New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

behalf Of the club. In opening his address he
said:
The Republicans Of Massachuse,ts begin here TO-
night the o@mPaEn Idr the he next ana Pres
dent OF the United States. We are Administration
Republicans, and We believe IN vigorous prose
The Republican party has in It's history success
iiEeiiv to fater IN this one Lives and property
shall he secure wherever the United states Gov
ernment is responsible for the maintenance OF Ia"
and order
GOVERNOR wOLCOTT's SPEECH.
The first response was by Governor Wolcott
He said that the State issues were not present In
this campaign. that he was tempted to ask If
any existed. and added:
When Dewey's guns Numbered at Manila they they
shattered tho only sovereignty that there eNlsteN
we assumed that sovereignty and we necaine me
would have been abandoned 10 anarchy. our nag
is legally there, and viii not Ielne IN I'm s,,nort
10 President Mckinley IN accomplishing TIE in-ur-
Congress viii determine what VIII be best to secure
Justice and prosperity
Lieutenant Governor Crane in brief speech
said that the coming election forecasted the
more important Presidential election Of next
year
John L. Bates next spoke of the subject Of
TRUSTS"
APPLAUSE FOR NEW Works. GOVERNOR.
The reception given to Governor Roosevelt
was n grand one and repeatedly his remarks
which we're entirely upon the Philippine ques-
ton in its hroadest sense. were interrupted by
arnlarso He said he liked 10 come TO Massl-
chusetts to draw inspiration. In referring to his
office Of Governor. he said that he tried to live
nm n the theory that man can best serve his
marty hv making the party serve the State. lie
said that expansion was the handmade Of peace
and he spoke not from the standpoint OF one
believing that expansion was due 10 Nauonai
self-interest but from a course demanded ny
National solf-respect The great diflcuHY n
answering the arguments Of anti-eXpansloh's' >,
he said. was their use Of loose invectlVe ana
/ their MISREPRESENTATION Of facts. The people "HO
year ago denounced the war with SPAN dle
the same who now denounce the Philippine Wa
They hold I'D Aguinaldo as an IDEAL as they be-
lieve the Maine was blown UP from the
inside One belief is rational as the
other The conclusions Of the Maine In
vestigating Board did not change their be
lief They simply kept silent They did not
even knowledge that they were wrong. The
Governor declared that the Spanish war was the
peoples war. and told of incidents under his
observation at the time it vas declared to re-
flute the argument that IT was brought about Dy
spectators. lie maintained that if the Phlhp-
pines do not rightfully belong To the unitea
States. then Alaska and all the territory ac-
quired on this continent by purchase or conquest
does not belong to this country
The concluding speaker was Senator Lodge.
He said in part:
7 believe N retaining the Philippine Islands: ana
Ia 'Tetsnei as a possession of the United states
Within our tarn We trus, ourselves to sgv-
ern Them well and 10 gain the entire assent OF lhc
Cd bfll y
disorder and peace. and that then we sn9uu
give to those islands the best government eoSsi2'S
] believe that our first and immediate GUY ,,nio
which all others are subordinate Is 10 push ,'' ,
war with all the energy and resources we can
command TO prompt ana sg,Se ,I efort
/ he a Administration of President Mckinley. which
ibe caars1a glIn H Of s ameuli task
The soldiers Of the United states III .le ne, NM ils
Of nations by the laws of this country and by
he I9os Of sound morals are fighting with the pub
circumstances / see but one course ! 90 no' k k
hat wears tho Uniform ana carries he Tag OF ny
country When the enemy has yc.aed ana s , me
ernmcnt and administration We took from Spain
the Sovereignty Of those Islands we Aoho st Sir
conquest by Russia or GERMANY am opp2sStf' s
TO turning those ISLANDS eyer W. 3be III self
chosen dictator who comes along TO estaplsh a
outside ana do nothing but protect MIN ana isni
any other nations that ne cnoos - r II we are
70 nave responsibility We Will have the power un1t
COS with ii am opposed 10 turning those Isl
,ocs over 10 any other nation. ] believe ihai We
ca, Give ia those people larger measure OF peace
and hsnuiness OF freedom and prosperity, IMAM any
o,bar rafiou in the world for believe IN the ca
r.citv I'm The honesty and the good rain OF tle
American peop.e l think. therefore. that IL IS ouI
duty to stay there, ana hdtV" "N' "'"'' '
not fail I'm its duty
FAITH GOVERNS THE WORLD.
The world has been largely governed and always
Will he largely governed, not ~ cool ItasohliE ."
b., nhilo-orhv but hy sentiment Mankind is lnoNe1
hv faiths and 10y beliefs IL was DeAti IN i'oHIc
that made Rome great II was "a profonni rcl9loq.
faith which swept all Europe into the Cl-sadeS. IL
was faith i'm democracy, in man ana IN ms u'S'4iS
which enabled France 10 face banded Europe ana
carry i,s armies from Madrid 10 Moscow II Wa
faith in the Union. faith in the futufe OF tie
I-nif.d states faith in democracy which MADE ms
noorlc Nchf four wears Of civil war 10 VICTORIOUS
conclusion Faith and belief IN our country are
IN. most precious possessions That We nave any
thing which tends - lower or wcaken uai ial' i.
is a deadly injury. II fail In National duty, II
w, retreat before armed enemy. we weaken
and We n1urc the National glory ana the ialth ta'
goes with H. We can subduc mis- in5urTccuon, We
ran bring peace and order 10 those Islands. we
can give liberty and prosperity 10 their Inhabitants
II is our duty stay there and do these thliSs
! shall we hesitate In the presence or such q duly
and such vast and vital interests Of our own?
shall We make what Dante calls the great re-
ftsal'2 Shall call home Deweys ships shall
ne hid our soldiers retreat? Shall We haul down
tha dag and as fold 81 up write upon II 'lail-
IRE ." a word which has never been there YET
49, &c hut one answer that can make 70 these
l..'e,fors but one answer that the American pec-
in brave and high spirited as they arc. vi make
/ pa ,taf answer is Never, Never, Never