The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-31
MUCH CHEERING.
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tinguisher is taken out of the hands of
the trusts
f"The presidents demand for a perna-
nent army of one hundred thousand men,
Republican policy. The American peo-
pie are not ready for the militerism
which has burdened the taxpayers of
Europe, nor can they ignore the fact
that large standing army is
menace to a republic.
1.-The sentiment against imperialism is
growing so rapidly that even the presi-
dent could not ignore 1t. In December
In his speech at Atlanta he demanded to
know who would haul down the flag;
In his speech at Boston he declared that
the disposition of the Philippines was in
the hands of the American people. The
failure of the administration to give to
the Philippines the assurance of indie
pendence given to the people of Cuba
is responsible for the blood that is being
shed from Manila to Malolos. While
We glory in the bravery displayed by
our troops, and rejoice that the loss of
life upon our side has been so small.
we can deplore the policy which sacri-
fees even a few of our soldiers in war
OF conquest so repugnant to our ma
TONS teachings for the last hundred
years. The action of France in helping
US in the revolution and then leaving
US to enjoy our freedom, established be-
tween the two nations a bond of friend
ship The action of our government in
Withholding independence from the
Philippines after they had helped US il
mosities which will survive for a gen.
GRAFTON. Unless our people have lost
their love for the principles of self
government, our nation must, in its
calmer moments, be willing to recognize
the rights of the Philippines to work
out their own destiny, we recognized
the rights of the Cubans to be free and
Independent. The Republican party has
often done things inconsistent with it's
professions, but its inconsistency has
never been more manifest than in its
effort to place the so-called interests of
trade above inalienable rights. The Re-
publican party came into existence in
an attempt to apply the declaration of
independence to the black man, it seems
likely to go out of existence for it's
fusal to apply the same principles to a
brown man-only half black"
Going back to 1896, Mr.. Bryan said:
81 could have told the president how to
ascertain the sentiment of the people
from the rear platform of a railroad
train. could have told him then that
the sentiment of the people in the states
which visited was Overwhelmingly for
silver. But after the election 1 found
that lost the states in which I spoke
and carried those I did not VISIT
Mr.. Bryan said: THE meek and low
ly Nazarene gave to the world a double
standard in the commandment, Love the
Lord thy God with all thy soul, and thy
neighbOr as thyself. Yet 1 fail to see
what good can be accomplished by fir
ing the gospel of liberty out of Calling
gun. Then those who are in range are
too busy burying the dead TO pay atten-
ton to the maneuvering. Why can we
not have an Anglo-Turkish alliance to
eXtinguish the Christians among the
F'ilipinos, because the MohammedanS in
the islands have been instructed by the
sultan to stand with the United States?
1t would be just as reasonable as the
war we are now experiencing there.
The Filipinos want an Independent gov
eminent, but are being killed off be-
cause they are fighting for it. If this
nation will today improve its OppOrtun-
ity it will display to the world that
there is a difference between a mon
archy and a republic. Let this nation
by it's example show to the world that
we are ready to assist suffering peo-
pie, and we can do more good than can
be accomplished by all the wars of con-
quest we could inaugurate in a century.
True Democracy applies these princi-
pies to every question. Applied to the
Filipinos whose corpses strew the path
ways which our armies march, the
war would end. But it is not for the Fill
pinos we now plead, but the American
people must not be untrue to American
history. We must not disregard the in
alienabIe rights of those citizens of for
eign lands. Pursue the course which
sary to send to England and get sec
ond hand statue of William the Con-
Queror to put in place of the statue of
Liberty in New York harbor, in order
to correctly represent the existing con-
ditions. Let us have done with this
folly Let this war of conquest end,
and then erect in Manila bay a new
Let us follow these principles and then
we can guarantee to the F'ilipinos the
rights for which they are contending."