Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-30
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Jones possibly convinced him that sec
| tionalism is as hopeless an issue as Sc
cession to divide the country. But he
was still man Of impulse at Kansas
City. Restored to favor after civilizing
ordeal Of four years Of service in the
Senate, he helped to prepare platform
| exposing his party to the charge OF gross
| inconsistency or insincerity.
To Tillman was assigned the task of
reading the platform. He docs not lack
| dramatic sense, and he has large voice.
| With prodigious volume and vehemence
he rolled forth the references, in the
| opening phrases to the inalienable
| rights of men guaranteed by the Declar'
alton of Independence and the Constitu'
| ton. As a sweet morsel he mouthed the
language Of the declaration that govern
ments must derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed. Amy
other government" he shouted with so
norous intensity, sis tyranny, and to i'm
pose upon any people a government OF
| force is to sustain the methods Of impe-
rialism." The case Of the Porto Ricans
was described as appealing with pecu-
| liar force I'd our justice and magnanim-
ity."
These sentiments were prepared and
emitted by Mr.. Gillman for application
solely to the questNpn OF imperialism and
the conduct Of the administration insRRI
deavoring "a deelR4&<h - ne1esSFol
49, &c c0untrv. But they scenes
have more interesting meaning. as APP
piled to Southern States, than they would
as interpreted only to denounce and em-
barrass the administration In its effort to
establish free governments in the Phil
ippines. Cuba and Porto Rico.
Alabama's population in 1890 was l.
513.017. There were upon the common
calculation Of one voter in FIVE, 800, 203
voters in that State in 1896. Alabama
gave to all candidates for President 1885,
$50 votes, Bryan receiving 100, 307. Lou
isiana's population in 1890 was l, lis, 597.
The State was entitled in 1896 to at least
$4,000 votes. 1t cast 102 ,046, and Bry-
an had 1000 of these. Mississippi had
1 ,2S9, 900 population in 1890, and pre-
sumably 257 800 males Of voting age. In
1896 there were cast for President in
Mississippi 7O,545 votes, Bryan getting
IS, $50. North Carolina was reported in
1890, In the census Of that year, as hav-
ing 1917 ,947 population. The State cast
331 ,21O votes in the presidential contest
of 1896. or a little more than the reason
able ratio for 1890. South Carolina.
with reported population in 1890 Of
1,151, 149, and with not less than $50, 900
voters, cast for all candidates in 1896
6S, 1907 votes, and 5S, 79S of them went to
Mr.. Tillman's man Bryan.
What became Of the 600, 900 votes that
election returns of Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi and South Carolina? Were
these COG, 900 voters to be governed. in
case Mr.. Bryan was chosen or defeated,
without their consent, thus subiecting
them to the tyranny" referred to by the
Democratic platform? Have those miss
ing voters been since found and required
to give their consent to the election OF
Representatives in Congress In order that
they should not be taxed without nation
al representation fairly secured? Or has
their consent been obtained to new re-
strictions Of the suffrage? Has there been
shown any tendency in any Of those
States to exchange "the methods OF i'm
perialism for those of republic"
How have Alabama, Louisiana, Missis-
| sippi, North Carolina and South Carolina
! qualified themselves to reproach the adj
| ministration for Imperialism? Have not
| three Of those States formally and COM
| pletely and the two others by progressive
steps undertaken to deprive some Co.,
| 600 of "the governed" of the opportunity
| TO give or withhold that consent guaran-
| teed as right according to the Demo
cratic application Of the Declaration Of
Independence. and secured by the Con-
| stitution?
Why waste hypocritical platform senti-
ment on the people Of Porto Rico be-
cause they have "a government without
their consent and taxation without rep
resentation." when 100000 voters in four
States, all Democratic States, are depriv-
ed OF the right to consent, and about
| ]. OO0, 900 altogether, il we consider Nir-
| ginia, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee,
are in like manner subjected to ''tyran-
n.y." Mr.. Tillman's platform also de-
clares its opposition to "militarism" for
the reason that lit means conquest
abroad and intimidation and oppression
at home II means the standing army
that has always been fatal to free insti-
tutions." What apology does Senator
| Tillman offer to the standing army OF
| 100000 voters DISTINGUISHED in South.
ern States? Were intimidation and OPP
preston at home" practiced to bring
about that result. peculiar only to one
section Of the country? Does not the con.
dition of these silenced voters appeal
with peculiar force to our justice and
magnanimityg"