Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-03
ABOUT IMPERIALISM.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SCARE.
CROW ANALYZED.

OEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SCARE.
GROW ANALYZED.
The "Antis' Want the Country to
Shtrk Its Duty and Furl the Fling
Yet They Welcome Hawaii or l6-
tolls Sake.
Imperialism may serve as n cam
paign scarecrow, out before the har-
vest of votes Is garncred next Novem-
Der, the people will recognize that it is
but a thing of straw.
Imperialism presupposes IN empire,
ind the magnificent domain over which
our lovely banner flies is imperial in
Its beauty, in its products and in it's
extent. Such a wealth of hill, noun
tain, plain and prairie, such an abund-
ance of crystal lakes and such a net
work of colmmerce-bearing rivers were
before bestowed upon any peo-
pie. Every State is an empire; every
county is a principality, for which. as
true Americans, we are proud, and for
which, as Christians, recognizing God
as the God of nations, we should be
deeply grateful.
This domain has been given to us
by 4 power that is higher than any
party or policy. though the Republican
party was called into being in order to
protest and battle against the division
of this mighty empire, which Dcmoc-
racy declared, in the press, i'll its plat
forms and on the bloody battletields,
should be divided. To this extent the
charge of imperialism can with truth
be made against the Republican party.
of that imperial idea, and a martyr to
the cause of IL flag, II country, and
n imperial destiny.
Imperialism. il 1t means anything the
Democracy would have the people be-
lieve. implies Ill emperor, a dynasty. a
throne. n crown and II scepter. This
feature of Imperialism. by no stretch
of partisan Misrepresentation, can ever
be charged against our honored Presi-
dent and candidate for the Presidency.
He was tie choice of the people; he
was honestly elected in Il constitutional
manner and has been so loath to op-
pose the will of the people, AS express
ed by legislation enacted by Congress,
that i'll the four years of his admins
tration he has vetoed but four bills.
He will serve his two terms as many
other good Presidents. both Democrat
ic and Republican, have done. and will
then give way to his successor. chosen
as he was chosen, by the free votes of
IL sovereign people.
The partisan accusation of Imperial
ism, when translated into plain every
day English, in the light Of the history
made during the brilliant administers
ton of President Mckinley, is simply
this: The Republicans declare that 1t is
their policy not to blindly abandon the
islands transferred from Spanish to
American sovereignty by the treaty of
Paris. The Democracy, so far as it has
u policy. would have the master nation
builder of the woriu abandon its plain
duty, furl our triumphant flag and hunt
III easy future rather than a working
future. Porto Rico, recognizing the
fact that she cannot stand alone. does
not wish to become an Independent
power, and the only thing possible is
for the United States to continue its
sovereignty. which is Republican, or TIC
invite Spain to re-enter the Western
hemisphere and commenc anew her
policy of misrule. of robbery and eNtor-
ton from which we have delivered
Cuba. 10 plant the customs of the sew
enteentl century is Democratic. This
is the logical conclusion When the Dem
ocratic cry of the Democratic platform
is analyzed.
The same is as true of the Philippines
as of Porto Rico. Will the Democrats
dare to fix IL date for the evacuation
Of either? They are under the flag of
the republic, and there they Will re-
main. This means work and thought
and craftsmanship for the people of the
United States, but it means blessing
and liberty, justice and opportunity for
the islands placed under our care by
solemn treaty obligations that We're APP
proven ny tue SeIlite OIL une Unltcu
States. and urged by Mr.. Bryan. Meth
DDS of administration and of govern
ment are legitimate objects of party
differences. But annexation is a fact.
1t is for all purposes as much an ac-
complished fact as is the abolition of
slavery. another Republican measure.
The people will learn that imperial
ism. as employed by the Democrats,
means that they would have the coun-
try shirk it's duty. turn its back on des-
tiny, count all bloodshed as lost, furl
the flag and withdraw it's protection
from people who need it today more
than ever before in all their history.
The chargeof Imperialism, when prom.
erly translated. means duty. And the
party Of Lincoln, of Grant. of Harrison.
and of Mckinley. is willing to be
charged with doing its duty no matter
how hard that duty may be.
Stripped of all glamor. the Democrats
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