The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-12
PAINE and MACK.
Seek a Quiet Place
and Open the
Campaign.
NO REFERENCE TO SILVER.
Paine Fayors Expansion
But Against 1t in the
Philippines.
NO REFERENCE TO SILVER.


ing rally of the democratic campaign
IN this state was held at the town hall
IN South Braintree tonight. The prin-
clpal speakers were Robert Treat Paine
Jr., the democratic candidate for gov
ernor; John Mack, candidate for lieu
tenant-governor and E. Gerry Brown
OF Brockton, candidate for auditor
BESIDES these speakers, the following
occupied seats on the stage: Col
Drlhkwater of Braintree, Michael
Gunnln of Boston, Francis Hobart
FRANK jackson of Braintree and John
Whelan. Col. Drinkwater presided. In
MS opening remarks he said that
the democratic party in Massa-
cnusetts had placed on the statute
BOOKS OF the commonwealth legislation
mat was beneficial for the working
classes. He said that the American re-
public had become the greatest nation
IN the world, but a mistake was made
When they attempted to foster private
greed at the expense Of the many.
Col Drlnkwater then introduced Ro-
pert treat Paine, Jr., the democratic
candidate for governor, who spoke at
considerable length. He said:
4oinght a new campaign begins and
you nave a new candidate, who will try
ms pest to plead your cause 1 stand
squarely on your platform and accent
tne TASK Entrusted to me in loyalty to
the party that has existed from the
Gays of Jefferson. 1t is needless to
deIlne my attitude upon each particular
question on each individual plank The
men who fought in 1896 for the demo-
cratic party received abuse enough to
toee tnelr position clearly known. In
1895 was more than ever a democrat
because the convention of that year
came closer to the people and issued a
platform which pledged the allegiance
OF the party absolutely to the inter
ests Of those whom Lincoln loved to
call the plain people.
THE PHILIPPINE WAR
What started this war? It was the
plain people sympathizing with the as
pira9fens OF the people of Cuba strug-
sling Tor their freedom. They forced
inns country to draw the sword to help
their fellow men. Noblest motives Of
humenity actuated our true hearted
democracy. We pledged ourselves
through congress to give them liberty
ana not to seize their land and in
dorsed the Christian sentiment of Nc
iAinley that "forcible annexation would
be criminal aggression
MCKINLEY A NAPOLEON,
Republicans have called Mckinley
tnelr Napoleon. Shall the analogy
prove TO be too true? 1t was with the
proclamation of liberty equality and
fraternity that the armies of the young
Napoleon crushed adjoining monarchies
and established republics along the
frontier of France. But his head
turned by success, Napoleon turned his
armies against those neighboring peo-
pies and subjected them by force to
obey his will. They had hailed France
as the deliverer of nations; now they
rose up In arms, and peasants hurled
themselves against his veteran ranks
Spain flung off his yoke, and all Ger
many rushed together in the war of
liberation And shall it be that Nc
lNfnley, intoxicated with victory and
drunk with the lust Of power. shall fol-
low the course Of Napoleon and turn
our armies from the bringers of free
dom to the Cubans into avenging hosts
that shall destroy the country of the
Philippines and force on those strug-
glng men such a government as he in
mis- good pleasure may see fit to give
them? He has been hailed as a Napo-
leon. Beware lest he follow in the foot
steps of Napoleon, when the acclaim
of an enfranchised people shall turn
into the excavations of the world.
NOW the scene changes. We fought
for and in behalf of the Cubans: now
we hight against the Filipinos Con-
gress declared the first war. Our
president assumes the power to wage
the second.
is 1T EXPANSION?
Is the motive expansion? This is net
expansion, but the creation of n COL
ony or a conquered province Of an in
ferior race. Expansion legitimate and
honorable democrats have always as
sisted. Three millions square miles Of
territory have been added to the crigin-
al union of states But that land
adjoined our own; it was suitable for
settlement by men of American blood
and was not already occupied; the ter
ritories to be carved out from it were
to have self-government and to be-
come self-governing commonwealth
in the union of states The Philip
pines are even now more Tricky set
tied than our own country, have a
climate more tropical than that of
Cuba, and with different standard of
life and another language and different
race will always prevail there
SHALL THEY BE CITIZENS?
If these islands are to become land
of our land, like Louisiana, as Presi-
dent Mckinley says they are, then they
must have a right, as men OF Lodisi-
ana have the right, to send across our
state borders their products to COM
pete with our own. Have we raised
up a high tariff to protect against the
pauper labor of Europe, and do we
now open our doors to the products
of the infinitely cheaper labor Of these
Malays?
Again, If they are to be as much
part of our land as Louisiana, their in
habitants must have the right to move
where they will, from one part of our
land to another. But ! have vet to.
learn what arguments make it desir-
able that we should welcome these 81
100000 of Aslatics when we so carefully
bar our gates against the Chinese. We
challenge the republican party. We
challenge President Mckinley, SO long
as they accept him as their leader, toI
state frankly to the country whether
they plan and purpose to admit these
dark-sklnned millions of Maieys to|
equality with our own people here in
the United States, or to hold thc.n as
a subject race, an inferior race, al
conquered race, people bought with
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