Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-06-10
SENATOR STEWARDS SPEECH
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i that were 50. that would Be the end
Of the Republic.
THE REPUBLIC CANNOT LIVE
unless We continue to have intelligent
and patriotic members Of the two
Houses Of Congress. You will have
them even more intelligent fifty years
from now, or even twenty years from
now than they are today. Whenever
good government is established in these
islands they will know whether they
can trust the Filipinos or not. But one
thing is certain: The American peo-
pie will never fail to discharge the OBJ
legations that they have taken upon
themselves in that treaty. and taken
with the consent Of all parties.
More than that. the action is sancti-
fled by the blood Of hundreds of the
best American citizens who ever lived.
Many Of our brave boys have offered
up their lives in those far-aWay islands.
Every neighborhood from which a boy
has gone to the Philippines and lost
his life over there feels an int rest in
this question. Every patriotic mar
feels the obligations that we have as
sumed, and he will not ask this Govern
ment to lower the flag. Where the
American flag is planted and has been
Watered by the blood Of brave men, 1t
will stay and never be pulled down.
Do not intimate such a thing.
The party that intimates the
PULLING DOWN OF H AMERICAN FLAG
under the circumstances in which it is
floating in the Philippines will be re-
pudiated by the American people. |
hope no n will make such a sugges-
ton. Some Senators on the other
side have been already apologizing for
such expressions, and | am glad to
hear it.
The plan Of the majority is to 90 on
until
THE FiLIPINos HAVE ESTABLISHED A
GOVERNMENT
which a perform all the obligations
which we have assumed in those islands.
Why embarrass them by finding fault
now1 Tuere is nothing that can be
truly said against Governor Taft, A
better man could not be selected in any
part Of the world. How can the situa-
ton De benefited or improved Sug-
gestions for the Improvement OF the
bill are in order, but suggestions that
the American flag shall be hauled down
in the Philippines under these circum-
stances will be repudiated by all patri-
otto men, North and South. 1t is not
a ladder on which to climb into office.
How sensitive the people Of the
United States are about their character
about their honor! See what we have
done with Cuba. After the millions of
money spent and the lives lost in pro.
curing the liberty Of the Cubans. we
consented to give them their independ-
ence. See what the word OF the
United States is worth! Keeping that
pledge makes us admired by all the
world. 1t is a higher plane than that
upon which other nations have stood.
T MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD ADMIRE
AND RESPECT US,
and the keeping Of our pledge TO estab-
lish law and order and protect life and
property in the Philippines will make
us further respected. The United
States can not do a dishonoraele thing
The people are proud, prosperous. pro-
gressive, and the world admires the
strict honor with which we keep all our
obligations. We have these obligations
resting upon us. Whether or not We
regret ii, makes no difference.
Manu- roen reoraf that we agreed To