The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-11-18
A FAITHLESS PARTY.
REPUBLICANS FLAY THE ADJ
MIRISTRATION.
The Recent Indictment Returned BY
the Honest Thinking Republicans of
Nebraska-The Worthy Allies of tia.
New Democracy.

| NOl6TS JUST DeIcIe me CiOSe VI tue tate
campaign, is one of the strongest in
dictments OF the present national ad-
ministration that we have seen, aside
from Bryan's thirteen-inch speeches.
In part II says:
The Republican state platform,
adopted at Omaha. Sept. q, 1899. says:
I'VE adhere unequivocally to the
gold standard. and We are unalterably
opposed to the free coinage OF sill
ver.'
1T further says: After more than
twenty years OF harmful agitation the
people of the United States, by a ma
jority OF more than 100000, decided in
favor OF that standard
Now, is not that a fine statement
for honest men to make. in face of the
fact that the national Republican plat
form of 1896 promised to promote the
free coinage OF silver through interna-
tional bimetallism and that congress
appropriated 100000 for the purpose
OF trying to rid this country OF the gold
standard?
1T is true that the Republican party
for more than twenty years has been
promising the people to return to the
free coinage OF gold and silver and it
is further true that their promises have
been kept after the same fashion as
the promises of 1896. They have SIM
ply proven false.
AT the election OF 1896 over 13.0O0.-
900 OF people voted for blmetallism
and only about 10000 (the gold DEM
ocrats) for the gold standard.
The present Republican platform
also upholds the Observation-Disclosures
the government, for that is the people
in its imperialistic ideas, which
means. II carried out, great standing
army for the people to support, the I'M
necessary destruction OF thousands OF
lives and the downfall Of the republic.
The fact cannot be disguised that
widespread alarm now exists in the
minds of many thoughtful citizens lest
our government shall be destroyed.
This feeling Is not confined to any
particular party or locality. but is
found in all parties and everywhere.
Such stalwart Republicans as Senator
Hoar. ex-Gov. Boutwell,, Senator Ed
munds, John Sherman of Ohio and
thousands OF others are greatly exer-
cised over the precarious and unenvia-
BILE situation in which the administra-
ton has placed us in the Philippine is
lands and elsewhere through the infiu-
ence OF scheming, constituencies men.
Under the influence Of commercial
ism and Imperialism Mr.. Mckinley has
been led to abandon the Monroe doc
trine so long held sacred by Ameri-
cans, by making war upon a people
upon the other side Of the globe; to vi
olate all those principles which have
distinguished America from the gov
ernments OF the old world.
That heaven-born document which |
declares that all men are created |
equal; that all men are endowed by |
their Creator with certain inalienable |
rights; that among them are life, lib |
erty and pursuit of happiness, is the |
base upon which the entire fabric OF |
human liberty rests; this and the |
further doctrine that all just govern
ments derive their powers from the |
consent OF the governed is the founda- |
ton upon which this great republic |
has been built.
These are great eternal truths, ap-
plicable everywhere and for all time /
in harmony with the laws OF God: |
all Of which doctrines are evolved |
from the sublime law OF Christ:
DO unto others as you would have
them do unto you
There is no question but that we can
conquer and crush the Filipinos, but
because we are strong, we have no
right to trample upon and subjugate
those who may be our interiors. That
is despotism. that is militarism.
THE same spirit is behind VIM. Nc
Kinley now which was behind Jeffer-
son Davis in 1861, the spirit Of greed;
more territory for slaves then, more
territory for subjects and vassals now.
Abraham Lincoln in 1858. referring
to the Declaration OF Independence and
its authors, said:
Wise statesmen as they were.
they knew the tendency Of prosperity
TO breed tyrants and so they estab-
iished these great self-evident truths,
that when in the distant future some
man, some faction, some interest
should set up doctrine that none but
rich men, or none but Anglo-Saxon
white men were entitled to life, liberty
and pursuit OF happiness, their pos
terity might look up again to the Dec
laration OF Independence and take
courage to renew the battle which thar
fathers began, so that truth and ms
tice and mercy. and all the human and
Christian virtues, might not be ex-
tinguished from the land, so that no
man would hereafter dare to limit or
circumscribe the great principles on
which the temple OF liberty was buiit.
Now. my countrymen, IL you have
been taught doctrines conflicting
with the great landmarks Of the Dec
laration Of Independence; IL you have
listened to suggestions which would
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