The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-10
SENATOR BEvERIDGE APPEALS TO
THE GALLERIES In HIS PHIL
IPPINE ARGUMENT
IS ANSWERED BY MIR. HOAR
VENERABLE MASSACHUSETTS SEN
ATOR POINTS OUT MISTAKES
OF YOUNGER MEMBER
CLAIMS MADE ARE DISPUTED

F1lipinOs Are Incapable of Self
Government Refuted by Facts In
Possession of the Government of
the United States-Reasons Why
the FiIipinos Should Be Free.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. "That man
little knows the common people Of the
Republic, little understands the instincts
Of our race, who thinks we will not hold
it (the Philippine archipelago fast and
hold it forever, administering just gov
ernment by simplest methods
This sentence was the keynote Of the
speech delivered in the senate today by
Mr. Beveridge, the junior senator from
Indiana. It was the maiden speech in
the senate Of about the youngest member
of the body. The announcement that he
would deliver an address embodying his
observations In the Philippines attracted
an unusually large number of auditors
to the galleries. On the floor of the sem
ate 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 rose to 1t
brilliantly. His oration-for properly 1t
was an oration-was deeply interesting
1t was replete with striking sentences
and well arranged information. Spoken
with all the earnestness. vigor and elo-
quence of a fine orator, enthusiastic In
his subject, who rose at times to his sub
ject with the power of passionate dra-
matte utterance, the speech created
profound impression upon all who heard
it.
Mr.. Beveridge is scholarly and refined
in appearance, with a striking face and
figure. Throughout his speech he was
easy and natural and entirely free from
mannerisms He spoke rapidly and with
great earnestness. When he declared
with deep solemnity, to those whose
voices in America have cheered those
misguided natives on to shoot our SOL
ders down, the blood Of those dead and
wounded boys of ours Is on their hands
and the flood of years can never WASH
that stain away there was deep
though suppressed sensation among his
audience AS he concluded tremendous
and unrestrained applause swept over the
galleries, and it was notable that Secre-
tary of the Treasury Gage, who occupied
a seat In the gallery, was a participant.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass.) replied br1eHy
to Mr. Beveridge. Although he did not
enter fully into the merits OF the ques-
ton under discussion, he did not feei
that some of the Indiana senator's state
ments ought to go to the country uh-
challenged. He declared 1t was not Amer
lean opposition to war, but the presi-
dents proclamation to the Filipinos that
was responsible for hostilities. He ridi-
culed Mr. Beveridges statement that the
Filipinos were not capable Of self-govern-
ment. and quoted Gen. Otis reports to
show that they were.
MR.. BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Beveridge said In part:
I address the senate at this Tune DC
cause senator's and members OF the mouse
on both sides have asked that give 70
congress and the country my obServationsS
in the Philippines and the far East, anu
the conclusions which fhese tf,I1 res'
olutions introduced by the senators from
South Carolina and Georgia. every word
of which will cost and is costins the
Mr.. President. the times call for can
dor. The Philippines are ours fforever,
TERRITORY belonging to the United states,
as the const1LuI!on calls lheMl. S1u ~, ;,}},o }ro
table markets We Will not retreat from
either We will not repudiate our DUTY dnty
In the archipelago. We will not abandom
our opportunity in the Orient. We Will
not renounce our part in the mission OF
our race, trustee under God. of the civ>
ilization of the world And we will move
M to Saves our yoFh %hpped to onr I
Of Of our Mi'H strength. and thanksgiving, to
Almighty God that He has marked us
n rs 5a HIS ea9asa Riop'f Of the World
This island empire is the last land left
in ali the oceans. II it should prove
mistake to abandon IT, the , olHhneT q nro1es oles
a mistake to hold 1t. the error can . be be
corrected when we will; every other
progressive nation stands ready TO re-
lieve US. o,,r
But to hold it will be no mistake Our
largest trade henceforth must be with
Asia. The Pacific is our ocean More
and more Europe viii manuiact4hre h d, 1aost u
1t consumes. Where shall we turn Ior
consumers of our surplus? Geography
answers the question. emma Is our tlI aat-
ilral customer. She is nearer to us than
to England. Germany or Russia, the com
mercial powers of the present and the fu-
ture They have moved nearer to emma
by securing permanent bases on her bor-
ders. The Philippines give US a base at
the door of all the East. Lines OF navlga.
tion from our ports to the Orient and
Australia; from the 1sthmian canal to
Asia; from all Oriental ports 10 AUS US
tralia, converge at and separate from the
Philippines. They are self-supporting,
dtyidend-paying feet permanently an
chored at a spot selected by the strategy
of Providence, commanding the racine.
VALUE OF CHINA's TRADE.
Chinas trade is the mIghtiest CONNER
merce was $2S5, ,73S, 800 in 1897, of which We,
her neighbor, had less than 10 per cent,
of which only a little more than half was
merchandise sold to China by us. We We
And China's foreign commerce is only be-
ginning. Her resources, her possibilities,
her wants-all are undeyeloped: She has
only $40 miles of railway | have seen
activities of modern life already appear
ing along the line. But she needs, and in
fifty years will have, 10000 miles of rail-
road. Who can estimate her commerce
then? That statesman commits crime
against American trade-against the
tobacco, the American manufacturer of
machinery and clothing-Who fails to put
America where she may command that
trade. Germany's Chinese trade Is in
creasing like magic; she has established
shin lines and secured tangible foothold
on China's very soil. Russia's Chinese
trade IS growing beyond belief; she is
spending the revenues of the empire TO
finish her railroad into Pekin itself, and
she is In physical possession of the I'M
perial province Of Manchuria. Japan s
Chinese trade is multiplying in volume
and value; she Is bending her energy to
her merchant marine, and is located along
China's very coast. But Manila is near
ar China than Yokohama is. The Philip
pines command the commercial situation
Of the entire East. Can America best