...Philippine Commission. " The cold, hard, practical question alone remains," are his exact words, "" will the possession of these islands benefit us as...people, if they please, cut each other's throats." He is the real force in the Commission, the one man of diplomatic and business experience, the student...

...pious sentimentalists. If the conquest of the Philippines will not help us to enlarge our markets, then "set them free to-morrow, and let their people, if they please, cut each other's throats." There is nothing in the present situation more melancholy than the easy acceptance of Mr. Denby as...

...the legal and constitutional difficulties which were quoted against expansion have disappeared ; and the cold, hard, practical question alone remains,...or play what pranks they please. To this complexion must we come at last, that, unless it is beneficial for us to hold these islands, we should turn them...

...the legal and constitutional difficulties which were quoted against expansion have disappeared, and the cold, hard, practical question alone remains....what pranks they please. To this complexion we must come at last, that, unless it is beneficial for us to hold these islands, we should turn them loose."...

...the legal and constitutional difficulties which were quoted against expansion have disappeared, and the cold, hard, practical question alone remains....possession of these islands benefit us as a nation ? // it will not, set them free tomorrow, and let their people, if they please, cut each other's throats,...

...read those written by Philippine Commissioner Denby for the Forum of February, 1899, as follows: "The hard practical question alone remains: Will the possession...other's throats or play what pranks they please." Listen to the words of Senator Carter, late Chairman of the Republican National Committee: "This is...

...consideration for ourselves, that really has tempted the administration. As Commissioner Denby put it, " The cold, hard practical question alone remains, —...it will not, set them free to-morrow, and let their peoples, if they please, cut each other's throats." There is nothing of duty, destiny, or hypocrisy...

...classes combined fall far short of constituting the nation. When they are disposed of, the question still remains, Will the possession of these islands benefit us as a nation ? And I submit it to your candid judgment whether, upon a dispassionate view of the subject, that question...

...charged with the conduct of affairs than the promotion of the welfare of their respective countries. The cold, hard, practical question alone remains :...possession of these islands benefit us as a nation?" Mr. Edward Dicey, CB, writing in the " Nineteenth Century " of Mr. Gladstone's conduct after the battle...

...Should be Ratified:"1 The cold, hard, practical question alone remains: "Will the possession of the islands benefit us as a nation?" If it will not, set them free to-morrow. But in the same magazine, the Forum, for June, 1900, in other words to the very same audience, in an...