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MOKXiyG OREGONIA," . THURSDAY, JUKE 21, 1900.
PARTY'S PRINCIPLES
The Platform Adopted by the
Philadelphia Convention.
DNITTHECAMPAIGNW1LLBEFOUGHT
Declares for Retention of tkc PhlHp-
pines and a Gold Standard and
Condemns Trade Restrictions.
PHEUADDLPHIA, June 20. The follow
ing Is the complete text of the platform
adopted today by the Republican National
Convention:
The Republicans of the United States,
through their chosen representatives, met
In National convention, looting back up
on an unsurpassed record of achievement
and looking forward into a great field ot
duty and opportunity, and appealing to
the judgment of their countrymen, moke
these declarations:
The expectation in -which the- American
people, turning from the Democratic par
ty, entrusted the power of the United
States four years ago to a Republican
Chief Magistrate and a Republican Con
gress, hasvbeen mot and satisfied. "When
the people? then assembled at the polls,
after a term of Democratic legislation
and administration, business was dead, in
dustry paralyzed and the National credit
disastrously impaired. The country's cap
ital was hidden away and Its labor die
tressed and unemployed. The Dem
ocrats had no other plan, with
which to Improve the ruinous conditions
which they had themselves produced, than
to cola silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
The Republican party, denouncing this
plan as sure to produce conditions even
worse than those from which relief was
Bought, promised to restore prosperity by
means of two legislative measures a pro
tective tariff and a law making gold the
standard of value. The people, by great
majorities. Issued to the Republican party
a commission to enact these laws. This
commission has been executed, and the
Republican pledge la redeemed; and- pros
perity more general and more isHindant
than we have ever knowa has followed
these enactments.
There is no longer any controversy as to
the value of any government obligations.
Every American dollar is a gold dollar or
Its equivalent, and American credit stands
higher than that of any nation. Capital
le fully employed, and everywhere labor
is profltably occupied.
No single fact can more striking
ly tell the story of what Republican
government .means to the country
than this that while durim? the
whole period of 98 years from JS01 to
1897 there was an excess of exports over
Imports of only $33.028,497, there has been
in the short three years ot the present
Republican Administration an excess of
exports over imports In the enormous sum
of 51.483,728,049. and while the American
people, Sustained by this Republican leg
islation, have been achieving these splen
did trlumpho In their trade and commerce,
they have conducted and in victory con
cluded, a war for liberty and human
rights. No thought of National
aggrandizement tarnished the high
purpose with which American stand
ards were unfurled. It was a
wax unsought and patiently resist
ed, but when It camo the American Gov
ernment was ready. Its fleets were cleared
for action. Its armies were In the field
and the quick and signal triumph of Its
forces on land and sea bore equal tribute
to the courage of American Soldiers and
sailors and to the foresight of Republican
statesmanship. To ten millions of the
human race there was given "a new
birth of freedom," and to the American
people a new and noble responsibility.
McKInley'a Administration.
"Wo indorse the Administration of Will
lam McKinley. Its acts have been es
tablished In wisdom and In patriotism,
and at home and abroad it has distinctly
elevated and extended the Influence of the
American Nation. Walking untried
paths and facing unforeseen respon
sibilities. President McKinley has
been. In every situation, the true
American patriot and upright states
man, clear In vision, strong in Judgment,
firm In action, always Inspiring and de
serving the confidence of his countrymen.
In asking the American people to in
dole this Republican record and to re
new their commission to the Republican
party, wo remind them of the fact that
the menace to their prosperity has al
ways resided in Democratic principle and
no less :n the general Incapacity of the
Democratic party to conduct public af
fairs. The prime essential of business
prosperity is public confidence In the
good sense of the Government and Its
ability to deal intelligently with all new
problems of administration and legisla
tion. That confidence the Democratic
party has never earned. It Is hopelessly
inadequate, and tho country's prosperity,
when Democratic succesa at the polls is
announced, holts and ceases in mere
anticipation of Democratic blunders and
failures.
Sound Money.
We renew our allegiance to the princi
ple of tho gold standard, and declare our
confidence In the wisdom of the legisla
tion of the Fifty-sixth Congress, by
which the parity of all of our money
and tho stability of our currency on a gold
bash, has been secured. We recognize
that Interest rates are a potent factor In
protection and business activity, and
for the purpose of further equalizing and
of further lowering the rates of Interest
we favor such monetary legislation as
will enable the varying needs of the sea
son and of all sections to bo properly met
in order that trade may be evenly sus
tained, labor steadily employed and com
merce enlarged. The volume of money in
circulation was never so great per capita
as it is today.
Wo declare our steadfast opposition to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
No measure to that end could be consld
eixsd which was without tho support of tho
leading commercial countries of tho world.
However firmly Republican legislation
may seem to have secured the country
against the peril of a baee and discredited
currency, the election of a Democratic
President could not faH to impair the
country's credit and to bring once more
into question tho Intention of the Ameri
can people to maintain upon the gold
standard tho parity of their money circu
lation. The Democratic party must bo con
vinced that tho American people will
never tolerate the Chicago platform. We
recognize the necessity and propriety of
the honest co-operation of capital to meet
new business conditions and especially to
extend our rapidly Increasing foreign
trade, but we condemn all conspiracies
and combinations intended to restrict busi
ness, to create monopolies, to limit pro
duction or to control prices, and favor
such legislation as will effectually restrain
end prevent all such abuses, protect and
promote competition and secure the rights
of producers, laborers and all who aro
engaged In Industry and commerce.
Protection.
Wo renew our faith in tho policy of
protection to American laVor. In that
policy our Industries have been estab
lished, diversified and maintained. By
protecting tho home, competition has
been stimulated and production cheap
ened. Opportunity to the inventive
genius of our people has been secured
and wages in every department of labor
maintained at high rates, higher now
than over before, always distinguishing
our working people in their better condi
tions of We from those of any compet
ing country. Enjoying the blessings of
American common school0, secure in the
right of self-government and protected In
the occupancy of their own markets, their
constantly increasing knowledge and
ekill have enabled them finally to enter
the markets of the world.
We favor the associated policy of reci
procity, so directed as tot open our mar
kets on favorable terms for what we do
not ourselves produce in return for free
foreign markets. ," '
In the further interest of Americas
workmen, we favor a more effective re
striction of the immigration of cheap
labor from foreign lands, the extension
of opportunttVca of education for our
children, to raise the age limit for child
labor, the protection of free labor as
against contract, convict labor and an
effective system of labor Insurance.
Our present dependence on foreign ship
ping for nine-tenths of our foreign carry
ing is a great loss to the industries of tins
country. It is also a serious danger to
our trade, for Its sudden withdrawal la
the event of a European war would seri
ously cripple our expanding foreign com
merce. The National defense and Naval
efficiency of this country, moreover, sup
ply a compelling reason for legislation
which will enable ua to recover our for
mer place among1 the trade-carryimj fleets
of the "world.
The Nation owes a debt of profound
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who
have fought Its battles and it is the
Government's duty to provide for the sur
vivors and for the widows and orphans of
those who have fallen In tho country's
wars.
The pension laws, founded oa this
just sentiment should be liberal and
should bo loyally administered, and pref
erence should be given, wherever prac
ticable, with respect to employment In the
public service, to soldiers and sailors and
to their widows and orphans.
We commend the policy of the Republi
can party in maintaining the efficiency of
the civil service. The Administration has
acted wisely In Its effort to secure for
public service In Cuba, Porto Rico, Ho
wall and the Philippine Islands only those
whose fitness has been determined by
training and experience. We believe that
employment In the public service In these
territories should be confined, as far ai
practicable, to their Inhabitants.
It was the plain purpose of the 15th
amendment to the Constitution to prevent
discrimination on account of race or
color in regulating the elective franchise.
Devices of state governments, whether by
statutory or constitutional enactment, to
avoid the purpose of this amendment, are
revolutionary, and should be condemned.
Public movements, looking to a perma
nent improvement of the roads and high
ways of the country, meet with our cordial
approval, and we recommend this subject
to the earnest consideration of the peo
ple and of the Legislatures of the sev
eral states.
We favor the extension of the rural
f reo delivery service wherever its- exten
slon'may be justified.
In further pursuance of tho constant
policy of the Republican party to provide
free homes on the public domain, we rec
ommend adequate National legislation to
reclaim the arid lands of the United
States, reserving control of the distribu
tion of water for Irrigation to the respec
tive states and territories.
We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
War Revenne.
Tho Dlngley act, amended to provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
-wax, has so well perfected its work that
it has been possible to reduce the war
debt In the sum of $40,000,000. So ample
are the Government's revenues and so
great Is. the public confidence in the in
tegrity of Its obligations that its newly
funded 2 per cent bonds sell at a prem
ium. The country is now Justified in ex
pecting and It will be the policy of the
Republican party to bring about a reduc
tion of the war taxes.
We favor ttia construction, ownership,
control and protection of an isthmian
canal by the Government of the United
States.
New markets are necessary for the In
creasing surplus of our farm products.
Every effort should be made to open and
obtain new markets, especially In tho
Orient, and the Administration Is warmly
to be commended for Its successful effort
to commit all trading and colonizing na
tions to the policy of the open door' In
China.
In the interest of our expanding com
merce., we recommend that Congress cre
ate a Department of Commerce and In
dustries in the charge of a Secretary with
a 6eat in the Cabinet.
The United State9 Consular system
should be reorganized under the super
vision of this new department, upon such
a basis of appointment and tenure as
will render It still more serviceable to tho
Nation's increasing trade.
The American Government must protect
the person and property of every citizen,
wherever they are wrongfully violated or
placed In peril.
Wo congratulate the women of America
upon tbelr splendid record of public serv
ice In the volunteer aid association and
as nurses In camp and hospital during
the recent campaign of our armies la tho
Eastern and Western Indies, and we ap
preciate their faithful co-operation in all
works of education and Industry.
President McKinley has conducted the
foreign affairs of the United States with
distinguished credit to the American
people.
In releasing us from tho vexatloft
European alliance for the government of
Samoa, hi3 course Is especially to be com
mended. By Securing to our undivided
control the most important island of
the Samoan group and tho best harbor
in the Southern Pacific, every American
interest has been safeguarded.
Wo approve the annexation of the Ha
waiian Islands to the United States.
We recommend tho part taken by our
Government In the peace conference at
The Hague. We assert our steadfast ad
herence to the policy announced in tho
Monroe Doctrine. The provisions of The
Hague confererce were wisely regarded
when President McKinley tendered his
friendly offices In the Interest of peace
between Great Britain and the SOuth
African Republlca While the American
Government must continue the policy pre
scribed by Washington, affirmed by every
succeeding President, and imposed upon
us by" The Hague treaty of noninterven
tion in European controversies, the Amer
ican people earnestly hope that a way
may soon be found, honorable alike to
both contending parties, to terminate the
strife between them.
The Philippine.
In accepting, by the treaty of Paris, the
responsibility of our victories la the Span
ish War, the President and the Senate
won the undoubted approval of the Amer
ican people. No other course wa9 possible
than to destroy Spain's sovereignty
throughout the West Indies and in the
Philippine Islands That course created
our responsibility before the world tho un
organized population whom our interven
tion had freed from Spain, to provide
for the maintenance of law and order
and for the establishment of good gov
ernment and for the performance of In
ternational obligations. Our authority
couW. not be less than our responsibility,
and wherever sovereign rights wero ex
tended It became the high duty of tho
Government to maintain its authority to
put down armed Insurrection and to con
fer the blessings of liberty and civiliza
tion on all the rescued peoples.
The largest measure of self-government
consistent with their welfare and our
duties shan be secured to them by law.
To Cuba, Independence and self-government
were assured In the samo'volco by
which war was declared, and to the let
ter this pledge shall be performed.
The Republican party, upon Its history
and upon this declaration of Its prin
ciples and policies, confidently Invokes the
considerate and approving Judgment of
the American people.
Germans on the Convention.
BERLIN, June 20. The National Zel
tung. commenting upon tho proceedings
of the Republican- National Convention at
Philadelphia, refer to Mr. Wolcott's ex
pression of sympathy for the Boers In his
speech at the opening of the convention as
"singular after the Republican Adminis
tration had refused American support to
the Boers." It Is presumed this was a
political maneuver designed to take the
wind out of the sails of the Democrats.
THE QUAY RESftliUTION
L
FOR A XEAHXAXGEEAT, OFTHB
BASIS OF REFRESISNTATISSN
Soathera Delegates te the Cohvsh
ttoa Up la Assas Asal&st tke.
Proposcd Ckapfce.
PHILADELPHIA, Juno 20. The resolu
tion today Introduced by Senator Quay,
for the rearrangement of the basis of rep
resentation' In future National conven
tions, hap caused a sensation, particularly
among' the delegates frointhe Southern.
States. Tonight the interest manifested
in the proposition 'was scarce!-; second to
that aroused by the contest for the Vfoe
Presidency. Four years ago Henry C "Payne. Na
tional Committeeman from Wisconsin,
proposed to the National committee on
amendment to the rules, providing: that
THE ELEPHANT:
thereafter delegates to the National Re- I
publican Conventions should be selected
on the basis of one delegate for every 10,000
Republican votes cast at the previous i
Presidential election. The proposition
was widely discussed at the time, but J
after consideration the National commit- !
tea decided to take no action on It. At
various times since the campaign of IfiW
tho question of changing the basis of rep
resentation has been dlscureed informally,
the principal argument by the advocates
of a change being that, under the present
rules, the Southern Stat-s, upon which
no reliance can be placed for Republican
electoral votes, proportionately have
greater power In the selection ot candi
dates than some of the Republican states.
Later, at Washington, Mr. Payne brought
forward his proposition. The committee,
however, decided that it had no authority
to take any action upon the question.
Mr. Payne dropped the matter for the
time, so far as he was personally con
cerned, but during tho past 10 days tho
fire, which has been smolderimj, burst
forth In the earnestness of the New Jer
sey delegation to take the question before
thfa convention. After General Bingham
had presented the report ot' the committee
on rulss, ex-Senator Quay, or .fennsyi
vania, rose and offered tho following res
olution, as an amendment to the commlt
tee'a report:
'That hereafter every state shall be en
titled to four delegates-at-large and one
delegate for ever- 10,000 votes or a major
ity fraction thereof, cast at the Presiden
tial election for Presidential electors, and
six delegates from each organized terri
tory and the District of Columbia, and
that the method of election of such dele
gates shall be provided for by the Na
tional committee."
Tho reading of the resolution was re
ceived with applause, particularly from
tho New York and Pennsylvania dele
gates. Among the delegates from tho
Southern States there was manifest un
easiness, and it was evident Instantly
that If an effort was made to adopt the
resolution at onco a lively scene would
be precipitated In tho convention.
Senator Quay sent to tlie clerk' b desk
the following statement, showing tho
number of delegates, according to tho pres
ent basis, as compared with the basis of
one delegate for each 10,(00 votes, or a
majority fraction thereof, cast for Mc
Kinley In 1805; 'also compared with the
number of delegates based upon equal rep
resentation as stated, to which is added
four delegates-at-large from each state:
Representation In Convention.
Id
3 a
STATES.
STATES
Alabama ..
Arkansas ....
California ...
Colorado ....
Connecticut .
Delaware ....
Florida ......
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky ...
Louisiana ...
Maine ,
Maryland ...
Nevada
New Hamp...
New Jersey...
New York....
N. Carolina,.
N. Dakota....
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania.
IRhodi Island.
'S. Carolina,..
IS. Dakota
01 20
iTennossee ....
iTexaxi .,
'Utah
6
16
12
16
12i
; I Vermont ......
IS
32
Virginia
Massachusetts
30
"Washington .i
W. Virginia...
Wisconsin ....
Wyoming
Michigan ..
Minnesota .
Mississippi
Missouri ...
Montana ...
Nebraska .
25
IS
is;
34
S3
23
5
311
i
6
16!
Totals
S94JSS4
Ton'ght General Bingham slid that fho
committee oa rules would bring the rts-
' -tf3l'AL: :M0f'
olQtion before the cenveatlon tomorrow In
amended form. It will provide for a refer
ence of the question of changing the boss
of representation to the National com
mittee, 'with Instructions to take action
on It in accordance with the spirit eftbe.
resolution presented by Senator Quay. -The
discussion will begin as soon as tho con
vention convenes. General Bingham will
have control of the resolution on tho
floor. He said- he would offer an oppor
tunity for debase upon the question, but
that unices reasonable tlmo for discus
sion could be agreed -upon, ho would move
the previous question. Upon this, the
debate of the question-, under the rules?
would be limited to 20 minutes on each
side.
Tonight tho resolution Is-the principal
topic of discussion. The delegates from
the Southern States are working like
beavers to stem the -tide, which seems to
bo running towards tho adoption of the
resolution. Some declare that adoption
means death tot Republicanism in tho
South.
Many of the delegations held informal
caucuses, tonight. In which the resolu
tion was discussed, with a view to ac
tion tomorrow. However, no definite de-
St. Paul Plorfeer-Press.
GOOD GRACIOUS! CANT YOU WAIT TILL THURSDAY?
clslon was reached. Many from tho
Northern States declare their intention
of supporting the resolution. The prop
osition has strong backing In the New
England States, In New York and Penn
sylvania and in the Northwestern States.
So 6trong has .the feeling become among
the Southern delegates that many or
them are prepared to trade their votes
for Vice-President for vote against the
resolution. Indeed, this offer has been
openly made In a number of instances.
C03I3IITTEE OX CREDENTIALS.
Last of the Content Cases De
cided. PHILADELPHIA, June 20 The com
mittee on credentials, after an all-nigh
session, adjourned at 6 A, M., having
completed all Its business. A lively fist,
fight between .two Texas delegates oc
curred at 4:30 o'clock, Just after the com
mittee had listened to arguments from
cotftestiirg delegates In that state.
As the delegates wero leaving the committee-room,
W. II. Love, a delegate
from McKInney, Tex.,, accused Walter
Burns of havirg made statements in the
committee-room which were not true
Burns denied that he had made any such
statements, and Love called him a liar.
Burns promptly planted his fist in Love's
face with a violence that would have
laid Love on the floor. Had not some by
standers caught him. Burns, after strik
ing the blow, stood quietly watching
Love, who was making desperate ef
forts to break away from the men who
were holding' him. Love had a knife par
tially drawn from his pocket.
"I'm. through," said Burns, "unless ho
starts it again."
Love was finally hustled down the stairs
and taken away by his friends.
Immediately after tKs row two colored
delegates began to make violent threats
and warlike demonstrations at each oth
er. This trouble also Involved a ques
tion of veracity. They were dragged
apart without difficulty.
In the Tennessee contest the Brownlow
people won a clean victory ever the Evans
faction, the committee confirming their
claims to seats in the convention.
The Texas delegation presented 11 con
tests, two among the delegates-at-large
and nine In the first nine districts. The
contestants were followers of E. H. Green
and opposed the delegation already seat
ed, headed by Congressman R, B, Haw
ley, of Galveston. The issue was disas
trous to the Green people, who not only
lost all their contests, but had one man
supplanted by a Hawiey follower In the
Fourth district. Two Hawiey delegates
were given the seats from the Sixth dis
trict, no delegates from there previously
having been admitted to the convention.
In the Second Virginia district the con
tests brought by Harry Llbbey and Alvah
Martin against George E. Bowden and
W. S. Hoi -and proved a failure, the claims
of tho Bowden delegates being confirmed
by the committee.
The contest In the District of Columbia
was terminated by a decision in favor of
John E. Jones arid W. E. Cha6o, the
present .Jelegates.
The Hawaiian Delegation.
PHILADELPHIA, June 20. After the
committee On credentials had voted repre
sentation to the Territory of Hawaii, the
delegation attending the convention from
that far-off Pacific island met and fully
organized. Harold M. Sewall, the1 son of
the Democratic Vice-Presldehrlal candi
date of l56, was elected National Com
mitteeman, he thus having the honor to
be the first official representative on tho
Republican Natlbnal Committee ot any of
our. new possessions. -A. N. "Jepolr was
elected a member of' the platform committee.
HAS HO OPPOSITION.
(Ooctlnued from First Page.)
Rccsevelt will have received 73 per cent
of the -cotes" ot the convention. I move
that Wisconsin Join the popular column,
and vote for not New Tork's son, "but
the Nation's son. Theodore Roosevelt."
Amid a hurst of applause, the resolution
waa adopted by unanimous vote.
Mr. Payne, when spoken to after the
meeting, said:
"I. believe that everything points . to
Roosevelt's- nomination, and I don't think
ha dares refuse it."
At Governor Roosevelt's -headquartera
:t was said, that Mr. Payne's action was
expected .and tha he .was simply for Mr.
Roosevelt's nomination becauso'Mr. Han
na was against it
A capcus of the Minnesota delegation
was, held In the early hours of the cay.
After free discussion of the"Vlce-Preslden-tial,
question, the delegation decided by a
unanimous vote to present the conven
tion the name of ex-Senator W. D.
Washburn as Minnesota's choice for the
Vice-Presidency.
Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey, who
is a delegnte-al-large. arrived here this
morning from a flying trjp to Europe. He
is probably tho last delegate to . reach
tho Convention City. Nearly all the dele
gates and visitors from New Jersey were
at headquarters to greet him.
At 11 o'clock Senator Hanna went Into
a conference with Senators Lodge and
Spooncr. B. B. Odell was present part
of the time. For the first time the
Ohio Senator, havlrg heard of Wisconsin's
voje to support Roosevelt, showed tlgns
of weakening. He Is reported to have
oald. almost as soon as the Vice-Presidential
matter was mentioned:
"Gentlemen, we do not want to lose
sight of tho fact that this Roosevelt
sentiment is much greater than the com
bination ot Quay and Piatt for It. The
West and -South are likely to force It,
and I do not feel that their wishes should'
bo combated too fiercely."
Tho tide continued steady toward Roose
yelt all thte forenoon. There, were a
number of arrivals from Washington, who
brought word that the President had re
fused to allow Administration influence
for or against any candidate. He was
quoted as saying that tho delegates had
assembled to perform a great public func
tion and" they should bo free and untram
meled In the selection of candidates and
In their deliberations. "
When Governor Roosevelt was told that
Mr. Hanna had intimated that tho West
and South were strongly "for Roosevelt,
and that he '(Hanna) did" not feel like
stemming the tide, ho said:
"I have done everything I can to 3top
It. I cannot do more. I have won my
own state's support In my fight and I am.
proud of It. If Mr. Hanna thinks the
demand for my nomination is overwhelm
ing, why don't he say so to mo? Why
don't he announce bis decision and not
stay In a neutral position? I have not
heard from him since he announced to me
that ho was against my nomination."
Mr. Odell said:
"We are for Woodruff, but I think
Roosevelt can 'bo nominated without New
York's vote."
Senator Piatt declined to say anything:
on the subject.
The friends of. the President, under the
leadership of Senator Hanna, this after
noon were contemplating taking up Gov
ernor Roosevelt, and thus not only making
his nomination probably unanimous, but
taking themselves the credit of the nom
ination. They say tho -action of New
York, under Senator .Piatt's guidance, in
deciding to nominate Mr. Woodruff, leaves
tha door open, for this course, and that.
If in view of this circumstance, Roose
velt Is named, there can be no doubt that
ho will get the credit for the nomlpatlon.
The President has refused to take a po
sition In the matter. His friends assert
that any man he would noma, could be
nominated..
Hairailan Democratic Delegates.
CHICAGO, June 20. A special to the
Record from Honolulu, June 13, via San
Francisco, June 20. says:
Prince David Kawanakoa has been
chosen chairman of the Democratic dele
gation to the Kansas City convention.
Foreign Office passports, the last ever
to be Issued, were lssuedto the delegates.
They sail today by the Australia
Portable Sa-rrmlll Blew Up.
'HAMBURG. N. Y., June 20. A boiler
, of a portable steam engine used to pro
pel a sawmill exploded near the village
of Eden. Erie County, this evening. In
stantly killing three men John Fleming,
Alexander Fleming and Berf Mamrcoser.
THE .CHAIRMAN.'S SPEECH
rf A-
SENATOR, LODGE'S
ADDRESS TO
THET REPUBLICAN C05VEXOT0X.
.
Covered the Same General Gremad
Senator Wolcett "Wet Over the
Day Before. '
PHILADELPHIA, June 20 The follow
ing address" was delivered by Permanent
Chairman Lodge before the National Re
publican Convention today:
We meet again to nominate the next
President of the United States. Four
years have passed since we nominated
the soldier and statesman who is now
President; and who is soon to enter upon
his second termv Since the Civil War no
Presidential term has been so crowded
with great events as that which Is now
drawing to a close. They have been four
memorable years.. To Republicans they
show a record of promises kept, of Work
done, of unforeseen questions met and
answered. To the Dpmocrats they havo
been generous in tho exhibition v of .un
fulfilled predictions, in the ruin of their,
hopes of calamity, and In futile opposition
to the forces of the times and ko aspira
tions 'ot tho American people. I wish I
could add that they had been equally In
structive to our' Opponents, but while ft
Is truo that the Democrats, like the Bour
bons, learn nothing. It 13 only too evi
dent that the familiar comparison can
not bo completed, for they forget a great
deal which it would be well, for them to
remember. . . ,
Dominant among tho Issues of four
years ago was that of our monetary and
financial system. The Republican party
promised to uphold our credit; to protect
our currency from revolution and to
maintain the gold standard. We- havb
done so. We have done more. We hajvo
been better than our promlse.
Fjailing to secure, after honest effort,
any encouragement for Jnternational bl
metallsm, we have passed a law strength
ening tho gold standard and planting It
firmer than ever In our flnarfcial system.
Improving, our banking laws, buttressing
our credit, and refunding tho public debt
at 3 per cent Interest, the lowest rate In
the world.. It was a great work, well
done. The only argument the Democrats
can advance today In their own behalf
on tho money question Is that a .Repub
lican Senate, In the event of a Democratic
success, would not permit the repeal Of
a Republican Jaw. This Is a precious ar
gument when looked at with considerate
eyes, and quite worthy of the intellects
which produced It, Apply it generally.
Upon this theory, because we- have de
feated tho soldiers of Spain and sunk
her ships, we can with safety dispense
with the Army and Navy which did tho
work.
Take another example: There has been
a fire In a great' city; it has been checked
and-extlngulshed: therefore, let us abol
ish the fire department and cease to in
sure our homes Distrust in our curren
cy, the dread of change, the deadly fear
of a debased standard were raging four
years ago, and business lay prostrate be
fore them." Republican supremacy and
Republican legislation have extinguished
the fires of doubt and fear, and business
has risen triumphant from the ashes.
Therefore abolish your fire department,
turn out the Republicans and put In pow
er the Incendiaries who lighted the flames,
and trust what remains of Republican con
trol to aert fresh disaster.
Tho Philippine question Is Its own "ref
utation. The supremacy of the party
that has saved the standard of soupd
money and guarded it by law Is as nec
essary for Its security and for the exist
ence of honest wages and of business con
fidence now a& it was In 1S9-5. Tho mo
ment the Republican party passes from
power and the party of free silver and
flat paper comes In, stable currency and
the gold standard, the standard of the
civilized world, dre In Imminent and dead
ly peril. Sound currency arid a steady
standard of value are today safe only in
Republicari"T&ndsr . . .
Again we. promise that the protective
system shall be maintained, and that our
great industrial Interests shall goon their
way unshaken by the dire fear of tariff
agitation and of changing amies. Again
we declare that we will guard the Na
tional credit, uphold a sound currency
based on gold, and keep the wages of
the worklngman and the enterprise, of
the man of business free from that most
deadly of all evils a fluctuating standard
of value. The deficit which made this
country In a time of profound peace a
borrower of money to meet Its current
cxperses, hag been replaced by abundant
revenues, being a surplus, due alike to
prosperity and wise legislation, so ample
that wo can now safely promise a large
reduction of taxation without Imperiling
our credit or risking a resort to loans.
We are prepared to take step3 to re
vive and build up our merchant marine,
and thus put into American pockets the
money- paid for carrying American
freights. Out of the abundant resources,
which our financial legislation has brought
us, we will build the Isthmian canal, and
lay the cables which will help to turn the
current of Eastern trade to tho Golden
Gae. We are on good terms with all na
tions, and mean to remain so, while we
promise -to Insure our peace and Safety
by maintaining 'the Monroe Doctrine, by
ample coast defenses and by building up
a Navy which no one" can challenge with
In the Philippines wo were met byre-"
bellion. fomented by a self-seeking ad
venturer artd Usurper, xne auty ot me
President was to repress that rebellion,
to see that the authority of the United
States, as rightful and righteous In
Manila as In Philadelphia, was acknowl
edged and obeyed That harsh and pain
ful duty President McKinley has per
formed firmly and Justly, eager to resort
to gentle nieasures whenever possible,
unyielding when treachery and violence
made force necessary. Unlike the oppo
nents of expansion, we do not regard tho
soldiers of Otis, Lawton and MacArthur
as "an enemy's camp." In our eyes' they
are the soldiers of the United States; they
are our Army, and we believo In them,
and will sustain them. Even now tho
Democrats are planning. If they get con
trol of tho House, to out off appropria
tions for the Army, and thus compel tho
withdrawal of our troops from the Phil
ippines. The result would be to force the retire
ment of such soldiers as wou'd remain
In Manila, and their retreat would be the
Glgfial for the massacre and plunder of
the great body of peaceful Inhabitants
of the Islands, who have trusted to us to
orotect and guard them. Such an event
would be an infamy. Is the Govern
ment, Is the House, to be given over to a
party capable of such a policy?
Shall -they .not be Intrusted to the party,
which shall sustain the Army and punish
the brigands and guerrillas, who, under
pretense of war, are now adding so freely
to tho list otjlfcrlmes committed in tho
Came of liberty by usurpers- and pre
tenders, and who, buoyed up by Demo
cratic, promises; keep up a highwayman's
warfare In hope of Democratic success
In November. -
It Is for the American people to decide
this question. Our position Is plain. Tho
restoration of peace and order now so
nearly reached in the Philippines, shall
be completed. Civil government shall be
established and the people advanced as
rapidly as possible along the road to en
tire freedom and self-government, under
our flag. We will not abandon our task.
We will neither surender nor retreat. We
will not write failure across this page
of our history. We will do our duty, our
full duty, to the people of the Philip
pines, and strive by every means to give
thorn freedom, contentment and prosper
ity. We have no belief in the old slavehoH
ers' doctrine that the Constitution of it3
own force marches into every newly ac
quiid territory, and this doctrine, which
we cast out In 1S60, we still reject- We
do not mean that 'the Philippines shall
come within our tariff system or become
part of-our body' politic We do mean
I that they shall, under our teaching;
leant to govern themselves, and remain
under our flag with the1 largest pocsibla
measure ot homo rule. We make no hypo
critical pretenses of being Interested' in
the Philippines solely on account of
others. While we regard the welfare of
those people as a sacred trust, we regard
the welfare of the .American people first.
w see our duty to ourselves a& well ad
to others. We believe In trade expan
sion. By every legitimate means within
the province of government and legisla
tion we mean to stimulate the expansion
of our trade and to open new markets. j
Greatest of all markets is China: Oua
trade there Is growing by leaps and
bounds. Manila, the prize of war, glvej
us Inestimable advantages In developing
that trade.. It is the corner-stone of our
Eastern policy, and the brilliant diplo
macy of John Hay in securing from all
nations a guarantee of our treaty rlghu
and of-the open door In China rests upon
It. We ask the American people whethei
they will throw away these new mar
kets and widening opportunities for trad
and commerce by putting in power th
Democratic party, who seek, under covet
of a newly discovered affection for tag
rights of man to give up these islands oi
the East and moke Dewey's victory fruit
less. Tho choice lies between this-Democratic
policy of retreat and tho Republican pol
icy which would hold tho islands, give
them freedom and prosperity and enlarga
those great opportunities for ourselves
and our posterity. The Democratic atti
tude toward the PhiHpplnea rests wholly
upon the proposition tha$ the American
people havo neither the capacity nor the
honesty to deal rightly with, these islands.
They assume that we shall fall. They
fall down and worship a Chinese half
breed whoso name they had never heard
three years ago, and they slander and cry
down and doubt the honor of American
soldiers and sailors, of Admirals and Gen
erals, and public men who have gone In
and out before us during an entire life
time.
Wo are true to our own. We havo
00 distrust qf the honor, tho humanity,
the capacity of the American people. To
feel or do otherwise Is to doubt ourselves,
our Government and our civilization. We
take Issue with the Democrats who would
cast Off tho Philippines- because tha
American people cannot be trusted with
them, and we declare that the American
people can be trusted to deal Justly,
wisely and generously with these distant
islands, and will lift them up to a higher
prosperity, a broader freedom and a
nobler civilisation than they have ever
known. We have not failed elsewhere.
We 6hall not fall hero.
These are the questions wo present to
the American people in regard to the,
Philippines. Do they want such a hu
miliating change there as Democratic vic
tory would bring? Do they want an even
more radical change at home? Suppqsa
fhe candidate of the Democrats, the Pop
ulists, the foe3 of expansion, the dissatis
fied and the envious should come into
power, what kind of an administration
would ha give us? What would his Cab
inet be? Think what an electric spark
of confidence would run through eery
business Interest m the. country when
such a Cabinet was announced as we can
readily imagine he would make. More
toportant still, we ask the American peo
ple whether they will put In the Wlilte
House the hero of uncounted platforms,
the prodigal spendthrift of words, the
champion of free silver, the opponent oi
expansion, the assailant of the courts:
or whether they will retain in the Presi
dency the 'Union soldier, tho leader of th
House of Representatives, the trained
statesman who has borne victoriously th
heavy burdens of the -last four years;
the champion of protection and solid
money; the fearless supporter of law and
order wherever tho flag floats?
Now, at the dawn of a now century,
With new policies and new opportunlej
opening before U3 In tho bright sunshlna
of prosperity, we again ask the American
people to intrust us with their future.
We have profound faith with the people.
We do not distrust their capacity of meet
ing the new responsibilities even as thej
met tho old, and wo shall await with con
fidence, under the leadership of William
McKinley, X&o verdict of November.
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