The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-30
IN THREE STATES
President Mckinley Talks
on the Philippines
Iowa. Illinois and Wisconsin People
Shown the responsibilities
OF the Nation.

NoAS4H ; tdPlNal al . - CLOCK TINS AFTER
noon after a day OF speechmaking in
| three States. After leaving Dubuque.
Ia, the train crossed the Mississippi
river into Illinois. where Galena was
reached at / o'clock this afternoon.
| There the train turned northward. At
| Ipswich, the first town in Wisconsin in
which the party did any speeCh-mak-
ing, Congressman 6. W. BabCoCk
Joined them and will 20 on to Milwau-
kee as the Presidents guest. At
Dodgeville, Barpeveld and Mount Ho-
| reb the President addressed the as
sembled citizens. Secretaries Wilson
and Hitchcock and Attorney General
Griggs also spoke briefly ut most OF
these points.
In Madison the President was
cheered enthusiastically from the mo-
ment OF his appearance. All the mem
bers of the party were driven immedi-
ately to the State Capitol. a mile from
the depot, n detachment OF militia act
ing as escort. Probably 10000 persons
were massed in front OF the Capitol.
Mr.. Mckinley was introduced by Gov
ernor Scofield.
In the course OF his speech the Pres
ident said: The voice OF partisanship
is hushed today. and the voice OF pa
triotism is alone heard in the land. We
know neither party nor creed. nor sect
| nor nationality in our devotion to- a
common country and a common flag.
We are all one in the presence OF n
great national duty. and there are no
divisions among us whenever our flag
Is assailed, wherever and by whomso-
ever.
I'VE have gone through war. the
celebrity of which and the results OF
which are scarcely recorded In any
other war in history. The American
| with unprecedented exemption from
disease and death on the part OF our
soldiers and sailors. We are proud OF
| the army and navy. They have
brought us great responsibility. They
have brought us new acquisitions and
new territory and forced us TO accept
these responsibilities. meet them with
manly courage. respond in a manly
| fashion to- manly duty and do what in
| the sight OF God and man is just and
right.
"One tribe-a small part of that
| tribe-is questioning the sovereignty of
| the United States in the Island OF Lu-
Zon. The very people We emanCipatcd
| from oppression struck our flag and
shot our soldiers. The shedding of
blood is anguish to my soul. The Civ
ing up of the lives OF our bravest and
best young men wrings my heart. The
shedding of blood OF the misguided
Filipinos is a matter of sincere regret
and sorrow to- us all. and vet they are
resisting the sovereignty OF the United
| States over a territory which we aC-
quired, not by conquest alone. but by
| the solemn treaty of peace sanctioned
| by the Congress OF the United States.
| and as long as that sovereignty Is dis
puted so long will continue hostiIitieS.
| When our authority is undisputCd in
| every part of that archipelago they will
stop.
1T is said we could have peaC, II We
| would give them independence and a
| government OF their own, under their
own sovereignty. II is said that II the
| President would do this we would have
| peace. The President has no power.
| even If he was disposed, which he Is
not, to- ALLEVIATE a single foot OF terri
| tory which we have honestly acquired.
| or give up sovereignty over IL to other
peoples. That power belongs TO the
people. That power Is vested in Con-
gress, which represents the people. and
| no such power was ever given to the
Chief Executive by the people. by Con-
gress or by the Constitution, and to use
such power would be n base usurpation
OF the prerogatIve by the Chief EXecu-
tive of the Government. And then. IL
We were going TO cede the islands
away, To- whom would We cede them?
| There is no government there but ours.
The great majority OF the people ac-
knowledge allegiance to- the United
| States flag and are glad to have the
shelter OF its protection.
| My fellow-citiZens, the Philippines
came TO us not OF our own seeking.
i None OF us ever dreamed when this
| was commenced that We were to have
either Porto Rico or the Philippine ISL
ands. We went TO war for civilization
and for humanity and TO relieve our
oppressed neighbors in Cuba. was
one of those who held back until the
last moment, hoping that war might
be averted. I did not want TO involve
my countrymen in bloOdshed. But the
war came. and n few OF those who
wanted it most are now trying to shirk
its responsibilities. Man plans. but
God Almighty executes. We cannot
avoid our responsibility. There was
no halt in upholdinE IL. We have got
not halt in upholding II. We have got
the Philippines and our flag - there.
At 4:iO o'clock the Presidential par
~ retired to carriages and rode to the
train. which left Immediately for Wau'
kesha. where 5000 people gathered
around the station 20 hear the PTesi
dent.
| MILWAUKEE. Wis. Oct. l6.-Th'
special train bearing President Mcktu'
ley arrived in this city az : o'clock TIT.
evenign. II was the first visit to Nil
waukse of q Chief Executive OF the ma
=. ton in n decade. and the greeting h'
received from many thousands uf peo
pie was most enthusiastic. The Pres.
don't and marty wore escorted % Clr