The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-10
BEVERIDGE ON PHILIPPINES.
MUST HOLD THEM SAYS THE sENA-
ron FROM INDIANA.

mas hnht u h0Aou4M AhNtNlAEA~
uon-BelieveS There Are Not a
Hundred FiIipinos Who Know
What SeIf-GoNernment Means-FII-
ipinos Encouraged by Statements
Made Here-Hoar in Reply.
Washington, Jan. 9-''That man little
knows the common people Of the republic.
little understands the instincts of our
race who thinks we win not hold it (the
Philippine archipelago fast, and hold it
forever. administering just government by
simplest methods"
This sentence was the keynote OF tho
speech delivered in the Senate to-day by
Mr.. Beveridge. the junior senator from
Indiana. 1t was the maiden speech in the
Senate OF about the youngest member OF
the body.
The announcement that he would deliv-
er an address embodying his observations
In the Philippines attracted an unusually
large number of auditors to the galleries
on the floor Of the Senate every member
in the city was IN his seat and scores OF
representatives came over from the
House The occasion was inspiring. and
Mr. Beveridge arose to It brilliantly. His
tences and well-arranged information.
Spoken with all the earnestness, vigor and
eoquence Of a fine orator. enthusiastic
in his subject. he rose at times TO his
subject with the power Of passionate
dramatic utterance. the speech created a
profound impression.
Mr.. Beverldge IS scholarly and refined In
appearance, with striking face and fig
ure. Throughout his speech he was easy
and natural and entirely free from man.
nerisms. He spoke rapidly and with great
earnestness. When he declared, with
deep solemnity, TO those whose voices i'm
America have cheered those misguided ma
tives on TO shoot our soldiers down, that
the blood of those dead and wounded boys
OF ours Is on their hands, and the food
of years can never wash that stain away"
there was a deep. although suppressed
sensation among his auditors. At the
conclusion of the speech tremendous and
unrestrained applause swept over the gall
leries, and il was notable that Secretary
Of the Treasury Gage, who occupied a
seat in the senator's gallery, was partic-
ipaHt IN It.
Mr. Hoar Republican of Massachusetts,,
replied briefly 10 Mr.. Beverdge Although
he did not enter fully into the merits OF
Inc question utitftf NtEturElblr No Htl tVI
feel that some OF the Indiana Senator's
statements ought to go to the country un-
challenged. He declared that not the
American opposition, but the Presidents
proclamation 80 the Filipinos was fespon-
sOle for the hOstllltles. He ridiculed AIR.
Beveridges statement that the Filipnos
were not capable OF self-governu1ent, and
quoted Gen. Otis reports 10 show that
they were.
MIR. Allen of Nebraska offered a resolu-
tion calling on the Secretary of War for
complete information as 10 the transport
service. 1t was adopted.
senator Beveridge's speech.
MIR. Beveridge then spoke. He said:
Mr.. President: I address the Senate at
this time because senators and members of
the House on both sides have asked that
l give to Congress and the country my OBJ
servations IN the Philippines and the Far
East, and the conclusions which those
observations compel. and because of hurt
fui resolutions Introduced and utterance5
made in the Senate, every word of which
will cost and Is costing lives of Americam
soldiers.
Mr. President. the times call for candor.
The Philippines are ours forever, terri
tory belonging 10 the United States" as
the Constitution calls them And Just be-
yond the Philippines are China's illimitable
markets. We will not retreat from either.
We Will not repudiate our duty In the
archipelago. We Will not abandon our
opportunity In the Orient We will not
renounce our part In the mission OF our
race, trustee under God. of the civiliza-
ton of the world. And we will move for
ward to our work. not bowling out regrets
like slaves whipped TO their burdens but
with gratitude for a task worthy Of our
strength and thanksgiving to Almighty
God that He has marked US as His
chosen people, henceforth to lead In the
regeneration of the world.
philippines Command Pacific.
This island empire IS the last land Ieft
In all the oceans If u should prove a
mistake to abandon IL, the blunder once
made would be irretrievable II 1t proves
mistake to hold It. the error can be cor
rected when we viii; every other pro-
gresslve nation stands ready to relieve US.
But to hold it viii be no mistake. Our
largest trade hencefOrth must be with
Asia. The Pacific Is our ocean. More
and more Europe viii manufacture all it
needs-secure from its colonies the most
It consumes. Where shall we turn for
consumers OF our surplus? Geography an
swers the question. China is our natural
customer Sne Is nearer 10 us than to
England, Germany or Russia, the COM
mercial powers of the present and the fu-
ture. They have moved nearer to China
by securing permanent bases on her bor-
ders. The Philippines give US base at
the door OF an the East. Lines of naviga-
tiOn from our ports to the Orient and Aus
tralia from the Isthmlan canal 10 Asia:
from all Oriental ports to Australia, con-
verge at and separate from the Philip
pines They are a self-supporting divi-
dend-payng fleet, permanently anchored at
spot selected by the strategy of Proyi-
donce. commanding the Pacific. And
the Pacific is the ocean Of the commerce
Of the future Most future wars will be
conflicts for commerce. The power that
rules the Pacific. therefore. Is the power
that rules the world. And. with the
Philippines, that power Is and will forever
be the American republic.
Value of China Trade.
China's trade is the mightiest CONNER
cial fact I'm our future. Her foreign COM
merce was S2S5 1880 in 1897, of which we,
her neighbor, had less than IS per cent.
OF which only a little more than half was
merchandise sold to China by Us. We
ought 20 have 20 per cent. and we Will
And Chffafs foreign commerce is only be-