The Lamar register., 1899-11-29
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PHIL
IPPfNES,
The Policy of the Administration "a stated
In Meklnlry's Own Speeches
Crhe President at Iowa Falls. Iowa,
October 16l


October 16@
II is no longer question OF expla.
sion with US. We have expanded. IL
there is any question at all it is qnss-
ton OF contraction. and who is going TO
contract? believe, my fellow citizens.
that this territory came to US In the
providence of God. We did not seek 1t.
1t is ours, with all the responsibilities
that belong TO IT. And as great,
strong. brave nation we mean to meet
them And we mean TO carry our edu-
cation and our civilization there. am
not one of those who would take a
laurel from the brow Of the American
soldier or 3 jewel from the crown OF
American achievement.
CThe President ut Independence Iowa,
October 161
The sovereignty az the United States
in the Philippines cannot be given
away by president That sovereign
" belongs TO the people, and so long as
1t is our territory and so long as its SOW
ereignty is there by right, not by right
OF conquest only, but by right OF sol
emn treaty, the President OF the Unit
ed States has but one duty to perform.
and that Is TO maintain and establish
the authority of the United States in
those islands. We could not do less and
perform our duty.
CThe President at Evanston. Illinois.
October 10
The authority OF the United States is
assaIled in one of the islands OF the Pa
cific. That authority win be estab-
lished in that island; the boys who car
ry our flag In that distant sea viii be
sustained by the American people, for
the flag they carry there is the dag
we carry here. II Is the flag Of our
faith and our purpose; it Is the ilag Of
our love. 1t represents the conscience
of the country, and carries with It
wherever 1t goes education. civilization
md liberty. And let those who VIII
lower IT. Peace first: then government
afterward. giving the largest liberty
possible and the largest participation
in government OF which the inhabitants
are capable.
CThe President AT Cleveland, Ohio, oc-
tober ISL
I think have never seen such a dem,
onsuation OF patriotism, such an exhi-
bitlon Of public consecration 10 the
public good. as have witnessed in the
last two weeks. The grave and serious
problems which rest upon us account
for this unusual interest on the part of
the people in public affairs. The prob
lens are graye--the responsibilities are
great. Nobody feels them more than !
do: nobody feels them more than l
can. And vet. my countrymen, our
duty is plain. straightforward, unmis-
table, to stand by the national honor
and preserve the territory we got by
solemn treaty. our soldiers carrying
our dag in Luzon viii be supported by
the people of the United States; and
hostilities viii stop in that distant Is
land of the sea when the men who as
saulted our flag and our soldiers shall
lay down their arms. Peace will come,
and. l trust and believe, come shortly.
and we will be able to give to those
people in the Philippines government
Of liberty and lava government
which viii encourage their best aspi-
rntions and their nabtest aims a gov.
ernmenf under the undisputed sever
eighty Of the United States.
Crhe President at YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio,
october Is Mr.. McSinley's last
Speech
We are in the Philippines. Our flag
IS thprc. Our boys in blue are there.
They are not there for conquest. They
! are not there for dominion. They are
ngt there FOR exploitation. They are