Arizona silver belt., 1900-05-03

Ina strong argument, made in the rouse. Representative Gaines of Ten ,p,,ee read portions of speech by Associate Justice David ]. Brewer of
 -nr supreme court before the Liberal .Db in which the distinguished iur- f,t discussed the spanish war and re- ,1lts growing out of it. Judge Brewer ., a republican. Because of his stand 'pg as a lawyer and a citizen, and republican, not a critic .f tine administration, Judge Brewers ,pcech upon this issue IS of interest. He sad in part;
 ruALING STATION suBrERFUGE, ODe thing which seemed tO attract much attention and was claimed to vstify the taking possession of dis -4nr islands, is the need of coaling stations. When the question of an 7eying Hawaii was pending, distin- .lpiSbed officers of both the army and navy appeared before committees of I .gngress. urging the necessity of Se- uring coaling station on those Slnds and argued that we had bet I -.r take the entire territory, which e yas small, and thus avoid the possl- bilitv of any other nation securing r,,t and base of operations contigu- ..g, tn our own. Now, l do not pro Drsp tu question the wisdom from military standpoint Of the advice .gven by those officers. l am ready to accept their statement that in ease of war coaling station there. or at the Philippine islands, or elsewhere is of q gaIue. have no military education; do not know how to conduct a war; do not edit a yellow journal; and T SD | yield unquestioning assent to the \ claims made by these army and navy gentlemen that, in case of war, coaiing & stations in different parts of the globe Il are desirable. And yet, with the in- & .redulity and questioning spirit of l yankee. cannot but notice that We # nave gottOn along safely for hun- | dred years without any coaling sta | tionS outside Of our own territory,
 and want tO ask how much greater
 vjctory Dewey would have won if We
 lad had dozen coaling stations in
 rhe far Pacific: And, further, 1t is H clear that for d coaling station, terri H tory as large as New England is not
 -,sential I know of but one place l that needs such d large coaling station
 and that is a place We all hope to eter-
 1ally avoid But, beyond that is
 there not such thing as overriding
 .hi, getting ready for war: l have
 noticed that a man who goes about
 with chip on his shoulder is very apt
 to have many quarrels, but the gentle
 man who minds his own business is
 1rdinarily let alone and goes through l fife without a fight Not that l be-
 lieye in tamely submitting to every
 injury or insult. or that nation like
 an individual, does not sometimes
 have to assert itself, even to the eX-
 tent of war. No more sacred duty
 rests upon the United States than to
 see that every citizen is protected,
 wherever he may be, and to secure
 such protection every dollar and every
 man within the limits of this country
 should stand pledged.
 Many plans are suggested for the
 disposal of the Philippines. One is to
 withdraw our army and navy and
 leave the inhabitants to do the best
 they can for themselves. Another is
 tocontinue an armed force in posses
 ion for the purpose of preserving or S der until such time as the inhabitants
 have organized and put into active
 operation something like stable gov
 ernment; Third while leaving the con trOl of internal affairs to the nhabit- ants, to establish something in the nature of protectOrate-one that will guarantee peace within and pro tect against invasion from without. Fourth. to treat the islands as so
 much property and sell them for what
 we can get selling to any responsible
 purchaser, and one likely to establish
 good government in the islands. Fifth
 to make them colonies, to be governed
 by the United States, thus lntroduc-
 ing into the life of this nation the
 colonial system which obtains among
 the European powers. And, sixth, tc
 incorporate these islanders as fellow
 citizens, establishing therein at first
 territories, with the view of subse
 Quent admission into the union as
 states.
 COLONIAL SYSTEM PERILous. The only matters l desire to con sider are those involved in the las two propositions, namely, the intro auction of the colonial system int this country and the holding of these islands as colonies of the United States or, on the other hand, the in corporation of the people Of thos' l ISIaudu into o,,,. ,Notf1na1ity .aC nj ti1qns