The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-10

ness, Mr.. Bsveridss OF Indiana ives REQ
ognized for his speech ON the Philippine
question. The text Of his address was
resolution which he offered few days
ago which declares that the Philippine
islands are territory belonging 10 the
United States; that It lie the intention Of
the U United Statss to retain them ~ such
and to establish and maintain such
control throughout the
~ the situation may de-
mand."
Forming q fringe sbont the chamber
were many members OF the House Of Rep
n $ sntatives who had besn attracted to
hear the maiden effort In the Senate OF
the young Iudianan. He spoks rapid
iy, but with notably clear enunciation
and at times with passionsts forcs and
dramatic fertor. he spoke In part d
follows:
But, senators, 1t would be better TO
abandon this com bined garden and
t3ibr altar Of the Pacific. and count our
blood and treasure already spent q profit
able ioss. THAI 20 apply any academic ar
children. They are not capable Of sslf-
royeranont. How could they bes They
Are not OF 4 self governing raos. They
are orIsntals, Malays, INSTRUCTED BY
Spaniards In the lattef's worst estate.
lney know nothing Of practical govern
ment except ss they have Witnessed sne
weak, corrupt. cruel and ospricious rule
of spain. What magic will anyone en-
ploy to dissolve In their minds and char
actsrs those Impressions OF governors and
governed which three Centuries OF misruls
has oreatedf What alchemy Will ohAngs
the oriental quality Of their blood and SCI
the self go, erniug currents Of the Ameri-
can pouring through their Malay vsinsi
dow stall they, In the twinklinR Of au
eye, lie exalted to the heights of self-aov.
erplng peoplss, which required thous-
and years for Us TO reach, Analo-Saxon
I nouRh We arsf
Let men beware how they employ the
term "Self- governmsnt" 10 10 sacred
term. II is the watch word at the door
of the inner tsmple OF libsrsy; for liberty
docs not always mean sslf-governmens.
Sslf- government IL . method Of liberty
the highest, simplest, bsss--and it 10 60
quired only after centuries Of study and
ct rusRle and experiment. and INSTRUCTION,
and all the elements Of the progress OF
man. Sslf-governinsnt 10 no base and
com mon thing, to be bsstowsd on the
merely audacious. II is the degree which
crowns the graduate Of liberty, not the
name Of literty's infant GLASS, who have
not yet mastered the alphabet Of fresdom.
Savage blood; oriental blood: Malay
blood: soan,sh exampIs-are these the
elements Of self
ists. not As we would wish It. have
talked with hundreds OF these people,
Getting ths,r yieWs as 10 the practical
orkii,as Of self government. The great
majority simply do not understand any
paIticI patton in any government what
ever. The most enlightened among them
declare that self govsrnment will suooesd
bsosuss the employer of labor viii CON-
psl their employees to vote % their en-
II ssIIissnt voting. was assured that
we could depend upon good men always
being in office because the officials who
constitute the government will nominate
their SUCCESSORS, ohoe s, those among the
mine now and where elections will Be
held. Inc most ardent Advooats Of self
government that met was anxious that
[ ahould know that ,uch q government
would be Tranquil because, as he said, II
anyone criticised il, the government
would shoot th, offender. A few Of them
the democratic tbery. but the above are
the exam pies Of the ideas Of the practical
work inss Of self entertained
by the sristooracy, the rich planters and
traders, and heavy employers Of labor,
the men who would run the government.
Example for decades will DO necessary
to instruct them in American ideas and
methods of administration. Example,
example, always example; this alone will
teach them. As q race. their general abil.
ity 10 poor. Educators, both men and
women, to whom have talked In Cuba
and Luson, were unanimo us in the opin-
ion that in all solid and useful education
they are, a. Q people. duh and stupid In
SNOWY things. like carving aad painting,
or sm br oidery, VI music. they have APP
parent aptitude, but even this 10 super
ficial and never thorough. They have
facility OF speech, too. The three best
ed ucators on the island at different times.
made to me the same comparison thAt
the common people. In their simplicity,
are like their caribou bulls. They are
not even good agriculturnlists. Their
waste of cane 10 inexcusabls. Their de-
struotion of hemp fibre 10 childish. They
are ipcurably iudolent. They have no
continuity or thoroug hness OF industry.
They will quit work without notice and
amuss themselves until the money they
have earned In spent. They are like
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