The Washington weekly post., 1900-10-02
Republican Policy, He Says,
Denies ALI Civil Rights.
NO HABEASCORPUS OR JURY TRIAL
Former New York Senator In an Address
at Breoklyn Declares that IL the Cousti-
tuition Does Not Extend to Islands Dwell.
ers They May Be Deprived Of Life and
Entirely In Harmony with the Ticket.

New York. Oct. I.-David 3. Hill was
the principal speaker at the Academy of
Music. Brooklyn. tonight. the occasion
being the opening of the Democratic cam
psign in Kings County. Controller Bird
5. COler. who had been scheduled to pre-
side over the meeting. was unable TO at
tend. The hall was crowded its capac-
ity when Presiding officer John F. Clark
called the meeting to order A telegram
OF regret was read from Mr.. Coler. after
which Mr.. Hill made his appearance upon
the platform, and he was greeted with a
storm of applause. He said in part;
l make no apologies to any one for my
activity in this campaign. | participated
In the convention at Kansas City. which
framed the platform and named the can
dldates-a convention which treated me
with marked courtesy from the COM
mencement TO the end of its proceedings
and as an honorable man / was bound to
acquiesce In the result of it's delibera-
tons. l expressed my intention at the
convention in seconding the nomination
OF our national candidate for President in
behalf OF the masses of the Democracy
OF the State OF New York TO give the
ticket not merely my acquiescent adher-
ence but my active support, and that as
surance / am now fulfilling ! repudiate
the idea so persistently lnculcated by i'm
practicable doctrinaires that every time
citizen is outvoted in a convention, a
church, corporation, or a society-even
upon a material matter-he is in honor
bound to bolt and form another party, es-
tablish new church. set up a rival cor
poration, or organize a second society.
1.-THE thou1htfIIi ofrfTap apvi0uo m die
charge his duty at the approaching cleo
tion, naturally inquiries what is the most
important issue involved to which he
should give his careful consideration.
Without depreciating the Importance of
the questions of trusts. finances, taxation,
Capitalization. government by Injunction,
home rule, economy, and other questions
worthy of attention, it was believed by
the Kansas City convention that the vital
question of this campaign would be
whether our form Of government is to be
preserved in all It's simplicity and integ-
rity. II is called In brief the issue of i'm
perialism.' In other words it is the issue
of republic versus an empire.
Mckiniey's Letter of Acceptance.
President Mckinley says there is no
such issue, and yet he devotes the greater
in antagonizing IT, II is the contention
of the Democratic party that the Con-
stitution is and must be supreme over ev-
cry portion of our country. Hence there
can be no such thing as an American
colony belonging 10 the United States,
.nd over which our Constitution has no
jurisdiction. Such a situation Is impos-
sible under our form of government. But
., a a -sa.&n
tor 10 hold the Philippine Islands against
the consent OF their people has led 10 the
prom1ilgation of a new doctrine in Ameri-
can affairs, which insists upon the estab-
lishment of a system OF colonial govern
ments over conquered or purchased pos
sessions, not to be formed into States or
Territories. but to permanently remain as
colonies, and to be governed by Congress
outside of the Constitution, and accord
ing to its own discretion. This position
is unprecedented, unwarranted, and revo-
lutionary.
.It is a monstrous doctrine that the
Constitution does not extend to the ter
ritories. II has only now been invoked TO
justify the proposed establishment OF
colonial governments, which are confess
edly to be, and remain outside of the Con-
stitution.
NO protection
"Yet as we have seen, this Is the Re-
publican contention as 10 territories, and
is the proposed Republican programme as
70 colonies. Then IL would follow that a
citizen of New York journeying In a ter
ritory. or in a newly established Amer
lean colony, would not be entitled, If ar
rested, to the privilege of habeas corpus,
could not legally demand a jury trial,
need not be confronted with the witnesses
against him, and could be sentenced to
cruel and unusual punishments; could be
twice put In jeopardy for the same Of
fense; his person could be searched and
his property seized without warrant, ard
he could be deprived OF life. liberty, and
property without any process of law:
freedom OF speech ard of the press could
be denied. and counsel to assist in his de-
fense could be refused him: I'm short,
nearly all the rights and privileges which
an American citizen OF a State now en-
joys under the guarantees OF our Federal
Constitution. and which render this coun-
try the freest, the best, the most benefi-
cent OF any government under the sun.
could be arbitrarily taken away from the
citizen, because under this modern doc
trine, he is beyond the pale OF the Con-
stitution OF his country, although he may
he tfG NaU