New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-22
COLONIAL POLICY TREATED
VIGOROUSLY DISCUSSED AT THE QUILL
CLUB DINNER.
SPECIFIES BY FRED PERRY POWERS. n c.
OGDEN. JOHN A. sLETCHER. DR. l. T.
CHAMBERLAIN AND PROFESSOR
ISAAC FRANKLIN RUSSELL


Quill Club last night The Colonial Policy ~ tho
United states" was handled without gloves Speak
ers discussed II from widely different points Of
view, and they discussed II frankly. They differed
radically from one another but they differed good
naturally Each speaker had supporters
among the audience for his views and equally keen
opponents. but those who could not agree with his
opinions quite willing applaud the brtancy
OF his reasoning The discussion OF serious a
subject wsa no bar to wit and especially Fred
Perry Powers who presided. provoked much laugh
ter by his pungent directed at the con-
Trajectory things which doing and have
done In the name OF Liberty
There fully l25 members OF the club and
their guests seated at the tables IN the dining hall
Of the Hotel st Denis II had bean intended to
have the dinner at the Windsor. and Mr.. Powers
referred briefly 70 the calamity which had inter
fered with that plan. He confident he said,
that every member OF the Quill Club felt the deep
est sympathy for Warren F. Leland who had q
often been their host
II was announced that by the election Of two
new members the full membership limit Of the
olub-two hundred-had been reached.
A sTEPMOTHER TO ORPHAN ISLANDS
Mr.. Powers then started the formal speech max
ing by announcing the topic Of discussion Tho
Colonial Policy OF the United States" and In in
PRODUCING the first speaker. said:
We had hardly got feeling OF hos
unity 10 our mother land. when were called upon
to be stepmother to several orphan lslands The
question is now what 20 do with them, and the
first speaker ! will Introduce TO you is r c. ogden,
a business man; for you know Il is not converts
we after in spite OF what some clergymen
say. but customers The temple Of Janus stands
open that the Stock Exchange may not close"
Mir. Ogden who is a business associate OF John
Wanamaker said:
Il felt that were Justified in taking up the
Spanish war, on the ground Of humanity, and the
fact that the results have been somewhat different
from those We expected does not in my opinion
change the principle for which the war was waged
We must accept me responsibility Of the care of
the Philippines. which Providence has laid upon
1t is that are dealing with factors and
problems that and strange 10 us but 50
much the more are We challenged do duty
We should regard the FIpinos as our GUS
toners but our wards. and the trustees must prove
FAITH IN THE ADMINISTRATION.
John A Slecher followed Mr. Ogden He upheld
the policy OF the Mckinley Administration IN the
following argument.
! believe In the Administration in WASHINGTON
and nave mad profound faith IN It's administration.
The test OF nation, like that OF Individual is
breeze put the real test OF seamamsnip comes win
the swelling storm. ANY one endure prosperity.
gencies alone test great nations.
Serious as are the problems that confront US.
they are as nothing compared with those which
grew out OF the Civil War. That longer.
ar more costly, and infinitely more sanguinary
than with spain II divided the nation on
sectional lines it separated brothers and sisters
ii aIienated lifelong friends Even the churches
did not escape It's disrupting and blghting nhu-
ences. How could the Union he restored. with the
yengeful hearts and bloody hands! That was the
Nations emersent test at the close OF the Ciyh
War. How well 1t was met. let the present peace.
prosperity and unity OF he country testify.
=, nose VINO OPPOSE tle coioia4 polCy u tteslueht
Mckinley's Administration nave spoken either too
late OF TOO soon II they oppose 1t Oh the ground
pendence govern only with the consent OF
me governed they have spoken roo late That
and forever nS setted BY our civil VII Var II their ob
position is based demand FOR the recognition
comes TOO soon for the policy Of the Adminsiraton
in reference TO- the Ana disposition OF the Philip
Imperialism is not new issue We had II In 1893,
ton OF independence that government ought 70
rest upon the consent OF the governed and who
Constitution that the country has ever had. finally
wrote that the Constitution must be shut for the
time being In the face OF a great ernergency And
ne shut IT, and Louisiana embracing a territory
mpSa Ages nS aS Of yne thu ~ a
people and without well-dehned constitutional au-
thority What does the consent Of the governed
mean? A government is only an asgrega,ion Of
individuals What the policeman is 10 the unruly
are 70 savage tribes and barbarous peoples
Secondly. those who oppose the Administrators
Fllipnos TO their independence must be recognized
by Nation IKE. ours, witch fought for rs own
Independence and which has stood for human free
dom at all ;ime. have spoken too soon f2r they
haye no no re at atbor,tr in tbe P6inp1es
some other great nation certainly VIII The Fill
pinos have not demonstrated their fitness or ca |
or Inc intervention of the other great nations
THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.
What Is IN. Presidents policy? First 70 securs |
reace and order in the Philippines. Secondly, 70 Oh
tain a report from the three Commissioners sent to
the Philippines and on their report to make his |
re recommendation 10 Congress Two o these Com
missioners President schurman OF Cornell and
Professor Worcester. Of Michigan-the former in
nubtc address and the latter in his book the |
Phiippines-have plainly indicated their belief that
~ ,or ~ r-rited states This Commission is
therefore not committed 70 the idea OF annexation.
Nor was our Paris Commission committed In any
to sal 6ea one 6. OF Hon s Wa% P R has
succinctly set forth In his newspaper The Irinun@
stead OF violating the Constitution. II scrupulously
respects IT, II RENTS Congress the determine
ton Of all questions as 10 the control 81 those
Islands Congress may do anything II pleases eX-
cepting two things and from them II YIN os 70
strained by an unwritten but inexoranie ana n
volable Law II ay not give or sell the Islands
this union OF sovereign States. Those TWO things
be determined AT the beginning The american
pose o. making IT war tor IN P"rtb M
nol , Goa d,snoses and the hand ~ an over
ruling Providence in every emergency has settled
.he purpose Of the American people ana nXed the
Ses- inv OF the American Nation.
The thoughtless will not hesitate 70 Frapple with
he most serious social and political proolens Ihey
regard such matters mOmentary diversions. JUST
IA a child attracted by the elaborate mechaniam
~ an electric device ignorant OF me use OF rie
,olshed parts and needless u me danger Is tempt
ID 10 NEEDLE with the springs and levers until one
,trcle fatai touch suddenly brings into existence
he intense poen'iality Of the subtle current WIN
'rfobffu consequences TO the careless mrddi"r
rbcra may be some who have thought that y wae
= more consequence TO sink the Spanish Meet IN
Manila Raw than save ton million Souls III the
bilinninea for civilization Bat this Administra-
ION does not think and neither, trust do we
DR. CHAMBERLAIN's VIEWS
After the applause which followed Mr. sle'cher's
.amarls the Rev DR. l. T. Chamberlain gave An
ntirey different tone TO the spee'hnaKHs ~
,otlv attacking President McKinley's attitude
overd the Fnipnos. lauding Aguinaldo. and max