations Committee and House member or the commission, paid a glowing tribute fo the work accomplished by President Dole and his associates in establishing a good government in Hawaii. We shoI1ld not forget him in the future, ne added Speaking of the Eastern trade MT. Hit declared that the Hawaiian Isl ands were of absolute necessity part If the American domain. What IS more, we must and will speedily have the Nicaraguan canal. While everybody was watching the Oregon making her famous trip around South America the question was on each lip, Why haven't we got earnest advocate of it's construction, ana while he was Secretary of State he d. rected me- as the Assistant Secretary, to gather all possible information con- corning 1t and the opinions Of members of Congress. There will be no unneces- sary delay at the next session or con gress in arranging for the building of the canal"
 Mayor Phelan, in a concluding address, said to the Commissioners:
 ''The great East Is now opening up to American trade and San Francisco Will become a much more important place, In the eyes of the General Government. In the past we have had much difnculty Tn getting the necessary appropriations for harbor improvements and other. things badly needed Tn the future this will probably all be changed. We will be an