The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-24


Of consistentreligion and practical ethics
in Americas politics. It's two postulstes
Of sobriety and legal prohibition Of
places Of debauchery are fundamentals,
because the first is an essential IN iIfdiv-
idual character and the secondsis ne
cessary self-protection in the state.
What form this legislation msy take. by
what road temperance is 10 travel in
American politics, are questions whose
answers are hid in the future, but that IL
will have a growing place iu American
politics believe. The combinations Of
beer and OF whisky, the hosts Of the
saloons, are already an organized and a
recognized power in American politics.
Their fell influence has yeached the halls
Of Congress, il has poisoned Cabinet
meetings, and consciously or uncon-
sciously influenced the Chit Executive.
Witness the damnable Institution OF the
canteen. That IL is not necessary to the
well-being of the army is proved by the
fact that the noblest army ever muster
ed on their footstool fought four bloody
years for liberty rs an army never fought
before, without the help Of government
canteen, and for the most part without
alcoholic stimulants; while, on the other
band, its presence today in the army, at
home or abroad, is a known cause Of de-
gradation aud debauchery. II the testi-
mony Of the chaplains and the sober Of
fcers who followed the army all the
way from Chattanooga TO Santiago, and
on to Manila,i ,is worth anythine,it proves
that the canteen Is one more manifesta-
ton OF the demoralizing power Of the
dollar and the degrading influence OF the
cup. IL leaves a trail Of dishonor be-
hind it wherever it goes. Inasmuch,
then, as the forces Of whisky are organ
lied and trium phant, there 10 justiiica-
tion for and need Of organization on the
other side.
II every party has case, nay, cause,
worthy of respect and deserving OF sup
port, what is the voter TO do2 Therein
comss the perplexity of the honest
voter. The limitations OF the ballot are
such that a choice must be made, and
with what judgment and conscience he
can command he must choose the para
mount issue and cast his vote against the
most cry ing shame and In behalf Of the
highest cause. In this selection indi-
vidual choice must give way TO state
interest, state interest must surrender
10 national concern, and national we'll
being must ever be subordinated to the
cause Of humanity, the interest OF the
struggling, aspiring children of God
the round world over. In this present
campaign let others ch 'ose ~ they
will, but my heart, head and conscience
combine in a unanimous call upon me
to stand for the great cause of peace
against the blight OF and in behalf Of
these struggling brothers Of mine, wher-
ever they may be, who thirst for liberty
as the desert pilgrim thirsts for water.
All the questions before the American
voter today are all world.questions
Temperance, finance, tariff, taxes, are
all questions that outreach the boun-
daIies OF the United States, anil they
will be settled Alright only when they
are settled In the light OF needs OF the
world. But over and above all these
stands today the awful cry OF war, the
terrible burden Of the army and the
navy. And, alas, the United States,
pledged TO democracy, the last child of
political evolution, the hope of the en-
shaved and the downtrodden in all the
world, the one magnificent menace TO
aristooracy, monarchy and tyranny,
has itself been engaged for two years
and more In waging war OF conquest
against an innocent people situated on
the other side OF the globe, a people
that never did us harm,a people alien in
birth, temperament and location, a poo
Pile whosv only misfortune was that they
had been tryannized over before we
arrived by another aspirant TO a place
among the world powers. They had
writhed under Spanish yoke for three
hundred years and were Just merging
into that strength, intelligence and
manhood that could bid defiance 10
their foreign tyrant. They had heard
the call TO rise and be free,
care not by what fortuitous steps our
armies found themselves in the island Of
Luzon; enough TO know that they were
there through the accident Of war aud
not the craftsmanship of peace, and our
only title 10 stay there is found in our
victory over the enemies Of the Filipinos
and the fact that we paid twenty million
dirty dollars to a power they detested
for certain goois, geographical and
human, which that power was unable to
deliver 10 us. do not care whose fault
IL WAS. am inclined TO believe that il
was nobody q conscious ianlt il was, il
you please, the leading of "destiny'n
but il was the destiny Of evil, not the
destiny of heaven; il was the destiny of
might, which never'did have die power
OF discriminating between right aud
wrong II was the same destiny that
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