The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-30
4 REPUBLICAN, LOVE FEAST
DEMOCRATS COULD LISTEN At.
THE KEYHOLE, BUT THEY
COULDN'T GET IN
THE SPEECH AN ABLE ONE
Senator Presents Issues From "A Re-.
publican View Point With
His Usual Scholarly
EIOquence.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29-Prominent men
from all parts of the country gathered
around the tables in the banquet hall Of
the Auditorium hotel tonight. to attend
the feast given by the Hamilton club. Of
this city, in their honor The Hamilton
cIuD is Republican organization, and
| Its banquet was, after the menu, ban
quet with politics the chief thing under
discussion
| Inc nall which has been the scene Of
many notable gatherings similar to the
one that filled it tonight, was never mora
handsomely and elaborateIy decorated.
The walls were hung with the national
colors, great bouquets and garlands or
flowers Of the same coIors as these in tba
nag were found to be On every table, and
the decorations throughout were of a
patriotic and military character.
President Frederick A Bangs. Of the
cIuo' acted as toastmaster, and with him.
at the head Of the table, sat Col. D. B.
Henderson, speaker Of the house Of repre-
sentatives; Senator Cushman X. Davis. Of
Minnsota; Senator DoIliver of Iowa;
Charles G. Dawes, comptroller Of the
currency; Gen. Shaw, commander-in-cbief
of the c. A r.; Walter Warden. acting
| governor of Illinois; Lieut.. Gen. Miles.
MAJ. Gen. Louis Wagner, Gen Dan %.
Sickles Gen. Leo RasslcIler and others.
President Bangs opened the speech-
making with short address, at the end
OF which he introduced Speaker Hender-
| son, who spoke briefly. The address Of
! speaker Henderson was most happily re-
ceIveu' ana ne was heartily cheered as ha
resumed his seat
President Bangs then brought forward
as the next speaker Senator Cushman X.
Davis, who replied to the toast, Our
Destiny"
Senator Davis, Of Minnesota. said in
! part:
! This campaign is porten.ous Others
| Fave been concucted on a few Issues eco
nomic or moral. In this Que the Demo-
| cratic party and its candidate demand
! the reversal of every policy, domestic
! ana foreign, monetary, financial protect-
! I've an1 expansive, which has marked tbs
| administration Of President Mckinley.
Speaking Of China, the senator said:
There are few events in our dirlonatc
ana military history more honorable than
NE consummate skill the wise conserva-
usm and the unfinching courage by which
the administration Of President Mckinley
! 'eneVed our legation and at the samA
tlme maintained proper reiatious with
The policy Of the United States as to
/ China should, in my opinion be this: It
! must rescue its citizens It must exact
indemnity for all injuries to heir per-
| son or property. 1t will insist that CHINA
! shall observe all treaty stipulaGons and
| that, under any and all conditions Of SOW
! ereignty, cesston Or foreign ascenGaucy,
/ the open DOOR shall remain open We
! shall use no military fcrCe for COnGuea {,
and have no concert with any European
| power, except 70 rescue our citizens ard
! theirs.
We coyet no Chinese territory. and wo
! Will acquire none. We desire no territorial
! sphere of influence. We viii give no au-
| proVal or support, physical, moral or
sentimental, to the dism mherment f
China, or to the extinction of her SOW
| ereignty by the acquisition cf spheres OF
| influence by any European power.
look for a regeneration Of China -
the result Of the convulsions she is T VI
| suffering 1t will come to pass not by ths
partition of that mighty and immemoriaI
empire, but by its full entry into cCin-
merclal relations with the other nations
long one. 1t has been going on for fifty
years, and has become more perfect and
extensive every year. When fully COM
pleted the United States will be the great
est participant in that trade Of the Pa
ctfic which Humboldt predicted more than
seyenty-fiVe years ago would be he great
est commerce that land ard sea have eve-
Known. We need cross but one ocean =
grasp the wealth Of Ormus and Of Ind"
! Europe must traverse four seas to share
| IT. We can produce everything woicl
now we are Producing and exporting QUE
! fabrics. textile, metallic and miscellne-
! Gus, to every market In the world as tho
! direct result of Republican economic pol
! ices put in force during our Civil war,
and steadily persisted in by that party
| ever since.
This is manifest destiny; It Is written
| by an auspicious astrology upon the SKY
| Of a visible future. 1t will give Is OOj.C0)
! or people to our states Of the Pacific
coast; 1T will open a career 20 the talents
OF u11 mir Tir1Qy nd In
carly the United States far along on
that course OF national grandeur Tor
which believe it was ordained.
Imperialism is not the paramount issue
CT the campaign, and cannot be made 90,
The adjustment Of any question as 10 the
Philippines is to be considered after re-
thority of the United States has been pus
down. The paramount issues this year
are financial and economic. Snail the
anti-protection party Of 16 to l b. put
IN power to advance its principles by the
enormous powers of executive infiuenf
In case Mr.. Bryan Is elected, and win
the first engagement in a campaign thu
next battle OF which Will be for the con-
tr5l Of both houses Of congress?
The immediate duty Of this government
as to the Philippines IS 10 maintain is
sovereignty and to crush rebellion against
it. What rs constitutional powers AID
limitations are can be more prOfitabiy
discussed and considered after the au-
thoT!ty Of the United States shall have
n
that the constitution contains any dis
abling inhibitons which viii prevent this
government from governing those islands
as their best interests may demand ana
according to the capacities Of their pe1-
pie. No such difficulties interYeued in,i
the administration Of Louisiana. Florida
or the territory which we acquired from
Mexico. Congress legislated at the lssti
session in regard TO the government cGl
Alaska in some particulars entirely un-i
warranted by the constitution. II the dis-1
aoling construction placed upon 1t by our,
opponents is correct. There ere certaini
large and general considerations, how
ever, which, 10 my mind, demonstrate
that the authority to govern thess de-
tendencies is vested n congress subject
to no disabling limitations OF certain pro-
visions Of the constitution. which. because
they are inapplcable to such a situation,
EeVer could have been designed by thai
trainers to apply TO II.
Speaking my own opinion. I would hold
the PHILIPPINES permanently and not pros
visonally I would. from time 10 time,
as their people demonstrate their capa-i
nility. give them the fullest power OF
self-government they are capable OF ex-i
| ercising. 1 would do as Great Britain