The Portland daily press., 1900-09-06

oryah predicted sat MInneanolfs IN 18ae
10Y 49,, tliO1zlh since the last national cleo.
nronertv - mas been growing easier,
- - so her, more are being EMPLOYED
cila,.tv,r. IS better The exchanges of
oIs.1AlnS houses have gone IN from "a
Co. -, 20 to % millions in 1900; for
li - q SS--as from $50 million to 400 mill
49, % @a4ss from 2I40 to $3.50 million
10 W. oSos nave Increased % Der cent and
90 men o4I OF every hundred are in en
Ia $3.50 side by side In deadly paraI-
e. a's.liu 1Aae prophecies OF the two parties
80 -. 49, ago and the results in the last
-oIt - lie who runs may read the
f p-'2o, AS who votes may choose the
= 5 -*-E. Whltehouse then addressed
= /, 49, - tIle gold Democrats saying that
DIysn was the same wild silver en6husi-
NsO Vi AS - years ago unchanged BY the les
sSn oi uSAasat and MS platform con tains
$3.50 go - ABSURD I6 to clause borrowed
tvO,r 81 S,1 Hopuhst latform of 1899.
LVuI ~ - now is as you saw it then
only 0nls Time do not beat about the
Dusn Win third party ticket but make
your vote count for SOUND money and
financial honor. for Nlel[inIeyy ard
| 1ao1s9 Fe-e- 10 the Republican anti-im-
poti'eilsoA 1oe speaker said that he could
n Loo OoIoS1Ve OF any good Republican
changing his vote on that ground Tt ia
hoO enough to consider a single Issue of
P4Loy you must consider It's platform
as d WHo-8s and with ant1-imperialism
you H1N1 got to swallow free trade and
A100 s4Af oI We are now in the midst of
war, ana as Lincoln said, I'VE had bet
Oef hob swap horses while crossing the
sUIoS Si o3lOW the example of SenaA
t SOr ' "a who, though not in sympathy
WIN oi1S foreign policy of the administTa
tlOns YET stands firmly behind his party
candluates, believing that, imperialism
ofHo, mat party stands for better men
| DeUter principles and better government
IMAM she 2Opulist Democracy ever has or
ever can
y The Republican party, however. has no
ueslEe 1o avoid this issue of Imperialism,
" oDfo %t,o A
people SC Iarely upon this point The
ul1er9ncz between the two parties upon
Uhls point Is slight ana more theoretical
IMAM practical. Both platforms prOpOse
20 mar tain our sovereignty till stable
FORM OF government can be established
ana un1s VIII take years in either case
ana the very men on whom the Democrats
nusI Eo4Y TO give the Fil1pinOs indie
pendence are the Tillmans and others or
the south who have been avowedly en-
gageu IoE years in shooting negroes in
oruer 20 prevent them from enjoying
Uhelr 4st1tutlOnaI rlghts-and then, ac-
cord1ng 10 the Democratic plan we are to
establish long distance telephone pro-
6ecJlOn over them, removing our sold 1ers
ana leaving the islands to civil war, and
a tempTz0lOn to all nations to interfere
ana q1V4z1e them up, and involving us
in greater burden of mil1tarism ana
foreign complications than the mainte-
nance q our own sovereignty there
could ever involve. Mr.. WhitehOuse then
took up the Democratic arguments in
favor OF granting independence to the
F1up1nCz and answered them one by one
! showing that IN our treatment of the
h11p1n0S we are entirely within the spirit
and practical application of the Declara-
| ton OF Independence as it has always
been read and applied, that the history
of our country has been one long story OF
expansion from the purchase of Louisiana
by Jefferson in 1903 down to the present
time; and that even the most timid soul
{ need have no hesitation in supporting
the policy OF the administration in the
? Philippines for fear of transgressing the
cOnstitu 5ICn- We need the Philip
3 pines first a fOothOld for the protection
. of Am ez=1can citizens in the East who
o must and VIII participate in the life OF
, the WCE11 at large. Secondly, &C
, count O their own great agricultural and
l mineral wealth for the employment OF
i American capital and enterprise. Third,
3 as market for our own trade, our ex-
/. ports that have jumped from $128, 900 in
Q 1896 to -, 800, 0C0 in 1900 and finally to
. enable As to maintain t1a open door in
2 China and our share OF the future COM
q merce CT the East.
d In concluding the speaker said: Let
u US then accept the challenge, meet our
If IrespOnS4 bIl1ties take up the white man S
rs burden send forth the best we breed,
l. carry CIR government and civilization
lie among THESE eastern peoples and establish
re not an empire, but a republic of imper-
SIS 1al domain, a republic of the people and
d for the people, still OF liberty and justice,
s. whose lag has never yet waved over any
y
30 God never shall, but republic OF world
g. wide, not continental interest, taking
to its appointed place as a leader of nations
Is in the vanguard Of human progress,
d, along 1ae march of civilization.
/ Mr.. EFhitehouse's speech was p unctuat-
ed with frequent applause and his happy
stories logical reasoning, and telling
y points made a most favorable impression
~ upon his listeners As he took his seat
, +ho hand efr41ck M q lively medley and
then the chairman introduced as the
last speaker, Hon. John Barrett of Ore
aU gon, who Westminster to Siam under the
y Cleveland administration and while in
f the East had personal talks with Aguin-
y aldo and during the Philippine war was
y correspondent for one of our leading
h papers A hearty welcome awaited Mr..
D. Barrett and at the start he caught the IA
W vor OF the audience and kept it to the
2, finish by his Instructive and very able
ir presentation of the question of imperial
ia ism sc called. He has fine platform
II pres ence, a deep far reaching voice and
~ fairly electrified his listeners5who cheered
is him again and again. An abstract OF his
y speech follows:
ar HON JOHN BARRETT'S SPEECH.
is In expressing my appreciation of the
u honor conferred by invitation Ito adj
ID dress the voters Of this city, would say
q that 1 am not unm1ndfuI OF the respon-
. | sibility resting upon me TO tell the truth,
&c as know it from personal experience,
l about Am erica S occupation OF the Phil
70 ippin0s. [ may be pardOned, therefore by
L way Of introduction, for stating what
10 were my specific opportunities of cOmpre-
10 hendIug the situation. While United
Oh States minister to Siam, which S one of
n the most progressive countries of Asia,