The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-10
Cong. Allen and Gen.
Guild Also Speak.
Meeting Was a Very Enthu-
siastic One.

in Portland Saturday evening when a
large and most enthusiastic Republican
meeting was held at City hall The ut
most interest was manifested in the meet
ing and a great deal OF applause was ac-
corded to the speakers of the evening,
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, the senior
Senator Of Massachusetts, Congressman
Allen and General Curtis Guild, Jr. Ev-
cry seat on the floor and In the galleries
was filled Many ladies were In attend
ance. Chambers band played number
of stirring selections.
Promptly at eight o'clock the speakers,
escorted. by a numbersof we'll known Re-
publicans, assembled the platform. Then
Chairman George H. Allan of the City
committee called the meeting to order
and Immediately introduced Congressman
Allen, who was received with great APP
plause.
MR.. ALIENS SPEECH,
''They say we are in the midst OF impe
rialism and that there is danger of this
country being an empire, Mr.. Allen said
in beginning. 1--WE are accused OF being
not only expansionists but also imperial
lists Is this true and why is this present.
ed as an issue before the American people
in this Presidential year? We have had a
war against Imperialism. If ever there
was a despotism it was that by Spain in
Cuba. We have recently had war with
an imperial government. What was it
for? Was it to suppress people and impose
on popular rights or was it because the
American people wished to destroy des-
potism? Our people arose in might and
said, You have gone thus far but you
shall go no further The American peo-
pie in their might declared that the des-
potic power must end on the western
hemisphere. (Applaiuse.) We have driv-
en- Spain from this hemisphere, not for
greed or gain but for the sake of liberat-
ing a people repressed. We accomplished
more than we expected. The little island
of Porto Rico came to us. We promised
independence and q popular government
to the island of Cuba. 1t is a beautiful
island, one of the most beautiful on the
face Of the earth. We could say to Cuba,
we propose to take you as part of the
United States, but in these times when
we are accused of imperialism we care
helping them to form their own govern
ment We VIII leave them to manage
their own affairs in their own way. II
it had been presented to this people to
purchase the Philippines hardly half a
dozen people would have been in favor of
it. But they came to us properly. Their
people are human beings but the most of
them are uncivilizsd. 1t is our duty to
take care Of them. So long as our army
is opposed in that island we shall be there
and maintain what we are maintaining
now. (Applause } Our flag from the be-
ginning of Bunker Hill has never been
lowered and never win be lowered unless
by superior power. (Applause.) Have
we forgotten Washington and Llnooln's
words uttered at Gettysburg Talk of i'm
perialism 1t is an insult to the inteIli-
gence and humanity OF the American
people,"
Congressman Allen then briefly turned
his attention to the silver question. He
quoted from Justice Miller who declared
aifew years ago that the money system in
the United States was the best in the
world. A national bank might fall, it's
stockholders might suffer but its bill
holders never
81 believe that before November
comes, he concluded, "our people win
have become so Interested in these cues
tions, that they Will say, civilian Nc.
KinIey, Republican party, you have given
us good times, held up the American
flag, this country has become one of the
greatest powers on earth, faithful have
you been these four years and we propose
to give you rousing majority and to
give you four years more (Great au-
plause)
Chairman Allan then introduced Sem
ator Lodge, for many years a warm favor
te in Portland. Senator Lodge replied
to the recent letter OF Hon. Richard
Olney. First he paid complimentTto
Mr.. Olney as statesman OF high rank,
one who on that account, occupies "a
somewhat lonely pre-eminenoe among
MIR. Bryan's supporters. - After speaking
In reply to Mr.. Olney's opening state
ments in his letter, Mr.. Lodge read that
part OF it relating to China and said;
MIR LODGES SPEECH,
What difference is there except in choice
OF words between that policy as stated by
the President of the United States and
that which Mr. Olney stated in his arti-
Gle, lie knows as we all know that the
United States is not seeking to partition
China. That she regards the partitioning
of China as not only wrong but as abso-
lutely against American interests. Hell
knows that the policy of the administra-
biOn expressed to the whole world has
been that we should resist the Partition
Ing Of Chinaj that we should seek to
maintain the integrity Of that empire;
but we should insist on keeping open the
door to those great markets That Is the
American policy, Now to cast imDuta-
OF the United States and on a man like