Daily inter mountain., 1900-10-12
AT SOUTH BUTTE.

An enthusiastic rally was held last
evening ia Blume's hall in South Butte.
The hall was crowded to it's full capa-
city and every point made by the speak
ers was made the excuse for demon
stration.
The speakers were Thomas p Lee and
George M. Sinclair Carl A. Elvers, pres
ident of the South Butte Republican
club, officiated as chairman. and music
was furnished by thhe Alice hand. After
the meeting, refreshments were served.
Both speakers made expansion their
main subject. though free silver came In
for discussion and the trust bugaboo
was treated briefly.
=. Mr. Sinclair. the first speaker, declared
that the democratic party had been in IA
vor of expansion since 1903, and that sew
eral presidents of that political faith had
left documentary evidence of their opin-
ions on the subject.
IAN attempt was made in Pierees ad-
ministration to purchase Cuba for a sum
not to exceed $120,000 ,OOO," he stated
"Read the Ostend manifesto, which, 1t
will be remembered, was an announce
ment by President Pierce's minister to
England, France and Spain in which it
was suggested that an earnest effort be
made to purchase Cuba at the price men
toned. It was stated in this manifesto
that if this offer should be refused the
liUnited States would be justified by every
law human and divine, in wrestling Cuba.
ltfrom Spain f we possessed the power.
y "Elossing, the historian, said that the
bald iniquity of this proposition amazed
honest men i'm both hemispheres.'
"When his plan fell through, Pierce's
|. administration failed.'
| buchanan afterward took up the pro-
| position and in three of his annual mes
Fsages to congress urged that Cuba ought
to be made by purchase part of the
United States."
The annexation of Hawaii from DEM
! ocratic standpoint was also discussed by
! Sinclair He mentioned the fact that
| while one democratic president had ia
yored annexation another had torn the
! flag down after it had floated over the
| islands.
| Mr.. Lee devoted himself to an exposi-
| ton of the trickery practiced by Aguin-
aldo in prolonging the Philippine war and
the aid furnished him by the democratic
party.
He told Of Aguinaldo's proclamation of
| October Z, 1899, in which he had an
| nounced the release Of American prison
erS ana authorized FlHplIO SoiuieTS III tHe
northern part of the islands to return to
| their homes, saying that there is
| great party in the United States which
insists on the government recognizing
| Filipino Independence" That party. he
| announced, would compel the United
States to fulfill it's promises.
We should pray to God,' Aguinaldc
concluded, that the great democratic
party will win in the next election
1 Lee concluded his argument by quoting
l the published words of General Lawton
ranned three weeks prior to his death
in which he declared that if the Ameri
can people fully understood the situa
ton, as he had had an opportunity o
4 doing, there would be no more talk abou
shooting government into the islands.
IF I am shot by a Filipino bullet,
! said the great soldier in prophetic con
clusion, '.it might as we'll come from
any own men, because I know from
observation, confirmed by captures
prisoners, that the continuance of th
fighting is chiefly due to reports that ar
sent out from America"