Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-02
GOVERNOR BOB SMITH PRESl DIES AND MAKES A HOT TALK
AGAINST HE ENEMY.
DEvoTEs SOME WORDS TO THE OTHER WING OF DEMOCRACY
"A FORECAST OF THE NOMINATIONS
HOGAN FOR GOVERNOR.

throughout the nation. The people in this
country are already well satisfied that
they have had enough, enough of MI.
Mckinley n the men behind the throne
who control affairs. Nc president in the
history of this country has ever been the
plant tool in the hands of his makers
that Mr.. Mckinley has been. He has
been like the clay in the hands of the
potters, in the absolute control of the
men and trusts and corporations hat
control the republican party.
When the war was declared against
old Spain, a wal of humanity to liberate
and free those patriots that were strug-
Cling for libertyand freedom, Mr.. McKin-
ley, the better part of his nature rising at
that time for the moment, declared that
the annexation Of territory was not to
be thought of; that it would be criminal
aggression on the part of the United
States. Within six months of the time
that he made that statement, my fellow
citizens, he wa preparing to wage a war
OF determination and a war of annexa-
ton to the United States without the
consent of those people.
These people, they say are not capable
of self-government; they were in it to
help them. My friends. more crimes ave
been in the name of freedom
and liberty than any other two words in
the world. England is today waging a
war of aggression and conquest for ter
ritory, and she claims that it is in the
name of civilization. We are waging a
war in the Philippines against people
that do not want to come under the flag
of our country, and yet we are wagtng
that war in the name of freedom and lit
erty.
Why, in 1776. when the patriot fathers
on the green of Lexington were fighting
for their freedom Great Britain claimed
we were incapable of self-government,
and that it required the majesty Of kings
and emperOrS to rule the destlnles OF the
limited States.
Who was to be the judge in 1776? If
Great Britain was in the right, then
Washington, Jefferson and the other pa
triots who fought that war through sue
cessfully were in the wrong. II Great
Britain was wrong, may we not be
wrong today in saying that we are the
only people capable of governing the
Philippine Islands?
In 1900, or about that time, Cortez and
PiZarrO, with the bible in one hand anC
the sword in the other, marched over
those fair countries of the south, Mexico
and Peru, slaughtered the inhabitants,
destroyed the country and civilization
they had builed up and challenged the
admiration of the world at that time.
Destroyed them for what? Why, as
they claimed at hat time, to civilize
them and bring them under the influence
of the Great Master who died on Cal
vary! II.
Those men three or four hundred years
ago claimed hat they were civilizing the
people of Mexico and ePru. Yet from that
day to this those nations have never
found such civilization as they had the
Jay that Spain found them.
Why, it is the same thing repeated
by us. Today we are going into the Phil
ippine Islands with the revolver in one
hand and the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence in the other to civilize eight or ten
million people.
After we had acquired the island Of
Porto Rico in his message to congress no
longer ago hi December, 1898, the
president said that our plain duty to the
people of Porto Rico demanded that we
should give them free m with
the people of the United States. Dur plain
and bounden duty demanded this of us.
What said the trusts and the tariff
barons?
They said: "Mr. Mckinley, your plain
duty is all we'll enough, but we insist
upon a tariff. The republican party
failed to follow the duty that Mckinley
plainly pointed out and imposed a tariff
duty upon those people against the plain
will of our country, which says that there
shall be no tariff or impost duty imposed
by the people of one state upon those Of
another.
Now, my friends, what are those peo-
pie? They are either citizens of the
United States or else they are aliens to
our flag. If they are citizens, the consti-
tuition says that we must pass equal laws
for them; if they are aliens, then why are
we legislating and passing a form of gov
eminent for them? We cannot legislate
for aliens. The word denizen is an En-
glish term which we have long since dis
carded when We made the Declaration Of
Independence. All people throughout the
world are for us either citizens or aliens.
You cannot make anything else of the
Porto Ricans and you cannot make any,
thing else of the Filipinos.
NOW then, do we want to bring in
thousands of Chinese and make them
citizens? If they must be made aliens,
they cannot be made aliens by putting
them under a colonial form of govern
ment..
Why, this same president, whom his
own running mate, Theodore Roosevelt,
declared a cholocate ~eclaire, without
backbone enough to stand up and fight
FOR his rights refused to extend one word
of sympathy to those struggling repub-
lies of South Africa. How willing these
men are to be fondled in the laps of kings
or emperors and extend their sympathies
, to them whenever they are in trouble!
:, Notice the close alliance between the
, Nicaragua men in Europe and
these people. Beware of the %entangline
alliances that the father of his country
!, warned US against when he quit the &C.
= = tive service of his country. That warn
, should be rung down the corridors OF
!, time.
Now, my friends, we will attend to tn,
, republicans when we have finished will
the Clarkites, who claim to be demo
Gratis. Now, fellow-citizens, thankin.
, you for these evidences of your esteem
, which l do not take to be personal, ant
! hoping that this convention will prov,
: the greatest ever held in the history O
the state and that it's fight for decenc,
, and against bribery and corruption vii
l be indicated at the polls and the stan,
, We have taken upheld-which 1 doub
! not in the slightest will be the case
" will close n we will get down to sol,
, business. Gentlemen. I thank you TO
. your attention.
c After the applause had subsidized a mo
n ton was made hat the roll of delegate
2 be called and that Zach delegation nam
it's committees on credentials, permanen
organization and order of business an,
platform and resolutions. This motiol
was adopted and the following commit