St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-04

lorna and New Mexico and assumed
the debt of So, 100000, which she
owed to American citizens. He
stated that, constitutional obiec.
ton and indiscriminate abuse pre-.
ceded, attended and followed each Of
these acquisitions"
The country under Washington
numbered only 1.378,9S1 square
miles and 2,313,144 square miles
have been added since makingit now
3,692,125 not including the new pos
sessions. His extracts indicated that
President Mckinley had usurped no
new power in government OF these
new possessions. He quoted the act
OF Oct. 31st, 1903, passed by congress
and signed by Jefferson, vesting "All
military, civil and judicial power in
such person or persons and to be ex-
ercised in such manner as the Presi-
dent OF the United States should di.
rect" He found that 16 years after
wards. congress passed similar act
and Monroe approved it, that "All
civil, military and judicial powers"
tor the government of Florida should
be vested, Sin such person or persons
and to be exercised in such manner
as the President of the United States
should direct" Florida had been
settled for 200 years and he argued
that there had been time to discover
vital blow at the Declaration of H.
dependence and a deadly assault upon
the constitution of the United States
by that time and many stategovern-
ments had been framed. The colon
ial and imperial government from
1903 to 1919 was imposed upon
Louisiana by Jefferson, yet is claimed
to be the example and guide of the
anti expansionists.
If President Mckinley is a tyrant
and nsurper, then Jefferson, Monroe,
Polk and Pierce are in the same
class, for doing the same thing in the
past. The spectre Of the ruined re-
public has been dragged out for spec
tacular display great many times,
to be laughed back into it's crypt by
Property qualification
or tax as prerequisite to vote was
common until 1921 in all of the
states, but was in full force in Rhode
Island until 1888. The new consti-
tuition 10 South Carolina requires a
voter to possess $500 worth of
and be able to read the
of the United States un-
derstandingly; if such policy was
adopted in the Philippines, it would
deprive all of the natives of the suf
rage. He claimed that the constitu-
ton does not extend byits own force
over territory acquired after the
adoption of the constitution, but
that congress has the power to
grant so much of its provision as it
deems wise. The President and con.
gress must hold these territories the
same as New Mexico, which is not
despotism. England has not grant
ed measures of selEgovernment until
a colony has shown its ability to
maintain it and her colonies are the
most loyal and best known. A
colored brother in congress thought
charity began at home, he had heard
so much sympathy expressed
amongst the congressman from the
South for the Porto Ricans and
anxiety to help them and make them
But how about the people
nearer home, how should they be
treated and what rights should be
given them
Representative Bartholdt of Mis-
souri,. German, republican, some
time since, expressed his opinion tor
The German element of St. Louis.
He declared that the Germans know
that the democrats are a party of
opposing everything advo-
,ated by the republicans; they are
or free silver, free trade and they do
not care to identity themselves with
hat party. The difference between
he Germans and the Irish is that the
ormer are disposed to be with the
government while the latter from
home traditions are mostly "agin"
t.
If the democrats did not like the
lew ship expansion they should
nave scuttled it when asked to vote |
he $4,000 900 to pay Spain. II
he President had advised the Peace
Commissioners not to insist upon
he cession of the islands, they would
rave raised cry about "blunderlng
'tatecraft which iritters away a
most brilliant opportunityW So
hey have sewed up the shreds of tie
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