The state herald., 1900-08-24

best interests OF this country will be SER
we'd by the election OF Mckinley, no one
can deny to him the right to exercise his
judgement in that way.
"He undertakes the Importance Of the
silver question IN this campaign. The
Democratic platform is as pronounced
on the silver question as it is possible to
make 1t, even il the question of imperial
Ism is declared to b. the paramount
issue. Every voter must determine for
himself what he considers the paramount
issue. Silver may not be the only issue,
and yet its Importance is as great now ss
it was in 1886. 1t ought to be enough
for the people Of Colorado to know that
the Democratic platform declares un-
equivocally for the free coinage Of silver
at the ratio OF l6 to l and against the
gold standard, while on the other hand
the Republican platform declares posit-
lively for the gold standard and against
silver; that the leading Democrats Of the
United States are advocates Of the free
coinage. while the leading Republicans
of the country denounce the free coinage
Of silver as not only unwise, but dishon-
est.
"The Republican party in this cam
phign makes no pretense of friendship
FOR Iva hut fo au ~
chievement the passage Of q law estab-
fishing the gold standard. Under such
conditions. it is not possible that the sill.
yer question will be eliminated from this
campaign. Its importance now is no less
than it was in 1896, although the evil
effect OF the gold standard has been
somewhat mitigated by the wonderful
Increase in the production Of gold since
that year.
1.-The present condition of the country
is an affirmation Of the position taken by
the friends OF silver in 1896 that what
the country needed WINS more metallic
money and that it was un wise to destroy
oue-half of the metallic money while
there was scarcity OF metallic or prim-
AIRY money throughout the world.
"Since 1896, the increase OF gold has
somewhat relieved the financial stress OF
Difficulties that had been encountered
previous to and up to 1896 How long
this great output oi gold can continue,
nobody eau state, and with the increased
business activities of the world the pies
ent supply, large as it may appear, will
not be sufficient to meet the demands OF
commerce # silver shall be ultimately
eliminated from the money Of the world.
81 think Mr.. Stevenson also fails to dis
tinguish between expansion and imperi-
alism. As have said on several occat.
iops, believe expansion has already
taken place. 1t is not probable that the
government Of the United States will
surrender the Philippine islands to any
other power. II we should attempt to
give the islands to the people thereof
they would fall prey to the greed OF
some European power IL left to their
own resources. No one has proposed.
that know OF, that We surrender these
islands to any other country. l believe
the American people would be glad 10
surrender them to their inhabitants il
they felt confident that they would
be able to meiatain their independence
against the powers that are now anxious
To possess themselves OF those islands.
"lmperialihm does not consist in exsr.
cisipg = general protecting control over
those islands, but in establishing = gov
eminent there which ignores the people
ofthe islands, denies to them any partici-
patton in their own government. under
the pretense that they are incapable OF
self government.
"Thoee OF Us who sre contendipg n.
gninst imperialism deny the right OF the
government Of the United States to say
to these people. you arc incapable Of
self government, therefore We will gov.
ern You rs We think your interests re.
quirs.'
"Mr. Stevenson did me tho honor to
copy from speech that I made IN the
senate more than two years ago. but h.
can find no justification IN anything that
] sad on that occasion or at my other
time in favor Of imperialism. express.
cd myself on the Goth Of December. 1893,
in the senat,, as believing thu, the gov.
efnment Of the Uaiied States was honor.
ably bound before the world 10 treat the
Filipino people exactly as We agreed to
iren, tho people Of Cuba. Is,i.l 30 hs.
lieve, and think 1t Is destructive OF re.
publican institutions for the government I
OF the United States to attempt TO gov
ern iupcraliy and automatically the
people Of those Islands under the pre-.
'cLss that they aro incapable OF govern,
ing themselves.
mo man fumilisr with tho people Of
those Islands but knows that they are
the mos, capable of all the Asiat,c races.
and the very fact that they are now car.
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