The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
PAINE AND MACK,
Continued From Page one.)
a price. 100000 of dollars, for 1o,OOO,O0O
of souls, or two dollars apiece.
a THE COMMERCIAL MOTIVE.

THE COMMERCIAL MOTIVE.
Shall we speak of lower motives, os
the demands of commerce for an ex-
tension of its opportunities? See how
Col DENLY, whom the president APP
pointed on the peace commission,
states the case: I'VE have become a
great people. We have a great COM
merce to take care of. The manufac-
turer and the merchant dictate to dip
lomacy and control elections Com
merce, not politics, is king. We are at
ter markets. The cold hard practical
question alone remains-Will the pos
session of these islands benefit US as 4
nation? If it will not, set them free
tomorrow, and let their people, if they
please, cut each others throats" Re
member that Senator Platt in state
ment defending the administration
called Col. DENLY the direct represer-
tative of the president.
NO AMERICAN LABOR THERE.
There is no opportunity for the Am
erican la.borer there. The only chance
is for the syndicate and the men Of
great capital to make use of cheap la
Dor there. It Is the promoter and the
franchise grabber who will hurry to
Manila to, reap what harvest they may
carcase is, there shall the vulturcs be
gathered together
Or Is the motive the cowardly one
that we are IN it and can't back out.
that though we. have made a mistake
we will moi. admit it; that although we
are doing wrong we are not morally
strong enough. not alive enough with
the Puritan courage and instinct to
change and do right?
tyr Y ADazIRA AL DEWEY.
These islands are thousands of miles
away. The problem is a new one that
the people have hitherto never had oc-
casion to consider, but there stands
forth one man prominent amongst ali
Americans. fitted by experience and by
training to bear the message of free
dom to these people. If he is worthy to
be our president, to control all the af-
fairs of this nation, to advise us as to
our internal problems, to manage curl
relations with the powers of the world,
ne is fitted to be governor general of
the Philippines. He can use with bestl
discretion both the army and the navy.
ana best of all, he can go there typify- |
ing the friendship of the American peo-
pie for their Filipino brethren, because
he has stated
DEWEY A LAFAYETTE.
KNOW the F1llplnoS intimately and
they know / am their friend" Send
MN as France sent one Of her nobIest
citizens. Lafayette, to fight for us in
the revolutionary war, to help us and
always be our true friend Let the La
fayette of this country be the man to
whom all our hearts are turning-Ad-
miral Dewey. Let him go with his
fleets and his army, with as many men
as he needs to undo the laundering
work of Otis. Then let him cut the
cable for no cable is better than a CEN
sorship. And let him give the Filipinos
the autonomy, the self government
which he says they ought to have. If
there be treason in this solution of
peace with honor, peace at once with an
autonomous government to the Filipi-
mes, ! do not know the American who
would be so presumptuous as to de-
clare that Dewey was traitor
The question comes back fundauen-
tally tc this: Shall America be faith
full to the basic apd eternal principles
of the declaration of independence, that
all men are endowed with inalienable
rights of life and liberty? Shall We be
faithful to the constitution of our land
and to the wise words of Washington
Jefferson and Lincoln, and all those
whom we Americans most revere and
love best?
The temptation has been great. The
AiOiSc VA var anu the LulQuitQOuS APP
plause of men to the heroes who re-
turn have swept us off our feet. It is
%. sin that the temptation has been
felt. Sin comes In awakening to the
knowledge of the temptation and then
in continuing to yield to it.
MACK TALKS ON TRUSTS.
The next speaker was John H. Mack.
the democratic candidate for lieuten-
ant governor. who spoke briefly pay
ing special attention to the trusts. He
said that the republican party has
been recreant In its duty to the Ameri-
can people by failing to direct efforts
that would curb the growth of power
full trusts
The election Of William j. Bryan, he
said, would give the country an attor-
ney general who would deal with the
trusts in a perfectly fearless and con-
sc.entious manner.
The last speaker was E. Gerry Brown,
democratic candidate for state auditor
He also dealt with the trusts especial
ly, saying that If the people did not
turn around, and own these monopolies,
the tnonopoifes, would soon own the
government l'AAd they came very near
it at the present time.