The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-13
MR.. BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH.


An excellent evidence of the strength of
Senator Beveridges speech is the fact that
the Indianapolis Sentinel gave il three
column editorial.-Anderson Herald.
So long as Senator Beveridge kept silent
the Democrats were dissatisfied and now
that he has spoken they are more dis
satisfied than ever.-Logansport Journal.
The administration does not find Senator
Beveridges remarks out of harmony with
its policy Neither do the majority of the
citizens of the United States.-Goshen
Times.
1t is the fortune of few senators to leap
into such prominence during their first
year in the body as did Senator Beverage
yesterday. And for young man of thirty
seven years, within a month of his entrance
on his official duties, it is an extraordinary
honor.-Goshen News.
Much has been said and written upon the
Philippine question, and the subject will
continue to receive the attention of the
public until 1t shall have been finally set
tied but Senator Beveridges speech is in
line with the highest ideal of national duty.
Owen County Journal.
Senator Beveridge's speech will make
profound impression on the country, COM
ing as it does from one who has been on
the ground and whose Information comes
not second-handed from the friends and
ing for a dictatorship and not for a repub-
lic.-Delphi Journal.
Mr.. Beveridge measured up to the mark
fixed for him by his friends and went be-
yond that expected by those who had esti-
mated him more lightly. His speech on the
Philippine question will form a great link
in the country's history of oratory and
craftsmanship. The position he has taken
is tenable, and though ii be attacked, is
invulnerable. He has said in straightfor-
ward way what the people want to know
and he has captured the country.-Evans-
vile Journal.
The speech is remarkable for the fund of
information impaired. and it's conclusions
are in harmony with the conclusions ar
rived at by every unbiased statesman,
every believer in the Nations responsible
ity. and every man who desires the eleva-
ton of the barbarous or child-like nations
TO the level where self-government is pos
sible. Mr.. Beveridge proved by the speech
that he is something more than fine
speaker, that he is an orator who can use
fact and truth with a force and impact
far more telling than the painting of men,
tai pictures. or the appeal to sentiment and
emotion. -Elkhart Review.
1T was in every sense of the word a
great speech equaling if not excelling any
heard in the halls of the American Con-
gress since the days of the mighty Web
ster, and to-day there is not an Indianian
with particle of pride in his makeup
who Is not proud of the splendid achieve
ment or the young senator. That the
speech was unanswerabe was proven by
the failure of that veteran debater and
logican, Senator Hoar, to impair or destroy
its effect on the country, and his senile
effort not only marred his long career of
usefulness, but brought the blush of shame
to the cheek of every Massachusetts Re-
publican.-Kokomo Morning News.
The difference between the Indiana boy
orator and the one from Nebraska is
marked. The Indiana orator has not
achieved fame by appealing to all the ele-
ments of discomfort and despair. He has
not found it necessary to rush madly about
the country hunting up disappointed fail
ures and to stir them up against their more
fortunate neighbors by Robespierian ap-
peals to their passions. He has not thrived
a gloomy prophet of despair He has
not stood with his face to the evening. He
has not stood in the shadows marking
time. He has not spent his life studying
how to conceal facts and distort evidence
for his personal gain. Out in the sunlight
of Americanism. his face toward the morn
ing, his mind open 10 the grasp of truth,
with a heart big for his country, glorying
in its accomplishment, flushed with pride
for its history and supreme confidence in
its future, he has become and is everything
that the Nebraska croaker against every
thing that is, is not.-Marion Morning
News.