The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-21

may properly exploit the weak and be used
to furnish the luxuries for the oligarchy.
Wililam dudley Fonike. OF tnoiana, ., an
expansionisf replied to the anti-expansion
statements made by Messrs. Gompers, Stor-
ey and Schurz James T. Hooker, president
of the Cincinnati Board of Trade, followed
Moorefield Storey, of Boston, and an anti
expansapnIst replied vigorously to those
Mayor Z. w. Medium. of Savannah. pre-
SIDED at this afternoons closing session. he
expressed nm himself as an expansions ana n, IN
power and control over the islands recently
acquired by conquest, E. V. Smalley, of St;
Paul, in short address. also expressed
himself in favor of expansion.
DIR. William P. Wilson. director of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, drew an
interesting sketch of the topography, geo
detic and climatic features of the Philip
pines, and made an argument for the re-
tention Of the islands, BASED on their neces-
sity TO this country as foothold Ior me
extension of American commerce to the
countries of the Orient.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Chancellor McCracken, of the University
of New York. as chairman of the committee
of twenty-ore on resolutions, presented a re-
port which, he SAID had been unanimously
agreed on by the committee. The resolu-
lions were unanimously adopted by the con-
ference, as follows:
I'VE, the participants in the national con-
ltItHSS Oll tic lOfclSn pOlGy VI lhC OHaeSO
States, held at Saratoga on Aug. ~ and 2c
1898, are substantially agreed as follows:
I'VE commend the wise and patriotic
course of the national administration IN
first seeking to avoid war with Spain, and
in subsequently prosecuting the war with
higher aims and success in bringing II TO GA
arms and gratifying to the high aspirations
of our people. sss
ION behalf of freedom and human well
fare. we thank the officers and men of our
army and navy for their skillful and heroic
achievements on lard and sea. and for
their chivalric conducs towards the defeat
ed enemy. We believe that the rescued and
liberated people OF the surrendered islands
are, in sense. temporarily the wards OIL
the conquering nation, and that we should
treat them as such.
with our view Of natural right and of
the inestimable privileges of civil liberty,
we should not be justified in returning the
conquered islands to the misrule and OPP
preston from which we have relieved them.
AS soon as the islands under our present
selves they should besallowed- to do so, the
United States retaining under It's authority
only necessary naval stations. Until Such
time as they may be aple to govern them
selves they should continue under the pro-
lection of the United States, and the dues
ton as to whether at some future period,
and at the mutual desire of both, they should
be permanently annexed should be left to
the time when ii arises. The United States,
on behalf of each of the territories in ques-
ton, and so long as it SHALL continue under
our protection, should adopt proper meas
u
these countries the establishment of free,
elementary, nonsectarian. schools, sufficient
for the instruction Of all persons of school
age ,o .,.,o
for the establishment by the United States
of a graded diplomatic and consular serv-
Zee.
I'VE heartily approve. of the principle of
arbitration in the settlement of information
al differences and urge that its largest prac-
ticable application be secured by treaties OF
arbitration
I'VE cordially favor the precedent set by
President Mckinley in refusing at the
beginning of the war to grant let
tiers of marque and reprsal and
we recommend that in the peace to be
concluded between the United States and
Spain the practice of privateering be
forever prohibited also that provision be
made as foreshadowed by the government
of the United States in refusing to sign the
declaration of Paris, in 1856 for the eXemp-
ton from capture of private property at sea
in accordance with the. enlightened senti-
ment Of mankind.
Chairman Wade Rogers and Secretary
Ralph w. Eastley. of Chicago, and the COM
inittee of twenty-one. were instructed to
present the resolutions to President McKin-
ley and his Cabinet for their consideration.
The convention tonight adjourned subject
to the call of Chairman Rogers.