Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-01-12


manded the attention of his colleagues
of the senate and of his auditors both
on the floor of the chamber and in the
galleries. He spoke rapidly with nota-
bly, clear enunciation and at times with
passionate force and dramatic fervor.
He said in part:
Philippines Ours Forever.
'sThe times call for candor. The Philip
pines are ours forever territory belong
ing to the United States as the consti-
tuition calls them. And just beyond the
Philippines are Chinas illimitable mar
kets. We will not retreat from either. We
will not repudiate our duty in the archi-
pelago. We will not abandon our oppor-
tunity in the orient. We will not renounce
our part in the mission of our race, trus-
tee, under God, of the civilization of the
world. And we will move forward to our
work, not bowling our regrets like slaves
whipped to their burdens, but with graft
fude for a task worthy of our strength,
and thanksgiving to Almighty God that
He has marked US as His chosen people,
henceforth to lead in the regeneration Of
the world.
"This island empire is the last land left
in all the oceans. If it should prove a
mistake to abandon it, the blunder once
made would be irretrievable. If it proves
q mistake to hold it, the error can be cor
reCLeQ Wnen we WILL, every Olner progress
i've nation stands ready to relieve US.
"But to hold it will be no mistake. Our
largest trade henceforth must be with
Asia. The Pacific is our ocean. And the
Pacific is the ocean of the commerce of
the future. Most future wars will be con-
ficts for commerce. The power that rules
the Pacific therefore is the power that
rules the world, and with the Philippines,
that power is and will forever be the
j. American republic
Defends Gen. Otis.
After referring to the value of China 8
trade, the resources and immense size of
the islands. the climate, the character Of
the people, and to Aguinaldo, Senator Bev-
eridge, spoke of the military situation, de-
Tending Gen. Otis. The campaign, he said,
had been as perfect as possible with the
force at hand.
eve have been delayed first, by a fail
ure to comprehend the immensely of our
force, and third, by our efforts for peace.
A lasting peace can be secured only by
overwhelming forces in ceaseless action
until universal and absolutely final defeat
is inflicted on the enemy.
Kindness Our Mistake.
"Our mistake has not been cruelty, 1t
has been kindness. 1t has been the applica-
ton to Spanish Malays of methods appro-
pirate to New England. Every device of
mercy every method of Cancellation has
been employed by the peace-loving presi-
dent of the American republic to the
amazement of nations experienced in ORR
entail revolt. The friendly methods of
peace have been thoroughly tried, only to
make peace more difficult There is not
now, and never was, any possible course
but ceaseless operations in the field and
loyal support of the war at home. Had
Aguinaldo not understood that in America.
even IN the American congress, even here
In the senate, he and his cause were sup
ported; had he not known that it was
proclaimed on the stump and in the press
of a faction in the United States, that every
shot his misguided followers fired into the
breasts of American soldiers was like the
volleys fired by Washngton's men against
the soldiers of King George, his insurrec-
ton would have dissolved before it entire
ly crystallized.
FiIipinos Are Children.
The Filipinos. Senator Beverage said
are children, utterly incapable of self
government; the English or Dutch sys-
tens of government were impossible
and a protectorate impracticable.
I'VE must never forget that in dealing
with the Filipinos we deal with chill
dren. And so our government must BIZ
simple and strong. Simple and strong
the meaning of those two words must bt
written in every line of Philippine legis
iation; realized in every act of Philip
pine administration.
What Shall History Say.
what shall history say of US? Shall
1t say that we renounce that holy trust
left the savage to his base condition, tn
wilderness to the reign of waste, desert
ed duty, abandoned glory, forgot our sor
did profit even, because we feared ou
strength and read the charter Of OIL
powers with the doubter's eye and the
quibbler's mind? Shall it say that
called by events to captain and command
the proudest, ablest, purest race of history
in history's noblest work. we declined
that great commission? Our fathers
would not have had it SO. No. The,
founded no paralytic government in.
capable of the simplest acts of admin.
lstration. They planted no sluggard peo.
pie, passive, while the worlds work calls
them. They established no reactionar3
nation. They unfurled no retreating flag
'"That flag has never paused in its on
ward march. Who dares halt 1t now
now when historys largest events are
carrying it forward, now when we are
at last one people. though strong enough
for any task, great enough for any glory
destiny can bestow?
The N6blsst Decorations,