The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-05

will shelter with their guns the ships of
peace. which will control the ocean
trade of the world. From the earliest
times our wisest statesmen have urged
the creation of a strong navy. We
have the men, we have the means,
and we have the material, and we have
been made aware that without it, We
may, in the future, find ourselves at
the mercy of an otherwise Insignificant
foe.
Behind the guns of a great navy, a
peace loving people may pursue their
avocations IL blissful security. No in
vaders will tramp our soil if we have
ships sufficient to patrol the seas. And,
we must build them ourselves, thus
giving employment to our artisans and
manufactures. We have learned, no
matter how much money we may have,
that we cannot purchase a navy ready
made. That was an illusion which has
been disoelied, and never again must
this nation be found in such an unpre-
pared condition as it was when the
present war was thrust upon US. The
expense is too great, and the danger
has been made too apparent. We should
add to our navy ships equally as good
as those we have, until even England
will discover that the free republic is a
most formidable rival.
To make the navy effective there
should be naval stations to the east
and to the west, in the Atlantic and
the Pacific. At the gateway to the
Gulf of Mexico. commanding the en-
trance to the Nicaragua canal, on the
island of Porto Rico, or at some point
equally as good, the American flag
should fly and a base of operations in
case of war should be established and
made impervious to assault. These
warlike preparations would induce
peace, and, sheltered by our own guns,
cur merchants would extend their ira de
until we would be without rival in
the efforts being made TO control the
commerce of South and Central Amer
lea.
THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
On this theme Judge Powers said, in
part:
For my own part 1 cannot under
stand why there should be opposition to
the annexation of Hawaii. 1t is an
outpost of our country. It's people are
imbued with love for our institutions.
1t is a halfway house on the road to
the orient 1t is fertile and productive.
l can discover no violation of our con-
stitution in allowing it to walk into
the Union. If there was at any time
violation of the constitution in this
Hawaiian controversy, it was when the
effort was made to replace an immoral
queen upon the throne, after she had
been repudiated by the people. It
brings TO us a rich dowry, which it Il. =
at the feet of the nation, ard it will
sparkle as one of the brightest jewels
in our country's coronet."
POWER WHICH THE PEOPLE
SHOULD FEAR.
These questions which 1 have dis
cussed, were thrust upon us for con-
sideration when the Maine went down
under the waters of the sea. Before
the echoes of the explosion had rolled
around the world, lifting our eyes, we
beheld the dawning of the new era
and peering into the future we discov-
cred the possibilities for national great
ness. In an instant there was unrolled
to our views a new map of the world
with new alignment of forces and a
rapid shifting Of conditions. Pausing
in the judgment which they were called
upon to render in response to that wise
and Enthusiastically American tele-
gram of Sigsbee, our people discovered
that while they had been engrossed and
preoccupied in business the world had
been turning on its axle, and that
without effort they had entered upon
an enlarged sphere of action. The men
and women who have civilized this
continent viii not fail in the midst OF
the new responsibilities. Their good
| sense and their calm judgment, their
unerring intuition and their ready
adaptability to change, will lead them
along the right pathway.
But. while considering these ques-
tons, we should keep in mind our do
nestle surroundings. We need not fear
but that we can beat back from ouI
shores the combined assault of the
whole world. Our danger does not lie
there The instant that foreign gun
! is pointed toward America, that instant
! 20, DOC, 900 of people, with almost unlim-
| tied capital and resources, become as
one man. Our danger lies in the insid-
ious advances of selfish interests which
! beat down manhood and elevate gold
| Corporate greed and an inordinate de-
sire for wealth may undermine the fab
ric of our government while our people
rest secure. The power which drags
men in the chains of industrial slavery
to the ballot box, is the enemy which
America should fear. 1t has no soul;
/ it has no conscience; it never sleeps; II
never ceases its Vaccinations and its
aggressions must be constantly beaten
back. A jeweled hand is over-reachine
| toward the throat of the Fepublic. sNhe
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false public opinion through the col
umns of the press; which claims al,
virtue and honestly and denounces as
dangerous those who advocate the
rights of manhood; which worships at
a golden idol and clinks its coin in the
sanctuaries dedicated to the teachings
of Christ; which demands that the in
/ structors of our youth in the great uni
versities shall preach its gospel OF
Z ha ho, from
which shuffles our ballots and causes
! legislators to dance like wired puppets
is the power which the people of this
land have cause to fear and which they
should ceaselessly combat. While we
sing of the heroic deeds Of our SOL
diers and sailors, it will plot and plan
and execute. 1t erectS bright shield
for us to look upon, and while cue eyes
are dazzled it will strive to bind us
with chains of great bonded indebt-
edness, and enthrall us with a financial
system which will crush out all OPP
portunity for Individual effort That
+! is the great enemy of the republic. That
! is the power which America has good
cause to fear. To coin and issue money
is a function of government and it can
best be done by the government II
is a power which should not be dele
gated to private individuals or to cor
, porations The people should insist
that the business of government be
performed by the government. The
question of finance affects the common
people and it must be solved in the in
terest of the masses. l am one who
/ believes that the question viii never
be decided right until gold and silver
the money of the constitution, are
placed upon an equality as money.
believe in this principle so strongly
that I feel that no political interests
no party selfshness, no mans ambi-
ton should stand in the way of the
accomplishment of the great result
Poiitical nartieS exist and they will