The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-25

VI L.OSIty enilshtenlnS the world. 1t
VIII be mockery TO leave that statue
there when this nation no longer stands
as the exponent of the doctrine that
placed that statue there. What shall
we 40 with that statue? Shall we send
II back TO France?
NO; let it stand and let's give prom
Use or independence and protection TO
the F1lipinos. and then the children of
the t1llplnoS can join with our chill
dren and place in Manila bay another
statue of Liberty enlightening the ORR
emit That is the Democratic plan op-
posed TO the Republican plan.
Republicans. you have boosted that
you were willing 10 wage a war in or
der TO apply the Declaration of indie
pendence to black man Come with us
and apply it to a brown man, who is
only half black. Because, for loo years
| or nearly that we had an exception
clause to the Declaration of Independ-
enee and said all men are created equal
10 the black men. 1t cost US 3 penalty
or hundreds of thousands of our best
lives, and hundreds of millions OF
money Republicans, who can measure
the penalty that We may have TO pay
II we write another exception clause in
that Declaration of Independence, and
say II does not mean Fllip;nos?
You tell me they are not capable Of
lf-government They are not capable
or as good government as we can give
ourselves, but think there can be some
Improvement in the government We
give ourselves. But IS it our duty to
go ana govern them because they can
not govern themselves If You hold
that doctrine, why don't you go TO the
nations of Europe and govern them?
You undertake a large task If you un-
dertake to govern everybody who Tn-
not govern themselves as we'll as We
govern ourselves. l ask you TO read
the doctrine of Henry Clay, the man
who said any people were inca able Of
lself-government was impeaching the
wisdom o. the Creator. What would
you think of a God VINO would create
FuipincS, and then leave them thou
sands Of years helpless and incapable
, Of government until Hanna found
them and took them UP in his arms to
protect them? (Applause)
Dallying With Porto Rico.
You have got to deal with this Fill
Pine question The Republican party
has refused 10 outline a DOlIcy. and
when 1t dares TO step little in advance
and outline its policy in Porto Rico,
there was such a storm Of protest as
you have never heard in the Repub-
( lcan party against a Republican meas
ure. The Republicans denounced it. Six
Republicans n the house voted against
it. Eight Republicans in the senate,
it is said in the newspapers, have de-
claTed their intention to vote against it.
The latest report is they dared not let
it so back to the house with an amend
ment for fear it would be defeated en-
tireiy. This is the protest that comes
up against the first step made openly
against imperialism. Republicans, you
have got TO deal with this question
some time. Are you going TO make the
FilipinoS citizens? Are you going to
let your laws be made by men who rep4
resent the Filipino in the senate and the
house? Are you going TO have a presi-
Dental election determined by the re-
turns from. the Philippine islands?
Are you going to drag down our civil
| lization and let in 5000, 900 or 10000, 600
Malays? Are you going TO make them
citizens? Are YOU going TO make them
subjects? 1 an not willing that they
should be citizens? / am not willing
that they should be subjects. I don't
want them at all. I want them to be
independent And then protect them so
that they can work cut their own deS-
tiny. (Applause.)
The congressman elected next month
by your vote may not be able to decide
the question. and yet it may be so Gloss
that he will be able TO decide the Phil
ippine question. But even if he cannot
decide the question, remember that
your vote will be your voice, and that
voice will be heard from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. If you vote the Repub-
lican ticket this year, after having
voted and given me $4,000 majority in
1896, every Republican in the qlst will
3 rejoice. Every believer in the gold
standard viii rejoice. Every trust mag
nate viii rejoice.
You will help the syndicate which
wants to exploit the Philippines. But
you will be untrue to the people who
fought your battles in 1896