The Portland daily press., 1900-06-21

| IAnIuly nH IIDe1IDlt ntJtlH WIZ Actt~@ ~ 80
tire freedom and 10 self government UNI
der our flag. We will not abandon our
task. We will neither surrender nor re-
treat. We will not write failure across
this page Of our history.
We will do our duty, our full duty, TO
the people OF the Philippines, and strive
by every means to give them freedom,
contentment. and prosperity. We have
no belief I'm the old slave holders doc
trine that the constitution Oh It's own
force marches into every newly acquired
territory, and this doctrine, which we
cnst out in 1861, we still reject. We do
not mean that the Philippines shall come
within our tariff system or become part
Of our body polite. We do mean that
they shall. under our teaching, learn TO
govern themselves and remain under our
flag with the largest possible measure OF
home rule. We make no hypooritical
pretence Of being Interested in the Philip
pines solely on account OF Others. While
we regard the welfare OF those people as
n sacred trust, we regard this welfare OF
the American people first. We see our
duty ~ ourselves as well as TO others.
We believe in trade expansion. By every
legitimate means within the province OF
government and legislation, we mean to
stimulate the expansion OF our trade ana
to open new markets. Greatest OF oil
markets is China. Our trade there Is
growing by leaps and bounds, Manila,
| bnt DTlLA Oh WAft KlNtc 0n n
advantages in developing that trade, lt
Is the corner stone Of our Eastern policy,
and the brilliant diplomacy OF John Hay
| In securing from all nations guarantee
of our treaty rights and oil the open uoor
in China, rests upon 1t. We ask the
American people whether they VIII , snIom
away these new markets and widening
opportunities for trade and commences,
| by putting in power the Democratic
party, who seek under cover OF newly
discovered affection for the rights OF man
to give up these islands Of the East ana
make Dewey's victory fruitlessY Inc
choice lies between this Democratic policy
of retreat and the Republican policy
which would hold tho islands, give them
freedom and prosperity, and enlarge those
great opportunities for ourselves ana our
posterity. The Democratic attitude TO-
ward the Philippines rests wholly upon the
proposition that the American people
have neither the capacity nor the honesty
to deal rightly with these islands. Ihey
assume that we shall fail. They fall down
and worship Chinese half-breeu whose
name they had never heard three years
ago, and they Islander, and cry down ana
doubt the honor of American soldiers ana
sailors, of admirals and generals, ana
public men who have gone in ana out
before us during an entire lifetime. we
are true to our own. We nave no us
trust of the honor, the humanity the
| ctIHlclIY Oh IUt lfIOPhPs ~ 49,
| or do otherwise Ia TO doubt ourselves, our
government and our civilization. We
| take issue with the Democrats VINO woulu
| cast off the Philippines because the
American people cannot be trusted with
them, and we declare that the American
people can be trusted to deal Justly, WISE
| iy and generously with these distant Is
lands and will lift them up TO higher
prosperity, u broader freedom ana
nobler civilization than they have ever
known. We have not failed elsewhere.
We shall not fail here.
Those are the questions we present 10
| the American people In regard to the
Philippines. Do they want such q hui
initiating change there as Democratic VIC
tory would bringp Do they want an even
more radical change at homer suppose
| the candidate Of the Democrats, the Pop-
ulists, the foes OF expansion, the dissatis-
| fed and the envious should come into
power, what kind of an adm inistration
would he give us9 What would his cabi-
net be? Think what an electric spark OF
confidence would run through every busi-
ness interest in the country when sucn
a cabinet was announced as we can reta o.
| lily imagine he would make. More inn
portant still we ask the American people
whether they will put in the White House
the hero of uncounted platforms, the
prodigal spendthrift of words, the cham
pion of free silver, the opponent OF expan-
sion, the assailant of the courts; or
whether they will retain in the presi-
dency the Union soldier, the leader of the
House of Representatives, the trained
statesman who has borne victoriously the
heavy burden OF the last four years; the
champion of protection and sound money,
the fearless supporter of law and order
wherever the flag fioatsy
But there Is one question we VIII put 10
the American people in this campaign
which includes and outweighs all others.
We will say TO them You were In the
depths of adversely under the last Demo-
cratic administration; you are ON the
heights of prosperity today. VIII that
prosperity continue II you make change
in your President and In the party which
administers your governmentY How long
will your good times last If you turn out
the Republicans and give poiltlcal power
to those who cry nothing but Woe J
Woei"Y The lovers of calamity ana foes
of prosperity who hold success in business
to he a crime and regard thrift as mis-
demeanor. If the Democrats should win
do you think business would improveY
do YOU think that prices would remain
steady, that wages would rise and employ
ment increase when that result OF the
election was known
Business confidence rests largely upon
sentiment Do you think that sentiment
would be hopeful one the day after
Bryan's election? Business confidence Is
delicate plant. DO you think 1t would
flourish with the Democratic partyY DO
you not know that IL Bryan We're elected
the day after the news was flashed over
the country wages would go down, prices
would decline, and that the great argosy
of American business now forging ahead
over calm waters, with fair breezes and
with swelling canvas, would begin To
take in sail and seek the shelter and an
chorage of the nearest harbor? DO you
not know from recent and bitter expert
ence what that arrest OF movement, that
fear Of the future. meansY IL means the
contraction of business, the reduction OF
employment, the increase of The unem-
ployed, lower wages, hard times, distress,
unhappiness. We do not say that we have
panaceas for every i'll. We do not claim
that any policy We, or anyone else, can
offer will drive from the world SORROW
and suffering and poverty, but we say
that SO far as government and legislation
can secure the prosperity and web being
of the American people our adIninistra-
tion and our policies will do it. We point
to the adversely of the Cleveland years
living dark behind us. 1t has been re-