The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-07-26
IMPERlAlISM--WHAT IS IT?

may SCASO US d dluEaISu nCoi CCIOW,
but before the harvest of votes is
gathered next November, the people
will recognize that it is but thing
of straw.
Imperialism presupposes an empire,
and the magnificent domain over
which our lovely banner flies is i'm
perial in it's beauty, in its products
and in it's extent. Such wealth of
hill, mountain, plain and prairie, such
an abundance of crystal lakes and
such a network of commerce-bearing
rivers were never before bestowed
upon any people. Every state is All
empire; every county is principally,
for which as true Americans, we are
proud, and for which, as Christians,
recognizing God as the God of ma
tions, we should be deeply grateful.
This domain has been given to us
by power that is higher than any
party or policy, though the Republi-
can party was called into being in
order to protest and battle against
the division Of this mighty empire,
which Democracy declared, in the
press, in its platforms and Oh the
bloody battlefields, should be divided.
To this extent the charge of imper-
ialism can with truth be made against
the Republican party. Abraham
Lincoln was the embodiment of that
imperial idea, and a martyr to the
cause of one flag, G" ountry, and
one imperial destiny.
Imperialism, if it means anything
the Democracy would have the people
believe, implies an emperor, a dy-
nasty, throne, crown and scepter.
This feature of imperialism, by no
stretch Of partisan Misrepresentation,
can ever be charged against our
honored President and candidate for
the Presidency. He was the choice
of the people; he was honestly elected
in constitutional manner and has
been so loath to oppose the will Of
the people, as expressed by legislation
enacted by Congress-, that in the four
years of his Administration he has
vetoed but four bills. He will serve
bis two terms as many other good
Presidents, both Democratic and Re-
publican, have done, and will then
give way to his successor, chosen as
he was chosen, by the free votes of
sovereign people.
The partisan accusation of imper-
ialism, when translated into plain
everyday English, in the light of the
history made during the brilliant ad-
ministration of President Mckinley,
is simply this: The Republicans de-
clare that it is their policy not to
blindly abandon the islands transfcrr-
ed from Spanish to American s0ver-
eighty by the treaty of Paris. The
Democracy, so far as it has a policy,
would have the master nation builder
of the world abandon its plain duty.
furl our triumphant flag and hunt an
easy future rather than a working
future. Porto Rico, recognizing the
fact that she can not stand alone. does
not wish to become an independent
power, and the only thing possible
is for the United States to continue
it's sovereignty, which is Republican.
or to invite Spain to reenter the
Western Hemisphere and commence
anew her policy of misrule, of. rob-
berry and extortion from which we
have delivered Cuba. TO plant the
customs Of the seventeenth century
in the dawn of the twentieth century
is Democratic. This is the logical
when the Democratic cry
of the Democratic platform is ana
lyzed.
The same is as true of the Philip
pines as of Porto Rico. Will the
Democrats dare to fix date for the
evacuation of either? They are un-
der the flag of the Republic, and
there they will remain. This means
work and thought and craftsmanship
for the people Of the United States,
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