Senator Beveridge was an American historian and senator from Indiana. The senator was an advocate of American imperialism.
Among other goals, he supported the annexation of the Phillipines. He believed this to be justified because of the "white man's burden": the idea that Western, white people had the moral duty to educate other less civilized people. This was not only a noble duty, but the fulfillment of God's plan, as he made them racially and intellectually superior to all other races.