The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-08-12
PARTYOFTHE PEOPLE
Republicans Stand for National Hon
esty and True Patriotism.
Speech OF Il. q. Pickett. Temporary
Chairman of the Iowa state Con-
vention - blessings of Repub-
liean Adm In istrn tiOn.


1.-The history of the republican party
stands for the heroic age in American pol
tiles It's character lines are boldly de-
fined 1t received It's first lessons from the
| supreme and patriotic stateSmanship OF
! Abraham Lincoln. Born of the people, II
has ever been proud OF its parentage, ana
courageous In defending its birthr!ght. 1t
/ has never seized with nerveess grasp the
important problems confronting it, 1t dis
| cerned the growing needs of the people, an
! ticipated further developments. compre-
! hended the boundless possibilities OF our
! great republic; and with high resolve, an
| honest conviction, and fearless leader
! ship, unfurled the banner of national
! progress In is broadcast and truest sense.
! Ii has been true TO the instincts OF our
] history. In Its party organism are FOUND
: those vehement, virile and forceful traits
/ that have made our people the greatest
/ character-people in civilized history.
I'll is true OF nations as of individuals,
! that the strongest types are produced by
| opposition. Courage, struggle, victory, are
| written on every page of our history; they
have developed the little band in the
Mayfiower into a mighty and powerful re-
| public At every step in our onward
march. we have met, with opposition; but
| from each and every contest. whether
with nature savages. despotism, Internal
! diSse nsions or foreign foe, have arisen
grandtr. stronger than before.
1--WE have never shirked responsibility,
nor evaded the mandates OF duty. we
have never repudiated the guiding spirit OF
God-ordained destiny. We have never
paused TO question. whence, but have
simply asked whittier. The Divine Donor
seems to have encirc!ed our self-reliant
liberty-loving and progressive people with
all the generous bounties of hospitable ma
ture and with prophetic command, bid us
grow Thus far and no farther is not
found in our national lexicon.
THE republican party at its birth In
herited these facts. 1T has stood in the
past, and stands to-day. for the broader,
higher and grander destiny OF our choesn
people.
when the false prophets OF free silver
were noculating the public mind with the
dishonest heresy OF something for moth
ing, and nothing for something; when pa
thetic appeals were being made to the UNI
fortunates of the country. when grand ard
petit larceners were being tempted with
legalized immunity when the ac-
cumulated wisdom of centuries of
statesmanship and economic science were
about TO be cast aside; when business
panic, Reputation and dtscredt were
knocking at the door of power for ad-
mission. when political leaders were sniff
ing the direction of the popular air, the
republican party, fearlessly and patriot
ically, stepped forth into the public arena
stamped upon the hydraheaded monster
of national dishonesty, put to rout the
hosts of regulators, unlanced the would
be knight-errants OF finance, and declare d
before God and man that honesty must
prevail in the legislation of our nation,
1.-THE alleged evils of our financial sys-
TEN were imaginary, rather than real.
when given an opportunity to act. as It
Will BeDSiven in next session of con-
gress, the republican party will enact
such legislation as may be necessary 10
conform our present system to it's declared
principles, but its legislation will be RENE
dial not revolutionary constructive, not
destructive. corrective not disturbing.
How different are the conditions to-day
compared with those of three years
ago. The contrast would be belittled by
argument, The citation of facts would
distract from the universal object les
son before us. Progress was draped IN
mourning. Prosperity wore the shroud Of
death. The nation stood. as 1t were, on n
veritable Bridge of S!ghs.' gazing with
darkened brow upon the waves as they
dashed against the lea shore Of the ma
tons hope. But the ark OF repubicanism
appeared in the horizon: ii was borne on
the heavy pillows of popular sentiment
until securely anchored in the harbor OF Il
triumphant election: when forth from It
stepped before the joyful hearts and
happy faces OF n treasured people the be-
.nign, the patriotic, the heroic mold Of VIII
Destiny seems TO have set it's seal on
the administration of william Mckinley.
ii was foreordained by Providence. We
have simply obeyed the DEGREES of fate. W o
cannot retrace our steps nor erase the
past If we would, and would not If We
could.
1.-The fortunes ofw abound in surprises
Chance sometimes dictates the course of
progress This time IL has opened TO our
country the boundless opportunities OF
the orient, and created an outpost OF civ
iization that will in time emarcipate the
east from the bondage of barbarism and
stagnation.
civilization must triumph in every land
and under every sky. The spirit Of ex-
panslon, the desire for enlarged national
growth the reaching out for greater OPP
portunities, has been the great boulevard
of progress down which have passed lib
| erty, Christianity ard all the higher bless
! ings of civilization.
but the opponents of so-called expan-
| sion say that we are departing from the po-
| sition and tenets of our forefathers.
| answer: No. We are simply rising to the
! new conditions that surround US The
telegraph, the railroad the countless in
| ventions of the present-long ago made
| the departure. ~
But we hear 1t claimed that the ac-
! QUESTION of the Philippines under the
4 treaty of Paris is unconstitutional The
l
upon the constitution. The nation, ire
spective of its form of government or in
ternal laws, Is endowed with the attributes
| of sovereignty.
! when the insurrection now beii'E wagtd
| In the Philippines Is put down-as II surely
! must be-the FIlpinos viii be given ssch
form of government their intelligence
and condition will justify, and such as q
great and free people deem just and prop
er. The right of-consent is always de
| pendent on the power or ability to consent.
So firmly Is this principle established tina,
Its simple statement is its own conclu-
Bive argument.
1T is claimed. or at least argued by a
| few, that We are drifting towards imperial
Ism. The only Imperialism possible Is the
Imperialism of commerce. And that Is
sure 10 come. We already occupy the
! vantage ground We will not surrender
| II now. 1t came to us through the for
| tunes of war--it will remain with us for the
uses of peace.
| Gentlemen OF the convention, repre-
sentatives of the republican party of the
| state OF Iowa, to your consideration
| commend the great issues of our greater
future. The republican party has nevei
failed in fearless leadership and cour.
ageous statesmanship. 1t will not fai
| now.
IL congratulate you upon the universe
prosperity abroad In the land, upon the
4 numberless blessings of republican ad
ministration, upon the ebliteration of Ma.
son ard Dixon's line from the map of oul