Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-08-23

Americans in person and property,
VIII 'rever they may journey in all the
Vide circuit of the globe. II is an
AIne ricen duty, and not a partisan
duty. TO protect our people in all parts
of the world. Capt. lngraham of the
old navy wrote glorious chapter of
cur naval history in defense of Martin
Kusta. a naturalized American citizen.
The national PRIZE is stirred and the
fires of patriotism kindlc anew when
we read the story of the hercism OF
that splendid laval officer IN uphold
ing the national honor and the
rights Of that humble adopted citizen
of tho republic. May the flag forever
iloat upon land and sea as the cmDlem
of freedom, and may it never become
the symbol of despoIism or of the
SPIRIT Of mere CONNER Realism.
NATIONAL, ISSUES.
Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens, /
have already occupied mere time in the
discussion of state aff9irs than i had
intended. and | car therefore dc but
little more than refer briefly TO is
sues Of national scope and Importance,
without attempting to amplify or
elaborate. | am in accord with the
Kansas City platform i'll its demand
for an amendment III the federal con-
slitution providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote
of the people. During my cungres-
siunHl service | repeatedly voted for
such an amendment. hut they all
failed to receive the approval of the
senate. | favor the erection of de-
Jqlrtment of labor. believing that it
will aid in uplifting labor, AMI in
bringing prosperity to our people at
lone. and increasing our commerce
abroad. During my I.ublic life | have
voted for all measures demanded by
organized labor reported by the COM
mittce on labor.
Labor has the God-given right to or
ganize for its own uefense and its
own welfare. The men who earn their
bread in the sweat of their faces
should be the beneficiaries of wise
and generous legislation, both state
and national. Legislation should bind
labor and capital together in the
bonds of friendly union. These inter
ests are mutual and should never be
estranged or divorced. The object of
the law-making power and of those
in charge of great industrial enter
prises should be to uplift labor and
bring happiness TO the homes of that
worthy class who create wealth. In
this spirit. and in this spirit alone,
Will capital secure its greatest re-
wards. The wisdom of the Almighty
contemplated the union of labor and
capital by the ties of mutual interests,
mutual aspirations and common
destiny, and let not the greed of men
or the mistakes of legislators put
them asunder.
OPPOSED TO THE SINGLE GOLD
STANDARD.
] am opposed TO single gold stand
ard for the reasons | have so repea ted
~ given. and in much detail, both on
the hustings and in the Rational house
of representatives. The intrenehment
of the shape geld standard. under the
law passed by the last republican con-
gress, is detrimental TO the best in
terests Of the people. The limited
measure of prosre rity which the trusts
have permitted the people to enjoy
during this administration is a vindi-
cation of the cumulative theory of
money advocated by the democratic
nj If no 10 =
crease in the output of gold, due 10
the discovery of new gold mines, has
given tie country degree of pros
perity, how much greater would il
have been had the mints of the United
states been opened tn the free and I'M
limited coinage of both gold and sill
yer al the old ratio of IS 10 !. the gov
crnment experimenting this output
with the issue of legal tender notes
rather than national hank currency?
The currency Legislation of the last
congress has still further enlarged and
fortified the powers of the Money
Trust, already dangerous menace to
all our interests.
MILITARISM AND STANDING
ARMY.
I am opposed to The spirit of mill
tarism which dominates and controls
the republican party. and vet | admit
that If we are to have a colonial en-
pre- il can be maintained only by
large standing army and great alb
normal navy. But fello'v-citizens, mil
itarism is a costly lcSury. The five
great powers Of Russia. Great Pritain,
Germany, France and the United
States appropriated during the last ifs
cal year $Sj5,923, S62.G2 to maintain
stupndous military and naval estab-
lishments. TIE appropriations of our
own government reIched the stagger-
ing total of S1:9.297. 5O6.21. little
lay. | may alst adj that since the
declaration of war with Spain the
United States has appropriated $751;
s09,23s.79 to meet Spanish war
expenses, to subiugate the Fill
ipinos and to uphold the
republican colonial policy of conquest
and criminal aggression" The actual
WIT tN lPHulIUTeS curing Int ldSt nSCdt
wear were SITS for each one of our
popu lation.
Already the regular army has
grown under this administration
from $4,000 to 100000 men, and yet
the demand is for still further in
crease. That accomplished soldier,
Gen. Lawton, whom personally
knew and loved, yielded up his life
at the front of our lines fighting the
Filipinos. in PARKWAY LuzOn. Before
this intrepid soldier fell up
on the field of battle, he left upon
our official records the opinion that at
least 100000 soldiers were necessary
to subjugate the Filipinos. II is said
that the war in the Philippine Archi-
pelago is practically ended. That is
to say, the censored dispatches so de-
clare. and vet, my fellow-citizens, in
the presence of that appalling danger
to our minister and our missionaries
at Pekin. with thousands of semi-bar-
barians clamoring for their blood, the
government was unable to send only
a few thousand soldiers from Manila.