The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-09-25


then the consent of the governed? In
1921, in Florida, where there were but
1000 white people and 10000 Indians,
and the white people mostly Of alien
race, we paid $5,OOO,0OO to Spain for
possession, and the Seminoles, led by
that gallant old Osceola, declared 1t
was their ground and that they We're
| owners of the soil. What did Jackson
do? He sent his soldiers down to fight
them and fought them for twenty-one
years and when finally conquered sent
what was left of them out to the
Indian territory. At the close of the
Mexican war we paid SIS, 100000 for
northern California with part of
Mexico. In 1858 we paid $10OOOOOO
for the Gadsden purchase, which in
cluded New Mexico, Arizona and
southern California. In 1867 we paid
81, 200, 600 for Alaska under the Demo-
cratic President Johnson. Where then
was the consent of the governed?
Fellow citizens, Colorado is a moor
place to come to infiict that doctrine.
(Applause) There are a great many
gray-haired men before me to-day who
came to this state in the early days
because of that purchase, without the
consent of the governed, and they have
made the desert to bloom as the rose
They found the red Apache and fought
him until they whipped him out. And
when years later we found peaceful
population of MeXicans here, where
was the consent of the governed? We
met them just as soldiers and COM
| missioners are meeting the people In
| the Philippine islands, with the olive
branch and we have sought to Instruct
them for government like our own.
spector of Imperialism.
Then we are frightened by the awful
specter of Imperialism. We are 10
trade prosperity for anti-imperialism.
1t is an issue supported by men like
Tillman, who. in answer to a question
of mine in the Senate, said that the
people of his state regretted they were
whipped, and that they wished they
had a separate government. What is
this Imperialism? 1t is desire on the
part of somebody to strike down re
publican institutions and substitute in
their place n monarchy. The man
don't live within the limits of this
Republic who cherishes that desire or
that sentiment. Is it our aimf Why,
our present army in Porto Rico and at
all our seaport forts and inland forts
and in the Philippines amounts to the
sum of 60, 900 men. 9-10O of one per
cent. of the total population of the
United States-a less percentage OF our
population in the army to-day than
was in the army in 1870 in time of
perfect peace. And are these soldiers
imperialists? There is many family
in Colorado who sent their youngsters
out to fight the battles of their coun-
try, and some of them are dead ana
some are back with us to-day. Are
they imperialists? My friends, citizen
ship has many duties; the duty of con-
duct, the duty of example, the duty OF
achievement, but for all time since
history has been written the supremacy
of citizenship or patriotism has been
the readiness to die for ones country.
We sent our boys from Colorado there
Some of them are back and other gal
liant young lads are taking their places,
but no letters ever came from distant
islands in the world as come to this
| country to-day from every one OF those
soldiers. breathing patriotism and love
of country and protesting against the
degradation of the flag.
A Wonderful Century.
Fellow citizens, the century now clos
ing has been n wonderful century IN
achievement and in discovery and in
the advancement of science. but 1t has
been likewise n reactionary and dis
couraging century to most who i've
abroad. The first third of the century
was taken up with the wars of the
lowed them. That third of the cen
tury was followed. as some of the old
er men in this audience will remember,
by universal war in Europe. Young
men were writing constitution for tho
republic of England. That third of the
century saw the torch of liberty
kindled again and again, only to be
stamped out by the heel of despotism.
We saw everywhere n belief that there
do m n iyprSially
publics should cover the world, OF
which this Republic should be the fore
runner
If this Republic is to live and not
perish from the acts of foes within, 1t
will be because it is guided by party
which is able to accept the responsible
tiles which are imposed upon us and
march forward with resistless step
with the other civilized nations of the
earth to do their duty in reclaiming
the savage races of the world and lift
them up into light of civilization and
good government. If this Republic is
to live and not perish it will be be-
cause its citizens do not propose to
trail in dshonor a flag once raised in
honor. Cheers and loud applause0
One Ballot for Colorado.
This year there can be but one tick
ct for Colorado. This year three gen.
erations march together for the re-
demption of our state. First come the
griZzled pioneers who made this place
habitable With them also march the
survivors of our late civil war, thou
sands of whom came to Colorado at its
close to see If they could better their
conditions. Each year they are grow
ing fewer and fewer in number. Part
of the heroes have crossed and others
are crossing now. They are old and
gray and their shoulders are bent and
their eyes are dim with the mist of
years. With them will march the gener-
alton to which most of us belong, the
oanorotiop whose earliest Instructive