The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-16
rowNE ON SUBJECT NATIONS.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
In the present campaign the Hon. Charles
Annette Towne is bound to be figure second
in importance to Bryan only, and considerably
more conspicuous and influential than stevenson.
His claims TO consideration will be such that Mr.
Bryan, if elected, would be almost certain TO
nut Mr.. Towne in the cabinet, probably as his
secretary Of the treasury Mr.. Towne's fidelity
to free silver at sixteen to one is unqucstion'
able. His convictions are as earnest and sincere
as Bryans, while he is perhaps that statcSmanS
superior in familiarity with the details OF the
question. lie has come to the front already as
campaign speaker Of the first magnitude and
his reputation fer character and intelligence
entities him to a respectful hearing whenever
he has anything to say.
We are interested, therefore, in Mr. Townes
treatment of other issues than silver. In speech
at Lincoln recently he took up imperialism
for the first time. The proposition to give re
strictcd liberty" to the Filipinos, he sad,
amounted to a repeal of the Declaration of indie
pcndcnce His definition Of imperial as dis
tpguishcd from republican government is CON
tanned in this passage: THE empire is where
the question whether man shall have his due
is determined by the caprice OF some other man;
where the promise of nature Is only barren
idcaltv: where the Declaration Of Independence
is rcpudiatcd and scoffcd at; where the liberty
| which that great charter declared to be given
| bv God to all men is replaced by the liberty
| which a Mckinley may grant to some men IN
| such measure as suits his opinion OF thelf ca
| pacty'; where the 'Conscnt OF the governed IL
| honI-od into tho sconscut of the governors ;
,toro. tborc oro no RIGHTS hut only concessions;
| ,hor, nations NAV no held as subjects; where
| or,borit,. nav No lir,itcd in some places, but
| Is ahsoI,to in all pIaccs" This is intclligihlc
| and it comes as near anything yet advanced
| Ly on, n,r,ocr,tic orator TO conveying the
| fundamental idea which mderlics the Demo.
cratic demand thnt the aag Of the United States
| shall ho withdrawn from the Philippines.
| In Mr. Tovro,s statc of Minnesota, about one
| L,nlrod ,,iIos from, his own home. there is a
| "sr,ioct nation" II oniovs only a "restric ted
| lihcr,,. ,, Tho outbority Of the United States
| rovrrnment ia moro nearly absolute in this
| mort of Minnesota than il is in Duluth, for CX-
,,,,rlo ono hundred riIcs away. Privileges and
i,n,,ni+io, ,.LicL oro RIGHTS ot Duluth are only
| t,on,,,ossi,rs, AZ Ioacb Lake To the pcopl. Of
| this ,,rt % Nrrasota notwithstanding the Dec
| lorotior of Irdcnondcnce and the "promisc of
noturo ;, and tbc doctrine Of the "consent Of the
,,",.orrod " thoro l. Granted only such measure
~ liort,, ne is suitod to their Capacitv, in the
| orinion of tbo "ooycruors" There "the qucs.
| ton whether = man shall have his due" is dc.
| torn,incd according 70 the judgement or, as Mr..
Towno would saw the canricc. of some other
| ,ro, ar ,ror In that mart Of Minnesota there.
| tnro tbore ovists n condition OF affairs CORE.
| erondin, in evorv narticular to that which Mr.
| Tovro Jonouncoe "a innprjalistic. and which he
| ro,ords os ,o.rkinr tho decay Of republican in.
| stitntior, and tho oyersbadowinr approach of
| or,riro II uht only eyists there today. hut It
hoe ov;stod tberp over since Mr., Towne moved
| into tho immediate ncirhhorbood of the scene
| ~ outroro. vet although he Is now vocifcrous in
| boboIt of tho Eilihinos II is not recorded that
no Las evor raised his voice to protest against
| tho imnari,listic derivation Of the God.giycr
| ricbt Of his near ncicbhors. the Chippewas, ID
| soIf.coyornmont
T. tbis bccousc of anv difference in the charac
, to, Of tbo ,itIo undor which the United State,
| eovo,rrrnnt assumes to bold this particular ter
| it,, In Nir,oso+,2 No for If lannon's that
our sovcroientv ever tbc territory inhabited h,
ho : 5oo Clinpowos Of Minnesota was ACQUIRED
| In rrocieoly The Same manner "a orr soyorcirnt,
| nyor tho torritorv Inhabited nv fine 1900 co,
| rn;niros I'm botb cssos tbn territory was trans
| f,rrod 70 ne b,. b,, tbo forror soycrcirn n,
trcotv ord tbo I-nitcd States naid the purcbast
| r,,,o,. az ooo Ooo 70 Fro,ce for tbo Iouisian,
r,r,boso in ,so2 and 500 OOo oOO to Spain fo,
tbn pbilinniros IN 1sos In both casps without
Ohio consent NJ tbo governed" Strarrcl,
oro,gh tho noraIIel docs not end there At tht
worn, tir,o whom sguipaldo and n single tribe O
Lil;rir,e tbo Tao,1s r,oro nrenarinp 10 rrhe
oooirst tbo soyoroirr outboritv of thc I-nitec
Stotos on,or,,,con+ and to attack its FLAG III,
rlinnou,o ,bicr Roo.,.no.co.shiy and n snrl,
tdho ~ Cbinroyos tbn p,llapers attc,nptpd Il
assert tboir indcncndcncc of laws in the making
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