The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-01-05


the State Treasury, about - 200, 600
IN cash 10 her credit, and only a little
over a., GOO, GOO Of bonded debt, all
over which will be paid during the
winter. Within four year, that will
be- paid, freeing the State Of debt, eN-
cepl Tor the school certificates, which
are not intended tu Dc retired. Ms
souri, Is Democratic State.
Mr.. bryan rrys that the antitrust and
Rnti.cHpanslon VIII take rank with the %.
Yer question on tHr atumpln I'1. Already
NJ least two Missouri statesmen who Uur.
ticaily controlled tho springfield convention
are "hcdging" anu trying o. nc aHt right.
NJ Bland ~as right an the tlUIr. buukIn
Democrat
Isn't the Democrat just q l.i!c c1n.
founded in 10, conclusions and is In.
tcrprctalion of the attitude q some Of
the promiucn, leaders OF The party?
Mr.. Bryan position, 90, we under
stand It, Is not auij.cNpansiDu, but
anti. colonial and ouI.iwperal, be.
tween which {, wide difference. tx
pansion IN the right spirit aud in the
right direction nas always been in ac-
cord with Democratic policy, else this
would not be the great country that IL
Is. Mr. Hyau's position and that of
Senator Vest in bis anii-culluiul (nni
anii.eypausiou) resolution. are IN line
with the democratic platform Of Mis-
sour, the authors Of which have had
10 occasion TO 'hcdgc," but have con.
sistcntly endorsed what Air. Bryan and
Mfr. Vest have since said on the qucs.
ton of dealing with the territory thai
Spain has been forced to rclnpui,h 90,
result Of the war. The platform
adopted by the Missouri Democracy at
Springfield along this line is purely
Jeiicrsouian, aud Is IN no way aniag-
ohized by anything that Mr. Bryan has
said. Here It Is:
eve are opposed TO waru. war forcon.
quest. bur as this war was forced on rs by
the intolcraui conduct 90 the spanish GOV.
ID
should b. prosecuted GntU -raiu o. driven
from the Western llemlapherr.
"And since the prosecution 90 the war has
entnlled great loss 20 as OF both ufc and
treasure. wc demand that Porto UlcDand all
spanish territory Ia The West indies, EN-
CEIT CUBA. shall bc 5rizcd by the United
states or taken by possession OF arms and
held under the sovereignty ~ this country
1--WE favor carrying out In good faith the
resolution Of Congress, under which We IA
tervened IN cuba. AND AIDING TIM CT
BANS To ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN IN
INDEPENDENT CONVENIENT 90 THEIR
OWN, II they desire this, and wc VIII favor
Its peaceful annexation, whenever tt ran be-
done WITH THE CONSENT uT TuE RIO
PIE OF THE ISLAND
"wE INSIST oN THE STRICT MAiNTE.
NANCE OF TIIE MOSRDE DOCTRINE, and
hold that any departure from u would bC
both uuwise and hazardous. st the same
time we declare that no American people
should b. held by force ~ unwilling sublec
tion to European authority and NO oppas.
any alliance OF "a political nature with aay
European government, believing THAI the
maintenance Of the Monroe doctrine. 10 all
Of It's integrity. both In letter and spirit. Is
necessary 10 the exclusion of European
authority from these continents. and essen.
tial TO our unilsputod supremacy IN Amerl-
can affairs.
1--WE ARE OPPOSED 10 THE ACQuIsI.
TiON CF THE PHILIPPINES on OTHER
TERRITORY ~ TIiE EASTERN agss!-
SPHERE, We declare that as IN important
incident 10 war. our Government should &c.
quire all necessary har05gs aad coating sta
tions In the Philippines or cisswhera. ana
thnt,he treaty OF peace with ni'AtS on ASN
GOVERNMENT EsTABLisuED oN THh
ISLANDS, should guarantee to US CONNER.
ciai privileges equal TO or superior to those
enjoyed by any other nation"
Il will be observed that this platform
demands for Cuba an Independent gov
eminent, aud consents 10 annexation
only on "the consent Of The people Of
the island" Does Mr.. Bryan oppose
thisg II he docs, then he does not
agree with jefferson, who said II
candldly confess that ever look upon
Cuba as the most interesting addition
vh!eh eenld be made to OUT system OF
States. +"
Tho platform favored the seizure OF
Porto Rico; not TO be held as vassal-
age or dependency, bG' for the purpose
Of preparing ID for statehood, with
which Mf Vests resolutions agrees
when II says, IAN territory acquired
by the Government h. must be ac.
qulred and governed with the purpose
Of ultimately organizing such territory
Into staies suitable for admission into
the Unica.'' Mr. Bryan has not giyon
ui.craacc TO anything opposed 10 sacb a
policy, aud shurc has been mo .'hcsig-
ing on this point by the authws OF
that platform.
Again. ihs. platform says, sswel
arr opposed TO the acquisition Of the
Philippines or other territory IN the
Eastern hemisphere csc. Il this
not fully 10 sscorl With Sir. Bryaa's|
sllszsnoas on ~ Aabjuns siacc his ~