The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-16

lllludHCS Ol IIle TepuDlc, tl6n no graVer
mission has been committed to an assem-
bly, OF men than to a convention
we are opposed to imperialism. We
are in favor Of Republican form of gov
| eminent. We respect the teachings of our
! ancestry, the glory of the history tney
| have left to Us and standing between the
! past and the future it is our duty to
transmit to posterity the principles of
| the fathers and the institutions that they
! founded That is your duy to the states
! of this union. This body may not repre-
sent an organized constituency, but it is
a representation for itself and the people
! of this country and the generations that
| are advancing to take our places and it
| is a representation that has a right to
| speak, a representation that will be heard
| at Washington today, heard over the
| world; speaking as we do for the pres
! erVation of republican institutions, rep
! Tesenting the American republic, the
light Of which, If it shall go out, will
never be rekin6led on the surface of the
earth. l charge that the policy upon
which this administration has entered
Will mean the abandonment of the prin-
clpIeS upon which our government was
founded; that it will change the republic
into an empire. The first of the means
before US for the preservation of the
Union, If our allegation is true Is the
overthrow of the administration. | am
not disposed to make issues with merf,
but my former friend and fellow citizen
Mr.. Long, the secretary of the navy has
made remark which in itself may not ap-
choose to make some comment upon It,
Mr.. Long says what we call imperialism
is only a cry, and that the anti-iperial-
lists are few in number and of no con-
siderable Importance.
''I1e says their voice is only a cry. That
may be true. A census has not been
taken, and we do not boast of numbers.
But nineteen centuries ago a cry was
heard in the wilderness of Judea-haard
by only a few, but now-the echoes of HIS
voice are heard the world over. And now
we are CRYING for an open path of justice
for all people, repentance for the wrong
that has been done in the past and ref-
ormation in the future.
WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
I'VE have accomplished something. The
anti-imperialistic league has made the
name and characteristics of Imperialism
known and spoken in every palace, every
log cabin and every prairie camp on this
continent.
''We are told there is peace in the Phil
irpines, and that our $1,000 soldiers there
are merely performing police duty. Tie
president has said the Philippines are
our, and there will be no abatement Of
our rights. and no scuttle policy. This
seems to indicate that we have entered
upon colonial policy. I always follow
the president by his doings, not by his
speeches When the speeches of men and
the actions of men appar not to harmon
IL L look to their actions for the truth,
therefore I have never looked to the
words of President Mckinley as present.
ing substantial evidence of what he
would do.
-.'I am rot able to explain the motive
of Mr. Mckinley in taking this policy.
I believe he is the master mind in his
cabinet and nothing has trahsptred ex-
cept that which, he himself has origin
ated. And he has carried 1t through
thus far without interruption. He IN
terpreted the protocol with Spain con-
treaty of Paris according to his own
Ideas and he has since interpreted his
powers upon his own theory as to what
he was authorized to do. He is the only
person responsible for what has been
done, and If we are opposed to what
has been done, our chief duty is the
overthrow of the administration of which
he is the head There has been put forth
recently. statement of the conditions
that will be required of the people Of
Cuba if they become independent. They
without the consent of the United States;
the United States is to have veto power
over the legislation of Cuba; the United
States is to have certain well defined
supervision over the Cuban treasury; the
United States is to retain for a period
Of years, If not indefinitely, the fortitica-
tions which command the port of Ha-
vana. How do these provisions accord
with the promises made to the people
of Cuba?
'"The troubles in China have been ag-
gravated and the ministers and citizens
Of the various governments have been
put i'll peril through the policy of their
governments. Is it not true that in
past years there has been discussion
among the various states of Europe as
to the partition of China? All this talk
has caused the revolution in China, put
ting the missionaries and ambassadors
of the various powers in peril of their
lives Instead of being fortunate oc-
currence, the fact that we We're in the
Philippines has been the principal cause
of the revolution In China. Is the gov
ernment of the United States to place
frOOnS ~ 10riT
of Germany. or, on the other hand, is
the United States to assume command
Of the troops of the other nations and
be responsible for the results. If a revo-
luton was to occur in London, and our
ambassador to be in danger of his life.
would we send force UP the Thames
peal to the various diplomatic channels
before undertaking force. Was 1t not a
declaration of war when We trained our
guns upon the citade!s Of the Chinese
constitution congress alone can declare
war Can the chief magistrate make war
in the absence of a congressional declar-
alton of war? suppose if say any
thing in eXtenuation of the Chinese pol
icy, someone in Washington or elsewhere
would say that had spoken against my
American people will speak for liberty
and Justice, even though their words
may in1ame the fires of liberty the world
over. China has always followed the
IIIdAllll. Use l1lotI WHICH - lIlIl6 OWN,
so as not to injure others That con-
tains every provision of the decalogue
Through centuries the Chinese empire
has gone on, while Assyria and Rome
and Carthage have withered and died
died because they took into their pos
session that to which they had no right.
1t is to such entertainment that we are
invited: it is to such a history as those
nations have made that our eyes are
turned and we are asked to initiate 1t.
TIME TO ARREST RUIN.
'rWho does not see that the day of Eng
lands downfall is approaching? And we
are asked to follow her example and
tread in the imperial footsteps of Great
Britain, knowing that those steps are
leading the British empire to destruct ton
Now is the time for the people to ar
rest this progress to ruin and the labor
ing men of this country are the men
to whom I appeal. If we accept imperial
ism, 1t means that some people shall
do the thinking and the rest do the
working, then the course of liberty can
not be saved"
Gov. Boutwell, asked the negro voters
to work against imperialism for the sake
of the 100000 colored population in the
Philippines and claimed the fact that
some negroes were deprived of their
rights in the South was no excuse for
the oppression of the Filipinos. With
reference to protection the governor said
there were many things besides money,
and that in his judgment prosperity would
not continue long with the markets of