The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-14
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uIu,ion in favor of the territorial ex
oonsion adopted by the Democratic
convention at Galveston:
Mr.. Bailey arose amid storm OF
.n,Iause and cheers and hundreds
o.owded about the speakers stand.
u;s opening gave evidence of the
..ot that his throat was in fair trim
md with easy but penetrating voice
- baoan, No material considera-
,ion in the way of dollars and cents
oould induce him to consent to the |
.ocuisition of territory whose peo- |
n,e could not be governed according |
- the Democratic idea of constitu- |
tonal liberty
Then he proceeded to argue that
aven from a material point of view
No good could come from this policy
,hst has been inaugurated by the
Republican party. He contended
.hot the resources of our own coun-
4,rv had scarcely been more than
tonched and denounced the folly o.
attempting to govern other countries
until we had first completed the de-
velopment of our own.
He then proceeded to show thai
the population of these countries was
much denser than the population OF
our own country and asserted that
tbe cheap labor of these countries
was much more apt to immigrate in
70 the United States than our people
would go there.
He stated that the Philippine is
lands numbered something over 400
and comprised a total area of less
than 900 square miles, while the
population of it was ov: r 5000, 900.
ain other words,' said he, 1.-The en-
tire area of the Philippine islands is
less than half as great as that OF
Texas and the population is nearly
four times as great.
He contended that it was absurd
to suppose that the people OF this
country would go to the Philippll.
islands, where the population pei
square mile is more than six times
as great as it is in Texas, and where
the average wages of unskilled labor
is about 81 per month.
Up to this time he was discussing
the acquisition of the Philippine is
lands. wi ich the Democratic platform
declares against taking, but which
l,n h n p
certain to take unless they are de
TERED from doing so by public senti
ment.
He then passed to defense of hi
position and plans of annexing Gu
ba, and sustained that from mate
rial as we'll as from a constitutions
stand point.
suppose the people of Cuba ar
capable of self-government, as man
gentlemen contend they are, an
suppose they desire to become stat
of this union, then undoubtedly the
admission would not violate any full
dimenta. principle of the Democrat
party and the question would
simply whether their admission Wi
desirable as matter of policy. III
people who insist upon taking Cui
with or without the consent OF tl
Cuban people and whether they a
capable of self-government or
are in the habit of describing tn
island as a sort of new and sparse
their glowing accounts you wor
think its valleys more fertile than
Nile and that it's mountains are
treasure houses of untold veal
Cheers.
"They have revived the hopes
the boomers, who have been led
believe that it is another place VIII
they can lay plantations into to
lots to be sold at exorbitant pri
to their unsuspecting victi
(Cheers).
"But the cold facts destroy tt
fancy picture. According to its
census the population of Cuba
1900 900 and it's area was less t.
that of the state of PennsylVal
Its population to the square null
much greater than that of Te;
Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, q
gia, Alabama or Florida. and Il
will consequently be small ind
ment for our people to go tn
Even if the conditions of the soil
population were inviting the cliI
would render it impossible for
people to go there and work, bee
it is simply impossible for white
pie to live and do anything Ii
days work in that country durl
large portion of the year.