The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-24

suitable to a people who are now in
capable of governing themselves"
In this address l further said: A last
the great American Nation has taken her
proper place among the nations of the
earth. No more will the great powers of
the world decide the worlds. momentous
mighty factor. A new birth has been given
to the great American Republic, a new
has opened up before us, showing a destiny
so grand and a future so great as to be
almost beyond the power of the human
mind to grasp or comprehend. We stand
to-day as the representative of human
ity. progress and enlightenment- With our
new requirements or territory, which are
never TO be surrendered, new and most
veighty responsibilities rest upon us anC
there can be no step backward. The Amer
lean flag where once raised aloft by the
hauled down. -. To-day there is but
one duty before us in that relation, and
that is to manfully support the President
of the United States in his patriotic eff
forts TO put down rebellion. enforce respect
for the American flag and enforce obedi-
Nation through her regularly accredited
representatives. For myself, | do not hesi-
tate to say that / have no sympathy with
ilk and their followers, who are firing upon
our brave soldiers in Manila in the rear
while their savage enemies are firing upon
them In the front. Nor do l believe they
will ever find sympathizers in their unpa-
triotic course among soldiers who wore
L the Due, W0el0CE III III " OF III SDdn-
ish-AmeIican war.
THE ISLANDS MUST BE HELD.
My position then upon the important is
sues affecting our new territorial possess
sions acquired by the heroism of American
soldiers and sailors during the Spanish
American war is my position now. and L
have in no wise swerved in the slightest
degree in my adherence to the principles
| eurrucia tod in the foreDoinU exfrocfS In
this adherence 1 am as directly at variance
with the Kansas City platform upon this
question as l am at variance with its Pop
ulistic utterances upon the financial issue.
If the Democratic party of to-day has
fallen away from the faith of its founders
upon them L make the claim hat /, at
least, have ever been consistent i'm support
of these principles which 1 now advocate.
defend and uphold. and have been equally
faithful at all times in opposing fusion
with. or the absorption of Democracy by.
the Populist party. That absorption now,
however, appears complete, and. the De-
mocracy of the past has no part in the
Democracy of the present. The old Demo-
cratic party. apparently, has practically
ceased to exist. and the doctrines of Jefer-
son, Jackson, Tilden, Bayard. Mcdonald
and Cleveland have given way to the
teachings and leadership Of Teller. Towne.
Weaver. Allen. Van Vorhis and Pettigrew,
none of whom will even consent to wear
the name of Democrat" although franz
ing the policies and directing the destinies
of the present Democratic party. May L
not be pardoned. as one who has always
been a Democrat of the old, true and stall
wart faith, IL l decline TO follow these new
leaders, unknown to Democracys councils
In the past or to Democracy s name in the
present. or give my support to the I'M
Democratic political heresies which they so
openly and unreservedly advocate? So
many patriotic Democrats of the old school
have of late directly or indirectly affiliated
with the Republican party, taking the
place OF the so-called Silver and Anti-ex-
pansion Republicans, and so many Demo-
Gratis of the new school have directly or
Indirectly affiliated with the Populist par
", that Ii would seem that hereafter we
are to have the Republican Democratic
party land / might mention in passing that
the party of Thomas Jefferson was the
n-Democratic party arrayed
against the Populist-Democratic party. and
in such a contingency l do not hesitate to
take my place with the former.
LEAVES DEMOCRACY.
L have said thu much In reference 10 nv
position upon these issues made and de-
clared to be paramount In the party plat
forms. and by the party leaders. but. after
all. there is a paramount issue in this
campaign that overshadows and over
whelms all others. and that is William
Jennings Bryan himself. who. of his W
v~olition, now as in 1896. stands before the
safe. conservative. order-loyins. law-abid-
ing citizens of the Republic as the appoint
ed and selected representative Of all that
they most fear I'm our beloved political sys-
TEN and all that is dangerous. menacing
and threatening to law. order and good
government.
The Democratic party. as now constituted
and dominated. and myself have reached
the parting of the ways: for / agree with
its present position and policy. as set forth
In Its latest declarations or principles, on
none of the great questions now before the
American people.
Given the choice between Mckinley and
Roosevelt upon the one hand, and Bryan
and Stevenson on the unpatriotic Kansas
City and Chicago platforms upon the other.
l shall. without hesitation, record my vote