Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-19


has provided for Porto Rico. The Philip
pines are ours and American authority
must be supreme through out the archi-
| ptlago. There Will be amnesty broad and
liberal, but no abatement OF our rights,
no abandonment of our duty. There must
| be no scuttle policy. We will fulfill in the
Philippines the obligations imposed by the
tflumphs OF our arms and by the treaty
| of peace. by international law, by the
nations sense of honor, and, more tnan
| all, by the rights, interests and conditions
| of the Philippine people themselves. No
outside interference blocks the way to
peace and a stable government. The OBJ
structionists are here, not elsewhere.
| They may postpone, but they cannot de-
| feat the realization of the high purpose
| of this nation to restore order to the
| Islands and to establish just and gener-
! Gus government, in which the inhabitants
| shall have the largest participation for
which they are capable. The organized
| forces which have been misled into rebel
| lion have been dispersed by our faithful
| soldiers and sailors and the people OF The
| islands, delivered from anarchy, pllage
and oppression, recognize American SOW
| ereignity as the symbol and pledge OF
| peace, justice. law. religious freedom and
education, the security of life ana proper
| ty and the welfare and prosperity OF their
| several communities.
We reassert the early principle or the
republican party, sustained by unproken
| judicial precedents, that the representa-
tiyes Of the people in congress assembled
have full legislative power over territory
| belonging to the United States, subject 10
| the fundamental safeguards of liberty,
| justice and personal rights, and are vested
with ample authority to act for the
| highest interests of our nation ard the
people entrusted to its care This doc
trine, 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 sud
den and terrible crisis in China calls for
| The gravest consideration ard ytu VIII
not expect from me now any further eH-
| preston than to say that my best efforts
| shall be given TO the immediate purpose
| of protecting the lives of our citizens who
are in peril with the ultimate object OF
| the peace and welfare OF China, the safe
guarding of all our treaty rights and the
maintenance Of those principles OF i'm
partial intercourse to which the civilized
world is pledged.
| cannot conclude without congratulate
| ing my countrymen upon the strong ma
| tional sentiment which finds expression
| in every part of our common country and
| the increased respect with which the
American 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 liberty and hui
man!ty and none will be. We will per-
form without fear every national and IN
tcrnal obligation. The republican party
1t has been the party of liberty and eman-
cipation from that hour; not Of profession,
but of performance. 1t broke the shackleS
of 1900, coo slaves and made them free, and
to the party of Lincoln has come another
supreme opportunity which it has bravely
met in the liberation of 100000 of the
human family from the yoke of imperial
ism. In its solution of great problems. in
its performance of high duties, il has
had the support of members of all parties
in the past and confidently invokes their
cooperation in the future.
Permit me to express, Mr.. Chairman,
my most sincere appreciation of the com
plimentary terms in which you convey the
official notice of my nomination and my
thanks to the committee and the great
constituency which they represent for this
additional evidence of their favor and
support
While the speech of the president
closed the formal notification, there
had not been oratory enough for the
gathering, and other speakers were
called for. Senator Fairbanks, of In
diana; Senator Hanna; Charles En-
DRY Smith, postmaster general; Col.
Samuel Parker, of Hawaii. and Sem
ator Lodge were heard--the last
named speaking twice. These speak
ers, with the exception of Col. Par
I ker, who was called out of compli-
meut ia the Pacific islands, took oc-
caSion to refer to the recent action
of the democratic national conven-
tion in Kansas City. 1t was the first
public occasion in which republic
| an speakers had attempted to criti-
cize the platform recently adopted
by their opponents.
Senator Fairbanks evidently intend
ed to make the money question the
dominant issue of the campaign, de-
nying that with 16 to ! in their plat
| form the democrats could make i'm
perialism" the leading issue. Senator
| Hanna told republican voters to re-
| member the Importance of the cam
paign. Postmaster General Smith
warned his hearers that democratic
success would disarrange the busi-
| ness of the country.
Oyster Bay, l.. L., July 13.-On the
| breezc-swept vcranda of Sycamore,
| his country home. Gov. Roosevelt was
yesterday officially notified of his
nomination for vice president on the
| republican national ticket. The cere-
mony was so simple as to be almost
| informal. Surrounded by the MEM
| bers of the committee on notification,
little party of invited guests, Mrs.
| Roosevelt and the rest of the COVER
nor's family, Gov. Roosevelt listened
to the address of notification by SEN
ator Wolcott, of Colorado, chairman
| of the committee.
There was no attempt at ceremony.
| The party simply ranged themselves
| about the wide verandaS and Senator
| Wolcott delivered short address. TO
this the governor responded briefly
as follows:
Mr. Chairman: I accept the honor con-
| ferred upon me with the keenest and
deepest appreciation of what it means,
and above all, of the responsibility that
goes with it. Everything that l. is in my
| power to will be done 10 secure the re-
election Of President Mckinley, to whom
it has been given in the crisis Of the ma
tional history TO stand for and embody the
| principles which lie closest to the heart
| Of every American worthy Of the name.
This is very much more than a mere
! party contest. We stand at the parting
Of the ways and the people have now tc