Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-23
OHIO CAMPAIGN OPENS
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place, that this situation inevitably
arose out of the war and could not have
been avoided save by shameful conduct
on Our part. You will meet short
sighted people who say that Dewey
after sinking the Spanish fleet should
nave sailed away from Manila bay. OF
course such conduct was impossible. 1t
is not too much to say that such con-
duct would have been infamous. Either
the islands would have been left to their
own fate had such a course been fol-
lowed, in which case series of bloody
!nassacres would have taken place, and
the war between the Spaniard and the
Filipinos would have dragged along it's
wretched length until some outside in
terfernce took place; or else what is far
more probable. as Dewey's fleet sailed
out the fleet of some European power
would have sailed in, and we should
have had the keen modification of see
ing the task which we shrank from be-
gun by some nation which did not dis
trust its own prowess. which had the
courage to'dare to be great. Dewey had
to STAY and we had to finish the job we
had begun. The talk about the Filipinos
having practically achieved their inde-
sense. Aguinaldo, who has turned
against us, owed his return to the
islands TO us. 1t was our troops and not
the Filipinos who conquered the Span
iards, and as a consequent 1t was to us
the islands fell, and we shall show our
selves not merely weaklings unfit to
take our place among the great nations
of the world, but traitors to the cause of
the advancement of mankind, if we
finch from doing Alright the task which
destiny has entrusted to our hands. We
have no more right to leave the Filipi-
nos to butcher one another and sink
Slowly back into savagery than we
would have the right, In an excess of
sentimentality, to declare the Sioux and
Apaches free to expel all white settlers
from the lands they once held. The Fill
ipinos offer excellent material for the
future; with our aid they may be
brought UP to the level of self-govern-
ment; but at present they can not stand
alone for any length of time.
THE OHIO CONTEST.
MY fellow citizens, this contest of
yours in Ohio is no mere state contest.
1t is national contest. Our opponents
are fighting on national ground They
take their stand in favor of economic
unrest, of financial dishonesty and of
national dishonor. We take up the glove
that they throw down. We meet them
on every point. We stand for continu-
alton of the conditions which have
brought prosperity to US. We stand for
AN Intelligent effort to wipe out any
wrong that may arise without substi
tuting a ten-fold greater evil. Finally,
we stand for upholding the traditional
American policy of defending the honor
of the American people in the face of
ANY foreign foe, and OF giving free out
let 10 the vigorous and Astounding
strength Of the nation. If we finch
from doing our task in the face of the
nations. If we flee from the Philippines,
we shall have written shameful page
in the history of our country, a page
(which our sons and grandsons will
Tread with bowed head. verify believe
THAT the shame and anger such action
would arouse in our bosoms would force
us in a few brief years a:.ain to tread
the path upon which we have now en-
tered; only the delay would increase be-
You'd measure the difficulty and danger
We can not shrink from doing the task
allotted 10 US, unless we are content to
zee il done by stronger hands, and to
admit that we are not in the first rank
Of nations. Surely no American worthy
1.-THE name will make such an admission
In the present crisis we appeal not
merely to party. but beyond party; we
appeal to all good citizens. to all patri-
lotto Americans, to stand by us, as we
uphold financial integrity and the con-
lrerity at home, as we uphold the honor
Iof the flag and the interests of the ma
/ ton abroad"