The Irish standard., 1900-01-13
The republican party is attempting
to change the whole character of our
nation without asking the people
what they think about it.

Webster defines an empire to be a nation
which embraces variety in race and diver
sity in government. Well, don't you think
the T Phili ppm There are ' thirty diersnt
races of them, and they range from light
brown to dark black. Wont. we have
variety In race when we get them? (Laugn-
ter and applause.)
The republican party carries the flag be-
yond the constitution, and seeks to fastenA
upon the people of the Philippine islands'
government as we in our wisdom. think a..
not free deny
come under the American fag?" The fagI
does not mean in the Philippines what itA
means here. The flag here means the right
Of citizenship. There it means the duty Of
the subject. It means here trial by jury;
there by the military.
holding of the Philippine islands by force
that does. not have somewhere in it the
doctrine that they are really very rich. and
lowest argument ever made. challenge the
republicans to make their fight on this ar
g1ment. The man who says it pays, has
Republicans, Abraham Lincoln republicans,
dare you to measure the life Of one single
human being in oriental trade. (Applause.)E
l want trade. l want us to trade with all
by peaceful means. (Cries of THAT is right
that is rightly But l would not put ona
American soldier boy upon the auction block
and sell him for all the trade of the orient.
| (Great applause.)
But, If you could show what 1t would cost
to conquer and hold in subsection 100000 Of
malays, 1000 miles away from our shores,
scattered over 1900 islands, living under q
tropical sun and fighting from the protection
OF 1ungles, you could not show that we would
and If you could show that we would get
back or could get back more than we spent,
you could not show that the money that came
back would }sIi to the people who spent the
But, word about the last argument, that
we are in it and can't get out. Who put YSa
uhe ana be pe9 2pd nS SAY that we eS
lican party is the representative for every
tna it has att d to lay
to provide by treaty for the independence of
the Philippine islands. when. by treaty. It
II the administration had provided for the
| independence of the Philippines when it pro-
We'd for the independence Of Cuba, there never
would have been drop of blood shed at Ma
They say the blood is on the hands of
these who have opposed the presidents pol
those who gave to the people of the Phil
ippine islands a reason to protest against
foreign domniation. (Applause;)
II the CubanS are and of right ought N.
be free, the Filipinos are and Of right ous.
to be free. There is no line except man 4
made line. If the administration had prom
ised to the people of the Philippines the in
dependence promised to the Cubans, there
would have been no war. The president had
congress with him for three months nearly
after the treaty was signed, and he could
have asked of congress authority. Even
IN the absence of request, the Bacon ~reso-
luton came so near passing that it required
the vote of the vice president to defeat ii,
and the Bacon resolution promised inde-)
pendence on the same terms promised to
had been passed when it was introduced,
not drop of blood would have been shed.
at Manila Who is to blame?