The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-04-27
HoAR's GREAT SPEECH ON THE
PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINES
Senator HOar Of Massachusetts, last
week delivered in the senate his long
looked-for speech on the Philippine
question. He spoke for three hours
and was listened to with intense inter
est. As he closed a tempest Of ap-
plause swept both senate and galleries.
A brief extract Is here given
Adverting to the authority to be
found In the declaration Of independ-
ence, and IN the constitution, for
expansion, Mr.. Hoar declared:
@There IS expansion enough in it,
but it is the expansion Of freedom and
not Of despotism; Of life, not Of death.
Never was such a growth in all human
history as that from the seed Thomas
Jefferson planted It has covered the
continent. 1t has taken root in South
America. 1t has revOIutiOnized Eu-
rope It is the expansion Of freedom.
It differs from your tinsel, pinchbeck,
pewter expansion as the growth Of a
healthy youth into a strong man diff
fers from the expansion Of an anaconda
when he swallows his victim. Ours is
the expansion Of Thomas Jefferson.
Yours is the expansion Of Aaron Burr.
Tt IS destined to as short a life and to a
like fate
As an illustration of what he would
do with the Philippines, Mr.. HOar said:
Il would declare that we would not
take these islands to govern them
against their viii.
Il would reject a cessiOn Of sover-
eighty which implies that sovereignty
may be bought and sold and delivered
without the consent Of the people.
Il would require all foreign govern
ments to keep out Of those islands.
i would offer to the people Of the
Philippines our help in maintaining
order until they have a reasonable
opportunity to establish a government
Of their own.
Il would aid them by advice, if they
desired it, to set up a free and indie
pendent government.
Il would invite all the great powers
Of Europe to unite in an agreement
that that independence shall not be
interfered with.
Il would declare that the United
States viii enforce the same doctrine
as applicable to the Philippines that
We declared as to Mexico and Hayti
and the South American republics.
Il would then, in a not far-distant
future, leave them to work out their
own salvation, as every nation on
earth, from the beginning of time, has
wrought out its own salvation"
At the conclusion Of this masterful
speech, Mr.. Hoar was congratulated
BY his colleagues, especially among the
democrats.
The day following the publication OF
his speech he received a cOngratulatOry
telegram form Erwin Winslow, Of Bos-
ton, secretary Of the Anti-imperialist
league, which was as follows:
"COngratulations. If the republican
party rejects this tremendous appeal il
is doomed We shall follow your In.
exorable logic, supporting no party OF
candidate not standing with you on
this paramount question. Everything
else Insignificant"
Senator Hoar is upwards Of 50 years
Of age and reflects the ideas Of what
the republican party once was. If We
had man like HOar in the presiden
tial chair, We would have no Philippine
war now and would not be shamed and
disgraced before the nations Of the
earth. So far as the policy Of his sd
ministratiOn is concerned, William Nc
Kinley has Inundated the nation.
WOULD KILL ITS OWN CHILDREN.
The Topeka Capital suggests an anti