The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-22

ish rule. The flag Of the United States
now floats over the city of Manila and
there it will remain forever. (Applause.)
They have been acquired honestly and in
their requirement we have dealt literally
with Spain. We will hold them as our
own for the good of the people who in
habit them and for the immense advan-
tage which they promise US commerce.
ally. We will give them good govern
ment and ample security in all their
civil and religious rights. These islands
viii not be restored to Spain nor sold to
any other government. Neither will they
be abandoned to anarchy and internal
instruction. These islands were taken
from Spain by the sword. We assumed
responsibilities that We cannot discharge
by maintaining peace and order and pro-
tecting life and property in every part
of them
COMMERCIAL EXPANSION.
We did our duty, and while we did not
ask what advantage it would be to the
United States to have Cuba free, yet
nation is like an individual-if it does its
duty, advantages and benefits will &C
crue that were not anticipated when the
act was done. There will undoubtedly
many benefits come to US as a result of
the war with Spain; for if internal COM
merce has chiefly engaged our attention
in the past, foreign trade and commerce
will engage our attention in the future.
We are a nation of 100000 people, yet
owing to the progress we have made in
inventions we can produce enough every
RI icft fha dc
of $50, 900 900 people. The great question
of the immediate future is the acquisition
Of a market TO rthe surplus that we pro-
duce. In the century that is closing our
people have been upon the land in the
century that is opening they will go upon
the sea. The direct result of the acqui-
sition of these islands will be an awaken
ing interest in our commerce and trade
with other countries.
This is a great and grand country, the
greatest and grandest on earth. Within
the past few years we have heard some
severe criticisms on our form of govern
ment and the flag that represents our
glory. But conditions have changed.
There is a general sentiment in favor Of
extending the rights and privileges we
enjoy to the down-trodden people of
other countries. There has been a revi-
val Of patriotism, and while it will assist
us to give liberty and freedom to the
people of other countries, 1t will also en-
able US to help our own people and show
them what we enjoy that the people Of
other countries so much covet and de-
sire.
T. a. .,I-
ity exists everywhere in this country.
But it cannot continue unless a market
is obtained for the surplus that we can
/ not consume in this country We must
remember that this period of prosperity
has followed a period of adversely in
which the mills were closed, the manu-
factories were silent and the workingmen
were thrown out of employment by the
thousands. With this intense activity in
manufacturing that now exists, it is
| known by every one that in a few years
there will again be a surplus that cannot
be consumed in this country. We must
have commercial expansion. We must
find a market IN other countries where
! they do not manufacture so much as we
do in this, or adversely and hard times
will again come to the people of this ma
| ton.
THE TRADE OF THE ORIENT.
But the trade of these islands does not
| constitute their greatest value. Manila
is but 600 miles from Hong Kong, and
these islands are chiefly valuable because
they give US a safe harbor in Manila
! bay. They front the entire China sea.
| They give us for the first time a right
| to speak for the preservation of the open
door in China and an opportunity to in
crease our trade in the Orient.
THE ISSUE OF THE FUTURE.
The great question Of the immediate
future is "Will this nation do its duty?'
1t is our duty to give the people of these
islands good government and protection
to life and property, and we should dis
| charge that duty irrespective of the fin
ancial advantages that may come 10 us
as a nation, and discharge it as Wash
ington, Jefferson, Adams and their asso-
ciates discharged the duty which rested
upon them over 100 years ago. There
may be some of the people of those
islands that will object Distractions. will
|
intending to benefit 1t will be 1.-The
White Mans Burden but this should
not discourage us in discharging our duty
in the fear of God and man, and in see.
| ing that the people of these islands where
We have broken the Spanish rule are Civ
en- an opportunity to secure the advan.
tages that we enjoy in the United States
of America. If we do our duty in this
emergency good results will surely fol
low. Then, will liberty, which has re
posed under the folds of our flag for 10
years or more, De extended to other
lands. Then will we fully realize that al
the blood that has been spilled and al
the treasure that has been spent have
been devoted to a righteous cause and Il
the advancement of civilization. Thi
policy could not have been adopted unit
now. The civil war after three-quarter
of a century of discussion determine,
the kind of government that we have
Since that contest closed. we have beer
repairing the injuries and healing tn
wounds of civil strife. That task is don
. and the enmities of that war are in tn
, past. We have a reunited nation, great
er. grander and more powerful than IN,
that ever existed on earth before. Sew
enty-fve millions of people are deeply in
terested in its preservation. and believ
that its mission Will not be accomplishe
until it proclaims liberty throughout al
the earth and TO all the inhabitant
thereof"
After the close OF his speech, Mr.. Lon
was surrounded by hundreds OF friend
. at the rear OF the stage who congratu
lated him warmly. He stood for an hou