Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-11-01
The Iowa Governor Makes a Long
Address on the Issues of the
Campaign.
Creates a WRONG Inference Concern
ing the Philippine Question and
the Spanish Treaty.
And Another About a Statement he
CHARGED to Brydn-A Cunning
Talk.

The Armory was we'll filled last
evening by an audience composing
many ladies and children; as well as
men to hear a political speech by Gov
Shaw, the present executive OF the
state of Iowa. The speaker went
over about all the points debated in
the present campaign and discussed
them at great length. He used practi-
cally the same arguments that are to
be found daily in the republican
papers defending McKinley's gold
standard and Philippine policies, and
urged his hearers to continue to sup
port them. The speaker who is well
known as a strong advocate OF the SIN
gle gold standard began his address
with dissertation on the money
question. He stated that gold was
the poor man S money and silver when
it is allowed to be minted was the
rich mans money. He said this was
so because the poor ragged miner
could pan out gold from gulch or
stream while no one but capitalist
could afford to open and operate Sill
YER mine. At least 100000 would be
required for opening silver mine: a
ragged miner could get gold without
any investment. Gold was therefore
peculiarly his money.
This treatment of the money ques-
tion was as unique as superficial but a
good many poor men in the audience
thought that if they could get posses
sion of a paying silver mine-and sill
yer was allowed to be coined into
United States dollars-it would not
be very long before they could get the
capital necessary to open and operate
the mine. no matter how poor they
might be when they found the mine.
Another remark of the speaker
caused considerable surprise to many,
who were not familiar with all the
articles in the treaty with Spain. In
defending our war on the E>ilipinos he
said that, under the treaty, the United
States were bound to keep soldiers in
the island for at least 10 years. While
the above are not the exact words OF
the speaker the conclusion is the same
as understood by many OF his hearers.
He said we had agreed to protect the
merchants and others in their person
al and property rights. He argued
that no matter if Bryan was president
he would not be able to withdraw
our soldiers for 10 years. a reference
to the treaty-which can be found in
any newspaper almanac or year book
for 1900. is the best manner Of decid-
ing the point. Article says the Z.
S. will, 50 long as it occupies the is
lands, discharge its obligations, for
the protection of life and property as
may be required under international
law No period of time is set for this
to expire. 1t may be one or 100 years.
Article provides that the United
States will for 10 years ''admit Span
ish ships and merchandise to Philip
pine ports, on the same terms as ships
and merchandise Of the United States. |
Article Is says thatSpanish literature.
and artistic works shall also
be admitted free for 10 years. and
article Is says that while each govern
ment for 10 years will accord to the
ships of each country the same rights,
yet the agreement may be terminated
on six months notice by either nation.
The above is all the reference in the
treaty to any ten years agreement Of
any kind-not word said about keep
ing our armies in the Philippines for
10 years to protect Spanish merchants
trade. or to insure the adj
mission of scientific and literary works
from Spain free Of duty. GOV. Shaw
may have assumed for himself that it
will be necessary to keep our army
there that length of time to fight the
FilipinoS, but every one posted knows
that this country does not have to do so ,
and that Mckinley could have stop
ped the war long ago had he desired /,
to do SO. Congress has never declared |
war against the Filipinos and the adj
is simply carrying on the
warfare in line with the Mckinley
policy. If Bryan should be elected
president, as he has repeatedly stated,
Jhe war would be shopped without de-
ay and Filipinos given a chance to at
once organize government for them
selves the same as the CubanS have