New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1899-03-04
REPUBLICAN ARRANGEMENT OF
PRESIDENT MCkINI

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, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY
Mr.. Johnson the Republioon reu,esento
. tive from Indiana. who made a vigorous
opposition TO the Army Reorganization
bill while It was before The Uonse. securcJ
thirty minutes lin which he delivered +,
, most remarkable and sensational speech
, arraigning the Administration in bitter
terms. Ii was carefully prepared and
read from mauuscript. mite contrary In
Mr., .Iohnsons usual custom In il Mr.
Johnson said:
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lowing the precodent set Them bv some If
the lending Republican pewsn,nars of tho
couutrv which. for months mast have hoo,
fercelv attacking tho Snn,ot orv and yot
have lacked tbo oourogo to Law tb.i, axo
to the root of tbe owl and cansure tho
uantlaman WIN in reu,,d fo, h;s ,,,l;t;oi,I
services and disbursements in the cam
paign of 1896 appointed him TO his nre-
sent position and has maintained him there
ever since. notwitbsianding his ;noomnet,
encv, and against the righteous comnloints
that have been made against him
lie commented on tho presonoo at tbo
banquet side bv side. of the portraits of
Washington. Lincoln and MeKinlev label
led eJiberators =, tbe frst who fougbt
with his own sword to establish tho yight
ae a .aafla n ,,e-e~.. .l or1sv,,u % ti,u secs
ond, whose hand penned the proclamation
that emancipated the slaves. He suggest
cd that perhaps the President "turned his
back on them as he has turned his back on
the principles of liberty upon which the
Republican party was founded" The
Presidents speech he called the "most re-
markable, certainly the most disingenuous
address, that ever fell from the lips of an
American President"
,, EFFORT TO BEFoG THE SUBJECT.
"This address divested of IT'S yerbiape
he continued. "considered aport from its
platitudes and the ostentatious professions
of virtue with which it was jnter]arded
| was nothing more nor less than n carefully
devised and studious misstatement Of the
| issue between the Chief Executive and
those of his own party who are opposed to
his wreched policy in the pbilinnines n
was an effort to befoe the subject and to
mislead the public Judgment y
He spoke sneeringv of the apnlause that
greeted the speech and compared tho pros.
idept to Mr.. Peckspifr He criticised tho
President for declaring that be had s;mnlv
held the pbilippines ns commandarl;n.
Chief. and that their futnro was to ha do.
termined by Congress.
"1f he is sincere, ), he asked wbv did be
hermit his sunpo,ters II, the Sen.te to ynt.
down the other day the Bacon resolution
which distinctly declared that tho Jfnitod
States entertained no intention Of nor
mapeptly holding these islands Wbv did
he insist that the McEnry resolution should
be passed, resolution which is fraud,
delusion and a snare, n shameful eva
siona
"Mr Chairman, | am determined that
the President shall neither befog the issue
between himself and those Of the Repub-
llcan party who oppose his Philippine
policy nor mislead the judment, nor shirk
the responsibility for the gross official
blnnders which he has committed in |
connection with this great problem.
NOT AN ERROR, BUT A CRIME.
II insist that the whole policy is not |
simply and error, but that it is crime
and that the Chief Executive of this nation |
is the one who has precipitated upon us
the embarrassment and the difficulties by |
which we are now confronted. | insist |
that he did not simply hold the Philippines
as communicating n-chief, leaving the ques- |
tion OF the position and control of them
to Congress, but that he formulated and |
put into execution an affirmative and ag |
gresslye policy, that OF the permanent an
nexation to this country ofthe Philippines, |
and forced it through the Senate with all
the power ana influence which his high |
Office enabled him to employ
SURRENDER TO THE CAPITALISTS.
"Mr. Chairman, in my humble opinion, |
the reason for the change of the Presiden- |
tial policy in the Orient is to be sought |
in quite another direction from any
Of those already referred to. II was his |
concession to the selfish capitalists Of the |
country, his surrender to their demands. |
These are the gentlemen who furnished |
the money for his nomination and clec-
tion, and who, doubt not have pledged |
him denomination and q reelection. |
These are the gentlemen who arc already |
seizing upon valuable franchises In China, |