The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-01
i'm FAVOR OF
RETAINING The
PHILIPPINES.
United States Senator Lodges Speech
at the Banquet Of the Young
Mems Club, of Massachusetts,.
HIS REASONS ARE TWO.TOLD.
One Affects the Interests Of the
United States, the Other Our
Duty as q Nation.


Republican party in Massachusetts,
during the present campaign were
made tonight through the medium of
the annual dinner OF the Republican
Club In Massachusetts hall. The speak
ers were Governor Roosevelt, of New
York: Senator Lodge, OF Massachu-
sets; Governor Wolcott and Lieutenant
Governor w. Murray Crane and
Speaker John J.. Bates.
United States Senator Lodge spoke in
part, as follows:
"The only government and the only
sovereignty in the Philippines were
those OF Spain. and they have trans
ferred to us. Rlshtfully and righteous
Iy in the Philippines. as u consequence
of Dewey's great victory In Manila
bay. we have been attacked there By
insurgent natives Of the isl2nd under
chiefs who would now be vegetating In
the exile at Hong Kong unhonored and
unsung had 1t not been for the Ameri-
can fleet and the American army. These
insurgents, Just before the ratification
of the treaty of peace, attacked our
troops, wantonly and withou: provoca-
ton, and that was the way the war be-
gan. The insurgent leaders showed to
us the blackest ingratitude, and there
Is no proof whatever that they repre-
sent even the Tagal minority of the
people of one island. Their leader is u
self-seeking adventurer. who has made
himself dictator and created for his
own purposes whatever shadow OF gov
ernmeEt they have. believe in re-
tanning the Philippine Islands, and
have always believed in that policy
They should be retained as possess
sion of the. United States, not incor-
porated In our body politics nor brought
within our tariff. We can trust our
selves to govern them well and to gain
the entire assent of the governed. be-
lieve that we should first put down dis
order and restore peace. and that then
we should give to those islands the
best government: possible. which I know
we are entirely capable OF doing.
believe that our first and immediate
duty. to which all others are subordi
nate. is to push this war with all tho
energy and resources we can command
to a promp. and successful conclusion,
and / therefore shall! sustain with my
utmost effort the administration Of.
President Mckinley. which Is charged
s.M.ith th.tSa.t-dltyGlp. Ia p.aIlsneasurss5fon the
accomplishment, of Its difficult task.
My reasons for this position are OF
two kinds. One affecting the interests
of the United States. the other our duty
as nation: but although they spring
from different sources. both reasons
are Intimately related.
THE struggle OF this age of ours Is
in the conflict of economic forces. The
great nations OF the earth are compel.
n al 70 cty,,p fN. .t,y-
worlds trade. and In that competition
II we would have our farms profitable
and our labor highly paid and fully en-
ploycd. We must not be left behind. Our
trade with China has been growing
rapidly But within few years we
have seen Russia closing In upon the
Chinese empire If she succeeds we
Shall not only be excluded from those
markets but we shall stand face to
face with n powe: controlling an extent
OF territory and 4 mass of population
the Ike of which the world has never
seen. In the presence of such n colossis
OF despotism and military socialism the
welfare OF every free people Is in dan
ger. Long before any one dreamed
that we should ever know the Philip
pines exccp- by name. some of us In
Washington had foresecn this peril
'''''''i'tt tb vi anu nae
realized that sooner or later the United
States in mere self-defensc would be
Obliged to take an interest In the Chi
nese question, and to insist that we
would not be shut out from those mar
kets. Suddenly came the Spanish war,
Dewey's fleet was Mt ManiIn and we
were the masters of the Philippines. We
were nn eastern power We held the
crossroads Of the Pacific at Hawaii,
and we had our foothold on the island
or Luz0n. The master OF Manila cal
make terms with every power in the
east and those vast markets must be
held open In the interests OF our indus
Try and our commerce, of our farmers
ana our working men. to the free COM
petition OF mankind. n contest in which
the genius of American enterprise
need fear no rival. There Is another
sidc to this question. the side OF duty
ana OF honor. We were brought to the
Philippines by the fortune of war.
can conceive OF differences OF opInion
as to the wisdom of our keeping them.
l can understand differences OF opinion
as to the methods of governing and nd !!
ininistering to them, but I cannot ur.-
derStand when our soldiers are in the
ned. face to face with an enemy, that
thcre should be any party. or any or
Bani2ation OF men In this country.
ready TO cry ut. surrender! The SOL
diers of the United States In the Phil
ippines, where they have the right TO be
Dy the laws OF nations, by the laws of
this country. and by the laws of sound
morals. are fighting with the public en-
emies OF the United States. Under
thcsc circumstances I see but one
course. do not know how others may
vote, put | vote with the army that
wears the uniform and carries the ilag
Oh my country. When the enemy has
yielded and the war Is over. we can
discuss other matters OF government
and administration. We took from
spain the sovereignty OF those Islands:
We alone stand between those islands
and utter anarchy, or their conquest by
tussia or Germany. nm opposed TO
turning those islands over te anarchy,
The proposition that we should al
low the first self chosen dictator who
came along to establish n government.
and that we should agree to stand out
side and do nothing but protect him
and fight any other nation that he
chooses to pick quarrel with, ~ too
absurd to require refutation. II we are
to hnvc responsibility we viii have the
power that goes with II. am opposed
10 turning those Islands over TO any
other nation. | believe that we can
give to those people II larger measure
OF peace and happiness. OF freedom and
prosperity than amy other nation In
the world. for believe In the capacity
and In the honesty and the good faith
Of the American people. II we fall In n
national duty, II we retreat before an
armed enemy, We weaken ana we iniurc
the national glory and the faith that
goes with 1t. We can subduc this In