Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-30

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md more especially upon Its chairman.
anator Davis. the inmense and unusu-
responsibility of the initiative in
aplng the policy Of the country on the
.omentous questions growing out of
UT embodiment with Spain. 1t was
senator Davis who framed the resolu-
lions demanding the withdrawal of
spain from Cuba, which were equiva-
lent to a declaration of war, and it was
Senator Davis who framed the terrific
Indictment of Spain in the preamble
Which formed the complete Justification
power. When this brief war ended in
the complete triumph of our arms by
land and sea, Senator Davis was appro-
priately appointed on the commission to-
negotiate a treaty OF peace with Spain
1t is not too much to say that his adj
vice and inspiration We're the controls
ling influences which decided the policy
of this government on the most impor
tant question left unsettled by the pro-
tocol-what should be done with the
Philippines? To Senator Davis. per-
haps, more than to any other man, the
country owes that bold and grand poli-
cy of expansion in the orient. which was
The logical. the righteous, the humane
the necessary result of the war tfat
struck down the power of Spain in the
Philippines as in the Caribbean sea.
Into the settlement OF that question he
brought the breadth and boldness and
elevation of patriotic craftsmanship
which was needed at that momentous
crisis in our history, when timid and
conservative members of the govern
.lnent and of the commission hesitated
before the assumption of such new and
grave responsibilities. 1t was on these
great occasions in 1895. which formed
the turning points of American destiny.
that Senator Davis rose to the full
height of his opportunities. That year
of great achievements was the culmi-
mating period in the development of his
powers and of his fame. 1t brought
into high relief not only the secular
sweep of the clear and broad prescienee
and the prompt and vigorous decision Of
character. which stamped him as a
statesman of the first order in dealing
With great epochal emergencies.
He had given memorable illustra-
tion of the same trait in his prompt
answer to the railway employees of Du-
7luth at the time of the Debs riots in
Chicago, when they asked him by wire
to support a resolution which would
have paralyzed the arm OF the govern
nent in restraining the lawless violence
of the strikers in and near Chicago. His
instant answer thrilled the American
people from one end of the country toll
the other. I will not support Senator
kyle's resolution. II is against your own
real Welfare. 1t is alsoa blow at the Sc
5cusity, peace nd happiness of millions OF
people who never harmed you or youl
associates. My duty to the constitution
and the laws forbsds me to sustain a
resolution to lagalize lawlessness.' And
after emphatic words of warming he
closed: Ycu might az well ask me to-
Vote to :tss:soiva this government
spoken Ike a man. was the universal
i s \
RESPONSE Of public sentiment to this
stern rsbuke 81 laWlessness and Of the
deasag CUES VINO fosteresl and encour-
aged IL II eyoked all the more gem
5efal applause because for the moment
the politicians of both parties were
ceved BY the apparent triumph of the /
anarehic and revolutionary counsels of
Debs in the vast labor organizations Of
the country. His Telegram broke the
spell which had hyPnotzed the politi- !!
cans. and did more than anything else#
tei array the public sentiment of the
country in solid support Of the meas
ures taken by the Cleveland adrninistra-
ton to restore the reign OF law and or
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