Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-11-06
NATIONAL HONOR OVER
COLONIAL QUESTIONS
WHY JUDGE HoRNBLowER DE
CLINEs TO SUPPORT BRYAN.
Opinion OF a Leading New York
Jurist, Whose Elevation to the
Supreme Bench was Beaten
by David b. Hill.
fBy Judge William B.. Hornblower OF;
New York;

(By Judge William B. Hornblower Of
s2 New York;
Judge William B. Hornblower Of New
York, who was nominated to the SUI
preme bench of the United States by
Cleveland, and whose confirm
alton was beaten in the Senate for pure
" personal causes by David B. Hill, has
made the following statement why he, 81
cannot support Bryan:
I have been repeatedly asked during
the past few weeks what, in ny judg-'
nnent, is the duty Of a Gold Democrat;
who is also an AIti-Imperiali~s. IL the
presidential campaign The
question Is by no means a simple sne,ii
and I can well understand and appreciate.
SEIZURE, Mr.. Shepard and Mr.. Dloey.
For my own part, however, 1 canntt sees
my way clear to reaching their conclu-.s
sions. The same reasons which coupeil-l
ed me to oppose Mr.. Bryan in 1895 conf
nal me to oppose him in the present cams,
paign. All the heresies, financial and.
which were embodied in the
un-Democratic, c~rsSs-sailt platform Of
1906 are readopted wisaout any attempt.
at modification or Modification by the
Kansas City platform. The 16l to / plank
Is expressly reafSr~uea and redeclared,
and this at the Eassnce OF Mr.. Bryan
Himself. ] canaets support a candidate
who still adheres 90 4 proposition which,
totmy mind, Is a taonstrosity and which,
II carried into afge..s would in my judg-
ment produce nSSsla disaster to all
classes Of the con,,s,unity and bring dis
honor and hunii5Sssnr u. our nation. The
tact, IL it be a faSs. shst recent legisla-
ton has made ~ jifhsn!t fer Mr.. Bryan
to carry into practice has avowed princi-
pies does not, It seems to be, make IL
any the more HisEt - Tote for a man
who SELL maifezsaH chess principles. It
as cutie within sae passis.lsdes that dur-
Tug his administration. !: be should be
elected, a soraEkssse shange might d ef,
Aected In the pesstiass com~posinon>oR both
houses Of Congress. and the verdict OF
the people expressed at the polls in favos
oS Mr.. Bryan's election as President
might be caerisA into affect. It will cef-
tainiy be Mr.. Bryanfs duty, according ID
IBIS expressed declaration. to do what ii
him lies to bring about this result.
II ia not d be forgotten that Mr.. Bryan
b not only the candidate OF what is lett
q the Democratic party, but he is the
candidate also Of the Populist party, and
has accepted the nomination on their plat
1bssn. The radical notions Of the Popu.
nstA II ever carried into effect In this
country, would reduce popular govern
mant to a position where we should be
the laughing stock OF the nations. and
would produce q reaction In the minds Of
De voters which would carry us far In
TIE direction Of domestic imperialism,
whish ! suppose will be conceded to be
Of vastly more moment to US and to our
postssaty than colonial imperialism. In
deed. the chief objection to colonial im-
psrislism Is its probable effect upon our
6omsshc institutions, and its tendency to-
wards enlarsing the powers Of the e1ecu-
tfve az betysen the executive and the
legislative departments Of the govern
mant, and towards increasing the pow
ers Of the Federal government as bs-
tween itself and the States.
The question as TO what as the epnra.
mount issue" in this campaign 10 one on
which men may honestly differ. n seems
20 me, however. that the most important
issue before us at the present moment ID
whether . domestic. affairs are to Be
thrown into confusion and exposed to dis
aster. The rights and wrongs OF our %.
lonial possessions must In this
be subordinated to the rights; and wrongs
of our own affairs.
Furthermore, / am by no means salts
ned that Mr.. Bryan would be a safe per.
son to whom to intrust the imperialistic
questions which will confront us in the
future. In my judgment he ought ia
have made hts fight at the time when the
treaty with Spain was before the Sea.
ate. He should have upheld the hands
Of such dissenting Republicans as Sena.
TOR Hoar, and he should have opposed "a
the bitter end the principle Of buying foorr..
ign peoples without their consent and II
he midst Of a war for independence On
their part. BY supporting the treaty MI.
Bryan made himself q party to is com.
pact, and 10, more than any other one
man, except Mr.. Mckinley, responsible
fer the situation. The treaty was rsfs.
FED, the purchase money was paid, ths
islands are in our possession. In my
Judgment, the question of their future
and Of our future, as determined indl,
tsctfy by their future, must wait until VI
have settled the question Of the present
and that question is whether honesty, II.
tsGrity and common sense shall be an
esStd to the financial affairs OF the United
States. or whether popular approval shsI
% given to the yagaries, whims, AID III
ncses OF the Populists and Bryanstes
with all the resulting disaster and dis.
honor.
WILLIAM B. HoRNBLoWNR.
New York, Sept, Ia