Arizona republican., 1900-08-12
THE WEST IS TOO BUSY
To Give Consideration to De-
 rlOCrdtiC War Cries
There Was 8 Useless Silver Scare Four Years Ago and the People Decline to Be Scared by MT. Bryan Again.

! 1 during his recent trip to the west close ly observed the political. conditions and studied the sentiment of the people especially among the residents of the great farming region beyond the Mis- sissippi.
 Neither free silver nor imperialism occupies any of the time of the western people who produce our great staple crops" said Secretary Wilson. "Four years ago they did turn their attention particularly west of the Missouri river to the proposition made by the free sil- yer people. But time has shown them very clearly that what was proposed would not only have done no good, but would have done infinite mischief.
 Those people, and I may include in that expression the new states west of the Alleghany mountains, thoroughly un yerstand the several forms of govern ment under which peoples live. They know what imperialism is and they know what republicanism is. They un- derstand thoroughly what a republican government is. They made those states in all respects; they organized road districts, townships, and counties. They
 
 they knew exactly what they were do- ing. The new issue of imperialism has no meaning whatever.
 If any effort were being made at the present time to overthrow any fea- ture of our republican form of govern ment those farmers out there would resent it in a moment. They were more insisteat than any other part of the United States in fighting the wrongs of the people of Cuba. They demanded that the Spaniards be driven out of that island, and sent their sons to bring it about. They have paid revenue taxes to settle the bills.
 Nearly every neighbOrhoOd educates somebody to go as missionary to some part of the world-young boys, young girls. Many of their town and village congregations support individual mis- siOnaries somewhere, mostly in Asia Africa or the islands of the sea. When this administration found and met d new responsibility in the Philippine islands. those western farmers. to whom all parties are now looking. in dorsed the action of the president in meeting that responsibility.
 Imperialism is a new word added to the vocabulary of our people since the time when Aguinaldo had arranged to cut the threats of every white person in Manila, and the American soldiers and officers prevented it, punished the Fili- pinos and drove them back to the hills A man who proclaimed himself dictator killed or spared as he saw fit, had his enemies murdered when he pleased that is an imperialiSt
 We may form an idea of what i'm perialism is by what is now going on in China. The Empress An is an .imperi- alist; Prince Yuan is an imperialist They do what they please without constitutional limitation. They only waste their breath who imagine that our people are so ignorant that they cannot understand the difference be- tween republican government as we have it and imperialism as we do not have it. Those western farmers will not waste a moment of time on prop osition of that kind.
 T recently made visit to Kansas which may really be looked upon as the great experimental state of the union. They test all things out there: and they test them fairly and squarely.
 
 ably any other state. Just now the state is fairly grooming under the greatest crop of wheat ever raised by any state in the union.
 ''The people of that section are very prosperous. They are taking great in terest in the education of young peo- pie at the agricultural college. I met many of them there, and was greatly interested in them. If anybody in a crowd mentioned 16 to 1 it brought a laugh.
 Whoever desires to get their atten- tion regarding imperialism will have a good deal of trouble. The people of those states know that they manage their states for themselves. They know that the present administration is med ding with their affairs in no regard whatever.
 They know the United States gov ernment more directly through the pOStoftice than any other way. They elect their members Of congress and there they touch the national govern rnent again. When the United States has work to do in protecting Americans or American interests in any part of tine world the boys from those farms are ready to go and help; they have all ways been ready, they always will be. But after they have done their work and come back. nobody need tell them that they were engaged in an impsri- alistic effort to destroy the United States of America and it's republican form of government.
 "Those people are eXpansionists. if you want to put the thing correctly. They know they have good times when all the factories are running. But they also know that those factories can pro- duce in half the year enough to supply the home market. They know that the factories must stand idle the other half of the year if new markets are not found. 5 {
 "They are people who read, who take newspapers and magazines, own li- braries and use them, and they know that We have had a very heavy trade with China way up in the Gulf of Pe-