The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-17
COUNTRY HE'LL GOVERNED.
Congressman sperry Regarding AlteSes
Errors of Administrations.

| The Young Mems Republican club
held its regular monthly meeting, fol-
lowed by a smoker and entertainment,
at their club house last evening. Forty
! three new members were elected to
membership, which now numbers 1878
| The newly finished reception rooms Of
the club, the expense of renovating
which has been paid for by Colonel
Isaac M. Ullman and Minott e. Chat
field, We're thrown open to inspection
and were universally admired.
The entertainment was a most enjoy
able one. and at it's conclusion Hon. N.
D. Sperry, who was visiting the club,
delivered a short address at the invita-
ton of President Gaffey. He compli-
mented the club highly upon their grow
| ing membership and stated that he was
more than glad to know that harmony
and good will reigned among them. Co.
] ing on, he spoke, in part, as follows:
1T was in this spirit of patriotism that
during the late war more men volun-
teered for service in few months than
the government could accept There
were in all only about $1,000 men at the
| beginning Of the war, But in short
space of time it numbered 100000. And
about the mistakes charged to officials
in the handling of that army. What did
they have to do? They had to organizs
the army, get the men down there to
| fight the battles and get them home
again in an incredibly short space of
time. And to say that this country
during the war was not well conducted.
I tell you, gentlemen, there is not a
country on the face of Gods globe that
has been conducted better.
I'VE didn't send our army to Cuba to
take that island. Our only desire was
to give to it a stable government; and
as far as I know that is our only desire
to-day. And in Porto Rico, how about
our reception there? We didn't have to
fight many battles there. The Porto
Ricans welcomed a good government
and We're glad to see our men arrive.
Now as to the Philippines. Those is
lands came to us like a clap of thunder
from clear sky. Dewey was ordered
to find and destroy the Spanish fleet;
and when he found them did those little
mines underneath the water there in
Manila bay scare him: No! He said:
Go in and give them hell' and they
did.
And after he had conquered was he
to run away or was he stay and afford
protection to those on the island? He
staid. 1t wouldn't have been American
to do otherwise. And to those who ask:
Are you in favor of expansion? Why,
gentlemen, they are ours and the Amer
lean flag waves over them; and it's our
duty to keep the American flag where
tl&a4 t,y Nal
been confirmed at once there would have
been no conflict in the Philippines. But
while we We're hestating over it, and
the conflict was going on in congress
Agoncillo was spying upon our move
ments and informing Aguinaldo of the
way in which we We're divided Aguin-
aldo was shrewd enough to see his
chance and although be failed and by
his action caused the ratification of the
treaty by a two-thirds vote there would
have been no conflict over there if there
had been none here at home. And now
what must we do? In a short time the
Philippines will be equipped with a
school system the same as we are now
doing in Cuba, and then the labor of in
structing them into the duties of an
American citizen will commence, but be-
fore this is done there must be order
there and the American flag must be
respected And if we look for guidance
to the folds of the American flag as our
forefathers did before us we cannot
err"
The programme as delivered was as
follows:
Selection-Filippine Quartette.
Banjo Subsidiaries O'Connell.
eection-Quartettc.
Recitation-Frank Miller.
Solo-H. w. Cooke.
Piano Solo--Willam BallOu.
Quartz tte