The sun., 1900-08-24

| hlhlllhs ht IHht tne people OF tnt
United States owed y 10 themselves. 10 othel
nations and TO the Fillpinos TO hold the Philip
pine Islands permanently, AZ the concluslor
OF tho Interview there appeared the very slgnifi.
cant statement that the gentleman was visit.
ing the United States for the purpose Of organ.
izlng a company fol, the development Of the
Philippine Islands. few days later. on hll
way East he gave out another interview. In
which he explained that the company which he
Intended TO organize would establish banks al
Manila and other places throughout the islands
and build electric light plants, water plants
street-car lines. railroads factories. DC. !,
do all the developing and leave the rest Of the
American people nothing To do In the matter
except TO furnish an army sufficient 20 hold the
fihpinos In subsection while they were being
developed.
At the present rate we will spend annually
upon the army approximately half as much
az Is spent for education In the United States.
and this Immense sum Is wrung from the tax
payers by systcms Of taxation which oyer6ur-
In the presence Of such an issue a. mi H.
tarism Il Is impossible that any Populist should
| hesitate TO do his duty.
IMPERIALIsM
But even the menace Of milltarism IL but
| part OF the question OF imperialism,
The policy contemplated by the Republican
pesraion Of feYTy ps St sEs hUs." W bos
at popular government and robs the nation
OF It's moral prestige Already the more ad-
| vanced supporters OF the colonial idea point
| to the economy of system OF government
| which intrusts all power to an executive and
does away with the necessity OF legislation.
Aug. 4. commends the English system. and
declares that as the result OF this system q
| fifth of the worlds area. containing a ffth of
its population. is ruled with an administrative .
economy which u an administrative MARVEL
| and adds:
One million two hundred thousand dollars
| spent In London Ia the price of administrative
| order over colonial rule whose total budget
tsn S total 81 fedeiS Or per ,SSy Cen5 SnS
| village expenditure FOR every possible purpose
| for which taxes are levied. In contrast to
| the results of this system of the executive
! administration the fact Is cited that the Ameri-
/ can Congress has spent an entire winter wrest-
| ling with the tarin, the taxation. the admins
/ islands. The English Parliament is an Eng
llSh legislature. 10 the same system we are
inevitable as that Of fate. Ii this be imperialism
| make the most OF It,. So far as citizenship Is
| concerned the British Empire is one but be-
| yond the limits oi the United Kingdom the
| citizen lives under a rule essentially monarch
| ical and not restricted by the constitutional
| limits OF the parliamentary system.
| REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE.
| Thus does imperialism bear it's supporters
| back toward the dark ages. There is no middle
| ground between the American policy and the
| European policy. II this nation remains true
| II cannot hold colonies. II II enters upon a
| colonial career IL must repudiate the doc
tIlne that governments 1t derive Their lSst powers
an issue Is raised. there can be only two parties
| the party, whatever It's name may be, which
| believes in a republic, and the party, whatever
| It's name which believes in an empire; and the
| Influence Of every citizen Is. consciously or
| unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally
| thrown upon the one side or the other
Where the divine right OF kings is recog-
| nized. the monarch can grant different DEGREES
| Of liberty TO different subjects. The people Of
England can be ruled in one way. the people
Of Canada In another the people OF Ireland
In another while the people OF India may be
governed according TO still different form. I'm
The doctrine OF republic differs from the
doctrine OF monarchy as the day differs from
the night and between the two doctrines there
Is, and ever must be- an irrepresslble conflict.
Queen Victoria has recognized this necessary
antag onism between the democratic and the
Parliament few days ago, she said "Believ..
ing that the continued political importance OF
the republics would be a constan, danger TO
annex alton OF the Orange Free State"
A republic Is always menace to a monarchy
sSs sovepnment. being the natural government,
must necessarily create dissatisfaction among
the subjects OF those governments which build
OF the governed What the Orange Free State
and the Transvaal republics are 10 South Africa
our republlc Is 70 the world and only our 5a. IN.
protected us from inextnguishable hostility
which must sver exist between those who sup
port throne and those who recognize tho citizen
Every step taken toward imperialism hy this
nation meets with prompt ELUSIVE encourage
ment from Europe. Lincoln pointed to the
interest which European nations have In the
abandonment hero of the doctrine OF equal
The principles of jefferson are the defni-
tions and axions Of free society. And yet they
are denied and evaded with no small show OF
success. One dashngly calls them 'glttering
generalities.' another bluntly calls them sell
evident lies others insidiousy argue that they
dl8eTins in form. are Identical in object and
effect-the supplanting the principles OF free
government. and restoring those Of classih-
a sconyoCation Of crowned heads plotting against
the people. They are the vanguard, the miners
and of TeSTRRf turn R
Our opponents say that the world would laugh
at us Il we should give independence % The
Gratis would laugh, and those would laugh
who deny the inalienable rights OF man and
despise the humber folk who.
Along the cool sequestered vale OF life
Keep the aoiseess bnor Of their way;
but let this nation stand erect, and spurn-
ing the bribes of wealth and power,
show that there IL a reality In the prlnci-
difference between republic and monarchy.
and the oppressed In every land viii see In cyr
S Whether her they they are bleeding upon the battle;
field or groaning beneath a tyrants lash. will
raise their eyes toward heaven and breathe
a fervent prayer for the safety Of our republic.
PoPuIIsr MANAGERS DISAPPOINTED.
The Populist campaign managers tonight
are not very enthusiastic over the meeting.
They announced yesterday they expected a
crowd OF nearly 5000 people. Tonight the
railroads entering Topeka report that they
carried into the city .i4Q passengers, who held
reduced rate tickets and presumably came 10
attend the notification meeting The Popu-
list managers give two reasons for the small
s ssTmeTs were 700 busy taking care
OF their crops TO leave the fields for the pur-
pose OF attending a political meeting. and the
other that In addition TO the Democratic Ma
tiona Convention at Kansas City there have
been a large number OF political gatherings
and conventions in this locality within the past
month and the people have become somewhat
tired Of politics. The fact remains that the
notification meeting was very dtsaappoint-
ing to the Populst campaign managers.
Another mark cd feature OF the meeting to-day
was the demeanor OF what Is termed in Kansas
the "Old Guard" OF populism Those men
were among the founders Of the Farmers
Alliance movement, WHICH eliminated In the
organization Of the Populist party. -Four years
ago they we're Bryan supporters Of the shouting
1SSe Ths action SV Sf the National campaign man
ayers in sighting the, silver question
and trying TO make Imperialism the paramount
issue Of the campaign does not rest well on
their political stomachs. A a result, while
many Of them are still supporting Bryan, their
slpport Ia lukewarm. Gen. James B, Weaver
of Iowa and J. G.. Field Of Virginia, the Popu-
list nominees for President and Nice-Presi-