The Irish standard., 1902-05-31

career, that my friends who sit around
lne, when each comes to look back
upon a career Of honorable and brilliant
public service, will count the share
they had in that as among the bright
est, the grecnest and the freshest
laurels in their crown.
But l doubt whether any man who
has sat in this chamber since Charles
! Sumner died, or whether all who sit
l.ere now put together, have done Il
more imp RANT single service to the
country than did the senator from
Colorado in securing the passage of
tic resolution which pledged us to deal
with Cuba according to the principles
of the Declaration of independence.
You also, my mperialiytic f. lien is,
Lave. had your ideals and yo1r senti-
mentalities. One is that tie flag sh,ll
never be hauled down where it once
t!oatcd. Another is that sovcreignty
over an unwilling people may be
bought With gold. Another is that
sovereignty may be got hy force of
arms, as the booty Of battle OF. the
spoilS of victory.
Whit has been the practical states
manship which comes frum your
| ideals and your scntmcntaIi,ies: You
Lave wasted $Go0,OOO,GUO OF treasure.
You have sacrificed nearly 10000
american lives-the flower of our
youth. You have devastated province $,
You aihvc Slain uncounted thousands of
:Ee people you desire to benefit. You
Lave established REORGANIZATION
camps. Your gcneia's are coming
hcme from their harvt st. bringing their
>Ecavcs with them i'll the share OF
ether thousands of sick and wounded
ana insane to drag out miserable lives.
wrecked in body and mind. You make
The American flag in the eyes of a MI
mcrous people the emblem of slcrilcgr
in Christian churches, and Of t. G bur-
ing Of human dwellings. and of tho
/ iiOTfOf Oh tlle water lOtti r..
| Your practical sta.esn:ls Ship,
W hich dis,lains to take George WASH
inylon and Abraham l.inco IL or the
soldiers of the Revolution cr Ill.,, Civu
War as madcls, has looked in some
cases to Spain for your example. |
l'rieve-nay, l know-tlnt in general
our officers are humane But in some
cases they lave carried on y.ur war
fare with Il mixture Of American ing
rllity and Castilian cruelty.
Your practical Sat, sni;lllSiup has
Succeeded i'll converting IL Leup C VINO
three years ago We're ready to KISS the
lem of the garment of tine American
and TO welcome him as IL llbera.or,
who tlronged after your men Ihen
tlity landed on those islands with Dtns-
tliction and gratitude, into sullcn and
irreconclablc enemies, possessed of IL
hatred which centuries cannot Cl:,di.
cate
Declaration OF Independence and the
declaration of independence and the
golden rule would have cost nothing
but IL few Kind words. They would
lave bought for y.u the great title of
libcrator and bencfactcr, which your
fathers won for your country in the
South American republics aud in Ja-
pan, and witch you have w, II in Cuba.
'"lley would have bought lcr you
the ,lndying gratitude OF i; free and
great people and the undying glory
which belongs TO tllc anne OF liberltor.
That people would lave felt for you
us Japan felt for you when she de.
CARED last summer that she owed
everything to the United States of
America. What have your ideals cost
you, and what have they bought Tor
you?
Il. For the Philippine Islands you
have had to repeal the Declaration OF
independence. For Cuba you have had
to reallirn it and give it new luStcr.
80. For the Philippine Islands you
lave had to convert the Monroe doc
time into Il document OF mare selfish
ness For Cuba YOU have ;ictcl on it
and indicated it.
-. In Cuba you have got uhc etrr-
nal gratitude of Il free people. In the
Philippine Islands you have got the
hatred and suIlcu submit son Of Il sub
ingatcd people.
II. From Cuba you have brought
home nuthing but glory. From the
Philippines YOU have brought home
nothing Of glory.
-. In Cuba 10 man thinks OF
counting the cost. The few soldiers
who came home fir M Cuba wounded
nr sick carry about Their wounds and
their pale faces as il they We're medals
Of honor. What soldier glores in IL
wound or an empty sleeve viii, Ii lie got
in the Philippines?
'i. The conflict iii the Philippines
l,as east you $500. 900, thousands Of
American solliers-the flower of your
Noutli--the health and sanity OF thou
sends more and hundreds of thousands
Ct Filpinos slain.
Another price we have paid as the
result Of your practical craftsmanship
We have sold out the right, the old
| American right to sneak ont thr Svm-