The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-22
to pass all necessary rules

empowered to pass all necessary rules
ana regulations for the government,
thereof. If McKinley's scheme is to
treat the Filipino islands as territories
ana merely give them territorial gov.
ernments for Il time until they shall
show their fitness to come into the
union as states. that is one thing. and
the exigencies of the campaign have
pressed Mr.. Mckinley very hard for
an answer to that question. But lie
and his party studiously avoid the sig.
gestion that the islands are ever to
come into the union as states and he
governed by congress as n part of this
nation.
appeals are made to our former
acquisition Of different territories. but
all those different territories with the
exception Of Hawaii, which has been
taken in by this present administers
ton were acquired with Il view of in
cooperating the territories into the M.
ton as states. This was notably the
case with the acquisition of Louisiana
by Thomas Jefferson, which is so fire.
quently appealed to as n precedent by
the supporters of the administration,
1.-The acquisition of territory and ex-
pallsion by the acquisition Of territory
Is entirely constitutional and proper
and generally has been supported by
the American people, but it was the
expansion of the United States; it was
expansion Of the nation as nation
and not of nation by way of colonial
establishment: I look upon the pro-
posal of the Republican party to hold
the people of the Philippine Islands in
permanent subsection and to deny
them the protection.of the constitution
of the United States as treason against
American institutions, and l deem it
of the greatest Importance that this
attempt toward colonial system and
therefore toward imperialism, attend
ed by it's necessary concomitants OF an
increased standing army and militar-
ism and the corruption that every
where follows such Il condition of
things, shall now be checked and con-
dcmned.
/ ut is true that the Republicans say
But we have the title to the Philip.
pines by treaty and what are you go
ing to do about it?' My answer is
that what we shall do about It is a
practical question, that the rape per-
pertated by the so-callcd Paris treaty
must not be condoned; that whatever
faults, whatever great national wrong
and sin against republican institu-
tions was then committed must be
righted, and that 1t cannot be rlghted
by the party that perpetrated and sup
ported it; that it must be righted by
the party that faces the other way.
"My belief Is that all patriotic Amer
leans will support the party that pro-
poses to bring the nation back to true
American and republican principles.
All the gold Democrats that l have
come in contact with, except n few
who are naturally imprralists. are
supporting the Democrats in this cam
paign and working as ardently for the
defeat Of Mr.. Mckinley as they
worked effectively in the last cam
paign for his election. l will take Oc.
casion as soon as I have time to make
Il public speech to elaborate my views
upon the question:
Democratic leaders mt state and ma
tional headquarters We're greatly clat-
ell yesterday when informed that Mr..
Moran had come out for the Democrat
lie ticket. Mr.. Moran is forcible
speaker and 1t is believed his support
of Bryan in Illinois will have telling
effect upon the Democratic vote in ILL.,
nois.
EX-Judge Moran is reputed to be one
of the ablest lawyers in the west. He
has served en- the circuit and appellate
benches in Chicago, and was the
youngest judge ever elected to the cir
cult bench. He always has taken an
interest in national politics and his
declaration for Bryan is said to be a
political weather vane on the so-called
gold Democratic vote of Chicago and
Illinois.