The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-13
HAD A HARD DAY
Governor Roosevelt Making Good
Use of His Time.

Brookings, s. D.. Sept 13.-Yesterday
was hard day of campaigning for Gov
ernor Roosevelt, and last night he was
pretty well exhausted, but his special
train set out at daylight this morning
upon days work as arduous that just
completed
During the day many receptions took
place and numerous speeches were made
specially arranged street stands. The fea-
ture OF the day was a meeting held near
place A torchlight procession escorted
the Governors carriage through the
streets Of he city, which were lined by
by crowds of men and women and chill
cursion train brought people from a point
up parties at all intermediate points.
The speech of Governor Roosevelt was
short and mainly devoted to topics al
ready presented by him. At a late hour
Governor Roosevelt retired to his private
car.
A noted feature of the parade at Huron
5. D., was $50 Rough Riders in khaki uni
forms, who made a fine appearance Lead
mounted on horses and wearing the
Huron an hour or more. Governor Roose-
welt spoke on expansion. beginning by
sailing aiag attention to the fact that South
chase" acquired in 1902 from Napoleon, to
whom 1t had been coded by Spain. Gov
ernor Roosevelt said:
Napoleon made up his mind that he
would either have to sell the territory to
US or QgnL Tor IL and he had a good
deal on his hands in Europe, he thought
he would sell i. and President sc ea Jefferson
purchase money being paid just as Presi-
gent MeKSiniey paid the purchase money
President Mckinley bought the inhabi-
tants of the Philippines for $3.50 a head.
In that case President Jefferson bought
the inhabitants, white, black and red, of
the land then purchased at a somewhat
exorbitant price The whole truth is that
purchase of the Inhabitants in either case.
The land was acquired by treaty and pur-
That is ali there is to it. Mr.. BRYAN saws
that the consent of the governed doctrine
applies to the Philippines. We bought the
Fought this territory from its owner,
France, but we did not hold mass meet
white men in Louisiana, to determine
whether we had a right to purchase or
not. We purchased it because this nation
had to extend westward. Very WELL in
other words, we got 1T from France just
esxace6iy as we got the Rnltipplnes from from
President Jefferson at once sent an armed
1orcS OF OnlIeo otateS regulars anu Onlt-
ed States volunteers to prevent any out
break here, just exactly as an armed force
was sent to the Philippines when Aguin-
came the question of giving a government
to this territory. President Jefferson had
himself drawn up a Declaration OF indie
push the theory of that doctrine to such
iation that was absolutely as unit for
self-government as children. These were
the words that he used about the original
inhabitants of these territories as they
then were and they apply today in the
same way to the Philippines. If you had
tried to introduce Self-government among
the Sioux of that day and had said it was
wrong to go in then and take possession
of the country, this would yet be a land
of savages.
Then came the question of establishing
a government for this territory here. Pres
ident Jefferson, being a sane man and
being surrounded by men who possessed
common sense, did not take any such abb
surd position as saying that the consti-
tuition had followed the flag here"
Governor Roosevelt compared Jeferson'S
appointment of Clarke as governor of the
upper Missouri territory with Mckinley 5
appointment of Governor Allen in Porto
Rico and the Taft commission in the Phil
ippines. The risings of Indian chiefs were
put down by Jefferson and jackson, said
Governor Roosevelt, just as Aguinaldos
rebellion is being suppressed in the Philip
pines. He continued:
I'VE are going to put stop to blood
shed in the Philippines and going to give
them a greater measure of liberty than
they have ever known, and give it to them
under the American flag. TIL exact terms
under which we are going to give it to
them will depend on the report of the
commission now there endeavoring to find
out exactly the amount of self-governmen
for which they are fit Now, gentlemen,
can you point out any essential difference
in the way in which we acquired, in the
kota and the adjacent territory and the
way we have acquired the Philippines.
There is not a particle of difference. If
one was imperialism, the other was i'm
perialism. As a matter of fact, the first
was expansion and the second is expan-