Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-21

people. The 81, per cent Of. ,pfotection at
time when the beneficiarles are selling
is virtually government license a legal
permit. to extort up to ruinoui point
from the American public. Here We see
sible for the Wholesale creation of oppor-
tunities to crafty this crime-breeding
and humanity-disgracing propensity Of
| avarice.
How are we to deal with this stubborn
| vice? Evidently. instead of encouraging
IT we should restrain it. Instead of null
siplying opportunities for Its qualification
power The scope within which this evil
passion pas plays should be constantly more
larged. Instead Of Investing this man-de-
! grading passion with the powerful sane
t ton %, OF the law, It should be put under
ehe nan OF the law tb,s The s. per Of
Withdrawn SO all met, would stand more
nearly on an equality. SO Industry and
aem e e. eoH 9ha be- governed by the nat
The Paramount Issue.
On the question Of expansion Mr..
White said:
In the Incredibly short time of few
months a new political issue has been
formulated and thrust upon us which, so
far as the democratic party is concerned,
is not of our seeking. From the very
/ beginning we have earnestly sought to
avert 1t.
The question, bluhtly stated, ID this:
Shall s, we as nation continue il the fu-
tons advice, savoid all foreign etitans-
ling alliances" shall we employ our en-
ergies in the promotioh of the good Of
| cling to the policy which. for q century
and a quarter. has guided our feet" and
under una ~. which. In spite Of maladministIa.
| people upon this planet; shall we hold
4 fast to that which experience has demon
strated to be safe. or shall we deliberate
/ ~ put out the light that has guided our
/ feet; purpcsely take a hazardous leap In
to the dark. reverse the traditions, re-
write the history OF the republic. tie our
selves up. with treaties and foreign alli-
anoes and recklessly plunge into the
Jungle?
I All at once, with scarcely time to think.
/ this issue OF imperialism. which from the
very nature OF the case, in view Of the
momentous consequences which must i'm
| mediately and necessarily begin to fol-
| low. has become sc transcendently impor.
| temporarily aside all other questions. II
we cannot now settle 1t, we are sure to
! find solution for the money question In
the near future. II We cannot at once
reach the point when the people will be
anxious to unite in the patriotic duty OF
undressing their oppressors. II we cannot
i now have justice done us by railroad
managers, our patience and fortitude will
qualify us to await the not distant day
of our deliverance. All other questions
must be settled at once. The nature OF
the question is such 1t cannot be post
! poned.
If any man wants to indorse the Nc
Kinney policy of Criminal aggression" he
| can so declare on the 18th of next Novem-
! Der by voting a republican ticket. for that
! party is Its selected and special champion.
Whoever wants an end put to the contin-
uance Of this crime can also so declare
on the 7th Of next November, but he must
cast g democratic. ballot. for that party
and all it implies.
| Should our people sanction the McKin-
ley purpose of the merciless conquest OF
fatal. cannot be rectified, for a policy will
| then be launched SO radically different
from all that has characterized our ante
cedent national life. policy that will 80
| reaching international obligations that
| escape from these new conditions will be
| out Of the question. 1t requires no great
/ know that IL we are to assume and wear
the tn, s Sc Of mperialism the subtuga-
will not be the end. but only the Begin
\ Ming of our new career
.. These people living near the equator on
ln1., sa bic. islands, once conquered
| once. forcibly possessed, must be perma-
nently garrisoned to insure their continu-
oug possession But what is the use to
| perceive that a sufficient army to garri-
| son this scattered territory and compe-
tent navy to patrol it's irregular coast
/ would require such number Of men and
1 ships that the expense of their main
tenance would be many times in excess Of
any any benefit our people might possibly de-
itiated into the bloody game Of the inter
national freebooter. having forcibly pos
sessed ourselves of the Philippine islands,
we VIII next play conspicuous and of
! course, "a glorious part" in the partition
of the doomed Chinese empire. England
! Is standing at our side whispering into
our ear that when the nations gather
| round the board to cut up this celestial
pie we must devour the central slice. This
whispering is done in such audible tones
and with such marvellous skill that the
whole world hears it.
No Reason for Expansion.
II our more than three millions of square
miles of territory contained congested
| population; If our people were SO numer-
Gus that our borders were Overlooking
witch the. surplus; if we had not the soil
then the advocates of the forcible annex
alton OF Asiatic territory ten thousand
miles from home might plead their ex-
cuse. Conditions In this country being
what they are, less than thirty people to
| the square mile, when six or seven times
that number could easily live here they
nave not even the shadow of an excuse
| to plead.
Again. IL we had our domestic affairs
so well ordered that our people had JUS
tice done to them at all times; If we had
all things so lovingly fixed that We could
make no further improvement here at
home; If all the problems involving our
% wei were permanently ,n settled; II we
and virtue for which we had no use; IL
we had no heathens among us upon
WHOM to test the new device of "benevo-
| lent assimilation then we might with
| some propriety call ON the far-off heather
to repent, and in case he refused, bap-
tie him with fire and fill him with lead
But until we do evolve civilization, the
| attempt to 'benevolently assimilate" the
oriental heather by waging war upon him
with fire and sword, is a crime against
4 God and man.
Mr.. White accused the republicans
OF trying to provoke war with Ger
many, which was only averted by the
magnanimity of the German govern
ment under great provocation. He con-
| tinued:
How any German with the faintest
4 spark of love for the old Vaterland, with
even one drop of Teutonic blood in his
1 VEINS can, under these circumstances
cast a republican ballot and thus become
1 a public apologist for the dastardly act
OF a party that tried to involve US in war
with friendly power, passes my under
| standing.
sanctity of the flag.
Concerning the sanctity of the flag,
Mr.. White said:
President Mckinley goes about the
country talking to undeveloped school
| children. as we'll as to returning voun-
| teers, about the unquestionable sanctity
ferent form the exploded doctrine that
i "the king can do no NrQngo by declar-