The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-11
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Opinions of Some of the Newspapers
i'm Relation to the Speech.

Opinions of Some of the Newspapers
i'm Relation to the Speech.
Mr.. Beveridge's speech is the clearest
exposition of the Philippine question that
has yet been made. 1t is complete state
Inent of the American position. Every line
of his speech was informing and convinc-
ing.-New York Sun.
Senator Beveridges speech on the Philip
pines proves him to be an earnest believer
in American destiny. His personal obser-
vationS in the islands convinced him that
the policy of the administration has been
right and broad-minded we'll as just
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Senator Beveridge's speech will make a
profound impression upon the public. not
because of its eloquence, but because II is
the utterance of a man who knows his
subject He deals in facts, while anti
expansion senators have been indulging In
defamation and idle theories.-Chicago
Tribune.
Senator Beverage had a message to de-
liver to the Senate, and he very sensibly
refused to allow not very Wise custom to
seal his lips. The whole cour ry will read
the senator's speech with INTEREST and
profit this morning. The time of the Senate
was well employed in listening to it.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Senator Beveridges' words have an
epoch Neking sound. They possess not
only the fire of conviction, but also the
force of fact that compels belief. They
absolutely annihilate the paper periods of
the HoarS and the Masons. They are sheer
defiance to the Observation-Disclosures, yet we
venture to predict that none will be able
to gainsay them.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The long-heralded speech of Senator Bev-
eridge on the Philippines is both an elo-
quent and an instructive exposition of
facts and principles. In so far as it relates
to the resources of the islands and the
character of the people it deserves special
attention because the orator testifies from
personal observation and fortifies his COM
ment with interviews had on the spot
Chicago Times-Herald.
The speech of Senator Beverage yester-
day probably tallies with the proposed
policy of the administration so far as de-
terminate views have been reached. Pos
sibly if some of the stalwart anti-expan-
sionistS had been at the pains to obtain
actual instead of secondhand or theo-
retical information, they might have been
in more substantial agreement with the
young senator from 1ndiana.-Philadelph
Record.
1--WE will hold it fast and hold it forever,
administering justice and government by
simplest methods" That was the keynote
of the speech delivered in the Senate yester-
day by Mr.. Beveridge the young Republi-
can who has succeeded the venerable Dem
ocrat Mr.. Turpie, one of the senatorial
representatives of Indiana. The speech rep
resentS the administration, and therefore
the Republican partys attitude toward our
newly acquired provinces.-Washingt
Post.
Senator Beveridge is to be congratulated
upon the directness and vigor Of his speech.
He talks like man whose mind is made
up, and who is not afraid to say what he
thinks. In paragraph after paragraph he
goes straight to the point. his skill in
making quotable phrases has never been
used to greater advantage. If all speeches
on all subjects were as straightforward as
this the complaint that politicians are
shifty and evasive would never be heard.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The address is one of the most candid and
able of the many arguments in favor of ex
pansion which have been placed before the
country in the past year and half. If, as
has been asserted, the youthful Indiana
statesman has been made the mouth-piece
of the expansionist senators, the selection,
judging from the speech of yesterday, does
credit to their judgment. The speech
abounds in striking illustrations and every
part of it should command attention from
both Senate and people.-Pittsburg Com
merclal Gazette.
Mr.. Beverage says we had "better aban-
don this priceless possession, admit our
selves incompetent to do our part in the
world redeeming work of our imperial
race, haul down the flag of arduous deeds
for civilization and run up the flag of re-
action and decay than to apply academic
notions of self-goveriiment to these chill
dren or attempt their government by any
but the most perfect administration our
country can, produce" Senator Beveridge
is rather new to national politics, but he is
old enough and ought to have seen enough
to Judge whether his ideal administrat-
ors' for the Philippines are, under existing
conditions, likely to have the support of
the political bosses, without whose sane
ton appointment and confirmation are
doubtful.-Cleveland Plain Dealer Dem.)
DR.. A. w. BraytOn's Tribute.
DR.. A. w. Brayton yesterday paid high
tribute to Senator, Beveridges speech. He
said:
Senator Beveridge's speech was not only
great as a whole, it was great in its parts.
I was so absorbed in it that 1 read ii at
enc sitting The speech is no revelation
TO those who know Senator Beveridge, and
have watched the development of his polit-
zeal philosophy as expressed in his yari-