Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-13
WORDS OF WARNING.
Sounded by Judge Laubie, o
Ohio, as to National
Politics.
THE ADMINISTRATION SCORED
Course Toward Which We Are
Drifting Effectively Point
ed Out.

throughout this section and in larg'
part of the state for that matter art
still discussing the remarkable speect
made at the annual meeting of th'
State Bar association Wednesday by
Judge z. A. Laubie. president of the
organization. Coming from so dis
| tinguished a source, from one of such
acknowledged learning, and generally
accepted conservative nature, gener
ally, the effect is likely to prove of nc
insignificant force in the Ohio cam
paign. Such a sensation was created
by the speech that the friends o
President Mckinley have sought tc
bring a sufficient pressure to beal
to secure modification from
Judge Laubie. if not an apology, for
his remarks, but he says he has moth
ing to take back, that he spoke from
the patriotic impulses of his heart
and from honest conviction. The
Judge, who is an ardent and lifelong
repu blican and who at one time was a
candidate for congress in Mckinley s
own district, in mis- annual address
scored the national administration
numerically for the policy pursued
BY it in national and foreign affairs.
He claimed that unless the American
people awoke to the seriousness OF
the situation at once it would
be too late to turn back, and then
the terrible consequences could not
be foreseen. He did not contine him
self to any particular subject, but
took up all the important questions
in turn. The war in the Philippines,
the trouble in China, the Porto Rico
tariff bill. the lust of wealth and the
baneful effects of Combinations were
all discussed in a fearless manner. In
discussing the Philippine question
the speaker said:
Wars OF Conquest Condemned.
Only two English speaking ma
tions of the world, England and the
United States, seem to be moving
side by side for good and for evil.
Certain it is that in the last year of
this marvellous century the peace of
the world was broken by foreign
wars by these two English speaking
nations, who proudly boast that they
are the most liberty loving and civil
lied nations of the earth. each war
of conquest, instigated and carried
on for mercenary purposes, for COM
mercial expansion by one under the
guise Of benevolent assimilation and
TO secure the gold and diamond mines
of south Africa by the other. The
elective franchise had nothing to do
with the war in south Africa China
should be laundering at our gates
these many years. We not only refuse
the Chinese naturalization but hab-
itation as well. OF course, this en-
ables our missionaries to show the
Chinese how much we love them,
how much more liberal christians we
are than ali others and how much
batter it would be for them
to become members of American
rather than European churches.
The question | now touch upon is
one of the most. if not the most,
momentous questions that this coun-
try has every been called upon
TO face from the beginning of this
century, the decision of which in
wolves the stability of it's republican,
ism. if not for the very life
of the republic itself. This country
entered upon q war with Spain
for humanity's sake, to aid people
near to our shores to free them
selves from the most cruel and bar
barous tyranny in history, loudly
declaring through our congress and
that we sought and would
seek no territorial aggrandizement;
that forcible annexation would be
criminal aggression under our prin-
ciples Of government and was not to
be thought of. and this was reas-
serted but the other day at Philadel-
Phia in the republican national plat
form.
The fact is, that when the end
was accomplished and that war
was over this government turned its
attention to other subject peoples of
Spain in the far orient. Mahommedan.
Sulus aud christian FIlipinos, who
helped US as allies in our war against
Spain to free Cuba. and. trained our
guns upon them and made them oUr
subjects and forcibly annexed their
islands as tails TO our American kite
and paid Spain $50 900 600 for the
privilege of doing So"
The Filipino question.
Judge Laubie reviewed the condi-
tions existing in the Philippines.
claiming that it was impossible TO
ever convert or subdue them. Our
the sultan of Sulu," he said.
believes that the killing of a chris
iian is a sure passport 10 heaven. a
glorious addition surely TO American
The civilized Filipinos
are butchered and the chief of the
most savage is pensioned and per-
mitted to keep his subjects in slav-
ary-"
The speaker quoted Gen Anderson