The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-21

passed in obedience TO the will OF the
| people, expressed at the election IN The
preceding November. a law which mt once
stimulated our industries. opened the idle
factories and mines and gave 10 the
| laborer and TO the farmer fair returns for
their toll and Investment Shall We so
back TO tariff which brings deficiency
IN our revenues and destruction TO our
Industrial enterprises?
Faithful to Its pledges In these Internal
affairs. how has the government dis
charged its international dutiesy
''Our platform Of 1896 declared: the
| Hawaiian Islands should be controlled by
the United States. and no foreign power
| should be permitted 10 interfere Win
them This purpose has been fully ac-
complished by annexation, and delegates
from those beautiful islands participated
4 In the convention for which you speak
| to-day In the great conference OF ma
tions at Tho Hague we reamrmed Defore
the world the Monroe doctrine and our
i adherence TO II and our determination
not to participate In the complications OF
Europe We have happily ended the Eu-
| ropean alliance In Samoa, securing TO
| ourselves one OF the most valuable har-
| bors in the Pacific ocean, while the open
| door In China gives TO US fair ana equai
competition in the vast trade or the
orient Some things have happened which
our purposes In relation to them must not
be left in doubt. A just war has been
waged fer humanity. and with IL nave
come new problems and responsibilities.
Spain has been elected from the western
hemisphere and our flag floats over her
former territory. Cuba has been liber-
ated and our guarantees to her people
will be sacredly executed. A beneficent
government has been provided for Porto
Rico. The Philippines are ours and Amer
lean authority must be supreme through
out the archipelago. There will be am
nesty broad and liberal, but no abate-
ment OF our rights. no abandonment OF
our duty There must be no -scuttle pol
Icy. We win fulfill In the Philippines the
obligations imposed by the triumphs OF
our arms and by the treaty of peace; by
International law; by the nations sense
OF honor and, more than all. by the
rights, interests and conditions OF the
Philippine people themselves. No out
side Interference blocks the way TO peace
and stable government. The obstruc-
tionists are here. not elsewhere. They
may postpone, but they cannot defeat
the realization of the high purpose of this
nation to restore order TO the Islands ana
TO establish a just and generous govern
ment in which the inhabitants shall have
the largest participation for which they
are capable. The organized forces which
have been misled into rebellion have been
dispersed BY our faithful soldiers and
sailors. and the people of the islands. de-
livered from anarchy, pillage and oppres-
sion. recognize American sovereignty as
the symbol and pledge of peace. justice.
law, religious freedom education, the Sc
curity OF life and property, and the well
fare and prosperity of their several corr
munties.
I'VE reassert the early principle of the
republican party; sustained by unbroken
judicial precedents that the representa-
tivcs OF the people in congress assembled
have full legislative power over territory
belonging to the United States, subject
to the fundamental safeguards of lib
eTty. Justice and personal rights, and are
vested with ample authority to act for
the highest interests of our nation and
the people intrusted to its care. This
doctrine. first proclaimed in the cause of
freedom. will never be used as weapon
for oppression. | am glad to be assured
by you that what we have done in the
far east has the approval of the country.
THE sudden and terrible crisis in China
calls for the gravest consideration, and
you will not expect from me now any
further expression than to say that my
best efforts shall be given to the imme-
date purpose of protecting the lives of
our citizens who are in peril, with the ul-
innate object of the peace and welfare
of China. the safeguarding of all our
treaty rights and the maintenance of
those principles of impartial intercourse
TO which the civilized world Is pledged.
| cannot conclude without congratulating
my countrymen upon the strong national
sentiment which finds expression in every
part of our common country and the
increased respect with which the Amer
lean name is greeted throughout the
world. We have been moving In untried
paths. but our steps have been guided
by honor and duty. There will be no
turning aside. no wavering, no retreat.
No blow has been struck except for lib
erty, and humanity, and none Will be.
We will perform, without fear. every ma
tional and international obligation. The
republican party was dedicated to free
dom "a years ago. 1t has been the party
of liberty and emancipation from that
hour; not OF profession, but of perform
ance. 1t broke the shackles of 100000
slaves and made them free, and To the
party of Lincoln has come another SUI
preme opportunity which II has travely
met in the liberation of l0,0O00O0 OF the
human family from the yoke of imperial
ism In its solution Of great prGalems.
! In its performance Of high duties, it has
| had the support of members Of all par
ties in the past, and confidently invokes
! their cooperation in the future Permit
me to express, Mr.. Chairman, my most
| sincere appreciation of the complimentary
| terms in which you convey the official
| notice OF my nomination, Gnd my thanks
| TO the members of the committee and
| to the great constituency which they rep
| resent for this additional evidence Of
| . Ia nd glln ri