CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-10-25

the work of progress hat falls to such
"a nation. We cannot shirk 1t If we
would.
Some tinlorous advocates of free
coinage are afraid that the new i'm I,
perialism' viii be male a party battle
cry to overcome the demand for BIZ
metallism If it is 1t will be because
the advocates of bimetallispif, display
a fatuous short-sightedasss WHICH viii
do more to endangersit tbanila all the
direct assaults of its most, pnJept enc
mics. We are told that, the geldites
will proclaim imperialism Tss ,tbe, new
national policy; that the voices Of their
orators will be raised at eyery; cross !.
roads and on every corner to heguile
the people But how comes it to be as
sumed that the goldites are to be all
lowed toi poseT.as the sponsors Of an
Imperial policy. while those who are
devoted to bimetallism are against 1t!
Are we who believe in free coinage to
hand over to the custody of the goldites
the ownership of this policy? Are we
going to permit them to take posses
sion as their own a policy which is as
fair In our sight as in theirs-as near
to us as to them?
we We lIdN as well sup
preaching and prepare for defeat. The
American people are overwhelmingly
in favor of holding every foot of
ground over which the flag is
raised. The instinct is rooted in
them, and 1t is a sound and
good instinct. Shall We allow those
who are seeking to enforce policies
which we believe to be dangerous, to
make an ally of this determination and
this instinct? Are we to voluntarily
grant them an advantage to which
they have no title and which might in
sure to them control of the govern
ment for many years to come? 1t
would be a cruel. well-nigh fatal
blow. to bimetallism If those who ad-
vocate bimetallism were placed in the
false position of opposing a policy
which rightly belongs to them, rather
than to their opponents: which has be-
come verify part of our national as
pyation; which will command the sup
port of n great majority of American
voters, and which will lead to new
commercial achievements. new victor
les for progress and civilization, and
added glory for the flag"
Consent Of the Governed.
August 2. 1898.
seDdIOf JONES OF AThdu>ds ls dluOHe
those who oppose the acquisition of the
Philippines. He insists upon absolute
application of the doctrine of the Dec
laration of Independence that all gov
ernments derive their powers from the
consent of the governed This aftirma-
ton of an underlying principle, as
penned Ivy jefferson. undoubtedly pre-
supposed that the people were fit for
self-government- No one knew better
than jefferson, or more frequently as
serted the necessity of education and
Intelligence among the masses
LAS a matter of fact the United
States has constantly violated this
principle. carried to the extreme to
which the Arkansas senator has CIR
ried it. When Florida. the Louisiana
purchase. and the territory acquired
from Mexico were annexed. we did not
ask the consent of the people residing
Therein. We bought the territory and
gave to the people thereof the rights
of American citizenship. We need
not have done the latter. but as the
resident population was of European
descent-French and Spanish-and the
American population therein was
growing rapidly, American citizenship
was conferred on the entire resident
population
50 lar as the new territory pro-
posed TO be acquired is concerned. 1t
is not necessary to confer American
, citizenship upon the people thereof.
When we purchased lands from the
Indians we did not enfranchise them
When we conquer islands in the far
Pacific IL is not necessary to confer the
ballot on the native population there.
American citizens who locate there
Europans who go there and become
naturalized. can enjoy the suffrage and
control their own local affairs just as
the territories have always done.
ITO this extent they will enjoy the
same rights as residents OF New Mexi-
CO have done. 1t Is now fifty years
since that territory was acquired first
by conquest. and then by purchase and
II Is not yet state Of the federal
union"
New. what we would like to know is
whether the issue of expansion has
changed In the meantime. or IL the
News and Colonel Bryan have altered
their point of view for purely political
reasons? Surely. II the Fiiipinos Were
not ripe for self government fifteen
mcnths ago. or two years ago. they
are not much better of in that respect
now than they were then. and IL the
consent of the governed'' was a matter
that rested entirely with the govern
ment OF the United States In August.
1898. we would like to know what has
happened to change its legal or moral
status in the meanwhile;
The Commission Dodge.
August 2 1898.
"The American proposition to Snain