The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-30
Chaplain Chadwick of the Maine De-
nounces the Policy.
CANNOT FLOURISH HERE
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
SHOULD BE FREE.
Cur Duty to Treat the Islands As We
Treat Cuba and Protect Them IN
til They Are Able to Maintain
Free Government-Results of
the Recent War.

New York, Jan. 29-An immense
throng filled Carnegie hall tonight to
hear the benefit concert and the lee
ture by the Rev. John P. Chadwick.
who was chaplain of the Maine, on
Our War With Spain, Its Causes and
Results preceded by what he saw of
the blowing up of the battleship. The
concert and lecture were for the benefit
of the Catholic reading room for young
men, and to help establish a number
of such places throughout the city for
| the good of 10000 seafaring men.
Governor Roosevelt presided Major
General Roe, with his staff, Admirals
Erben and Miller. Lieutenant Com
mander Delehanty, Adjutant General
Avery Andrews, Colonel Treadwell
Commodore Philip. Captain Goodrich
and hundreds of other officers We're
present.
Governor Roosevelt made brief
address, after which Father Chadwick
spoke for an hour. giving an interesting
account of the sailing of the Maine
for Havana, the experiences in Ha-
yana and the blowing up of the ship
He spoke of the heroism 'of the sailors
when the catastrophe occurred and
afterwards when suffering in. hospitals.
Imperialism, what do they mean
by Imperialism" said he, in the course
of his address. What does it mean.
this departure from the settled policy
of the nation? Must it be that this
policy, thought out by the founders
of our government, is to be laid Eside
as useless now? God forbid that ever
Imperialism may ever find a foothoId
in cur country. Our forefathers knew
what Imperialism meant: they had
learned it from England when they
TfI1e f1f
establish the proposition and wrote
in blood that all good government rests
with the will of the governed people
The strength of our nation is in the
manhood and womanhood of it's peo-
pie They have been developed out of
liberty in hope and ambition. 1 be-
lieve that imperialism would be short
lived in this country. We're it ever
established. We would not be able to
hold on to it The whole tide of the
war is toward republicanism. Shall we
go back a step in the progress OF the
world?
I do not mean to arraign the gov
eminent as if it were responsible for
such policy. I firmly believe that
there IS no greater American than
President Mckinley. The holding of
the Philippines is not against the
principles of our nation. The holding
of the islands is an absolute necessity.
Would it not be to leave the inhabit-
ants in bloOdshed to Withdraw the
troops temporarily? Would we not be
held up to the scorn of history if we
should desert them now? We are
bound to keep them. Whether wise
or not, it is now a necessity The
treaty does not say that we are to
hold them eternally, but the American
people must not let them go back to
Spain, but must hold them till this ma
ton can place them as they must be
placed, among the free peoples of the
earth. The pressure upon the president
TO compel him to formulate a policy in
regard TO the Philippines is wrong. He
cannot formulate a. policy in regard to
a people of whom we are ignorant. The
Philippines must be kept like Cuba till
wise craftsmanship can decide what is
the best policy toward them.