The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-03
THE PRESIDENTS KEY NOTE.

In his speech before the notification
committee Thursday, President Me-
Kinley said many things which must
be listened to with pride by every
American of whatever politics.
His recital that the Monroe doctrine
will be adhered to, that this country
will keep out of European complica-
tions and that ten more millions of
the human family have been liberated
from the yoke of Imperialism are all
gratifying in the extreme. Much of
his speech will bear a rereading. The
following are some of the paragraphs:
We have lower interest and higher
wages: more money and fewer mort
cages. The worlds markets have
been open to American products,
which go now where they have never
gone before. We have passed from
bond-issuing to abond-payingnation;
from nation of borrowers to
nation of leaders; from a deficiency in
revenue to surplus: from fear tocon-
fidence; from enforced idleness to
profitable employment The public
faith has been upheld; public order
perity at home and prestige abroad.
"The credit of the country has been
advanced to the highest place among
all nations. We are refunding our
bonded debt bearing and and per
cent interest at 2 per cent, a lower
rate than that of any other nation.
SIN the great conference of nations
at The Hague we reatiirm before the
world to IL and our determination not
to participate in the complications of
Europe.
"a just war has been waged for hui
manity and with it have come new
problems and responsibilities. Spain
has been elected from the western
hemisphere and our flag floats over
her former territory. Cuba has been
liberated and our guarantees to her
people will be sacredly executed. A
benehcent government has been pro-
vided for Porto Rico. The Philip
pines are ours and American authority
must be supreme throughout the archi-
pelago.
"There will be amnesty broad and
liberal, butno abatement of our rights,
no abandonment of our duty. There
fulfill in the Philippines the obliga-
tions imposed by the triumphs of our
arms and by the treaty of peace; by
international law; by the nations
sense of honor; and, more than all,
by the rights, interestr and CONDITIONS
of the Philippine peoples themselves.
''No outside interference blocks the
way to peace and state government.
The obstructionists are are here, and
elsewhere. They may postpone, but
they cannot defeat the realization of
the high purpose of this nation to re-
store order to the island aud to estab-
lish just and generous government,
in which the inhabitants shall have
the largest participation for which
they are capable.
81 cannot conclude without congratu-
lating my countrymen upon the strong
national sentiment which finds express
sion in every part of our common
country and the increased respect
with which the American name is
greeted throughout the world. We
have been moving in untried paths,
but our steps have been guided by
honor and duty.
There will be no turning aside, no
wavering, no retreat. No blow has
been struck except for liberty and hui
manity and none will be. We will
perform without fear every national
and International obligation. The
Republican party was dedicated to
freedom A years ago. 1t has been
the party of liberty and emancipation
from that hour, tht of profession, but
of performance. 1t broke the shackles
of four million slaves and made them
free, and to the party of Lincoln has
come another supreme opportunity
which it has bravely met in the liberia
tion of ten million of the human family
from the yoke of Imperialism. In it,
solution of great problems, in its per
Torrance of high duties, it has haC
the support of members of all partie:
in the past and confidently invokes
their cooperation in the future"