The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-09-14

subject Of paradox, and the x rays with
the secreted organs e Of the human mn BODY in
q th9usand ways. and every one Of them
yentiyy genius of man until humanity to-
day Is Tin In !. position Of infinitely more
my fellow citizers. it is not strange that
nations should be borne along upon the
be SO. and it is a Distinguishing mark of
are disposed of very quickly.
suits which have been accomplished. what
party can now go before the American
position to the doctrine of ln m
upon the so-called money Question, with
nme Of the peope upon e resu
controversy. balance of trade and credit
The immediate object of these battles
for human freedom which preceded this
generation has been changed and greatly
In the limit OF Of the memory Of people stiil
living il was for the political betterment
Of commnnities, the right of self-goyern-
ment That was what our forefathers
right individual enjoyment in those times
taxation and representation with taxation.
Political freedom was what Washington,
lefdad fcr Bn in S the repnean
party sprang into existence, and it strove
for for love; not only that, but it stroye for
indignant protest, the arm and majestic
conscience of the nation against a. system
tude the limbs and bowed the backs and
darkened the minds of 100000 of human
down to the present the aim M and object sjtac
of the republican party has been the ele-
yation Of man lu as an individual to the en-
This great right. of Political seIf-govern-
ment procured. the. next process was to
ual condition of man, and this is distinct
vindication of the republican, party. It
gin. 1t was one of the declared purposes
with which it was called into existence,
and At errors fbsv may naTe e peep b CON-
rors and mistakes which mark upon the
whole of the surface the triumphant prog
ress from it's beginning to its end.
Condition of the People.
Much has been accomplished. Look at
the increased facilities for education. Look
at the condition of the laboring classes. l
may in exciting times tread upon delicate
ground as to that, but 1 appeal to the his
tory and recollection of men to answer me
frankly and fairly, is not the condition
better than it was in 1850? Looking back
tell me whether the condition of the
laborer and the laborer's home and the op-
portunitieS for education and the advance
ment of his children and the condition and
furnishing of his home IS not far better
than it was in the days of which l speak?
There is one thing which has marked the
republican administration in this country,
and especially in the states where the re-
than anything else and that is in the en-
larging, of the sphere OF the influence of
womanhood.
condition of woman then with what it is
to-day. She has been made a function in
oea and te ca Of IN tghs
times. New avenues of employment have
been opened to her: The doors of uniyer-
walked triumphant and queenly in
clustered hall. She has ceased to be the
satellite Of man, too often unn1ustly OBJ
the other hemisphere of humanity, she'd
ding a milder and purer light upon all
human concerns.
Evangelist of the Nations.
I believe that the United States is the
{e OF in Iaeff IS
apart a great nation to perform work
Of that 6ns look over the for history fb Of
thirty or forty years, and see that it has
performed it in unsupported ways. The
Of this Character come from
sources A voice which we did not expect
to hear gives US message, and recent
States duties and responsibilities which
the most prophetic visionary. last January
flights of his Imagination to predict. Who
would have thought then that we would
co been n bsg wait h Su Rhc ana we e
dealing with them to-day? And who could
have supposed then or dreamed ore that that
of war with Spain the stars and stripes
of our flag would be set among the con-
bT he Tao of Of BBeae ana Ap aea
war with Spain was long coming, long
striven against. and it was a just war.
Just on the grounds of humanity: just to
relieve. oppression, SO near US that the
pressed us. Just to .chastize and avenge
murder committed in the harbor OF Ha-
upon ESQ Of our f tS ppIdS
recorded, the annihiiation of two Spanish
and the capture of two Spanish armies,
and the utter prostration of Spain as
power in both hemispheres, except the
Iberian peninsular from which she came,
the American people have been confronted
with new responsibilities and new duties.
And at about the same time the great en-
pire of China, containing one-quarter of
the human race, which from the beginning
of time has bought 1T and sold much;
ceived the. precious metals in an unre-
turned stream has suddenly thrown down.
wall of isolation, while Russia, Germany,
England and France were striving for
commercial and perhaps imperial division
IT IVA Was not distinctly perceived until very
recently how or in what way American
commercial rights and interests would be
subserved in that most momentous event,
the most momentous commercially and the
most momentous so far as conquest is
concerned, speaking of those other powers,
that ever occurred in any human history.
The discovery of America is nothing to it
in its potential Importance. (Applause)
# civilization is going into ChinaII mean.
If the civilization of Europe is going into
China-it is going in there to modify
China's methods of doing business, Chi
nese wants Chinese methods of produc-
statistics which I read to you a few mo,
ments ago, exporta tons from the United
States of flour and cotton and various arti-
Giles and manufactured iron,. tells, the tale.
/ said on another occasion that the genius
of the American people would not permit
this government to be Indifferent to the adj
vantages or to the dangers resulting from
the opening of that great empire. be-
iieye. my fellow citizens, that we have
stake in that matter, considering our near
ness with but one ocean between us,
where Europe has two, greater. more
rightful and more profitable than all other
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