Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-10-27

do not get the sovereignty OF Cuba,
but we will get Its commerce., ahd IL
will be OF the wonders OF the world.
We get Porto Rico and 1 will only say
no country ever treated q dependency
SO magnanimously as we have treated
Porto Rico.
we took Guam. We wanted 1t to
land a cable via Hawaii. the midway
islands, Guam and the Philippines. to
China. For what? To help us get
the commerce OF China.
Value OF Philippines.
The Philippines will be worth more
TO us than all the Cubas hat could
be crowded into the Caribbean sea.
They are the richest real estate on
earth. Let the Bryan party allow us
peace there-and ! Judge they will do
1t after Observation-Disclosures we
will begin to develop that commercer
These islands are full OF coal, iron,
gold, the richest forests: they produce
tobacco and rice and hemp. Sometimes
/ nave suspected we ought to have
used more OF the hemp, since 1 have
read the den~unciations OF certain anti
imperialists who declared u navy
and army I'm the Philippines TO be pi-
rates and %brigands. (Cheers.) Yes. 1
tiiAh VI AAsO w
have used more hemp.
THE balance OF trade has changed
from SIS, 900, 900 against us under Cleve-
land TO $40, 000, 900 in u favor last
year.. Let the people OF those islands
have a fair chance and that
will q%uintuple IN five years. But stra-
logically they are still more valuable.
The archipelago fronts the whole China
sea. AS a commercial base to reach
China, Manila will be worth more to
us than Hong Kong ever was to Eng
land. A few years & Europe pro-
posed to divide China, n shut us out,
putting an end to our treaty rights
which place us on the same terms as,
the most favored nation. But today
Europe asks our counsel In settling
Chinese troubles, because Europe
heard the thunder of Dewey's guns at
Manila, and recognizes us as one OF
the great powers. Shall we neglect the
advantage which all the rest of the
world concedes2
Future of the Archipelago
What will we do with the archipela-
go? "a voice-What will you do with
the SulusO Well, / may as well an
swer that now as any time. The Unit
ed States can't make a treaty without
the consent OF two-thirds OF the senate
1t has never made a treaty with the
Sulus recognizing slavery and polyga-
my. While our democratic friends under
A~guinaldo were keeping us so busy In
Luzon, we simply arranged with the
sultan Of Sulu to continue the police
protection he had previously offered
under an arrangement with SPAIN
That's all there is of 1t. (Applause.)
What will we do with the archl-
pelago? Mr.. Bryan has told us what
he will do. call congress together, haul
down the flag and let Aguinaldo estab-
lish a stable government there. This Is
Bryan's plan-he would put a crown oH
Aguinaldo's head, and then hold a pro-
t~ectorate over the Aguinaldo govern
ment. That would require five times
as many soldiers as to keep our own
government. All Europe wants that
archipelago. Mr.. Bryan proposes to
protect 1t against all Europe.
What will the republicans do? We
will give them a good government,
schools, public works, and perhaps In
fifty years congress Will allow them in
dependent government. when they are
ready for It. For me / never would
surrender that sovereignty to In ma
ton without or to any people there.
makes me ar expansionist. Well,
I'm In good company. Thoma Jeffer-
son was the first great expansionist.
He was a d~emocrat-one of the same
kind as the South Dakota democrat
will on November 8 vote for Will
am Mckinley. (Applause.)
Tho Louisiana Purchase.
I'm 1903 Jefferson bought louisiana,
and there was a tremendous cutlery. Jo-
slab Quincy wrote hat the constitu-
ton could not be stretched to cover the
wild west. 1t would be a deathblow TO
the constitution Well the purchase
was made and the constitution didn't
crack. In 1919 we bought Florida: In
lS47 New Mexico; in 1867 Alaska. Now
don't you think, as the constitution has
stood all this without breaking, 1t
can stretch enough more to cover Por-
TO Rico and the Philippines and Guam?
l do, and L believe IL w discharge
these obligations as we should with
and honesty. we will live and
prosper as a nation forever"
senator Frye was cheered as he sat
down, and In a moment the audience
sight of Senator Hanna COM
ing forward from the rear of the
He was arriving from the over
meeting. He smiled a placid, be-
nignant smile toward the crowd which
had been able to recognize him despite
the absence OF dollar marks. With him
Mr.. ". b. Dolliver OF Iowa.
After a selection by the band Mr..
presented Senator Hanna as
the man whose leadership In 1895 con
tributed so much TO electing Mckinley,
and whose brilliant management will,
this year, contribute as much to re-
peating that victory.