The Portland daily press., 1899-07-06

MOUTH FULL CREDIT.
He does not go around among the olams
and snails saying ''God made me do it; II
was destiny" He eats and takesI the re-
sponsibility.
This other class Of citizens don't
know that we are waging.war and there
is talk about traitors and treason in a
country that boasted OF free speech for
more than q century.
stThe only way you can declare war in
this country Is for your congress to do 1t.
Your congress has been silent, and If
| there Is war IL is an administration war
and binds nobody but the administration.
(Appiause.)
60 around the oou ntry charging Senator
Hoar with bringing on the war when he
begged us to keep out OF It. II we had
followed the voice of Senator Goar we
would have had no war. (Applause.)
And let me answer one Of his sugges !.
| tions now. There was no delay. voted
for the treaty az between two evils, 40
| cording to the bsst light had-God
knows whether / was right or wrong, but
mir. Cushman X. Davis had that treaty
In charge and the first day he asked for
vote 1t was granted unanimously by the
United States Senate. and 1t Is a bad be-
8thiA1k w metElh1 W klIAluADL 4lOnI tut
war In the Philippines when he stood
right up and so voted that we should
never have had any war.
1.-The first day that unanimous consent
was asked to vote on that treaty 10 was
accorded unanimously. But they tell us
did not kill them, they might kill each
other. Great God I would rather they
would than be killing our fellows-would
mot your
sis it any less anarchy for us TO kin
them than to let them kill themselvesP
do it. says also, why, Germany would
have got the country, or tEngland. Well,
II there has got TO be TO- 900 graves might
they not be Just as well those of soldiers
OF the Emperor or the Queen, as the
graves of Yankee boyss (Applause.) Do
We want monopoly of graves In
Luzonr (Laughter.)
"Then they tell us In the next breath.
you people are traitors because you pre-
vent us Investing money over there. Ask
them IL they can give one days work to
the American workman. They will tell
you no, he can't ind days work there.
The sun and climate are not made for
| American workman, or he for them.
"rhen they say that they afford chances
for investment for American capital
| That country will give employment for
| our money. There is plenty OF work for
our money today here. You have seen
labor starving. You never saw dollar
surplus money is employed.
slow many more hearts Of American
| mothers have we to break, or how many
| more American boys have We to kill in
| order to furnish places for the invest
ment of money, or In orGer that a few
more money makers in this country may
find jobs for tho surplus capitalsthey havef
"Slavery Is the same today, yesterday
and forever. That old Institution not
only demands the right to own and CON-
troll slave, but 1t insists on the right TO
control your opinion about that sacred in
stitution.
"The first slave driver whoever unload
ed slave on this continent devoted a
share of bis profits to controlling public
opinion. They insisted on controlling the
press, the pulpit and Interpreting the
word Of God to prove that slavery was a
divine institution.
1--WE THOUGHT SLAVERY DEAD
in this country. We had an idea that 1t
died at Appomattox. We hoped so, but
like Rip Van Wrinkle, 1t was simply sleep.
ing, and to personify this evil I may say
he Is walking abroad in the land with a
new cloak, but We know his voice though
he cover his cloak with the jewels of COM
mere and hold in his Shiny hand for this
deceit of the people the holy word Of God.
(Applause.)
s'He approaches the business man and
| says, why, / am not fslavery, am ex-
pansion.' daughter And, mind you,
| none of us propose expansion. voted to
annex Hawaii because the psople of Ha-
| wall voted to come to us. bub never
would have sent regiment there to kill
them because they did not want to come.
"You can't make IA friend that way.
| You may as well annex the smallpox to
begin with as to annex by force. Excuse
| the diversion.
"This old man, the slave owner, Just
1 as active as he was In 1880, says TO the
/ businessman, Slavery means more money.
| You wall get some He meets the politi-
clan on the street and draws his cloak
around him and says; 20, am not
slavery; slavery is dead, but good politics,
| good politics, my boy. We will kill them
II they won't have it, but ii is good poll
tics. Laughter.)
"The same power climbs up into the
pulpit and Kisses into the ear of the man
of GOD. Our church-get the best OF this.
Good church business. We are not slav-
cry And they go to the men who are
employed In the art of statecraft, the
same old slave power, and say, Broad
ideas, assimilation, destiny, destiny, >
and II you dare call him by his right
name even, for 1t is government without
the consent Of the governed-if you dare
call him by the rame he ought to bear
they will get on your track and send the
scandalmonger after you, enlist the ser.
vices of the political whipper in and cry
cheap politics. (Applause.)
"All have to say TO you gentlemen,
woikmen or business men, is are you
AFRAID of him heref Applause and cries
of "No, no.D
caro- you afraid some one win call you
traitor II you speak your minds (Cries
of "No, no.")
"If Congress had declared war agai INST
a great nation we would stand by our
country, right or wrong. OF course IL
would be treason to go against the coun-
try II there Is a state of war. but the
/ constitutional provision for a state OF wac
has not psen complied with. Let those
who call traitor too often with light
tongue be aElittle more careful to husband
their resources.
/ say to you now that taxation without
representation in Luzon Is as much tyran.
ny today as IL was In Boston harbor when
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