The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23
Nicaragua
Canal
Now Needed.

Canal patriotism to do It,
American courage and
ENOw Needed American unity Why,
if we had had that
canal in operation the
great Oregon, one OF
the most wonderful ships in the world
instead Of having to go $4,000 miles out
of the way to get TO the land where 1t
was needed. could have steamed through
that canal and in few days could have
been on hand for duty. Then we have
TO build our own ships of commerce
to carry our own produce from our farms
and our mills and factories. Cap
plause) DO you know my friends, we
are to-day paying 5000 900 900 year to for
eign ship companies for carrying our
products? What is the matter with build
ing our own ships? We have money;
We have enterprise enough; We have pa
triOtiSm enough
Let us build our own ships of commerce
and then load them down with American
products or the mills and factories, OF the
w eStern mines, of the Western farms,
and then let US send them out through the
Nicaragua canal after we have it built.
And on they go, toward Hawaii and
in Hawaii they will find a safety place, a
harbOr of refuge for our ships of COM
merce as well as our ships of war, because
the old flag waves in all It's glory over the
Hawaiian Islands. That flag was placed
there by this administration. There they
will get their coal under our own flag.
Then they Will steam out again across the
sea, and we will build a Pacific cable and
we will telegraph over there that the
ships are coming, and they. will go TO
HongkOng and all that Wondrous country
. over there-China and Japan-and then
they viii start down to the Islands known
as the Ladrones, and they Will find safety
there, for the American flag waves over
the LadrOne Islands, placed there by TINS
administration. And then they Will go
on farther, and far away yonder they W1i
see the old banner still waving: 1t VIII
appear almost like banner held out OF
the sky as It waves in its beauty and
glory over the Philippine Islands, our
country.
The more you develop these Western
possessions the more you make California
prosperous, because 1t will be the DIS
tributing point for all those Wonderful
things in the West. (Applause) You can
not do il unless you stand by the admin
istratiOn, because If the Senate ana
House of Representatives. are not IN
harmony with the administration they
will pull back all the time; they VIII OBJ
struCt everything, and the result VIII be
the President cannot carry out these great
matters as he has them in mind and you
viii be the losers. Why, If you ever nad
a reason on earth, my friends IN Cantor
MIA TO vote the Republican ticket, you
have got it now. 1t is the making or
CaIifornia-not the making. because she
is already made-but ! should say II IS
greater making of California to develop
these Western possessions: NOW, as a
young man. LOVING my country. and every
patriotic Republican, Democrat or Popu-
list does likewise, l say that wherever
the old flag has been planted by the boys
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down. Understand? Great applause
Not one inch of soil in any island in the
sea that bears the stain OF blood from
the veins OF an American soldier shall be
Can lauSe) .
To surrender those islands would be an
insult to the men who risked their lives
for the country and its flag (Applause)
And they are not going to be surren-
dered either. This administration dotes
on islands QaughterD, and 1t has gath
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and strung them into a wonderful string
of Jewels as grand as any pearls or dta-
monds that ever gittered upon the crown
OF any monarch. thrown them in their
loneliness around the neck of far Column
bia, and defies the world to take them
on. (Applause)
Look at Porto Rico-one of the bright
est islands of the seas and one Of the
richest The old flag waves over that
island. Look at Cuba. The Old flag
waves over Cuba There are great prob
lens there. 1t remains to be seen
whether or not those people are able TO
grasp them in It's own government If
they are not, in the interest of humanity
it will be necessary for this Government
to take care Of Cuba. If there are any
other Islands lying around loose, we are
ready to take care Of them, too. { Great
applause and laughter)
l am an American. I believe in progress
and advancement, and every American
patriot does. When you talk with some
folks they will tell you: why, the ideal
he is an expansionist" What did you
come out to California for? You were
looking for land, most of you.
a voice responds, THAT IS what we
were"
Why did the pilgrim come in his COW
cred wagon from Eastern States to settle
in Kansas? Looking for land, wasn't he
sighed for more land, and we got the re-
public of Mexico. We longed for land, and
we got the Gadsden purchase. We lOnged
for more land and we got the Louisiana
purchase. We longed for more land--and
gold-and we got the wondrous Territory
of Alaska.