The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-16
THE REPUBLICANS
OF INDIANA
Are Up In Arms Against the
Policy of Mckinley.
HARRISON A SAFE LEADER.
He Is Opposed to the Crime Against Puerto
Rico and Against Some of the
other Administration
Policies.

indianapolis, Ind, March 13-As sig
nificantly indicating the drift of af-
fairs, communications are beginning to
appear in the Republican press, won
dering if there has been mistake not
only in Porto Rican affairs, but along
other lines A quotation from one shows
the general tenor of others. A lifelong
Republican, writing from Alexandria,
says: When the people lose faith in
their leaders, or their leaders fail to keep
in touch and represent them, the people
demand a change. / find l am losing
faith in President Mckinley. 1 cannot
help it, He lacks courage, a serious
fault in a public man. There is one man
whom we turn to. That man is Benja-
min Harrison. A man Of iron will, clear
head and absolutely incorruptable. He
is our candidate for president
IMPERIALISM DENOUNCED.
David Starr Jordan, president of Le-
land Stanford university, California,
started some vigorous thinking here to-
day. Prof. Jordan is ex-president of the
Indiana State University and an 1ndi-
ana man, known throughout her bor-
ders. He addressed the school teach
ers on Lessons from the Transvaal,"
and this evening he was given recep-
ton by the University club, ex-Presi-
dent Harrison being among those well
coming him.
President Jordan takes a pronounced
stand against the present trend of the
administration policy. Today he said:
THE most dangerous and subversive
theory since that of secession is that
of American Imperialism exemplified in
the taxation of trade with Porto Rico.
1t will be repudiated by the American
people, as it ought to be. If we are to
retain our new possessions as part of
the United States, the constitution gives
us all the range an honest congress
needs in managing them. They must
take care of themselves, as the rest of
us do, for the word sovereignty is un-
known to American law. The time has
come to decide whether what we want
is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of American in
stitutions, or holding these inferior ma
tions as inferior nations, for our own
benefit and incidentally for their own
good. There is only one answer to that
question ,and that is, expansion is inn
possible under our constitution. Wher-
ever our flag goes to stay, there our con-
stitution goes to stay. There never can
be two kinds of citizens under our flag
a regular citizen and three-quarter
CltlZen. Inc ueSlre 10 duu Ine
pines to the United States is based on
ignorance of what the Philippines real
ly are and what we will ultimately do
With them.
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.
ITO admit Luzon and Mindanao as
states might be bad policy, but would
not be bad morals. The constitution
provides that import duties shall be
equal throughout the United States
There shall be none between states.
Therefore, any tax levied on Porto Rico
provides that it is not part of the United
States. If it is not part of the United
States, 1t is not under the constitution.
Hence, it is not under the dominion of
the president and congress, who are
creatures of the constitution. Congress
cannot do other than extend the general
tariff law to any part of the United
States. To suppose that congress can
go where the constitution cannot, and
yet be creature under the constitution,
is an idea unthinkable.
when the country of Hawaii disap-
peared, it's people became citizens of the
United States, with all the rights and
prerogatives of our own citizens. in
Guiding the right of tariff protection and
of free trade enjoyed by other citizens of
constitution to any place that the con-
stitution does not legally cover. There
is no warrant in the constitution or good
morals for the terms of possession and
sovereignty as distinguished from
equal rights and ordinary citizenship
1T is bad enough to make negroes and
Malays equal citizens of the United
States-to make them vassals would be
infinitely worse. The tropical colonial
system, which is rapidly running Great
Britain, cannot be fastened on the peo-
pie of the United States"
DELIBERATE MURDER.
In his reference to Transvaal affairs
President Jordan said: "rhe forcing of
war upon those people by the British
was deliberate murder, and the respon-
sibility of the crime rests upon Cham
berlain, and incidentally Cecil Rhodes,
who, although undoubtedly great man,
is utterly devoid of conscience.
while none of us want to see En-
gland actually whipped, there are many
of us who would like to see good-sized
knot tied in the tail of the British lion"
Further along President Jordan said:
THE great lesson of the Transvaal will
be learned later on. Imperialism, mil
itarism, greed, will never strengthen
England permanently. The only
strength nation has is in the hearts of
its people, and that is what makes the
United States as a nation what 1t Is to-
day. Imperialism is the slavery of ma
tions. Not until Uncle Toms Cabin
was written did the people of the United
States realize what the slavery of men
really meant Some day somebody will
write the Uncle Toms Cabin OF British
Imperialism, and 1t will create greater
stir than did the book of Harriet Beech
er Stowe. Great Britain is in the wrong.
The Anglo Saxon nation has a mission
to perform. It's influence should be felt
in every nation, it's sword in none"
CAPTAIN RITTER'S VIEWS.
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