The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-25


ing, starvation and distress
The time for action has then come.
No greater reason for IL can exist to-
morrow than exists to-day. Every
hours delay only adds another chapter
TO the awful story of the misery and
death. Only one power can intervene
the United States of America We
cannot refuse to accept this responsible
ity which the God Of the universe has
placed upon us as the one great power
in the new world. What shall our
action be?''
Mr.. Thurston briefly adverted to the
propositions of recognizing the bellig-
erency or the independence of the Gu
bans only to say that il was too late
for either. AS TO annexation, he said:
Il would oppose annexation with my
last breath. The people of Cuba are
not our people, they cannot assimilate
with us and beyond all that / am ut
terly and unalterably opposed to any
departure from the declared policy of
the fathers which would start this re-
public for the first time upon a career
of conquest and dominion utterly at
variance with the declared purposes
and the manifest destiny of popular
government. Let the world under
stand that the United States does not
propose to annex Cuba. that IL is not
after a foot of Cuban territory or a
dollar of Spanish money. The Amer
lean people will never consent to the
payment of one dollar to the guaran-
teeing of one bond as the price paid to
Spain for her relinquishmen of the ISL
and she has so wantonly outraged and
devastated.
Cuba Must he Free.
Mr.. President, there is only one ac-
tion possible, that Is intervention for
the independence of the island: inter-
vention that means the landing of an
American army on Cuban SOIL the de-
ploying of an American fleet off the
harbor of Havana; Intervention which
says to Spain: Leave the island, with
draw your soldiers, leave the Cubans.
these brothers of ours. in the world. to
form and carry on government for
themselves. Such intervention on our
part would not of itself be war 1t
would undoubtedly lead to war But ir
war came IL would come by act of
Spain in resistance of the liberty and
the independence of the Cuban peo-
pie"
He maintained that of all people on
the island the native Cubans were the
best qualified and fitted for govern
ment.
Mr.. Thurston paid a high tribute to
the government for the work 1t has ac-
complished in preparing for any emer-
gency. and speaking of congress, he
said: I'VE are not in session to ham
per or cripple the president: we are
here to advise and assist him. Con-
gress can alone levy taxes and to this
congress the united people of this
broad land from sea to sea. from lake
to gulf, look to voice their wishes and
execute their will.
Mr.. President, against the interven-
tion of the United States IN this holy
cause there is but one voice of dissent;
that voice is the voice of the money
changers. They fear war No: be-
cause of any Christian sentiment
against war and in favor of peace. but
because they fear "A declaration of war
or the Intervention which might result
in war would have a depressing effect
upon the stock market. Mr.. President,
/ do not read my duty from the ticker;
i do not accept my lessons in patriot
ism from Wall street. 1 deprecate war.
War with Spain would increase the
business and the earnings of every
American railroad; il would increase
the output of every American factory;
it would stimulate every branch of in
dustry and domestic commerce.; il
would greatly increase the demand for
American labor and in the end every
an American business enterprise would
be worth more money than it is worth
to-day. But i'm the meantime the spec
tire of war would stride through the
stock exchanges and many of the gam
bers around the board would find their
ill-gotten gains passing To the other
side of the table.
Loyalty to the Front.
Let them go. What one man loses
at the gambling table his fellow gam
blers win. Let them take their chances
as they can. Their veal or woe is but
of little Importance TO the liberty-lov-
ing people of the United States. Let
the men whose loyalty is to the dollar
stand aside, while the men whose 10y
atty is 10 the flag, come To the front
There are some who lift their voices i'm
the land and in the open light of day
and insist that the republican party
will not act, for they say 1t sold out to
the capitalists and money changers at
the last national election. II is not so;
God forbid. The 1000. 900 freemen who
voted for the republican party and for
William Mckinley did not mortgage the
honor of this nation for a campaign
fund, and IL the time ever comes when
the republican party hesitates in the
course of duty because OF undue anxi-
ETY. for the welfare of the accumulated
wealth of the nation. then let the re-
publican party be swept from the face
of the earth and be succeeded by some
other party. by whatever name 1t may
be called. which will represent the
patriotism. the honesty. the loyalty and
the devotion that the republican party
exhibited under Abraham Lincoln in
1851"
He believed in the doctrine taught by
the lowly Nazarene. but men must have
liberty before abiding peace can come
Force saved the union. kept the
stars i'm the flag. made 'niggers' men.
The time for Gods force has come
again. Let the impassioned lips of
American patriots once more take up
the song:
I'm the beauty OF the lilies
Christ was born across the sea-
With a glory i'm His bosom
That transfigured you and me.
AS he died to make men holy.
Let us die to make men free,
For God is marching on