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applause.) He says he is q republican
upon principle. Let me read him and
you this. from that same republican
platform of 1856: THE dearest consti-
tutional rights of the people Of Kansas
have been fraudulently and violently
taken from them" Kansas was then
a territory. The first republicans held
that the territories have certain con-
stitutional rights The republican par
ty today claims that the constitution
does not, of its own force, extend to
a territory. Which doctrine does the
gentleman believe in; which shall 1t be.
judge? applause and laughter.)
When one Is speaking OF the "princi-
pies" of the republican party, he must
distinguish between the original repub
lican party, which stood for something.
and the recent republican party which
stands for somebody. (Great APP
plause.)
Now. the gentleman asks whether I
was ever republican? OF course he
knows ! was. and l say, yes He
says, III SO. why were you a repub-
lican?" well, my friends, almost the
earliest recollection ! have is of anxi-
GUS faces in a little room where we
the front, where my mothers two
brothers were facing shot and shell to
make true the republican party's re-
affirmation OF the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. I drank in republicanism OF
that sort with my mothers milk.
was taught 1t at my fathers knee, and
when / grew maturer and went to the
public schools, and read the famous
Gettysburg declaration Of Lincoln, and
the magnificent speeches of Sumner
and the sentiments Of all the early re-
publican patriots-full of love for hui
manity. full of devotion to the funda-
mental principles of free self govern
ment-my graually maturing facul-
ties were nurtured in the same faith,
and when I grew older yet, and the
people of my district drafted me into
the public service. I advocated those
original republican principles in which
! had come to believe. When I was
elected to congress. / was elected as
a defender and exponent Of the princi-
p1s of bimetallism. have continued
SO from that hour until now. but, in or
der now to remain so. had to get out
Of the republican party. (Applause.)
The gentleman does not ask me why
I left. Naughter.) And think 1t is
asks me Were you a republican and
why were you? Now. the next question
naturally would be. Why are you not
now? I do not want to do the honor
able gentleman any injustice. but I
shrewdly sus ect that the reason. why
he did not ask me why left the party
In 1896, was because he left 1t at the
same time and for the same reason.
daughter and applause.) My friends.
he and both went out because the re-
publican party threatened to betray
the American people. Now that It act
ually has betrayed the people, / stay
out and he goes back. (Applause.)
He asks, What, do you understand
the word imperialism as used by the
democratic party in this campaign, to
ir1ply?" The best answer perhaps,
that can be made to that Is to be found
in the platform Of the recent liberty
congress that met at Indianapolis, for
the purpose of denouncing the present
so-called imperialistic policy of the ad-
ministration. One of the most distin-
guished lawyers of New England, Mr..
Morefield Storey. Is said to be the
author of the plank. which now read.
desire that 1t shall be carefully taken
down by the reporters. in order that It
may serve as an answer to The dis
tinguished Judges inquiry ar to what
I understand Imperialism to b.. 1t is
as follows:
1.-THE struggle of man for freedom
has ever been a struggle for constitu-
tional liberty. There is no liberty IL
the citizen has no rights which the leg
islature may not invade, IL he may be
taxed by the legislature IN which he Ia
cd ho 10
tected by the fundamental law against
the arbitrary action of executive pow
er. The policy of the president offers
the inhabitant of Porto Rico, Hawaii.
and the Philippines no hope of indie
pendence, no prospect Of American cit
tzenship,no constitutional protection, no
representation in the congress which
taxes him. GThis is not quite true of
Hawaii In this one respect Their pres
ent territorial government gives them
a territorial delegate in congress. But
1t is true Of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines.] 1t Is a government Of men
proceeds this plank) by arbitrary pow
er, without their consent. This Is i'm
perialism."
which You and I have assembled to-
NsoAtb was AOuh0Cu ny lAcA VIII TtBCl-
led against Imperialism. The Amer
lean colonists, as l said earlier in my
remarks tonight, went to war against
Great Britain for their national inde-
pendence. because Great Britain
claimed the right to tax them by the
action Of a legislative body In which
they had no voice. Shame upon t. e
American name. IL the American peo-
n nhu1t ALI T..
endorse the action of an administra-
ton In doing to Porto Rico and the
Philippines what George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry,
James Otis, Adams, Hancock, Dickin-
son. and all the patriots of one hum
dred and twenty-five years ago, re-
belled against the British empire for
doing to the American colonies
(Great applause.) II 1t was imperial
ism to tax the American colonists 3
cents pound on tea, what Is 1t to tax
the Porto Ricans. who are not repre-
scented In our government, who have no
member of congress, who have no voice
In our system. to tax them Is per cent
OF the Dingley rate on goods Of theirs
which we imnort, and on all our goods
which they import from this c.untryY
My friends, we are governing The
Porto Ricans today-and 1t Is proposed
to govern the Philippine islands in the
same way-arbitrarily. without their
consent We are treating them worse
than even Spain treated them, (some-
body Is astonished at that for Porto
Rico, until we took possession of her.
had three senators and sixteen repre-
sentatives In the Spanish cortes. She
has not even one in the American con-