The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-01
Gov. Roosevelt Was One
of the Guests.
Senator Lodge Made Final
Speech Of Evening.

Boston, OctoDhr ol.-4uo ouiy urBu-
ments TO be publicly spoken for the Re-
publican party In Massachusetts during
the present campaign were made tonight
through the medium Of the annual dinner
of the Republican club, in Music hall,
and the speakers were Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt, governor of New York; Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge, junior senator from
Massachusetts,; Gov. Roger Wolcott. and
Lieut.. Gov. W. Murray Crane. an Speak
er John l.. Bates, nominees Of the party
respectively for Governor and Lieuten-
ant-Governor.
The meeting was fully as enthu siastic
as any ever held and not only were the
speakers In their consideration of ma.
tional question intently followed. but tie
sentiments expressed were applauded
again and again.
The reception given to Gov. Roosevelt
was grand one and repeatedly his re-
marks, which were entirely upon the
Philippine question In its broadcast sense,
were In terrupted with applause. He said
he likei to come to Massaohus sits 20
draw inspiration. 1t gave him peculiar
pressure DcChubS tuo boTe
combined to a marked degree two q1ali-
ties-te,ief in civic righteousness and
sanity In working to see that righteous
ness takes ,Eapet
After Roosevelt had concluded he was
cheered rere;tetly. The concluding
speaker WAS Senator Lodge, and In open
ing he referred to his return home after
six months in Europe, of the meagrsness
OF American news reaching home and
OF the Sc neral antipaihy of Europeans t.
AmeIi,a and its people. He further
said that all the great ouessions Of the
day were issues, In hi, opinion. and OF
them our position In the Philippines
was the greatest. Continuing, he sid:
HENRY CABOT LODGES SPEECH.
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge declared him
s,lf In favor OF the government retention
of the Philippine Islands. saying his rea-
sous weres Of two kind. one affecting
the interests of the United States, the
other our duty rs a nation; but although
they spring from different sources. both
reasons are intimately related. have
always believed that the cardinal princi-
pie of American statesmanship should he
to secure for the farmers OF the country
the largest returns, and for the wage
earners the highest possibls wages and
the fullest employ Inent. The attainment
of these great objects rests. primsrlly, and
must always rest. upon the initiative,
the energy, the enterprise and the indi-
vidual Independence of the American
people. 10 thess qualities we owe our
vast success, and 3hey cannot be replaced
by Government. or by legislation. But
IL mus be the policy OF our Cover nment
to give to these national qualities this
fullest scope, to insure them fair field,
and to guard them from any competition
which individual effort cannot meet
alone. 1t Is with this cardinal principle
of securing the largest returns to our
farmers, and the highest wages and the
fullest employment to our wage-earners
always In view. that ] have advocated this
protection Of this home market. 1t Is for
that reason, as well as for the protection
of the quality Of our citizenship, that
have urged, and still urge with all my
strength, the restriction of an immigra-
ton which Ia continually tending 10
lower the rates of inerican wages by an
undue and unwhoiesoms competition. 1t
IL for that reason that have always sup
ported the policy subsidizing ocean steam
ship lines, because even American ener-
gy and enterprise cannot compete with
the heavy subsidies of other natious I'M
less their own government sustains them
and places them upon an equality. For
the same reason advocate the extension
of our markets, because our vast indus
trial growth has made our production
far outrur the home market. / believe,
for example, that one Of the benefits OF
protection is to enable US to make re-
ciprooity treaties which will open other
markets to our products. But this IL not
enough. The struggle of this age of ours
Is in the conflict OF economic forces. The
great nations of the earth are competing
In desperate struggle for the worlds
trade. AMI in that competition, II We
would have our farms profitable and
our labor highly paid and fully en-
ployed. we must not be lsft behind. Let
us look out over the world and master
the great outlines Of the situation. The
home market is orrs ! In Europe, In tbs
MIDST of high tariffs and sharp COMPETE
tion, we must take our chances with the
rest and never fear but that we shall get
our share. Come nearer home. The
trade of tie West Indies, largely ours to-
day, must become more and more SO. To
the south of US lies great continent Of
untold richness and as yet sparsely popu-
lated. In the economic struggle the
great nations of Europe for many years
past have been seizing all the wa Sc
places, and all the weakly hello lands of
the earth, as the sursst means of trade
development. Soma years ago that pro-
csss of seizure began In South America.
and II we had not interviewed 1t would
have been comparatively but short
time before South America would hays
been parceled out like Africa. We did
intervene, and to some purpose. There
will be no parosling out Of that continent
and DO seizures OF land there By any Eur.
opean power. We have now little Of the
trade with South America. We should,
we must, have most of IL, and we should
also use all our vast influence to promote
In those regicnI peace and good govern
ment upon which prosperity and develop
ment rest. Africa has been divided. and
there again We must take our chanoe
with the rest; but over In ala there 10 q