The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-04

still I can make you a very fair patriotic
talk, but If you cheer and interrupt, there
| is no telling where I may stop
Again there was a shout and the audi
ence, which seemed pitched 10 a degree
Of intensity by the sometimes suggestive
ness Of Mr.. Longs speech. insisted on his
going on and talking anything.
When he reached the Philippine situa-
ton, there was the greatest OF attention
and the most liberal applause. specially
did this happen after he said:
There never was but one time when
We could have abandoned the Philippines
honorably, and that was after breakfast
on May 1, 1898, and for suggesting that
that was what Dewey should have done
the gentleman who formerly represented
this district in congress is now my con-
stituent" mighty shout showed the
soldiers understood.
THE question OF the government of the
Philippines in the future may be politi-
CAL" Mr. Long said, but the question of
their abandonment is not political but
patriotic"
He said that If the Philippines were
abandoned, there would be a great regret
in this country, and speaking of the
prophecies made as TO their uselessness,
cited similar prophecies made nearly
hundred years ago of the Louisiana pur-
chase, a part of which Kansas now is.
The value of the Philippines in one re-
gard, Mr.. Long said was proven in the
late Chinese troubles, when our troops
were taken from the Philippines to China
TO rescue our legations and missionaries
ahead Of any other nation but Japan.
Mr.. Long then spoke Of the treaty, and
its provisions. and how all political par
ties were responsible for the ratification
and for the twenty million appropriation.
THE Philippines then became territory
to the United States. and the duty of the
president was to maintain law and order
and preserve life and property in those
islands. This is what the president has
tried to do an dthis is what he has done.
About the time of the ratification OF
the treaty, Aguinaldo, who represented
a faction of one tribe, and who had been
permitted by Dewey to assist in the Man
liza campaign, without any offer of alliance
or assurance of independence. The pres
ident has been attempting to suppress
this Instruction since then.
1.-THE appropriations for the army in
the Philippines were supported by all po-
litical parties in congress. The army is
there because of these appropriations.
''The anti-imperialists in this country
are giving aid and comfort to the enemy
of the United States. The effect OF the
agitation in this country will be to pro-
long the war in the Philippines. The re-
cent report of the Philippine commission,
a non-partisan commission, shows this
conclusively This raises a question of
pure patriotism and at the same time,
contraction"
Mr.. Long quoted the words of General !
Lawton, for whom the camp here was
named, in which Lawton said: IF am |
shot by a Filipino bullet, 1t might as
well have come from one of my own men |
because know from observations con- |
frmed by captured prisoners that the |
continuance of the fighting is chiefly due |
to reports that are sent out from !
America"
General Lawton was shot by a Fill /
pino bullet and many other lives have /
been lost
Mr. Long said that it was appropriate /
at an old soldiers reunion to discuss /
what the soldiers of the civil war did. |
They saved the union and made possible (
the progress of the republic in the last
IS years. Speaking of the progress that
has been made, Mr.. Long said:
1.-THE policy of expansion that has in
creased our territory from 10 to As states
would have been impossible If the union
had been divided. Our flag would not be
in Alaska, Porto Rico, the Hawaiian or
Philippine Islands, but would have
rival here at home"
Mr.. Long spoke Of the patriotism that
was necessary to perfect the legislation
which followed and was the result Of the
war.
Charles F. lScott of lola, made
very pleasing patriotic talk to the SOL
diers preceding Mr.. Long. Captain
Burgess had introduced him as q candi-
date for ongressman-at-large. and as
a Republican, a scholar. neditor. and J.
a gentleman who was konwn well and
favorably throughout Kansas.
az wish your chairman had not en- /
barassed Pe by introducing me as pol
lttcian." said Mr.. Scott, in the beginning. h
'for were l not candidate, l should
have bee npleased to have come here
lust the same There is little that
pieaSeS ne more lIldE tEic iChA4oAiS ~
your honorable body. for my father and
brothers were soldiers
on their successful reunion and magnih-
cent order He told some stories and
then settled down to a patriotic speech
which pleased the veterans and won him
applause throughout.
Mr.. Scott Is a pleasing and earnest !
speaker, and in talking pure patriotism,
difficult as II was to stay away from
politics, for IN this year of 1900, 1t and
a certain barnd OF politics are so similar,
he surely made a MT with the soldiers.
Department Commander w w. Martin
and John Davis, candidate for state SEN
ator spoke last night
Today. in the afternoon, Department
Commander Martin, President f. stan
ley Of the Friends University and Cap
tain Ffshbask Of Winfield, viii speak
Friday the speakers viii be Governor
Stanley and Corporal Tanner. Former
Joe Botkn is also ex-
pected
There Is very large attendance az the
reunion, and 1t is highly successful.
WHERE THE REAL CREDIT BELONGS
Great credit has been given the allied
in China for prompt action IN
saving the Americans at Pekin, but the