The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-07
Che aahia Daily eagle: Saturday oruiuu October l8ee

| to our domain a vast archipelago IN he
Pacific ocean, peopled with eight or ten
millions of souls, who speak more than a
| sec, Of different languages, who COM
| pose more than two-score different DIS
cordant and disconnected tribes. They
/ will be told that for. more than 800 years
these islands, rich in natural possessions,
| fertile in soil, have heen governed by
{ Spanish authority. and that down TO the
end of this nineteenth century of civili-
cation and progress they have attained
not much more intelligence, not much
more ciY:liz alton, not much more wealth,
ana NJ mo . liberty than they had at
tanned in those days when the great Span
ish gal.eons carried home annually from
those is-ards their wealth of gold and
silver ~ enrich the treasury of King Phil
lip. They will he told that today the
United States of America possesses by
solemn treaty, signed and ratified by
Spain, accepted and approved by the SEN
ate and the congress Of the United States
and the president, the only lawful SOW
ereignty and authority over those islands,
a sovereignty and an authority recognized
and undisputed by any single nation or
people on the face of the earth. They viii
be told that in one of those islands one
of these numerous tribes has raised an
army of instruction against the Ameri-
can flag; that they, while our soldiers
were in peaceful possession of Manila at
tempted to rise and murder them and the
American representatives there; that they
fired on the American flag; that they de-
fed it's authority and that they have at
by arms to drive the lawful authority Of
the, United States from the island of Lu-
zon. They will be told, these children of
yours, that these men who have attempt
ed this comprise not oue-tenth Of one per
cent of the people of these islands, and
the answer that is to be made to those
who ask what we are to do about it, is
the plain and simple answer that was
given in 1861, IF any man attempts to haul
down the American flag, shoot him on
the spot And So my friends, your pres
ident your secretary of war, your secre-
tary of the navy, aye, all of the people
Of the United States. are striving to
maintain merely the lawful authority Of
the United States in those islands; to do
their plain and simple duty; to accomplish
haG promised to do; to maintain not only
the full dignity and authority Of the
American flag. but to carry 1t on to what
you believe, and I believe, is q wise pur
pose of Providence. who after 300 years
of despotism and ignorance, has opened
the door Of those islands to American in
telligence, to American civilization, to
American progress. to American prosper
ity. The full tide of prosperity flows
through this land maiestically and I'M
ruff1ed as this great river flows by your
city. We want flow of progress and in
teIligence, of liberty and civilization, to
flow into these Philippine islands, and
over them and over all to float, now and
forever the flag Of the American Union
Secretary Long soke as follows:
II notice your chairman is very discrim-
mating He introduces me- but compli-
ments, not me, but the navy, and there
my friends, he is quite right. 1t is the
navy itself. the organized navy Of the
United States, its officers selected from
every congressional district throughout
the Union inspired by the highest spirit
Of professional and national zeal; 1t IS
the navy which deserves your cemmenda-
-tion and has earned the gratitude Of the
people Of the United States applause.
My friends. as the president goes about
the various states of the Union, think
he must be struck with the fact that con-
stantly strikes me, that every American
audience, wherever 1t be, in the east or
in the west. the south or the north, IS
practically the same It certainly is the
same in the cordial. generous and gro
cious welcome which it extends to him.
find here as everywhere else, the suggest
i've memories of the war for the union in
the presence of these veterans. 1 find
here the evidence of the school, the edu-
cation of the people in their youth, not
only in the school book, but in the larger
volume of patriotism find here assem-
bled men, women and children, the repre-
sentatives of all industries of all profess
sions and Of everything that makes up
large. generous American citizenship.
And because I find the same audience
with which 1 am familiar at home feel
that I am not your guest, but that 1 am
one with you-that I am one with you in
welcoming here the president of the Unit
ed States (Applause). In assuring him of
our readiness to stand by him in carry
ing out the high principles which he has
enunclated from this platform in recog-
nizing him not as the president of a
party, but as the president Of whole
country Great applause. of all parties,
of all states. of all who love their coun-
try (Applsuse).
Il am glad also to speak one word for
the navy here in recognition Of the men
whom Illinois. this central state, sent to
the recent war. constituting part Of our
naval militia unexcelled in numbers and
certainly unsurpassed in fidelity to duty
(Applause.)
And remember that there came home,
with the great Dewey from over the sea.
one Of your own citizens, one Of your own
men, Lieutenant Caldwell (Applausel. in
whom the great admiral placed such con-
hdence that he has asked that he be de-
tachsd to accompany him 10 his home in
Vermont 10 assist in the work OF COM
pleting the report that the admiral is TO
make about the great achievements in
which he has been engaged. lie me close
as I began, by saying that this great as
sembly, distinctive as IL is. characteristic
as il is, OF your state and OF your city
is also representative OF all the American
people We are one great county. We
are welcoming the president OF that one
great country. We sre,to unite with him
in carrying forward its institutions and its
civilization. in UNFOLDING its honor and in
maintaining It's flag. 1t IS a great, big
country. With 1.-THE blessing OF God We
will make ii bigger Yet Cloud and pro-
Ionged applause}. Il is a great. good
country. good 10 everyone who gets IN
der the protecting folds OF its banner.