The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-08-05
PARTYOFTHE PEOPLE
Republicans Stand for National Hon
esty and True Patriotism.
speech OF 10. G. Pickett, Temporary
Chairman of the Town state Com
vention - blessings of Repub-
Iicnn administration.

spoke in part as follows:
"The history OF the republican party
stands for the heroic age In American poll
tiles. It's character lines are boldly de-
fined. IL received It's first lessons from the
supreme and patriotic statesmanship OF
Abraham Lincoln. Born OF the people, II
has ever been proud OF it's parentage. and
courageous in defending its birthrght II
has never seized with nerveless grasp the
important problems confronting II. IL 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 a fearless leader
ship. unfurled the banner OF national
progress In rs broadcast and truest sense
IL 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 I'm civilized history.
1T 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
Mayfower 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
discussions or foreign foe, have arisen
grander. stronger than before.
I'VE have never shirked responsibility,
nor evaded the mandates OF duty. We
have never rcpudiated the guiding spirit of
a 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
orc Ia ~ IA ~ a.
found In our national lexicon.
The republican party at its birth In
herited these facts. IL 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 inoculating the public mind with the
dishonest heresy OF something for moth
ing, and nothing for something when pa
thetsc appeals were being made TO the un-
fortunates OF the country, when grand and
petit larceners were being tempted with
legalized immunity; when the ac-
cumulated wisdom OF centuries OF
craftsmanship and economic science were
about to be cast aside; when business
panic, reputation and discredit were
knocking at the door OF power for adj
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, Enhanced the would
be knight-errants OF finance, and declared
before God and man that honesty must
prevail In the legislation OF our nation.
The alleged evils OF our financial sys-
tenn were imaginary, rather than real
When given an opportunity to act, as II
viii be given In next session or con-
gress, the republican party will enact
such legislation as may be necessary 10
conform our present system TO its declared
principles but it's 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 Il were, on
veritable Bridge OF Signs" gazing with
darkened brow upon the waves. as they
dashed against the lea shore OF the ma
tons hope. But the ark of republicanism
appeared in the horizon. IL was borne on
the heavy pillows of popular sentiment.
until securely anchored In the hathor OF a
triumphant election. when forth from Il
stepped before the joyful hearts and
happy faces OF a treasured people the be-
liam Mckinley.
Destiny seems TO have set IT'S seal on
the administration OF william Mckinley.
1t was foreordaincd by Providence. We
have simply obeyed the DEGREES OF fate. We
cannot retrace our steps nor erase the
past II we would. and would not II we
could.
THE fortunes OF war abound in surprises
Chance sometimes dictates the course of
progress This time a has opened TO our
country the boundless opportunities or
the orient, and created an outpost OF civ
iization that will In time emancipate the
east from the bondage of barbarism and
stagnation.
civilization must triumph In every land
and under every sky. The spirit OF ex-
pansion. the desire for enlarged national
growth. the reaching out for greater OPP
portunitles, has been the great boulevard
of progress down which have passed lib-
erty. Christianity and all the higher bless
ings of civilization.
"But the opponents or so-called expan-
sion say that we are departing from the po-
sition and tenets of our forcfathers.
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 It claimed that the ac-
QUESTION OF the Philippines under the
right to acquire territory Is not dependent
upon the constitution. The nation ire
spective OF its form of government or in
ternal laws, Is endowed with the attributes
Of sovereignty.
sWhen the insurrection now being waged
In the Philippines Is put down-as II surely
must be-the Filipinos VIII be given ssch
form OF government as their intelligence
and condition will justify. and such as a
great and free people deem just and prop
err. The right OF consent is always de-
pendent on the power or ability TO consent.
So firmiy Is this principle established that
It's simple statement Is its own conclu-
Eive argument.
1T T. claimed. or at least argued by a
few, that we are drifting towards imperial
ism. The only Imperialism possible "a the
Imperialism OF commerce And that Is
sure TO come We already occupy the
vantage ground, We win not surrender
n now. IL came TO as through the for
tunes OF war-~it will remain with US for the
uses OF peace
''Gsntlemen OF the convention. repre-.
sentatIves OF the republican party OF the
state OF Iowa. 20 your consideration l.
commend the great issues OF our greater
future. The republican party has never