Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-01
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS At HUB
Governor of New York and Senator
Lodge Address IA Large Gnther-
ing at Boston.

BOSTON, Oct. 31.-The only arguments to
be spoken for the republican party in Massa-
chusetts during tho present campaign were
mado tonight through the annual dinner Of
tho Republican club Of Massachusetts, in
Music hall. The speakers were Governor
Roosevelt OF New York, Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts,, Governor Wolcott and Lieu
tenan; Governor W. Murray Crane.
Governor Roosevelt devoted himself en-
tirely to the Philippine question. reiterat-
ing his well-known. views. After Governor
Roosevelt had concluded he was cheered re-
peatedly.
The last speaker was Senator Lodge, who
spoke in part as follows:
The only government and the only SOW
eereignty in the Philippines were those Of
U.S., rightfully and righteously in the Phil
ippines' as a consequence of Dewey's great
victory IN Manila bay. We have been at
tackled there by tnsurgent natives of the
island under chiefs who would now be
languishingt in exile at Hong Kong union
ored and unsung had it not been for the
American fleet and the American army.
These insurgents, just before the ratifica-
ton of the treaty of peace. attacked our
and that was the way the war began,
The insurgent leaders showed to us the
biaekest ingratitude and there is no proof
Tagal minority of the people of one
island. Their leader is self-seekins ad-
and created for his own purposes what
ever shadow of government they have
The struggle fsthis age Of ours is in
nations of the Searth are competing in
desperate struggle for the worlds trade
and in that competition, if we would have
our farms profitable and our labor highly
eft 5ehind r Psde With meli Ghina not hss
have eUsns in upon
the Chinese empire. If She succeeds. we
not h ba excladad from those
with power controlling an extent of ter
ritory and a. mass, of population the like
Of which the world has Never seen. In
ism and military socialism the welfare
of every free people is in danger Long
ever know s the I Phippines except @ "e by SMH name
some of us in Washington had foreseen
this peril bennington the horizon and had
States in mere. lself-defense would be
Obliged to take an interest in the Chinese
question and to Insist that we would not
be shut out from those markets.
Suddenly came the Spanish war, Dewey's
fleet was at Manila and we were masters of
power We held the crossroads of the
Pacific at Hawaii and we had our foothold
on the island of Luzon. The master of
in the east and. those. vast markets must
be held open in the interests of in
duStry ana our commerce.. OF our farmers
and our worfingrnen, to the free compe-
tition of .manltindi contest In which the
genius of American enterprise need fear
no rival
There is another side to this question,
the side of duty and of honor. We were
brought to the Philippines by the fortune
of war / can conceive OF difference of
opinion as to the wisdom of keeping them
can understand differences of opinion
as to the methods of governing and ad-
ministering them, but l cannot understand
when our soldiers are In the field. face
to face with an enemy. that there should
be any party, or any organization of men
in this country, ready to cry out, sur
render! The soldiers of the United States
in the Philippines, where they have, the
right to be by the laws Of nations; by
the laws of this country and by the laws
of sound morals. are figthing with the
public enemies of the United States I'm
der those circumstances see but .one
course, do not know how others may
vote; but i vote with the army that wears
the uniform and carries the flag of my
country. when the enemy has yielded and
the war is Cover, we can discuss other
matters Of government, and administra-
tion. a. .o -
Tho dinner c!ozed with the singing OF
America - - '"s' 80