the irorarrrrG OBEGONIAH, TUESDAY, FBBEUAET IS, 19W.
HER EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
CB&BBRATIQIt OF SOSAX B. AX
TKOXVS FOTOUSCORS YEAHS.
Address ef Mr. Daaiirar, of Oregon
"Tfee Werth. of ClvIUred Woman
ia Xersv Settlements."
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. At today's ses
sion of tb National Amerioan Woman
Soffrage Aeofetto&'s oeavantloa, which
is largely devoted to the celebration. of
the 8th birthday of Mtee Ssan B. An
thony, a consptcHous speaker was Mrs.
Abigail Scott Duatw&y, of Oregon. Her
address was as follows:
The paradise of the Pacific Northwest,
from whose summer lands and sin-down
seas I have traveled 4009 miles o greet
this brilliant gathering, was, until within
the past few years, so remote in time,
as well as In distance, from the older set
tled portions of this North American con
tinent, that nobody living- outside of our
great bailiwick, except Susan B. Anthony,
had discovered the woman's Kida nt mir
progressive history, with which she be-1
came acquainted ny personal contact in
1871. But even Miss Anthony found on
reaching our shores, nearly 30 years ago,
that the awakened woman of the latter
half of the th century had, shortly prior
to her advent, discovered herself.
When the historic expedition of discov
ery, headed by Lewis and dark, began its
famous Journey of exploration in 1804, it
started westward from a point east of the
Mississippi river, and extended' its trans
continental travels through the almost un
known country now known as the Middle
West, and came, at last, to Oregon, leav
ing its families at home. The results of
that important Journey will remain
through all time to mark the tracks It
left upon this nation's topographical and
commercial history. But of the ultimate
results of their researches the men who
ma. ,ed it had no dream; still less did
them imagine that ere the dawn of an
other century the co-existence and neces
sary co-aeeoctauoa of wives and, moth
ers in all the great and small affairs o
life would echo back, across the Rocky
mountains; and from, under the shadows
of our own eea-bathed Sierras, the fact
that the most important discovery of the
century had been made when the woman
of the great West discovered herself. If
Lewie and Clark and their no less intre
pid companions were with us in the flesh
today, they would see vast armies of
men, as valorous and adventurous as
themselves, still engaged in making new
discoveries In the physical geography of
the United States. And they would see
these modern argonauts, reaching out,
guided by a destiny they could not fore
see or fathom, to raise the standard of
individual and collective liberty In
the. gem-studded waters of the Pa
cific ocean and the Asiatic seas. Then,
In turning the searchlight of their
expanded vision northward, they would
see yet other companies of men,
reaching out into the hyperborean
altitudes of remote Alaska, accompanied,
as Lewis and Clark's expedition ought to
have been, by mothers, wives and daugh
ters, who are proving themselves as
strong in endurance and as intrepid In
danger as their fathers, husbands and
ons. And they would see, no matter
whether they turned the searchlight to
ward the Bast, where the modern adven
turer pitches Ms tent upon the granite
heights of Sumpter, or toward the south
to the tree-clad hills of Oregon's Bo
hemlan district, no matter whether they
bivouacked among the frozen crags of
Chllkoot pass, or on the humid borders
of Cape Nome; no matter If they camped
under the mountains' edges of modern
SkagwaY. or rested at Metlakahtla, the
virtue of the forest maiden would not be
disturbed as of yore, nor would the dusky
wife of the aboriginal man be tempted to
populate the sew world with half-caste
children to boeomo the IshmaeUteg of new i
generattone, like the son of one argonaut
I have in mind, who, when asked, after
being convicted of murder, to state why
sentence of death should not be pro
nounced upon him, turned savagely upon
his pious father and cursed him roundly
for having married an Indian woman.
When I was asked to include in my re
marks tonight a brief recital of the prog
ress made during the century by the moth
ers of the race in the far-off corner of
our continent from which I come, these
facts crowded themselves upon me for ex
pression, hence this Introduction.
Nowhere else upon this planet are the
inalienable rights of women as much ap
preciated as on the newly settled borders
of the United States. Men have had op
portunities in our remote countries to see
the worth of the civilised woman who
came with them or among them to new
settlements after the Indian woman's day.
And they have seen her, not as the para
sitic woman who Inherits wealth, or the
equally selfish woman who lives in Idleness
upon her husband's toil, but as their help
mate, companion, counselor And fellow
homemaker, rejoicing with them In the
names they have earned together, and
in the ons and daughters they have
reared in the hope that each would follow
in the other's steps the good, old plod
ding paths of industry and peace. But in
6llte of theories or regrets, the world is
moving, and woman is moving with It
not always, maybe. In the best-chosen
paths, for we are no wiser than our
brothers but always moving onward In
some direction toward a higher goal.
There came a time In Oregon, In the days
when Washington, Montana and Idaho
were as yet a part of Oregon'? territory,
hen men said to the intrepid women who
were helping them to subdue the wllder
nose "Ton shall be endowed with prop
erty rights of your own, other than those
dependent upon the meager possibilities
of gift, devise and inheritance." And they
1h stowed upon women, under an act of
congress originated by themselves, great
tracts of virgin acres, making freeholders
of our women pioneers.
Iurmg the limited period of the earl
Jte, while tms act. known as the dona
tion land law, was in force, large num
bers of married women Joined their hus
bands In Oregon, and. availing themselves
ef their opportunity, became original own
ers of the soil, and It is safe to say that
wh is woman's innate love of home, not
to speak of her oftentimes Inordinate de
!re to ponooss & home of her own, that
if the law had not been repealed unto
this day, there need not be a resident man
in all the states of the Pacific Northwest,
of which Oregon was the mother, who
Ruld not today be in Joint possession,
ah his faithut fwi!;-, of an abode hav
!n Its found! ot in the soil, from whloh
no speculator coull dhdodge him. Woman
a'ays was ar.c a.wys will be the oest
an truest ftnd rf man. And I sav
agtln, as I ne t"ti saw before, ' God
bless the men! We couldn't do without
them if we wuw'.rf; wc wouldn't If we
could.
And yet. it fe wel' knew that the very
oes men are rot atttayr the most pros
perous. I have here a rnpj of the transactions
or tie ninth aunual rcurion of the Oregon
Pioneer Assoc a.. - which I find the
following ttlmon.U from the pen of
rnLT!!. APtf. to the memory of
n laltntw ku wno med la U61 Mr
AppHsnte ay,: ,., wae a cua.
selor, for her untaught instincts were
tL!! 8r " conduct than ray
beUH-toformed Judgment. Had I oftener
followed her advice, her pilgrimage on
earthmlght have been happier; at least,
rT z!5 ?? to u around
her wtuM not have been cramped by ex
treme 'penury. Ah. many and many have
been tWwome of my bailiwick, who. like
Mrs Abptwgate. have "gone to their graves
in deeb penur)." whose "untaught ia
stlncte.T If they had been possessed of
equal rktite before the law. would have
acompsnte4 their strong desire to make
their htaband and all around them happy
and prosperous," a desire that could have
been anjliat m then- heart's content
if their htm hd not been mmtMri Vc
ury." through outside suppres
sion of the "untaught instincts" that
come to woman as bequests from God.
In an address made by myself before the
Pioneer Society, at Its 10th anniversary, I
said: "It was a tardy recognition of a
noble woman's worth that brought forth
the deep wall of regret that I have quoted.
But no tongue or pen can depict the hope
less anguish of the bereaved husband who
frankly confessed, in his hour of desola
tion, that 'her life might have been longer
and happier' If he had oftener followed
her advice. " There never lived a kind
lier, manlier man than Jesse Applegate,
whose great bereavement opened his blind
ed understanding and made him ever after,
to the day of his death, an uncompromis
ing equal suffragist, whose many relatives
are now following his example, and If,
with his great soul and manly goodness
of heart, he was so unjust to the best and
dearest friend God ever gives to man,
what shall we say of the lives of many
also! how many, other women with hus
bands less noble than he, whose toll has
brought them, no recompense, very little
appreciation, and far less of liberty?
In former times every woman, no mat
ter how lowly, possessed some sort of a
home In which she was always toiling.
She was the worid's first crude manufac
turer, the world's flrst homemaker, and
she still desires always, above everything
else, to be her own homekeeper. But the
world is changing front. Her spindle and
her loom are gone. Steel and steam have
despoiled her of the primitive means of
livelihood, which kept her comfortable,
busy and content Still, she must earn
or help to earn a livelihood. Very few
men possess the Midas touch that turns
the things they handle Into gold.
The woman who "keeps boarders for
company "Isa close second to the wife
who "makes dresses for diversion," or
"teaches school for recreation," or goes
out washing "for amusement." These
words are not spoken In disparagement of
the many men who are financial failures,
nor would I reflect In any way upon the
far lesser number who possess the Midas
touch. I am simply Btatlng facts germane
to the question at issue, through the ob
servance of which our border statesmen
have grown both Just and wise.
Our pioneer women had not long been
nroDertv-holders before they became tax
payers. Then, gradually, the truth dawned
upon them, as they toiled to pay the tax
jratherer. that "taxation without repre
sentation Is tyranny," and "governments
derive their Just powers from the consent
of the governed." By and by the son of
the pioneer grew up and left the farm,
with Its old-fashioned, meager equipments,
which satisfied the good old father, who,
while he lived, had tried In -vain to curb
the aspirations of the boy. And the son
became an Inventor, an actor, a specula
tor. a printer, a publisher, a doctor, a
prize-fighter, a soldier, a banker, a broker,
an editor, a politician, a merchant an any
thing but a plodding, half-way tiller of
the soil his parents loved.
Then the daughter, finding the young
man had left the farm, came also to the
city, and began to crowd her brother In
the race for livelihood. The young man
co-operated with his fellows and built a
clubhouse and still the maiden was alone.
But she would work cheaper than he,
chiefly because she could not run life's
race with him, except in ruinous compe
tition. So she lived In a 7x9 room, with
an oil stove and a folding-bed! and more
and more she crowded him to the wall.
And It was a life of independence com
pared to that which she had left Her
meager wage sufficed for food and clothes
and shelter. She had discovered herself,
and for a time she was satisfied. She was
not compelled to marry from mercenary
motives, and would not wed a coronet un
less love crowned the contract and clean
liness of character, equal to her own, ac
companied the nuptial bond.
And so It has gone on and on, until an
other stage In her development has come.
And, like the bird, which, tethered at the
end of a short line, rejoices In Its enlarged
circuit when the line is lengthened, until
at last nothing will satisfy it but freedom
altogether, the young woman has tried
her partial emancipation from old-time en
vironments; and now, she Is no longer
satisfied. She sits alone at night in her
little chamber and watches the career of
her brother, upon whom there are fas
tened no political fetters, and sees him
reach the "United States senate or become
the president of a bank or the head of a
great department store. She watches a sis
ter who became the parasitic wife of him
of the Midas touch, and beholds hershel
tered In a glided mansion between which
and herself there Is a great gulf fixed. Or
6he reads of her as presiding languidly in
her palace at a meeting called to oppose the
political liberties-of such tolling women
as herself. She cannot have a gilded or
even a humble home for herself, be
cause there Is no man left to marry her,
and her wages hardly support her dally
existence. So she says: "What means
that favored woman's wealth to me? This
box wherein I sleep Is not a home? I toll
at half wages, and I am ostracized from
the society in which my favored sister and
brother shine. I have no hope In posterity,
for I cannot marry. But I must live, and
I am not content!" So she Is calling to
her brother bachelor in the United States
senate, or her married brother in the hall
of representatives, and to all men In the
ballot booths of Oregon, saying: "Men and
brethren! The times are out of joint! Old
things have passed away, but not all
things have become new. There are no
fetters on you! Why should we wear man
acles?" When you say, "Keep to your
home," she Is compelled, alas, to answer
that she has no home to keep! When you
remind her that "marriage Is her proper
sphere," she is confronted with the fact
that the modern bachelor Is, not a marry
ing man.
So she quotes Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan B. Anthcny, and Olive Schrei
ner and Charlotte Perkins Stetson, In her
dreams, and repairs the next morning to
her schoolroom, where she teacnes the
Declaration of Independence to a class of
fifty girls and less than half a score of
boys!
Among married women and sweet girl
graduates, the attempt to make the best
of their present environment within the
limited circle bounded by their strained
lariats results In the formation of wo
men's clubs. And while, as yet, these In
stitutions arc mere travesties upon the
clubs of men, they do suffice to ease some
what the tension of their tethers, which
many of them are unconsciously, but none
the less certainly, striving to snap In
twain, with every prospect of success.
I have now come to my reasons for
heading my address with the inspiring
caption, "Success in Sight!" The never
fettered men of Oregon are becoming as
weary as ourselves of these times that are
out of Joint So they have submitted, by
the vote of their representatives In the
legislature, an amendment to our state
constitution. In which they say, "No per
son shall hereafter be prohibited from vot
ing on account of sex." This amendment
they propose to ratify at the coming June
election. And, while we shall miss, in
the campaign now pending, the powerful
aid of the late lamented Senator Dolph,
the financial backing and manly votes of
Hon. W. S. Ladd and J. B. Montgomery,
of revered memory, the hearty help of
Hon. Henry Falling, who recently passed
to the skies; while we no more hear the
honored voice of Oregon's great jurist,
M. P. Deady, raised In our behalf, nor the
encouraging words of the long line of our
governors who have gone in the fullness
of time to their long, long home, we have
scores and scores of leading men yet left
to speak for us whose names I now with
hold for prudential reasons, lest, as was
done one time by women in the territory
of Washington, the enemy be forewarned
and their defeat Invited and secured
through the caucuses and conventions of
the political machine
For the same reason I resist the strong
temptation to name In this connection the
many associations and fraternities of men
who have signified by their votes. In
their different orders, their determination
to give us their affirmative votes at the
ballot-box next June. But I do take pride
in mentioning with no fear of disaster,
the Emergency Corps and Red Cross So
doty of our state, organized during the
mobilization of our volunteers and main
tained in active working order as long as
there was work for them to do. It would.
Indeed, humiliate our returned veterans
were they to see these noble women de
feated at the June election; these women,
who, though fettered at the end of the
governmental lariat have royally earned
their liberties by tolling to feed and com
fort the soldiers, to whom, women had
given life, exhibiting such largeness of
liberty and such statesmanship in admin
istration of the corps' affairs as
has challenged the admiration, not only
of our own returning volunteers from Asi
atic seas, but those from Idaho, Montana,
.Nebraska, Dakota and Washington, all
of whom were cheered and feasted and
sent on their way rejoicing amid the glad
acclaim of music, guns and bells. And the
homeless wife and sweet girl graduate are
hearing all this and taking courage. They
do not want to rule over man. It would j
be useless for any woman but an antl
suffragist to attempt It. and none other
tries. But their cry Is for an equal chance
v, 1th man in the great arena of work. Not
many of them could be office-holders, and
very few in any state where women vote
aspire to office. The men of Oregon are
tired of seeing their wives and daughters
rated in the political category of Idiots,
Insane persons, criminals ancUChlnamen. ' our nation, confronting two distinct, lines
A delightful calm has settled over our J of policy, must make a choice of over
political arena, but it Is the calmness that I whelming Importance to the future wel
precedes the success that is in sight j fare of millions of men and women, and to
I wish that I had time to tell you of the our progress as a people,
mighty possibilities of fair young Oregon. I "The great masses of the people of the
Her capacity for homes is as unlimited as United States little realized", when the war
MRS. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUXIWAY.
Is the azure of her skies on her fairest
days. Her people are prosperous and pro
gressive, and their spirits are as free from
fads as the air they breathe. They do
not like professional agitators, but they
love liberty. To you. Miss Anthony, our
honored leader and guest, whom it Is my
privilege to salute In this hour of your
serene young age, I say, In conclusion,
thajt my chief desire and prayer to God
on this great occasion is that the govern
ment of the United States shall pro
claim you a free and Independent citizen,
as you of right ought to be, at least long
enough to get used to your liberty before
you are called to the skies. Tour life has
been a noble example of what Ella Wheel
er Wilcox calls "the splendid discontent
of God."
The splendid discontent of God with chaos made
the world.
Set truns In place and filled all space
"With stars that ehone and whirled.
If apes had been content with tails;
No thing of higher shape
Had come to birth, the king of earth
Today would be an ape.
'TIs from the discontent of man
The world's great progress springs.
Then feed the flame (from God It came)
Until you mount on wings.
A FAKE FIGHT.
Brooklyn Contest That Nearly Ended
in a Riot.
NEW TORK, FebT 12. Another blow
was dealt the Horton law ton'ght at the
Hercules Athletic Club, In Brooklyn, in
the meeting of George Gardiner, fit Low
ell, Mass., and Jimmy Handler, of New
ark, N. J., who were scheduled to box 25
rounds at 152 pounds. Gardiner won in
the third round by knocking out Handler
with a right on the jaw.
The men had weighed in, and everything
had progressed far enough to enable cer
tain persons to place their money on the
Massachusetts boxer at 5 to 4. Handler at
first had been the favorite at 10 to 7, and
the sudden change in the betting was a
presage that something was wrong. In
the opening round It was noticed that
Handler limped, and It was learned that
he was suffering from a "bruise on his left
tibia, caused by a blow from an Indian
club while In training.
There was a miniature riot at the con
clusion of the bout, which ended with
Handler, to all intents and purposes, being
knocked out Cries of "Fake!" were heard
on all sides, and It was 15 minutes before
quiet wis restored. The announcer, as
soon as he could be heard, and entirely
upon his own volition, declared all bets
off, and subsequently, when his unofficial
decision was reversed, there was another
uproar. A quantity of money had already
been returned by stakeholders.
Hart Defeated the Hontana Kid.
DBS MOINES. Ia., Feb. 12. Sid Hart,
of Chicago, was given the decision over
Billy Brown, of Des Moines, the Montana
Kid, at the end of the 10th round, by Ref
eree Jimmy Barry tonight
The Six-Day Race.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. Nine of the 18 men
who started Saturday night in the six
day go-as-you-please have dropped out
The score at 11 o'clock tonight stood:
.. Miles. Laps.
Hart 208 4
Hegelman 203 5
Glick 205 12
Cox 206 13
Barnes 208
Dean 200 8
Day 200
Campana 195 7
Graham 173 4
Government Reserves Alnskn Land.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. By an execu
tive order, a certain portion of the penin
sula In the district of Alaska, immediately
north of the southern boundary, and em
bracing Camp Point Spencer, has been re
scued for public purposes. The tract Is
located on the west shore of Port Clarence
bay, comprising the peninsula on which
Is Point Spencer, and includes about four
square miles.
The Strntlicona Horse.
WINNIPEG, Man.. Feb. 12. Lieutenant-
Colonel Morris, with the flrst contingent
of the Strathcona horse, 22G officers and
men. passed through here from the north
west tonight He was joined by 64 men
from mnlpeg district -.The men were en-
tertalned at luncheon by the city council.
ri
Sweet thing Zarina cigarette, 10c for 10.
OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY
DAWES OJC THE) ATTITUDE -OF THE
REPUBLICAN PAIITY.
Suppression of the Rebellion, Pro
tection of the Natives, Retention
of the Islands.
PEORIA, 111., Feb. 12. The annual ban
quet of the Klckapoo Club, held tonight,
was a brilliant success, more than 400
guests being present The principal
speaker was Charles G. DaWes, controller
of the currency, who spoke as follows:
"At the beginning of the new century
great and grave problems of Industrial
and national development seem pressing
for settlement upon the people of the
United States and upon their political par
ties Just as they did In the times of
Abraham Lincoln, whose birth, as one of
God's blessings to this nation, you gather
to celebrate tonight It Is given to us
as It was given to Lincoln, to live when
with Spain was declared, that, with tho
righting of the wrongs of Cuba, this na
tion would come face to face with new
problems Involving not only the cause of
humanity and the progress of civilization
in the islands of the Pacific, but in this
country itself. The settlement of these
problems imposes a supreme test upon the
fiber of American statesmanship, Ameri
can morals and American manhood.
"In the fullness of our knowledge, we
are now realizing what the president fejt
when alone he trod the unpopular and
painful path of duty In his efforts to ex
haust every peaceful means of settlement
of our differences with Spain, consistent
with the rights of humanity and our na
tion, before lifting the omnipotent arm of
the most powerful nation in the world in
war. My friends, these new problems
which resulted from the war with Spain
and its settlements are now before the
people legitimately for discussion, and
upon them the two great parties are di
vided. J
"The Important Issue of 1900 the great
est Issue before the people since the issue
of Lincolnfs time Is the question of the
retention, of the sovereignty and authority
of the republic of the United States in
the Philippine Islands. And in the heat
and conflict of the coming1 campaign, upon
its claim that the sovereignity of the
United States must be maintained in those
islands, the republican party must meet
victory or defeat
"The republican party stands flrst and
above everything for the aggressive, ef
fective and overwhelming supptession of
the rebellion, of the natives In the Phil
ippines against the authority of the United
States a rebellion which had Its Immedi
ate rise in the discovery and frustration
of a plot to treacherously massacre at
night our soldiers and foreigners In Man
ila. I know that there are a few men
In this country who even now would have
our troops retreat and withdraw in the face
of a demoralized enemy; but since this
rebellion will be suppressed before this
administration is ended, we may as well
consider what the policy of the United
States will be when shfe Is In undisputed
sovereignty of the islands won by the blood
and heroism of American young manhood.
"Let us face this situation now as we
must face It hereafter; flrst, from the
standpoint of duty, closing our eyes for the
time being upon the material wealth of
the islands and the trade of the empire
of China, the bulk of which, through the
pqssesslon of these islands, will come to
us. Before this nation there will be a
motley people, divided into hostile tribes.
Chief among them, now led by a corrupt
scoundrel, will be the Tagalos, who flrst
plotted murder and massacre, but when
discovered sought to destroy In war the
very men who had taken from their throat
the pitiless hand of Spain which had
choked them for centuries. The Philippine
population is largely Malay. It Is Indolent
and Its leaders are unscrupulous and cor
rupt. It numbers among its members
naked savages and even cannibals. Play
with words as you will, the fact remains
that these people are Incapable of self
government. In the American sense of that
word, and the maintenance of law and
order In the Philippines means the main
tenance of American sovereignty in the
Philippine. The men who want the
United States to withdraw from the Phil
ippines axe basing their arguments, pri
marily, upon the technicalities" of their In
dividual Interpretation of our national con-
I stltutlon. As citizens of this republic, and
members of the republican ' party, which
has always upheld the constitution, we
claim our right to put an interpretation
upon that great instrument consistent
with the maintenance of law and order In
these Islands. And, unlike some of our
opponents. In determining whether or not
these people are capable of self-government
we will not look solely and alone to
the letter of the constitution, but, In ad
dition, we will look at the people them
selves. "And, in looking at these people, we
must not consider the leaders alone: but
the millions of poor and Ignorant natives,
whose only experience with government
has been with Spanish tyranny. Shall
these natives be abandoned to the dicta
torship of those whose only school of gov
ernment has been that of Spain? If these
people be not plunged In anarchy and
savagery, they must be ruled by strong
' hands. If these 6trong hands be not those
of the United States, compelling justice,
punishing the criminals and the oppres
sors, helping the poor, protecting life and
property, and guaranteeing equality to all
J under the law. they wjll be the strong
j jianas 01 some iorcign nauon, or, wnnt is
I Infinitely worse, the strong hands of a
cruel, corrupt, half -savage oligarchy main
taining itself, as Agulnaldo has main
tained himself, by bribery, intimidation
and murder.
"Our nation will be confronted, as It is
now confronted, by overwhelming evidence
of the corruption of the Filipino leaders
and an Inherent Incapacity forSelf-gov-ernment
on the jSart of the people who
have been ground under the heel of Spain
for centuries. Shall this republic aoandon
these islands, trusting after It goes that
Justice will be done to all, or shall It
stay and compel justice to be done to
all? After the rebellion in these islands
Is suppressed, this nation cannot with
draw Itself, saying to the other nations
of the world, 'hands off,' while different
tribes of savages contend, In barbarous
warfare, among themselves for supremacy.
The theory Is ridiculous that the United
States constitution itself the very bul
wark of law and order and peace and
liberty prevents this nation from Interfer
ing to maintain law and order among
these natives, and yet Justifies It in inter
fering with any other nation which might
wish to stop such a disgraceful condition
of affairs.
"It is our duty to study our constitution
and to faithfully interpret it as a guide
of action. But I doubt the wisdom of some
of those interpreters, who, at the begin
ning of this war, were endeavoring to force
this nation Into action before It was pre
pared for It What would be our position
now if some of them, had secured their
way. and had crippled the effectiveness of
our army In Cuba by the recognition of a
phantom Cuban republic, thus subjecting
our officers to the orders of so-called gen
erals, representing a phantom Cuban
army?
"In reading the attacks of some of
these men upon the president's present
policy, I cannot but remember those at
tacks upon him for not rushing unpre
pared Into the Spanish wax; and I feel
that the country should be grateful to
the man at Its head, who, after waiting
until he knew his cause was right, went
ahead with his conscience as his guide. Ir
respective of those who would have held
him back.
"The president Is an American citizen,
and he wilL do his duty. He cannot be
swerved, and I do not believe that any
sophistry can strangle that sense of duty,
which once grounded in American con
science and In a conviction born of a
knowledge of actual conditions, irresistibly
forces the American people to do that
which is Tight and for the greatest good
of the greatest number. As a matter of
duty, the republican party stands first for
the suppression of the Philippine rebellion.
Secondly, after the suppression of that
rebellion, the republican party is against
the withdrawal of the sovereignty of the
United States in the islands, believing that
this sovereignty will secure for natives
and foreigners resident therein, liberty and
protection to life and property, while, with
out that sovereignty, the Islands will be
seized by a foreign nation or by a native
oligarchy of a cruelty and corruption
which would rival that before maintained
by Spain.
"And, thirdly, the republican party
stands for the retention of the Islands and
the development of their resources and
wealth for tho increase of their trade
with the United States, and, through the
commercial foothold obtained In them, for
the securing to the labor and capital of
the United States, their fair share of the
enormous trade of the empire of China,
the greater part of which, although na
turally belonging to us, now goes to other
nations. Look at this question as you
will, from the standpoint of national duty
or from the standpoint of national Inter
est we cannot turn back. If national In
terests were opposed to national duty we
would not hesitate to follow the path of
duty, but when that which Is our nation's
duty is that which contributes to our na
tion's good, no technical opposition can
stand against It In this Philippine war,
as republicans, we stand behind the presi
dent, and when the war is ended and our
soldiers have planted the flag In all parts
of the islands, we are not then In favor
of carrying it back, like children who
have fought because they" were taunted,
and not because they were right
"It will be a sad day for this republic
when It turns Its face from the duty God
has laid before It, and leaves these islands
to the anarchy of tribal war or the spoil
of foreign nations. Take each step In our
nation's progress, from the commencement
of the war with Spain to the present tlnvs.
and consider them as related to oach
other. Every forward step was necessaT.
and we cannot commence now to go back
ward. The same causes which led to the
making of the treaty of Paris operate to
maintain the status fixed by the treaty.
Today, our soldiers are fighting for the
retention of American sovereignty In the
Philippines. The man who raises his voice
to encourage their opponents now that
they are In the field, is fighting against
our soldiers. The man who believes In
the justice of the American cause and
does not, in the comlnc political con'ost,
conquer indifference and make his Influ
ence felt In his community or at the pj'.'s,
is not doing his duty by our men In the
ranks. And let me say here that the re
publican party does not care for Its own
sake that the nation's policy be not at
tacked until the Philippine rebellion is
suppressed, but for these soldiers sake.
"There can be nothing more cruel tnan
words of encouragement to the hopeless
cause of these misguided Insurgents fight
ing In guerrilla bands against the most
powerful and determined nation In the
world cruel to them and cruel to 11 e
young manhood of America at whom their
rifles are aimed, and some of whom each
day give up their lives for their country.
Let the words of the dead Lawton testily
as to this.
"But, however the voice of technical' ty
and opposition may protract a useless
warfare and sacrifice precious lives, It can
not change the heart of the people, nor
hinder the onward march of the nation's
destiny. Our soldiers have behind them
the men of the North and the men of the
South. The great body of American man
hood and patriotism Is united as never
before in the history of this country.
Thousands of democrats, rising above
party prejudice, will do this year as they
did when the crucial test In Lincoln's
time confronted them, and they will stand
for that party which stands for the na
tion's progress and the fulfillment of na
tional duty.
"As republicans of Illinois, thanking
God for the opportunity, we pledge these
soldiers that when next fall the cause for
which they are fighting is at Issue before
the people, this great state will stand
where she stood In tho days of Lincoln
behind the nation's sovereignty and behind
the nation's flag, wherever their valor has
placed it"
THE ARMY CANTEEN.
Women of the W. C. T. V. Appealed
to the President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Mrs. Lillian
M. Stevens, president of the national Wo
man's Christian Temperance Union; Miss
Anna A. Gordon, vice-presldent-at-large,
and Mrs. Margaret D. Ellis, superintend
ent of the department of legislation for
the society, were granted an Interview by
President McKlnley this afternoon. Mrs.
Stevens, on behalf of 300,000 members of
the W. C. T. U., expressed what she de
clared was the general dissatisfaction of
the people at the decision of Attorney
General Griggs, regarding the sale of
liquor In the army canteen. She appealed
to the president as commander-in-chief
of the army to "right this great wrong."
Mrs. Ellis then presented to the president
200 letters received since January 1, and
addressed to his excellency, protesting
against the Interpretation of the law given
by the attorney-general.
While the reply of the president was
most courteous, and he expressed his ap
preciation of the work of the W. C. T. U.,
he stated In response to a direct ques
tion from Mrs. Stevens that the opinion
of the attorney-general must be accepted
as final. He wanted It understood, he
added, that after the temperance com
mittee waited on him In July asking for
j a reconsideration of the attorney-gener-
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al's decision, he again referred the sub
ject to that official, who, after such re
consideration, replied that he felt that
he must adhere to his first Interpretation
of the law. The president further stated
that "whenever congress shall speak In
plain terms on this subject, his part of
the government stands ready to executo
the law."
9
GERMANY'S SAMOAN TREATY
Von BuIoty Explained Its Provisions
In the Reichstag'.
BERLIN, Feb. 12. In Introducing In
the relchstag today the draft of a law
authorizing the abrogation of the treaties
with the Tonga Islands of 1876, Samoa of
1879, and a portion of the Zanzibar treaty
of 1885, the minister of foreign affairs.
Count von Bulow, made a speech, during
which he said the legislation was neces
sitated by the recent Anglo-German and
German-Anglo-American agreements di
viding the islands. So far as Tutulla was
concerned, the minister said, Germany
never contested the American claims that
the United States possessed the right of
a port and settlement there. Since 1878
Upola and Savail had formed an eco
nomic whole, and therefore could not be
separated from each other, but could eas
ily be severed from, Tutulla. Continuing,
the minister said: v '
"I have pleasure In stating that the
Americans did not hinder, but rather fur
thered, this clear severance. We hope
the relations of Germany with the United
States and Samoa will remain friendly,
even as the relations of the German and
American members of the Samoan com
mission have "been thoroughly friendly."
count von Bulow then dealt at length
with the Tonga, Solomon, Togoland and
Zanzibar questions, and the benefits ac
cruing to Germany by the treaties recent
ly concluded. He next referred to the
special agreement to arbitrate the claims
arising from the troubles In Samoa. He
explained that the troubles In German
claims were estimated at about 400,000
marks. This, the foreign minster said,
Is now before the American senate. "It
Is proposed that the king of Sweden shall
be arbitrator, andi I think we may antici
pate that his decision will be in accord
ance with the principles of fairness and
justice." After reviewing the advantages
to both Germany and Samoa from the new
conditions, Count von Bulow concluded by
expressing the hope that all parties would
be satisfied. The hill then passed Its flrst
and second reading.
CHINA'S NEW POLICY.
Will Resist Foreign Territorial Ag
grandizement. NEW TORK. Feb. 12. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Decrees Issued by the empressdowager of
China, which have Just reached the state
department, show that a new policy of de
fense against foreign territorial aggran
dizement has been adopted by the Peking
government These decrees further show
that though It was not generally known
here, the relations between China, and
France several months ago were so
strained that the empress dowager appre
hended hostilities with the latter power.
Those acquainted with Chinese affairs
are disposed to regard the decrees as sig
nificant of the belief of the empress and
her advisors that China is sufficiently pre
pared to resist by force of arms all fur
ther aggressions of foreign powers upon
Chinese territory, and that her future pol
icy will be In line with this view. In fact,
one decree goes to the extent of empower
ing officials to declare war upon any for
eign power attempting to seize territory
belonging to the. jurisdiction under their
control. Issued by the tsung-li-yamen, In
compliance with the empress' instructions,
the flrst decree is communicated to tho
viceroys and governors of the maritime
and Tang-tse provinces. It reads:
"As the Italians have not had their ambi
tions gratified in respect to the cession of
San Mun bay to them, it is apprehended
that they may try to find opportunity
for seizing other portions of our coast
Moreover, the arbitrary and aggressive ac
tions of the French at Kwang Chou,
where they are stirring up disturbances in
order to obtain further pretexts for de
manding concessions from the imperial
government, may lead to actual hostili
ties between China and France.
It behooves us, therefore, to exercise
the utmost vigliamce and watchfulness to
guard against sudden aggression and to
be always oreoared to resist an dwrnv.
Tour excellency is therefore urged to en
join ail this upon the generals and com
manders of troops garrisoning Important
points within your jurisdiction; and not
only this, but to be prepared also to give
aid to your brother viceroys and govern
ors whose territories adjoin your own."
General Chansr was in command nf th
Tslnr Tao forts when the German fleet
seized, iuao Uhou bay, and was beheaded
for ms action in surrendering them to the
invaders.
Emperor's Xew Year Audience.
PEKING, Feb. 12. A notification has
been sent by the tsung-li-yamen to the
foreign legations that the emperor wll
hold the customary New Tear audience
February 19. This is regarded as an Im
portant Indication of the desire of the
dowager empress and the authorities to
reassure the foreign representatives.
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Disinfecting Spokane Mail.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. The postal
authorities have directed that mail pass
ing through Sumas, Wash., be disinfect
ed before It Is sent Into Vancouver and
Victoria. This action was taken because
the officials of British Columbia feared
that mall from Spokane might enter their
territory by way of Sumas. The authori
ties here do not believe that smallpox
exists at Spokane, but in order to allay
the fears of the officials across the bor
der, they have decided to comply with
their request.
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