The Holly chieftain., 1900-08-17


In the land.
.Does any one believe that Mr.. Gro
ker, without whom there 10 no hope Of
Democratic success, ID any less an op-
ponent Of bImefailisih to-day than he
was In 1882 Does any one believe that
the Democratic party. II successful
would pass free coinage bill II mat
tiers not how true their candidate for
the presidency may be In his advocacy
OF this cause. without his purity behin9
him and in sympathy with his positioa
on tins question, he will be almost ~
powerless in Washington ~ he is a4
home upon his Nebraska farm. These
are the conditions as see them. do
not believe there Is any hope at pres
ent for proper settlement OF the f1nan-
cial question.
II have always adhered to the par
tvs declaration that we were Repub-
licans on all other questions but the
financial question. / am not Demo-
crat, and 1t seems to me that ree time
has come when we must be either DEM
ocrats or Republicans. There is to-day.
In my Judgment, no middle ground
Even at Kansas City and while Mr..
Towne was still chairman of the ma
tional Silver Republican committee, he
that the Silver Republican organization
was kept alive at the request of Demo
cratic leaders for the sole purpose OF
aiding Democracy. II this be true, then
to maintain longer the Silver Repub-
lican party is n pretense unworthy the
men who sacrificed much In leaving
the old party and IN trying to build up
and maintain the new.
But there is another question-nD-
other issue II you please, one that
think should have been considered and
settled by the American people AZ
Americans and not as partisans. though
supposed party expediency and parts
anship has made 1t an issue in this
campign, and this issue is near TO the
hearts Of all old-time Republicans.
THE flag is being fired upon and our
soldiers and sailors are being killed.
The war with Spain was no party's
war; 1t WAS war of the American
people, just war, waged In a just
cause. l had hoped we might consider
all of the questions Of the war and all
of the questions growing out OF 1t. not
as partisans, but us Americans all; as
lovers of our country and its institu-
tions. Dewey's guns placed upon the
country new and grave duties and re-
j
are ours; ours by conquest. ours by
generous and magnanimous purchase.
and ours by treaty. Their Inhabitants
are in rebellion against our govern
ment; they kill our soldiers and cruelty
| treat our wounded. The insurrection
there denies the authority of the United
States. We are as much interested in
| II as IL one of the states of the federal
| union was denying the authority Of the
| government Let American authority
be recognized; let the flag be respected
there and no one doubts that the Phil
| ippines will then be justly and hu-
namely treated
II am an expansionist: / believe in
the greatness of my country. have 10
patience with the men or party who ac-
cept the word of an adventurous Ash
attic renegade In preference to that OF
Admiral Dewey, and who continually
encourage the ignorant rebellion by
putting bad motives behind every good
act of the government at Washington
Our country's flag means something to-
me. In my childhood my father fought
for 1t that 1t might always remain the
emblem of united and liberty-loving
country and that Its blessings mighy
be bequeatbed 10 his children. 1t is my
Inheritance.
THE Silver Republicans of Colorado
have always declared that they were
expansionists and they believed With
Senator Teller when he said In the
Senate of the United Stntes. Where the
American soldier dies and is buried.
and the American flag is put up. ] say
there it will stay and we will erapple
with the great problem whether we are
capable of managing colonies or no.
and try 1t; II we fail. 1t will be the first
time that the Anglo-Snxon race has
failed when these great problems have
been presented. 1t will be the first time
that the American people have failed
when great questions have been pre-
sented TO them to solve them properly
and righteously and In the interests OF
their own people and of the world
II have considered all these lues-
| tions with anxious concern. My views
| upon them have for some time been
known to Senator Teller and other lead
ers of the Silver Republican party. Foe
twenty years have supported Senator
Teller. " hose life, In my Judgment, 10
sublime and unselfish devotion to
duty, in every campaign in which he
has been interested In Colorado.
II do not affect TO be Indifferent to
your good opinions and wish that You
may all know that pursue the course
here indicated after anxious and seri-
GUS consideration hope that you will
all believe that there are no alliances
nor entanglements behind my action
and that ! am now prompted by A.
high sense Of duty as ! was when /
gave you much OF my time and meane
In the hope Of sustaining the principle
for which we were all contending. Dis
like of or prejudice against individuals