Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-27

! have been appreciated by Messrs. Whit
aker, Nesbitt, Harmar, ct al. He told
what they would have undertaken 10
explain for the administration, for Capt.
! Dovener, and for the State officials.
! These Republican spell-ibinders would
have explained why three months after
the Inauguration of Governor Atkinson
the State contingent fund entirely dis
| appeared. Mr.. Howard paid his re-
spects in facetious vein to the Gov
ernor and his staff, receiving tumultu-
Gus applause when he touched UP Col.
many persons in New York and the
East had never heard of West Vir-
ginia until Atkinson and Horkheimer
turned up there resplendent in their
gold embroidered uniforms.
The speakers would also have ex-
planned for Governor Atkinson why ne
boldly declared that he would pardon
a man for killing another, because ne
thought shooting and killing is justifi-
able under certain circumstances.
! Mr.. Howard assured his Republican
! friends that they would never vote a
ticket backed up by platform with
a high protective tariff plank. 1t has
/ narrowed down to a question Of rev.
enue. 1t is no longer a high protective
tariff party. 1t has changed base On
that as upon many ether issues, to
which the speaker devoted himself for
a very short time.
There is an issue wbich is of greater
! Importance than any which has ever
confronted the American people. 1t Is
a question of whether or not our repub-
lIcan institutions snal> perish from the
face Of the earth. Democratic speakers
used to call attention to the RepuDll-
can policy Of a centralized government.
Then it was anticipation; now 1t IS
fact. The second Declaration of indie
pendence of this country has been sub
verified. There was a second Declara-
ton Of Independence. 1t came in 1872
when the Holy Alliance was formed Tor
/ the purpose of extending their colonial
possessions in the Western hemls-
phere. Then a grand American PIe>l-
dent promulgated what has since been
known as the Monroe Doctrine, wAlch
means in effect that foreign nations
must keep their hands out of American
affairs. That was the second Declara-
/ ton of independence.
/ Do we realize that we have actually
/ abandoned that doctrine? While we
\ are cheering at the raising OF hags, and
priding themselves on the victories OF
American arms, 60 we forget tAat our
second Declaration OF independence
has been entirely ignored? We agreed
to keep our hands out OF European
affairs, to form 10 alliances With fof-
eign powers, to attend strictly to our
J own business. Yet this nation mas
calmly annexed Hawaii, with its mixed
population, all having the rights OF
American citizens. Now they have
agreed to take one of the Ladrones.
I Mr.. Howard said if there was no
csher reason, he would object TO the
7 Philippines because it took TOO long to
/ get the election returns. He would not
/ like to see one of the natives sitting
\ beside Senator E.kins in Congress. He
would net like to see those yellow fell
4 lows taking the positions CT Ameri-
cans in the mills and factories.
| Mr.. Howard gave reasons why it was
4 wrong to make Cuba a part of the
United States. He showed that the
\ country had pledged its national honor
! that tle war was not waged for con-
! quest. Ii had been the PROUD beast
that the United States had entered into
/ a war for humanity alone, and not for
/ territory. Yet the nation has already
! broken faith with the world by taking
| Puerto Rico, and he charged that the
| policy Of the administration is to also
retain Cuba. He admitted that it was
logical contention that Spain should
pay the costs, having lost the case aft
er a fair trial, but he held that the
| debt should be paid in Spanish dollars,
/ and not in Spanish territory and Span
! ish subjects
The speaker showed that the lepers,
| Chinese, Cannnibals, and sayages in
Hawaii ard the Philippines will be fell
low citizens of Americans. To be call
ed an American will no longer describe
a mans color. 1t will be necessary TO
mention him as John Smith, white, .
or black or yellow as the case
may be. Why do we want these ISL
auGS? If the snpllbipders had secured