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mo 1'O'i'ioho 'oi 'lic SoOu OF tno
people he represented.
Ho then went on to take ND tho
issues and first handled expansion
and hold that the democratic doc.
trino had boon to add territory. I'm.
til tho Spanish war tho policy of tho
Ropublican party had boon to con
tract and the democrats favored OK.
| pansion, and then ho discussed
whether it WAS Il wise, lust and OK
podlont policy to pursue. Ho took
up tho events leading to tho Span,
ish war and tho industrial condi.
tions of Cuba. Everything that has
occurred SINCE that VAR came on.
ho could not SOC how conditions
could possibly havo boon widely diff
teront from what they are today.
MIR. Bryan, he Thought, could not
have materially changed conditions.
Tho Philippines d,d not como as Il
for"scrn result; it was an accident
moro or less and because tho god of
war on tho American sido. He took
up the conditions in the Philippines
and ho always concluded that the
war WAS democratic war He OK
planned at considerable longth his
vote and speech on tho Paris treaty
and b"sod his vote upon the bold
fact that the country WAS in conflict
with an armed foo and ho stood by
his own country and people, whether
right or wrong. lIo had just gono
throughn II heated campuign; he know
what it was to bo maljgnod and Sian
dored and he know it would bring
HIM cnnsurc, but he never for min
uto regretted his vote. lie con-
suited no ono. If tho treaty had
not boon ratified Spain and the
United States wore again ready for
war and Franco and Germany were
much in sympathy with Spain.
Then Senator McLaurin took up
the question as to whether this Is Il
good policy. There can never be
imperialism under tho American
form of government, and no man
would oppose imperialism moro ve-
hemontly than he would and Ii,
voted against everything looking
like imperialism in the PHILIPPINE
government and no folt III time those
people would be- givcn self govern
mont.
Lilo claimed that no people were
moro Interested in tho retention Of
that section than was tho South
which is &c wrapt up in cotton and
manufactured cotton. Any country
to become rich must nso it's raw ma
tcriul, and SO he lrrted on to show
tho opportunities Of this market. II
was foolish, he thought, for Amori
can merchants to try to got into the
foreign markets without the protoc
ton of the American flag. IIo die
not believe it possible with existing
conditions for tho United Statcs /,
have maintained footing in tn,
far East without it's holding tn,
Philippines. This country woult
! havo boon choked ont by port charge,
if it did not have tho Philippines az
Il stnnd-olf. In reply to Mr.. Hemp
hill he said the insurgents had to b,
snbduod for the reputation of th,
country and that was an expense 0
war proper, but tho trade in Chin,
will be worth II hundred times wha
it will cost and he predicted that il
five years no public man could b.
found in South Carolina who woul,
, advocate turning loose tho Philip
pines. The value as Il base of op
erations has already boon shown il
the recent Chinene troubles and ha
made firm friends Of tho Unite,
States and China.
! Nobody is attempting to shoot re
hgion into these people. This coun
try could have left these people to b
murdered and plundered. Having
destroyed their only form Of govern
;, ment it WAS incumbent to establish
now government. Only ono tribe h
, hold was ever fighting this country
: This country had and has a duty t
q perform and this people will not shir
q duty because it COSTS
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