The Topeka state journal., 1899-08-30
PRAYER FOR
THE FlLIPlNOS.
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trusts can be controlled by the states
only and not by the general govern
ment, is a matter of no consequence
to US, if they can be controlled at all;
the Republican party is at fault. So
long as the attorney general of the
United States is selected and inducted
into office because he is trust lawyer,
and so long as an attorney general of
the state of Ohio is retired to private
life because he has undertaken in this
respect to enforce the law, the Repubi-
can party must fail in its declaration
that it is opposed to trusts.
I'VE charge that the Republican par
ty, as at present controlled, stands for,
if indeed it has not already entered into
an AnglO-American alliance. The Dem
ocratic party has no desire to adopt for
the United States, upon any subject OF
governmental concern, any but an
American policy. We have no desire,
we perceive no necessity to aid Britain
in the maintenance of a British policy
anywhere, and with full confidence in
the strength of our cause, and country,
we ask no aid from Britain in main
tanning an American policy where that
it is necessary or desirable to maintain
one. We adhere to the Monroe doc
trine. We are loyal to the cOunsels of
Washington's farewell address We
are not prepared to accept the ancient
. .antagonisms of England as our own,
nor to participate with her in her new
found hates or envies; and at this juno
ture when England sees its power Slip
ping away and percetVeS with alarm
the great advance of German manufac-
ture in the worlds trade, we have not
discovered any reason why we should
side with England and oppose the ad-
vance of Germany We oppose the
Anglo-American alliance; we would
equally oppose any other alliance, and
our motto will continue to be, in the
future as in the past, One flag, one
country and one allegiance.
stT0 cO0demnin2 the doctrine OF i'm
perialism we in no manner abandon
our soldiers in the field But at the
same time, whenever a purse proud,
trust-conJrolled administration dareS
array our flag or forces against a peo-
pie fighting for the God-given right to
rule themselves. Whenever the sum
total of a peoples offending is that
they desire to be free, it will be the
duty of the Democratic party to be
brave enough to expose the pretense,
to tear the mask from the covered face
of fraud and greed and avarice, and
proclaim that the recognition of such
a war for such purposes is un-American
and must be brought to close.
I'VE proclaim that there shall be
beneath our flag no slaves, no subjects,
no cOlOniSts, who can not be citizens,
and, lest we be late, we proclaim 1t
now. Commercial empire must not be
placed before principle; the doctrine,
the recognition of which made US great,
free people, must not be ignored, de-
parted from or limited, and we profess
that all men are created free and equal.
I'VE affirm that the war in the Phil
ippines, as at present conducted, is one
of criminal aggression, and we find no
difference in the situation the admin
iStratiOn occupies, than the one occu-
pied by Spain in the Philippines before
the surrender Whatever rights we
have were acquired by purchase from
Spain; our right is no higher.
I'VE declare that while no proclama-
tion has been made, the fact is that
this administration intends to hold the
islands as dependency; that the
prosecution of the war is a part of a
political scheme and the government of
those islands is to be used as man
ner of payment for political services.
The civil service is not intended to ap-
ply.
The importance of the campaign
this year must not be underestimated.
This is the year beginning the triumph
of 1900 for Democracy's cause and
Democracy's candidate; the issues are
made up of the peoples interests and the
present administrations ineff1ciencieS
and blunders. The questions involved
are the hope of the people for the fu-
ture, the possibility of their prosperity,
the maintenance of their liberties, the
existence of the fundamental principles
upon which this government is founded.
The name of the candidate for the
presidency next year appears in the
resolutions of every convention held by
the Democracy this year in the state
of Ohio. True to the people, devoted to
their interests, gifted with wisdom to
discern the right, and possessed of
eIoquence and courage to declare and
defend it, the exponent of every prin-
ciple declared to be Democratic, the
uncOmpromising foe to all at variance
with the peoples best interest. the un-
questioned leader of a reunited Democ-
racy his name trembles upon your
lips, and trust and confidence in his
honesty and capacity abide in your
hearts; an ideal candidate, stronger in
defeat than his opponent in victory. he
is demanded by the Democracy of Ohio
and the Democracy of the country as
our standard bearer in 19OO-WiIliam
Jennings Bryan. Under the banner of
the Democracy we enlist with him as
our leader, and this days work viii
make an appropriate and fitting be-
ginning for next year. when at that
great tribunal of the peoples wilI-the
ballot box-the error of 1896 will be cor
rected and the ill-considered and un-
just judgment then rendered will be re-
VerSed.'