Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-23
M,cLENAHAN IS NO AUNTY.

M'CLENAHAN IS NO AUNTY.
y From Tuesdays St Paul dispatch:
neutrality-suspicious., with their
"antievery-t thing" platform. are not
commanding that unanimous In
dorsement from Democratic ranks
Tor which they had hoped so ar
IDENTIFY.
Anti-expans,on in a number OF
Instances has been too nauseating
q dose to swallow. The disintegra-
ton of the following that forced
Harrison to rccept 1, defeat at the
polls, bids fair to he so complete In
1890 that the hisa;frction Of the
sound money element in 1898 will
pale inso insignlirance by COMPARE
son
At Magee's trdnv there was re.
gisterel w. S. MrHleuuhln, OF Brain
erd, for years city attorney OF that
municipality, and Il very prominent
Sixth district Democrat OF the BUur-
bon stamp. In the ntlt'' lle OF those
who claim to be su 'c>'S>DrS in inter
est of the Old-time Democracy he
finds features so rppu9nant that he
can no longer champion their con-
tentions.
"Expansion obtains among many
of us who were old line Democrats
because we exalt Americt,nism above
partisanship," said Mr.. McClenahAn.
~Patriotism forbade opposition to
The war with Spain two years ago,
not withs standing that it devOlved
upon a Republican administration
to prosecute our part Of the conflic t:
concern for national interests still
claims sympathy and support.
though in a modified degree. What
f. more direct in It's bearings, how =
ever, ia the accomplished fact OF
Axpansion. Our flag floats over the
philippines, and the authority OF the
United States In the island will soon
Re unquestloned, even by the tur-
:bulent adventures who have sought
The organization Of repunli solely
1or selfish advantage.
"The practical man, viewing the
acquisition of territory as complete
and final. finds very little substance
In anti-expanslon, therefore,. He
does not deal In arguments of CON-
.aercial growth and the desirabllity
81 trade development, because every
thing argument could accomplish
has assumed q detiniate state. We
have the Philippines. II the prac-
teal man has not been Republican,
he turns naturally to that creed be-
cause it and it alone takes cogniz-
ance of present day con ditions.
And as an American. he prefers to
think OF his govern ,utas broad, pro-
kressive, resOurceful and confident of
fits powers in l,t! ls with even tn
Alitics, rather thla to hc cDmpe|lru
to admit that it has ssnirAel reIppn-
sibilitly, declined to occupy a
Acid Of international influence. and
weakly resigned territory Of which
= form I'll possession has hrrn taken.
*'Unloubte,lly our first efforts at
gOves OF tie Philippines will
neceSSit:lt'. trra Uncut OF some very
preplexiny and complicated ques-
lions, but let these have attention
as they present themselves. That
they exist constitutes no reason for
the surren der of our island posses-
siOns
'"From all reports Democracy
futile effort to formulate it's anti
. expansion tendencies as an issue will
cost it considerable strength in the
Sixth district.
81 ''The ideas OF the Republican party
/ today accord more nearly with my
n ewn than they did even in 1896, the
year in which the final plank of the
Chicago platform drove myself and
Y other Democrats from the support
q the ticket"
Mr.. McClenahan does not doubt
that there will be a strong anti
trust plank in the Republican plat
A f6rrm, as we'll as a satisfactory de-