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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-28

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band played many of those patriotic
national airs which have made the ma
ton and the republican party great,
and of which one never tires of repeti-
ton. After a half hours concert the
leading republican leaders came into
the hall from the reception room below
and spontaneous burst of enthusiasm
rang throughout the hall that would
not cease until the band had struck up
Hail to the Chief" as the venerable
senior senator from Massachusetts, the
father of republicanism in Massachu-
sets and the leader in congress,
stepped upon the platform. Then,
amidst tumultuous applause the mem
bers Of the state ticket and the prom
inent republicans of the state took their
places upon the platform.
The guests of the evening were ac-
corded the positions of honor in the line
Of march from the reception hall TO the
platform. Senator Hoar led the line OF
march, leaning on the arm Of Chairman
Partridge, followed by Gov. Roger VOL
colt with Hon. Martin Van Buren, JEFF
ferson, Hon w. Murray Crane with
Alexander H. Bullock, Hon. John L..
Bates with Hon. Ellery B. Crane, close
ly followed by Senator William p. Frye
Of Maine Gen. Curtis Guild, Hon. Wll-
liam L. DIN, Hon. Hosea NJ. Knowlton,
Hon John W. Kimball, Hon. Edward
S. Bradford, Mayor Rufus b. Dodge,
Jr., Alderman Henry Brannon Presj-
dent Of the Council Frederick w.
White, Charles T. Tatman, Con-
gresham Frederick H. Gillctt of
Springfield, George w. Weymouth Of
Fitchburg, Hon. Alfred $. PinkeI ton,
GeoSge w. B. Sisson, Napoleon p. HuoL,
Charles A. Vaughan, John r. Back.
James Hunt, Wesley Merritt Louis J..
Kendall, Louis j. Tirrell, George G,
Hunt, John Riyard, Julian F. BigeloW,
Frank M. Heath, Albert A. Wheeler,
Francis A. Dewey, ex-Mayor Henry A..
Marsh, Col Elijah B. Stoddard. Col.
Edward j. Russell, David Manning,
George W. Coornbs, Gen. A. b. r.
Harvey B. Wilder. Enoch II. Towns,
Frank l.. Dean, Lyman A. Ely, Co.
Theodore S. Johnson, Representa- tive
John G. Hagberg. Edward Il. Fletcher,
George H. Harlow, Charles II Peck,
William H. Bartlett. George II. Rice,
J. Lewis Ellsworth, William A. Lyle,
Henry l.. Parker, Hon. Charles G.,
Washburn, Harrison G. Otis, Wiliiari
r. Lewis, Maj. Edward r. Raymond, Z.
Herbert DeFosse, Frank b. Hail. Col.
Fred w Wellington. Nathaniel Paine,
Hon. Frank p Goulding, r. James Tat
man and Charles A.. Merrill
The north and south galleries, re-
served for ladies, were well manned
with competent ushers, who were
picked for the occasion from among the
membership Of the Republican club of
Worcester. They were in charge Of
Walter J Peacock and were placed
throughout the hall, and did efficient
service in seating the immense throng.
The corps Of ushers was made iip OF
Eugene C.. ,Belknap, Thomas Wray, w.
K Stanley, George Crompton. =. M.
MAJ -. naarza II. Burr. CorNin M.
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the best market known on earth at
home, market which consumes near
ly our entire product 1t Is rather re-
freshing for us republicans here to-
night that all this home market work
has been secured under republican leg
islation. The Home Market Associa-
ton has resulted badly in one respect.
II has led business men to contentment
that was liable to be disastrous in the
neglect of the foreign market and their
conditions. In 1898 1t was learned that
the product of the country was greater
than could be consumed at home Our
competitors were strongly entrenched
In every port. Steamship lines were
subsidized.
We had no control over business
agencies having knowledge and ac-
quaintance with foreign trade 1t was
then that manufacturers formed assoc
Citations in every state in the union to
solve this problem and to find markets.
The question with them was how to
compete with nations abroad that were
paying about one-half the amount for
labor and to meet them N competition
Agents were dispatched to every coun-
try In the world. Shortly after the
Philadelphia museum was formed for
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navy did such magnificent work for his
country q refer to Secretary Long,,
and l recall a campaign where he ran
for office and was nominated by the
same party that has put another strong
man up for the second position in the
gift of the state. And cannot but neip
compare the two men, both honored
names, and l take the greatest of pleas
ure in introducing to you one who
needs no Introduction, the Hon. John l..
Bates"
In the opening of his speech, Mr..
Bates referred felicitously to a former
occasion where an early train had to be
taken while in the midst of a meeting
i do not have to take an early train
tonight. On account of a recent expert
ence, and another gentleman have be-
come used to late hours. l am glad TO
be with you tonight and join in the
welcome you have extended to our SEN
ator, one whom we all honor and re-
vere." The speaker then spoke of the
grand work that Gov Wolcott had done
during his term of office and in his own
behalf thanked all for their generous
support, that had placed him as repub-
lican nominee for the second position of
honor In the gift of the state.
Mr.. Bates referred in warmest praise
his personal feelings of friendship for
him, and his words drew from the au-
dience loud applause. This is a grand
meeting here tonight" the speaker con-
tfnued, land l am glad that there has
been no democratic rally here in this
hall. What you have missed, Boston
has suffered Automobile williams.
with the aid of 100 policemen, backed
up to the hall in Boston and put
through those machine politics that
have made him famous. I am glad to
see this hall crowded. 1t shows your
Feelings and your principles, and there
are other crowded halls tonight filed
with men of like principles.
1t means that the people of Massa-
chusetts are true to those principles
held here in this state, and while there
are many important offices to be filled.
still, the state election has one other
consequence besides the filling Of these
offices, and that is the moral effect that
the state election has on the national
contest"
The speaker went on to refer to some
of the important issues of today, and
exclaimed. But while the republicans
are true to their principles and their
party, the democrats have not only
changed their principles, but also their
leaders, some of the truly great men CO
their party, and in place of these men
there are Bryan and Williams. ri IS an
issue before the American people today.
whether they will surrender these cher
ished principles to the uncertain lead
ership of these new men. The old doc
trfne Of 16 to / is to be dragged out
again as party slogan, and Mascachu-
sets can point with pride to her past
record on the sound money question.
And what will be the attitude Of the
grand old party today on the conduct
of the war in the Philippines? You
will remember a party formed Lere in
Worcester some As years ago, and that
party stood for the union, and what the
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DEFEAT WITH HONOR.
High Compliment Paid to Gen. Guild
by Senator Hoar.

Senator Hoar said: 1T is not my pur-
except to acknowledge your cordial
greeting, which is but another token
Of the great and unfailing kindness 1
have experienced at the hands of my
fellow citizens of Worcester for more
than fifty years. The time this even
ing belongs to our guests from abroad.
The candidates upon the state ticket
must be heard. and cur friend not upon
the state ticket, whose bearing in de-
feat has won him more honor than most
men get by victory. But chiefly we
all wish to hear my honorable and elo-
quent friend from Maine who will speak
to us upon the great subject of which
he is the master He cannot begin
too soon for our impatience, and he
cannot leave off too late for our profit
and instruction
Il pledge my loyal support and
Hearty approval Of the doings of the
convention. l stand by The candidates
and / stand by the platform
II wish to repeat on my return home
the last word said when I went away.
Every man who knows President Nc
Kinley likes him. Every man who
knows him as we'll as I do, loves him
His has been the rare good fortune ac-
corded TO no other man in our his
tory. that his name is known and will
so down in history as the harbinger and
Greater of two periods of unexampled
prosperity. When the tariff bill known
by his name was the law of the land,
the laboring man, the businesA man,
the commerce, the manufacture and
the investment Of property in this coun-
try had attained, not only what was the
high-water mark in the United States,
but the higli-water mark Of prosperity
ever reached by any country in all his
tory. Tie repeal of that measure was
followed by d period of adversely which
cost the United States, in my Judgment
not speaking of the loss of life and
health, but only of money-a larger sum
than the civil war itself. On Mr. Nc
Kinley's election to the presidency the
great protective measure which he
signed brought prosperity back again
The favorable condition today even
surpa sses that to which have just re-
ferred. Our opponents used to tell us
that our monopoly of our own markets
could be held only at the coet of the
loss of foreign markets But today we
are sending our productB--iron, steel,
machinery and textile manufacturer
to the countries which hitherto have
been the chief homes- of their manufac-
ture. l saw the other day an adver-
tisement Of new business establish
ment in England. which said they were
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yellow hands to free competition with
American labor by breaking down the
tariff wall that still separates us.
The immediate duty of Americans is
to secure law and order from the brig
ands who war not for liberty, but for
loot. The Modoc Indians in the lava
beds, Geronimo and his Apaches only
asked, as Aguinaldo asks, to be let
alone.
The people stood with the army then.
The people stand with the army now.
When the lawful authority of the Unit
ed States is defied in arms, especially
when American blood is flowing in
struggle in which the savage aggrtssols
are the foes of civilization itself, the
first duty is to strike the aggressor and
to strike hard.
DANGER TO LABOR.
Smashing Aguinaldo, however, is not
a perfect solution. The cloud in the
east may be no bigger than a mans
head, but it is spreading. The cheap
Japanese silk handkerchief in your
coat, the cheap Japanese jute rug on
your floor, are its advance guard. A
dozen years ago there were no wooden
mills among the yellow men of Asia.
Now al Cawppore and at Bombay there
white mans market, and an American
machinery house has just set up
complete American wooden mill to be
worked at Tientsin, China. The rise of
cotton manufacturing in the east is
much further advanced. In India, in
China, in Japan the very latest ma
chinery of the occident is tended by
the labor of the orient labor that feeds
upon a mess of rice and greens, sleeps
nd ts olo 1,,,t
in fold or two of cotton cloth to hide
its miserable nakedness. Japan al
ready is consuming all the cotton
raised in her own fields. and is inn
porting 1t from the United States to be
spun on Japanese spindles by thou
sands of bales.
In the Philippine islands there is la
Dor as cheap as that of China or Japan.
Once given law and order it is as easy
for capital to set up plants to be oper-
ated by coolie labor in Manila as at
Tientsin or at Shanghai. Democratic
free trade would open the door to the
competition of all this Asiatic labor.
William Mckinley has interposed a
decree that protects American labor
from coolie competition, whether the
yellow man be in China or the Philip
pines. No party that favors protection
can in the ultimate settlement of the
Philippine question allow the building
up of factories in the Philippines upon
the ruins of those in New England
The same republican tariff that pro-
tects the American against the coolie
in China shall protect him against the
coolie in Luzon.
HOW THE PROBLEM MAY BE
SOLVED.
It is not necessary that to accom-
Dlish this we should abandon our
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Independent states. Great Britain,
however, struck at the pirate proas in
the eastern seas and the dacoits who
swarmed across her borders, by strik-
ing at the free and independent Malay
governments that encouraged such per-
formances. Diplomacy was first tried
but failed, as diplomacy, unsupported
by bayonets, always fails with race
that mistakes kindness for cowardice
and mercy for seryility
With the first drop of British blood,
however, a British army invaded the
jungles and proceeded thoroughly and
effectually to smash the forces arayed
not against an invader, but against all
law and order in that part Of the globe
That accomplished the people of
Perak, of Selangor. and of the other lit
tie states, were given local self govern-
ment subject only to the advice of a
British resident paid from the local
revenues and set by the side of the
local rulers to see that law and order
is respected and that torture, slavery
and piracy are not used as methods of
collecting revenue.
Beyond this supervision these people
are absolutely free and have thrived
as many small savage tribe has
thrived when some lonely wandering
missionary has won the regard Of the
savage king. This Malay federation has
its own tariff, its own religion and its
own laws but its more savage customs
notably slavery and certain oriental
vices, are being slowly driven out. Pr
rates and dacoits no longer exist.
The latest report of receipts and ex
penditures attainable is that of 1886
The largest item of revenue is the Ma
lay export duty on tin. OF the expendi-
lures, which in all amount to sS.59S.147.
nearly half, $4,025,567 was spent on
roads, public works and railroads. wild
jungle has become real estate. Pirates
have become peaceful coasters. and
naked robbers substantial citizens
This, moreover, has been done without
oispossessing the native, who has
round himself free from off hand muir |
uer, rree from Squeezing" secure In |
the cultivation of his crop and undis-
turbed in his religion
ne mas not become a British subject |
ms exports to England are subject RI |
the British customs dues. british |
exports are subject to his, He |
mas no voice ia the government |
OF any part of the British empire, but
ne 1as something to say in the govern
.aent ~ ms own, and can aspire to high |
rank In the public service
The protected" Malay state snnnorts
itself, receives nothing and gives MOTH
ing TO England. The British merchant
mas better official information. and Of
course the advantage of his own Ian
Buage. Otherwise he is on euual ternns |
with any other. 'e'iis
Whatever may be said of other conn
tries, in these Malay states. at least
Caucasion control has turned a piratn,
INFESTED swamp into smiling and pros
porous country. A menace to the world. |
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THE BIG RALLY.
Reception to Senator Hoar That VIII
Be Long Remembered.


The meeting was called to order by
Leon Rice Partridge, chairman of the
republican city committee Mr.. Part
ridge was well received. He spoke as
follows: 1T is my very pleasant duty to
welcome you here, in the name of the
republican city committee, to this mag
nificent assemblage of the republicans
of the commonwealth, to ratify the
nominations made at the republican
state convention, recently held in Bos-
ton, and to meet eminent sons of the.
state and nation. 1 have the honor to
introduce to you as chairman of the
evening, one whom you all know, Hon.
Theodore c, Bates of Worcester.
Mr.. Bates was greeted with applause
es he came forward. He said
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
Y GU do not expect from me any extend
ed remarks tonight. We meet to ratify
and confirm the action of the state con-
vention. While it may be deemed my
duty as presiding officer of the even
ing to first present him we have con-
sidered our chief, at the same time 1
propose to make a departure from
political etiquette. know that / voice
the sentiments of all in first introduce
ing the noblest Roman of them all. a
citizen of Worcester who, so years. ago
this year, came here from the small
town of Concord, and has since
been identified with affairs in the city
state and nation; IL man who has made
Worcester's name familiar all over the
world; one who has been conspicuous,
too, in our educational institutions, and
one whom We are all delighted to know
has returned from his foreign sojourn
improved In health 1t is my pleasant
duty to introduce to you Senator George
f. Hoar.
AS Senator Hoar arose to speak,
whirlwind of applause swept the hall,
and very appropriately, the band struck
up America" Those who witnessed the
spectacle of the grand old man facing
a sea of upturned faces, a cheering, APP
plauding multitude, will never forget
the picture. Pen cannot describe it. The
brush of the artist alone could do it
adequate justice. The picture If repro
duced on canvas would have been all
the more impressive, because, as the
senator stood in the center of the plat
form, on either side of him as a back
ground on the wall were life-size paint |
Ings of George Washington and Abra- |
ham Lincoln. Washington, type of the |
American soldier, stands beside his
horse ready to mount at the signal to |
battle. Lincoln, stately and erect, is be- |
side table, one hand resting on an
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SENATOR FRYE.

His Eloquent Tribute to the Progress
of the Republic.
In introducing Senator Frye of Maine,
the chairman referred to him as man
who had done as much perhaps for the
interests Of New England and it's peo-
pie as any man in the national gov
eminent, a man of tact and honesty.
EIe took pleasure in introducing one
who had presided as president pro tenn
of the United States senate, Senator
Frye Of Maine.
There was a great outburst Of APP
plause, and when it subsidized Senator
Frye said:
Don't you think, on the whole I
had better pronounce benediction and
let you go home? The fact is 1 feel
entirely out of place on this platform,
surrounded as 1 am by the disting-
uished orators and statesmen of your
commonwealth. / feel like small coal
being carried to Newcastle. The awk-
wardness of my position is increased
by the fact that the subject assigned
me cannot be discussed properly in the
time to which other speakers have linn,
tied themselves. My subject is For
eign commerce; its maintenance; its
expansion
God was very good to us when he
scattered with wonderfully prodigaI
hand 10000 miles of sea coasts, 5000
miles of navigable rivers, the great
lakes meaning so much for the require
ments of our commerce, our mountains
of iron and coal sufficient to supply the
world, gold, silver copper, everything
man needs; boundless forests, a climate
so friendly as to provide all the fruits
and grains that mankind require.
''Since the close of the civil war the
progress of this republic has amazed
the whole world. 1t has outstripped
every nation on earth in manufacture
ing, mining and agriculture. We had
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commerce in 1874 has become a prosper
GUS sharer in it in 1899.
II European nation could do this in
the heart of the Malay peninsula, L
will not believe that my countrymen
are less capable of accomplishing the
same results in the Philippines.
These islands have been placed as a
trust in our hands. We are responsible
to the world, to our own consciences for
their future. We may evade the trial.
We may save ourselves money and
trouble and annoyance by letting them
lapse again into the savagry from
which they have never wholly emerged.
| will not believe however, that we
shall choose the easy path with the cry
Of Cain, am l my brothers keeper?''
l will not believe that America is to
wander out again from among the great
powers with the scarlet letter of shame
upon her bosom that marks out those
that are faithless to their trust.
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THE WORCESTER SPY, WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER H. 1899.

him conspicuous before, a man who,
when defeated in convention, stood up
and moved that the vote for his oppo-
nent be recorded as unanimous. You
all know who mean, the gallant SOL
der son of Massachusetts Gen. Curtis
A. Guild"
The whole hall broke into cheers, and
it was several minutes before Gen.
Guild could get an opportunity to speak,
and when he did, it was to give voice
to a magnificent eulogy Of Senator
Hoar. that brought tears to the eyes
Of many, and called forth even louder
applause than at the close. Turning
toward the venerable senator, he said
1T is pleasure to join in this grand
welcome home to the chief citizen of
Massachusetts. We remember you,
sir, years and years ago. standing by
those principles dear to every heart,
and just as you gave your strength and
powers to the cause in the 70's, so in
the SOS you still abide by these same
principles. AS long as this common
wealth shall exist, so long will your
memory find place in the hearts of its
citizens, and they will never cease to
love, never cease to honor, George FRS
bic Hoar.
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DANGER TO LABOR.
Cloud in the East is Spreading, Say:
Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr.

Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr.
Mr.. Guild spoke entirely on the Phil
ippines. He said
I'VE have today to face the solution
of problem. The Philippines, for good
or evil, are on our hands.
Every live nation of Europe has had
to face such problems. Japan has faced
and settled one in the island of For
mosa, and the republican party is not
yet prepared to say that the intellect of
the American is inferior to that Of the
Japanese.
Let us admit at the start that the
problem IS difficult, that considerable
portion ON perfectly sincere American
citizens do believe in running away
from it altogether, and that the solu
ton cannot be- furthered by idle abuse
on our part. Vituperation is not argu-
ment, nor is billingsgate statesm anahip
We say we believe in Imperialism. II
we do, let us Squarely state what we
mean by it. A party may be fairly
judged by it's acts rather than its
words If negotiations like those that
have been in progress under Gen. Law
ton, in various localities, are carried TO
a logical conclusion, imperialism in the
Philippines means not domination, but
local self-government under American
control 1t means that the Fill. ,Ino is
not to be admitted within our tariff
fence, is not to vote for congressman
or senator, but that he is to have pro-
lection from foreign powers, and, sub
ject only to the enforcement Of free
dom Of worship, social order and other
common laws of civilization, he is TO be
allowed to manage his own affairs.
We do not propose to adopt MaIays
and Chinese as American voters; neith-
err do we propose to leave to another
Caucasian nation the task of maintain
ing law and order in our own possess
Sions.
No other attitude is consistent with
the principles in which we believe. We
cannot haul down the American flag.
Neither can we admit 100000 pains CT