Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
Mckinley and Expansion.

Mckinley and Expansion.
President Mckinley showed the highes
consideration and solicitude for the opin
IONS OF the masses of the people in shap
n ing the policy Of this goyernment at tn
council from the wisest men in both par
tess and from them turned to the PEG
pie for the confirmation or rejection o.
ule policy of expansion He came Il
the broad prairies and populous cities OF
proud Iowa and found the magic WORD
| expansion upon every lip He wrote
II in the American policy in obedience "a
banded.
The full measure of the possible bene.
which we may be confronted in the deyel.
opment of the islands, cannot, with GER
we have acquired possess great natural
wealth there can be no doubt. That they
are of commanding importance in con.
nection with the extension of American
commerce is universally conceded This
commerce of the Pacific is in It's infancy.
ana by reason of our geographical 1oca.
| ton and wonderful achievements in man,
| ufactures We can easily become the con-
| trolling factor in the future commerce
| of that great sea.
| The demand for extended markets is
universal. The republican policy of en-
couraging American shipping in connec-
| ton with the great natural wealth OF our
! island possessions, and their commanding
| location promise results for prosperity at
| home and honorable achievement abroad
beyond the expectation Of the average
| American. The republican party stands
| for the courageous course.
No backward step with dishonor. One
fact seems clear beyond question; that
| certainly be best served by continuing in
power the president and party who have
| inaugurated this policy, who believe in
| IL and who are not afraid of the response
| bilities which 1t entails.
Kansas City Platform.
Much is contained in the Kansas City
| platform about the constitution and the
Declaration of Independence. AS / stated
| in the beginning, am not lawyer. much
| less a constitutional one. There are,
| however, some facts in reference to the
| democratic Interpretation of the const tu-
| ton which are an open book to every IN
| tellgent person in this country. In the
| first place we all know that had the dem
ocratic Interpretation of the constitution
prevailed there would be no United States
of America today, and upon the ruins of
this great nation we would now have
lot OF antagonistic, discordant, warning
states. We also know that had their In
depreciation of the constitution prevailed
the war for the preservation of the union
would not have been fought.
And we further know that their inter-
probation of the constitution would have
precluded the possibility of the benefits
Of the great protective system which has
been the foundation Of the industrial de-
velopment and the prosperity of the
masses of the American people during
this generation. In the light of these
facts no sane man need doubt the safety
of the constitution when in republican
hands, and in this connection 1t is appro-
pirate to say that the republican party
has never tried to reverse the work of the
supreme court.
This same platform, read by that IA
NOUS defender of the equality of man,
"Pitchfork' Tillman Of South Carolina,
lays great stress upon the allegation that
the republican party has trampled upon
the Declaration of Independence. What
ft,c,y ~ Z fn
witness the gentleman from South Caro-
lima proclaimihg the virtues of the Dec
laration of Independence, while his recent
declaration in the senate of the United
States was still fresh in the minds of the
people. proclaiming in that high place that
the rights of the Colored citizens of his
state were and would be denied them,
and, If necessary, the shotgun policy
would be used to accomplish that end.
The insincerty of the Kansas City con-
vention upon this question was made
clearly apparent, If anything more than
the known facts of history were neces-
sary to convict them, by the fact that this
charge of tyranny and disregard of the
fundamental principles of the government
against the republican party was heartily
cheered and unanimously voted for by
the delegates from those states in the
south who have for years not only denied
the equality of the southern negro before
the law, but have also appropriated to
themselves the political power and inffu-
ence which the laws of the nation guar
antee to the southern negro.
Theory of Consent Ignored.
The republican party came into exist
ence battling for the rights of men, and
If there is in this country political party
worthy of being trusted in dealing with an
inferior race, judged by its history, II Is
the republican party.
The theory that there can be no Just
government without the consent of the
governed has time and again been ig-
nored in our national history, and was
finally shot to pieces by the boys in blue
on the southern battlefelds of the civil
war. In that great conflict the states of
the north not only denied the right of the
states of the south to the kind of gov
eminent they wanted, but they, said in
effect: 1.-THE time has come when YOU
must recognize the principles of humanity
and the rights of man in your domestic
AFFAIRS and at the points of bayonets and
the mouths Of muskets and at the sacri-
flee OF thousands Of precious lives and
countless treasure decent Christian gov.
eminent was forced upon the south
against their consent. and to their great
benefit and to the lasting honor Of the
nation.
In addition to the violation Of the con-
stitution and the population OF the Dec
laration Of Independence the absolute de.
our purpose: Governments are conducted
by men. The acts which shape their
course are those of individuals. II the
alton Of Independence being ignored and
the life OF the republic being endangered.
who are the guilty ones and to whom
shall we turn for deliverance and protec-
ton?
If the charge of the Bryanites is true.
William b. Allison, the republican leader
of the American senate, and David B.
Henderson, the republican speaker Of the
national house of representatives, sup
ported by that splendid representation in
and James Wilson in the cabinet, are all
enemies of their country. and are con-
| spring against the life of the republic.
| And If the democratic contention Is true.
we must turn for deliverance to Jim
| Weaver and Altgeld, Pitchfork Tillman
and Tammany Dick. The people of this
filation, have not ceased to mourn the
| recent loss of one of the grandest char
| acters in the life of this state and nation
| man who was a loyal and unfinching
supporter of the politics of William Nc
| Klnley and the republican party, and
| whose life was devoted to the interests
| he rose to position Of commanding m
| huenCe in the nation. Let no popullstlc
visionary tell an Iowa audience that ae
tempt upon the life of the nation for
which he lived and died. The democratic
platform of 1900 is SANDER upon tne
| The republic and the interests OF the
masses are safe in the hands of such
men as the republicans of Iowa nave
given to the councils OF the nation.
Iowa to BE Congratulated.
Iowa has great cause for congratula-
ton. No state stands so high in the coun-
ellis of the nation. No western state can
| compare with her in the general esteem
In which she is held abroad. Under the
splendid leadership of Leslie M Sxaw,
Iowa has become the banner sound money
state in the west. His able and business
like administration of the affairs of the
state and his high repute throughout the
nation have placed, not only the repuph-
cans, but the people of Iowa under the
| greatest obligations to our governor
From first to last In all things pertain
Ing to the Spanish-American war Presi-