The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-02
Dangers That Confront Nation Most Serious
Since Days Of the Pilgrims----Masterly 4
Address at Last Nights Repub-
ican Rally--Ably Followed
By Congressman Moody
and Speaker Bates.

democratic brethren have nothing to
say against his administration, and
have found much difficulty in getting a
candidate against him. They have
tried their old war horses, one after
another. But they all baked or SHE'D,
till at last they have candidate whose
name, | suppose, thPee-fourth of this
audience do not raneEnher have not
heard that anybody has been suggested
throughout the entire commonwealth
as a competitor with my accomplished
colleague, Mr.. Lodge, for the office of
senator
An amiable and kindly natured gen
tleman, whose sense of h9mor is his
most distinguishing quality, is proposed
as a candidate for the seat in congress
now held by Mr.. Walker. But, if 1 arm
correctly informed, Mr. Thayer is not a
democrat, according to the only test of
democracy laid down, not only by the
democratic conventions all over the en-
tire country, but by the democratic
state convention of Massachusetts, who
tell you that the only and unegring
touchstone to tell whether man is a
democrat is his belief in the free coin
age of silver
Certainly there can be no reason for
displaeing Joseph II. Walker with a
new and untried man. / have known
him intimately, through and through,
vice, but almost during his whole life
L do not believe you can find in the
district or out of it a man more com
petent to serve the highest interests or
to represent the best opinion of the old
Worcester district than he He has his
foibles, as We all have But he is a
brave, honest and strong Champion He
is able to hold his own in the defence
OF sound money, of good wages of
business prosperity, against any an
tagonist on any field.
They say that Mr. Walker does not
get through his banking bill Why
fellow citizens the Angel Gabriel could
not have got through a banking bin as
congress has been composed at any
time during the last u years There
are as many opinions on this subtle
and delicate subject in congress and
out of 1t as there are in theology. All
that we could hope to do is to prevent
mischief, and perhaps to take some
single, safe forward step. But there IL
no man in either house of congress who
has contributed more powerfully to the
argument in favor of protecting Anleri-
can labor, 20 the argument against
every device for debasing or degrading
the currency or breaking the public
faith, than your representative If your
desire In voting for this great office is
TO show your hiking for a good fellow.
Why you might all of you be inclined
to pay the compliment to Mr. Thayer.
But # your desire is for a man capable
of protecting and defending and pro
noting the great business interests OF
this great community, the things which
make capital safe and profitable. which
raise the wages of labor which are to
make Massachusetts grow and Vor-
cester grow--it is no disrespect to Mr.
Thayer to say that he could not in a
quarter of a oentuTy's hard work At
himself to I'LL the shoes OF Mr. Walker.
There is one practical question of i'm
mense Importance this year which
overshadoWs every personal consider
alton when we vote for our congress-
man. VIII you vote for speaker of the
house of representatives for Mr.. Bailey
of Texas, or for Thomas B. Reed Of
Maine? The power of the speaker
over all legislation was never so great
as it is today. His control over yotir
interests and mine, so far as they are
to be affected by legislation, is perhaps
as great as that of the president him
self. You might, with as much reason.
vote for a presidential elector because
the candidate was a good fellow and
because YOU did not altogether like his
competitor as to vote on such prfnci-
pies for representative in congress.
This year has been crowded with his
tory and crowded with glory 1t is also.
to my mind crowded with danger. The
nag of Spain, formerly the proudest
power on earth, since the day of the
Roman empire, has gone down in dark
ness and in blood before the victorious
navy and army of the United States
The flag of the United States has arisen
in the eastern sky like a. new constella-
ton. Let us not accept the duties and
responsibilities OF this victory in any
temper of vulgar vain glory still less
of a vulgar, greed Of power, or of gain,
The United States comes to these OBJ
pressed people, east and west, as
great deliyerer The American people
are not talking or thinking today UNI
less misunderstood the temper of my
of what they are to gain.
but of what the people they have de-
livered are to gain, TO deal with this
great. occasion by talking about coaling
stations and trade advantages degrades
and belittles it. We have not over
thrown Spain, we have not periled the
precious lives of our sons, that we may
add to our possessions. or that we may
make money out Of our new re-
lations
But yet the first duty of the American
people is to themselves. And when I
say this. / say it in no spirit of selfish-
ness or of Indifference to the welfare Of
mankind On the contrary, / believe
that the highest service the American
people can render to mankind and 70
liberty is to preserve unstained and un-
changed the republic as 1t came to uB
from the fathers. 1t is by example and
not by guns or by bayonets that the
great work Of America for humanity 10
10 be accomplished. And in my opinion
we are today in a great dangers
greater danger than we have encoun-
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