The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-02

trated in the islana of Cuba, at our very
door. The war with Spain was splendidly
conducted and more speedily ended tuuil
any of us dreamed of when 1t was declared.
The most sanguine American cltlzeh ana not
believe that 1t could be brought TO a sue
cessful conclusion in less than a year OF
two, and the people of Europe believed 1t
would take several years before this young
republic would be able to drive from her
last foothold on the continent she Haa US ~
covered and for centuries dominated, the
once powerful kingdom OF spain. But we
did 1t in hundred days. This war DrouGhI
with it vast responsibilities, the extent OF
which no human wisdom could Iorsee ana
no human power could avoid, II brought
responsibilities commensurate with ITS slo-
ries, Great were its glorles. Nowhere IN
the pages of history is recorded an achieve
ment more splendid than the sinking Of ten
ships Of Spain in the harbor OF Manila
without the loss of an American ship or an
American life. That great victory changed
the map Of the world. It taught many an
American the geographical location OF Ma
Mia. Well do ! remember the first ques-
ton on the examination paper IN geogir,41IPhy
when | entered Yale 1t was TINS: How
would you sail ship from Malaga TO Ma
nilaE' | know of one fellow who did not
know where either of these places were To-
Gated His answer was; Il am not nav
igator but if | were, | would sail her bow
first" ! remember that Manila, as was Gus
tomary then, was spelled with two Is
been spelled with one ''l'' for Dewey knock
ed ~ out of it. Where would one look for
more brilliant record than that made by
the fearless cowboys of the western plains,
us elbow to elbow with the equally brave
swells Of our New York city clubs and ath-
letes of Yale and Harvard and our other
colleges, they charged up San Juan hill be-
hind their gallant leader our candidate for
vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. And
then the sinking of six more ships Of Spain
off the harbor of Santiago, in addition to
the ten ships already at the bottom of Ma
lima bay and in this instance without the
loss Of an American ship ana with only the
loss of a single American life! Sixteen ships
of Spain MS SO much junk at the bottom of
the sea and the loss Of one life. That is the
only time / ever knew of 16 to l to stand
for anything worth shouting for.
The responsibilities were, as | have said,
in proportion to the glories achieved. The
/ Mckinley administration accepted all these
responsibilities in the fact of our oppo-
neFts' denunclation of the use of our ma
tional power to maintain public order in
these Islands; in fact of our opponents be-
Hitting the benefcence that follows in the
/ wake OF American commerce and American
civilization; and in the fact of their advo-
eating the reputation Of our obligations as
Il nation, just as they did of our financial
obligations to one another four years ago.
To Thousands and tens of thousands of DEM
ocrats policy so unworthy of any Amer
/ lean party is abhorent. These democrats
must vote with US or vote against their
I country. While they may be loath to break
with their party certainly they would not
break with their country. The very satire
Of our opponents position is that had they
been entrusted with the conduct of affairs
they would have had to do exactly what
the republican administration has done.
/ What they might do, in view OF their pres
ent professions, If entrusted with power,
only the omntscence of the Almighty can
forecast. The absurdity of Imperialism is
that there Is no imperialism The republican
party simply stands for the establishment
4 in the Philippines and Porto Rico of such
1 Il government as 1t gives to its own people !
at home. If that is Imperialism, thank God /
the republican party is mperialistic. The /
4 principle cannot be changed by the use of
terms. Our opponents may call 1t imper- |
the republican party cannot be Sweryed |
from the line Of its duty, nor will the peo
pie be fooled by so transparent device. If
the republican administration had at any |
time, from the moment 1t was first fred
upon, hauled down the American flag, and |
withdrawn our army in disgrace from be |
fore the firing line of the Filipino rebels, !
every democrat would to-day be marching |
up and down the streets waving aloft Old |
Glory to the breeze and dcnouncing the re.
publican party as the party Of towards and |
who Wear the Grand Army button, the in |
sigma of your yalor with the modesty be-
coming the heroes of republic which never |
went to war for conquest, think and what |
is your choice between Bryan's proposition |
and McKlnley's policy2 Old Glory will not |
come down, in answer to shot fred at 1t TO |
bring II down or In response to shouts rails
ed to haul it down, under the administra-
tlon of Mckinley and Roosevelt.
THE NATIONAL TICKET.
Was there ever q greater contrast than
that presented by the Philadelphia and
Kansas city convention2 Rarely If ever be
fore the republican national convention of
this year, in all the history of party gath
erings have time, place and circumstances
so combined to Inspire the motives and di-
rect the deeds of Il party's representatives. |
We gathered amid surroundings so replote
with historic memories that the dellbera-
tions of the convention could not fail to
partake OF the high character that mas
o n otb o p@f p,st eondros: NY any,
first convened but was originally proposed,
and the initial step taken In the establish
WI y, S HreaC ncnen h TIs rn
claimed to the world the equality of man
and where was adopted as the symbol of
p9fty tnat e.tRlen Mh,on naS pGeh em[
as the harbnger Of American civilization
we assembled there, as the name fhlladel-
which has been engendered In the hearts
of all republicans by the benign character
0i i'it d nm Shicb he me now snndu
before his countrymen. Unlike the demo.
cratic platform adopted at Kansas City, It
Ms uns aroi n proa '1b( tho highnst
ideals and loftiest aspirations of great
people who upon the strong foundations of
az lnut nus cpe Nv sonc WII INA G ~ uUp