Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-09-28
fzation of the worlds most aggressive


fzation of the worlds most aggressive
force, business. Railroads. buildings.
bridges, etc, musc be built. With a
navy and a small army on the eastern
shores of China we will secure To cur
workmen this labor, to our capital and
manufacturing ventures, the profits.
The Philippine islands may not be
worth the candle; the adoption of 4
new and aggressive national policy
may mean the commercial and manu-
featuring supremacy of the world and
the consequent enrichment of our OWL
people.
within short period of time our
army and our navy have astonished
the world and served notice to all the
great powers to keep their hands off
| our affairs, protection greater than
the Monroe doctrine. If we but reason
ably improve our war footing no ma
tion will seek a conflict with us, and
we will Be proud to say that we are
Americans, and we will be shown
proper respect and be protected in
every land throughout the world
! THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.
I'VE are a growing nation, the most
progressive on the earth. We must
expand TO meet the requirements and
demands Of our increasing population
Greater dangers menace our govern
nt mt from an unemployed and restless
people than will ever come to this in
| telligent people from d reasonable
military power and Il continuance of
o' expansion policy, policy we have
followed under all parties since the
original Is colonies bound themselves
| together for the common good in an
indissoluble bond of union.
"Demagogues. theorists and vision
aries have demanded that the presi-
dent withdraw the army and navy from.
| the Philippines and abandon these ig-
norant natives, these children (as we
might saw in the theory and practice
of self government, to the mercies of
| Aeuinaldo and his army Of cut throats
What right have our repudiated
| leaders to demand that this great ',ue;-
ton shall not go to the people To
|. give up the Philippines, or make an
agreement to give them up, is to deuy
the people the right to pass on this
great and important business question
The common people have us much
right to be heard as the millionaires,
the repudiated statesmen and the dem
agogues in politics posing for popu-
larity.
WHO SHOULD DECIDE?
"This question should be considered
by the people. The national admlnis-
tration has plain duty before it. The
fortunes of war have placed the Phil
ippines in our possession. The ad-
ministration should hold them at all
hazards, until the people have care
fully considered and spoken OH the
great question. whether by continuing
our expansion pC'icy we are to become
the greatest nation on the earth COM
mercially, or whether In Il cowardly
spirit we are to build around us a
Chinese wall. called the Monroe doc
trine and assume the responsibility
of denying to our laborers and cauital-
lists their riehtful share of the worlds
trade.
Labor troubles may cost us more
money and more lives than the sus-
tanning of a reasonable expansion pol-
icy.
The peoples interest lay in maxi
ing this great nation. Great things
are accomplished by advances, not by
retreating.
''The Republican party stands for
expansion and enlarged markets as
we'll as the home markets for our la
borers and capital
Many Democrats individually be-
lieve in the same doctrine. though
their party is an opposition party.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
This should not be party question.
1t is an American question. Are you
not proud of the record of our army
and navy? Has not the noble work
of our brave boys made you an Ameri-
can above and beyond the reach of the
demagogue and the theorist?
'Will you vote to take down the
flag, that glorious emblem of Liberty.
from any foot of soil on which the
brave boys have planted it?
''Your answer will be recorded as In
1861 to 1865. Then without regard
to party the word nation was written
in the blood of the heroes of the civil
war, and today the blue and gray re-
joice that the north and west decided
that we must govern the south even
without the consent Of the governed"
temporarily,
"Will you vote as the brave boys
fought, for the supremacy of American
Interests at home and abroad?
III in 1900 the people decide for a
Chinese policy, for retrograde move
ment, for labor troubles, for COM
muntsm and possible anarchy, we will
all obey the will of the people, for the
people rule.
I'm the fall of 1899 we should b
large maJorities, sound the prelimin-
airy note of protest against the sur
render of one foot of soil on which
the flag has been planted, and we
should speak through the ballot in de-
cided language in favor of giving to
our labor and our capital every ad~
vantage enjoyed by the people of any
other nation"