The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-20
PATRIOT DAY OBSERVED
Ex.MinisteI to Spain HanniS Taylor on
Living Issues.
STRONG PROTEST AGAINST IMPERIAL ISM
Trusts Are Crushing Out Individual
ism and Must BE Regulated by
Federal Enactment.

| Boston, April 19.--The Sons OF the Rev
olution observed Patriots day today by the
unwilling of a tablet placed upon the tomb
in Kings chapel burying ground which
marks the resting place of William Saves
whose daring night ride of April 10, 1893,
was OF tho same character and accom-
plished the same purpose as the ride Of
Paul Revere The ceremony was followed
| by banquet at the Hotel Vendome, at
States Minister to Spain Haunis Taylor
were the principal speakers.
Senator Hoar spoke briefly on the subject
| OF Mon interference by the United States
| in European Strife" Harris Taylor then
| spoke on The Fathers Of the Revolution
MS Standards for Imitation" He said in
/ part;
Only after careful review and accu-
rate understanding of what has been and
may be the legitimate bounds of our eX-
pansion in this hemisphere, within the cir
Gle OF influence which the fathers contem-
plated, is it possible to measure the stu
! pendous folly and danger involved in a
Wild scheme of military conq lest which Is
row threatening not only to draw us into
! new methods of government, into the
maintenance of a large standing army
| with its consequent expense, but TO ineV-
itably bring us very near TO the crater
OF eruption in the Far East whose activity
is imminent. When the successful mer
chant has possessed himself of all the
channels of trade kinured to his own, his
hour OF peril comes when his vaultlng
ambition is overtempted by seductive
/ voice TO embark in some prrilous though
| promising venture far from home. | Will
| yield to no man when II comes to trusting
| faith in the future of the American peo-
pie, In earnest belief in its conquerng,
colonizing and civilizng power But !
also believe that there should be limits
even to our ambition that Providence has
| set bounds even to our destiny. Every ma
ton has come to grief that has attempted
| to rule the world. Why can We not hA
content TO dominate the best half of it?
| why should we wish to return TO the old
Roman days when every over ambitious
! consul or emperor strove to strengthen his
mold upon the people by presenting them
/ with freshly conquered province? We
| nave no right, either legal or moral to re-
duce the nine millions OF far distant Fill
/ plnos 10 serVitude through bloodshed and
slaughter we have no commercial inter-
ests In such an enterprise TO Justify the
/ ~'''ANN ~ NANPiNdi IuAbltb OF our HefOls
sons ever ready to die for their country.
Let us gather hope from the fact that the
/ growing opposition to this unwise and UNI
holy undertaking is confined to no parry
IN the capitol at Washington the voice of
your great senior senator. who commands
'ouay the confidence and reverence OF the
entire Nation, has Numbered against II
strong as an army with banners, while the
great tribune of the people who now
! speaks Tor the democratic party Is equally
inllexihle In his opposition
Ihat Intense individualism resting
upon a perfect faith in manhood and in
/ me might OF man, was the germ of orr
| National life out OF which has crown
the mighty tree OF liberty under law In
whose protecting shade the down-trodden
/ ana oppressed from every land and every
cilme nave found refuge and a home
sacFlligious Indeed must be the hand Thai
would lay the axe at the root of that tree
that would put the blight of death upon II
ny cutting the tap root from whieh its
\ lie has been drawn And VET fendish as
that act would be. such is the effort M the
paricldal hands that are today striving to
! eliminate individualism from our NatiouaI
I NE through the substitution OF a rollec1
uVeism born of the abuse of the Stata
power 10 create class OF corpnrations
.nst are beginning to dominate not only
the public affairs OF each self eovsr,t,,x
community but the private businese re
! every Individual, Legitimate enrnnrsfa
enterprise the indispensable agent ina,
mas done most TO advance our ranid Ma.
lonai development, should mover he ron
,,ounaed with its illegitlmate brother harm
, ~ .ne dark embrace OF perniclous stnte-
refuge beyond the reach even of IN Ia
sral judicial power as at present exnonnd-
81 originating In an unholy combins,ion
20 control the oil traffc OF the country thc
sllen' monster has Of late mullinlled Me
,pecies with such alarming rapidifv ,hat
s I'm nus breeding ground in one Of The
ssns,n, sstes near the metropolis be Is
S'''' ioias nearly every important branch