Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-07

Alexandria. MINI, Special. Sept. L.
Senator Nelson opened the Republican
campaign tonight with q mastery speech
on the Philippine question. delivered in
his usual concise and convincing manner.
The town hall was packed to the doors.
The Republican club. which now numbers
$50, turned out In body. Senator Nelson
held the attention Of hts audience and at
thmes the applause was deafening.NS He
was 1t hts best The senator will start
out In Q. few days to remain In the Held
until the election Is over. @ Ii 81 u f! t35
EseMator Nelson's Speech.
N The speech which was entitled 1.-THE
Philippine Question In Its Various Az
poets, follows: KS: 4:s. III III a IN
y That our country had good ground for
declaring war against Spain and that the
war was q Just one, fairly and humanely
carried on to a most successful. honor
@able and glorious issue. is conceded by
all, and is not q matter Of controversy.
The American people. without regard to:
party, are responsible for the war. The
BILL appropriating $50.000,000 for war
preparation and the resolution declaring
war were passed by q unanimous vote Of
both houses. @ @ b LIZ, $lG n 4 NJ s Il i .&
2 On the Goth Of April. 1893, when war
was formally declared, Dewey was at
Mrs bay, near Hongkong, China. at the
head Of our Asiatic squadron. He had
been ordered to leave his moorings with
IN twenty-four hours, and there was no
port open to him In the Eastern seas
But tive courses were open to him to res
turn home or to effect Judgment at Ma
Mia. IN s # 4 $ S q Il Es :2 @
& On the next day, under orders. he
steamed for Manila, and on the LIST OF
May entered Manila bay, destroyed the
Spanish fleet; captured the arsenal and
works at Cavite and had Manila Il his
grasp. "A s45 &@,S a ,5l 5} +, vs. ss$# NJ
W AT this time Spain was in unilis-
3puted control and possession OF Luz.
SON and the other r .silippine islands.
- she had been for the past 800
years. ~ gi At VIII ~ n -sfSS 81
There were some wild tribes in the In
terror, and the Moros or Mohammedans
of Mindanao and In the Zulu group that
were not fully subjugated, but aside from
these her. authority was recognized and
submitted to everywhere. B, There was no
semblance Of = hostile government In any
form In the Island OF Luzon. The insur-
$rection which had existed had practically
been extinguished, though there was un-
sdoubtedly a smoldering hostility to the
Spanish government and e few small.
$straggling guerrilla bands in the remote
Interior, the remnants Of 9 compounded
insurrection. #s3 VIZ N s}};. III; e. $ rs .s
& The government Of Spain was Is OPP;
;pressive. as tyrannical and as hated in
the Philippines as in Cuba, and on,
grounds OF humanity there was as much
;8cAuSs for, Intervention In the Philippines
IN IN Cuba. but when Dewey entered
/ Manila bay there was no semblance Of q
( Philippine republic nor Philippine army:
The Tagals and the other tribes lay help
less 1t the feet Of Spain.
NJ In August, 1895, an insurrection, under,
the leadership Of Aguinaldo, had broken
out n the province Of Cavite. and had
spread to some Of the other provinces In
Luxon. with varying success on both
sides. but no decided or permanent re-
suits had been secured ii favor enf the
insurgents. Finally, on Dec. TO- 1907. the
Sfnsurrection was abandon under q
written Scompromise, effected BY Rivera,
the new governor general. with a guin-t
{aldo and his principal followers ut Biact
ma Bato. Under this compromise IL was
agreed that Ay uinaldo and his chiefs and
followers should abandon the insurrec-
ton. lay down and surrender their arms,
which did not exceed 1000 - admitted
w Aguinaldo. and that Aguinaldo and
his chiefs If should withdraw from the
country 5s3s " 81.
So III Az ufnaldo Bought on. l@:s
" IN consideration ofE these acts. there;
was toS bes ~ ~ general amnesty. u
reform of abuses complained of. and $(s)
" payment "a "a uinaldo ana his chiefs
ssaf Ss00. 900 Is Follows: Four hundred
Thousand dollars ina cash, or IN equixa-
lent. % ~ paid to Aguinaldo whom hs
4 mbarked TOR ChinA, 800. 90 rs ID paid
|to guinaldo when Isicarts had been
wired To lay down his arms md had O.
sliySfsd them up To- the anish authoTi-
ssdss, ana Se0O. 600 when psacs ~ fully
ablishsd ana proclaimed by ths gov-
sfnor general. TX III ne
~ e40o. On. ins . letter 81 crsdit,, ykas
ia gninaldo. and III ana Iii ctsisf fol.
~ III. bstook I hernsslys AZ China. whsrs
sthssy staying shsn Dswsy STARTED
! for 1lanilA.
III flia manner ana ION such consider
{ ationl U did Aguinaldo ana his chiefs Dis
seontinns The iinsrrrsct Ion. sxpatriats
hsmssives ma abandon their people 10
.ths mar ctss az gpain. The orig inal asfsc-
4 llneYit of cnInnro4u iae. hitch n rave quoted.