The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-07-14

daS given 10 The present administration,
urlng thls war, the encouragement it
upon the field, has done much to speed
the osy OF victory. Our defenders in
battle must be made to believe that the
people Oh tnls country are unit in their
support No announcement for the
soldier IS like the thought that he is fight
ing Tor nome, that he is Offering his life
for his oountrymen, who believe in him
and in his cause
MY Republican friends, when we con-
template the disasters of this war, when
we thlnksof those of our noble brothers
and comrades suffering in the burning
sun OF the tropics, or in the hospital,
Where the fever RACES and fights IKE
oonqueror; when we think OF the desola-
ton that has already come to many oil
our hearthstones, let us not forget that
no one could have done more to have
| stood between US and these disasters than
President Mckinley. With an aching
heart he sought for peace that carried
peace he was preparing for conflict.
When others were shouting for war, for
which we were in no way prepared, Will
liam Mckinley was sending powder to
Dewey. That powder has already told its
story. 1t has written the brightest page
of naval history; Dewey's guns not only
destroyed the Spanish feet at Manila,
but they tore down forever those walls
in the Orient between the old civilization
and the new. The planting of the Stars
and Stripes upon the Philippine islands
will give to her benighted people some of
the evidence of higher and better civil
cation.
"The question is being asked if we be-
lieve in taking. territory by conquest
Since the Republican party has not had
opportunity to give expression upon this
subject, can only speak for myself AS
to the isle of Cuba, our promise has
gone out that we are not after territory,
but that we seek for the establishment
within her borders Of free ana stable
governments. Beyond this, am in favor
OF gathering unto ourselves with hooks of
steel, any or all of the possessions of
Spanish monarchy. If Spain shall not
be satisfied when we have stripped her of
the philippines. and of all of her possess
slons OF the Western Hemisphere, then let
the superb American navy cross the At
lantlc, and charge upon the very citadel
OF her power. Then we shall have peace,
together with indemnity; or Spain, with
all her ancient and modern tyranny, shall
be wiped from the map of the earth.
- My countrymen, what may be Expect
ed to be the results of the present war
New territory will be ours and as to it's
disposition, our people will cheerfully
commit the matter to the Judgment of q
Republican Administration. 1t is being
suggested by many that an Anglo Saxon
alliance may follow. But we know that
the binding together of the English speak
ing people of the earth will not be for az.
erosion, nor for conquest, but rather for
protection and defense. Monarchs might
look upon 16 with concern, but liberty
loving people every where would ask to be
taught our principles of government. A
certain result of the war will be that
hencetorth we shall be recognized by all
nations of the earth as the imperial
American republic. We will learn that
we must expand our navy, and become, if
possible. the mistress of the seas; tina
we must enlarge our army, SO that we
may, with confidence, suppress insurrec-
ton and repel invasion. But greater
than all beside, we shall have taught the
world to know that America is nation,
the secret of whose success has been JUS
tice to man and honor to God.
Recess followed.
The delegates occupied the afternoon
IN various caucuses and COMMITTEES
meetings The campaign for office of
president is engrossing most of the at
tention; The Pennsylvania delegates
are pushing the claim of their candidate,
assert that he will be elected Friday.
H. N. Dingley of Kalamazoo, Mich.
son OF Congressman Nelson Dingley OF
Maine. is making a strong conyass for
the position. He has the support of a
number of central states.
D. 9. Boyd of Maryland is prosecuting
his campaign with vigor and has the
active assistance of the Maryland dele
cation.
Col. W. J. Stone of California. is also
carefully looking after his interests
None of these candidates has as vet made
an estimate of his own or his opponents
strength, nor is there anything on which
to base even guess as to the outcome.
some opposition to Secretary Stine's
plan for succeeding himself has deyel-
oped in the person of A. F. Meyer of New
Jersey, whose boom has been formally
launched by the New Jersey delegation.
The committee on time and place for the
next national convention heard argu-
ments in favor Of st. Paul. Los Angeles
ana galveston. The committee has given
t 40 eSprepsslon OF preferences but it seems