Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
GOV. SHAW AT ANITA.
Some Good Gospel About the Phil
ippine Question.
Atlantic Telegraph

Atlantic Telegraph.
Touching on the Philippine ques,
ton the Governor made clear state
ment which he will no doubt elaborate
during his campaign for reelection,
which embodied the following idea.
That the civilization which was insti-
tuted by the best genius of the time
and which brought about the empire of
the Romans, was not great enough to
answer the need of humanity and a
better system was evolved as the
nations pressed to the north. Yet a
BETTER thing was devised when the
crossing of the English channel was
accomplished and for years the human
race seemed to move along without in
cident. But after the congestion be-
came too great and problems too large
for the understanding of the powers
which fourlshed there and then, God
put into the heart of Columbus to
cross the Atlantic and to open n newer
and better territory than man had ever
had before, and he plncked from the
great garden of Europe the best of the
seed was there and transplanted it to
this continent and there grew here the
civilization which has long ago sur
passed that of the old world. But
now another pushing out has come, and
the ideals of this people are to be car
ried TO the islands of the Pacific. 1t is
but another forward movement, and it
has become the privilege of the Ameri-
lean people to make the advance. 1t is
a continuation of the great scheme of
the Almighty Providence, and though
there is no way for us to see the end
now, nor manner by which the result
can be foretold, there is no doubt but
that it will be good end and that the
result will be to the glory of the Amer
lean people.
In his address in the evening the
Governor said that there were many
questions which he knew were close to
the people which he could not we'll dis
cuss for the reasons that they were par
tisan questions, and were not admis-
sable topics for a speaker at soldiers
reunion But there were some things
which he could not touch upon for
they were matters of the past and so
were history A non-partisan commits
sion had made the treaty of Paris, and
acting very largely upon the advice of
the Belgian CONSUL at Manila, they had
determined to demand the possession
of the islands. This had been con-
coded by Spain and the property be-
came ours. That rebellion had Oc-
CURED was true, and that our only
course was to put it down, was equally
evident. The Governor used an illus
tration to describe the situation in the
Philippines, which was most apt. I'm
Gle Sam, house holder, had heard the
cry of murder from neighboring
house for years and had seen the an
guish of some of it's inmates, patience
became exhausted, and he passed over
the highway for the purpose of putting
an end to the trouble. When he en-
erged from the house, the tyrant was
vanquished and he brought home with
him an infant in it's cradle of husks, a
dirty, squalling little 'brat" which
kicked and rebelled and refusedlto Ibe
placated until it had been soundly
spanked. Then the household held a
conference of the family for the pur-
pose of determining what should be
done with the child. One of the little
boys suggested adopting him, giving
him IN education and setting him up
in the world. A little sister objected
to that, saying that the child was not
white like the rest of the family and
ought to be given to the neighbors, but
she suggested no particular neighbor,
just any one. And then the old auntie
was consulted and declared the child
should be taken back, where it always
should have stayed, for Uncle Sam had
no business interfering with the neigh
boris business at all. He should attend
solely to his own. The Governor con-
Guided his illustration by saying that
only the old maiden aunt of the family
would ever have suggested the aband-
onment of the little outcast child. "a
destiny controls our ends" said Mr..
Shaw, "and propose q quarter of a
century hence, to be able to tell my
children that in the deve lopement of
the far east which my country influenced
SO greatly. I took a personal part by
advocating it among my neighbors, and
supporting the administration which
carried it forward, for I knew, that
nothing but good would come out OF
the turmoil, good to the islanders OF
the sea and good to my beloved coun-
try"