, 1900-07-02

President Mckinley and the republl-
can party rather than to Mr.. Bryan.
Tammany and the south. Mr.. Hoar
says:
president Mckinley and Governor
Roosevelt will have no more earnest
supporter in the country than | shall
he, whether we consider the character
of the candidates, the character Of the
counselOrs they will bring with them
INTO power, the effect on the pruspori-
ty and happenoss of the American peo-
pie, or the ultimate triumph Of liberty
and justice in the distant islands which
have been brought under our control.
The alternative of Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
David B. Hill, or any other a~ssOciat"
the democratic party is likely to give
him, is not to be thought of for a mo-
ment.
Mr.. Bryan's election will overthrow
the protective system now happily cs-
ta%blished and the wonderful prospcri-
ty it has brought to all classes of the
people and will mean a disturbed and
il]uctuating currency. great diminution
of value Of all debts and savings, the
overthrow Of the authority Of the SUI
preme court, a dangerous attack Oh
property, socialism and the complct"
success Of the attempt now going on
to ~disfranchisc 10, 900, 900 American
citizens at home and will render null
and void the great constitutional
amendments.
Il was and am still opposed to the
policy which brought OF the war in
the Philippine islands. l like the poll
cy which has been and is 10 be pursued
in Cuba. | am willing now to test the
two methods by their results. But
have never questioned the honesty Of
purpose of President Mckinley and the
republican leaders who agreed with
him. Tho past cannot be undone. |
think the future Of the Philippine ISL
ands safer in the hands of President
Mckinley than of Mr.. Bryan, in the
hands of the republican party than of
Tammany Hall and the solid south. In
saying this | am but repeating what
| said in the M and what | said
last year in Massachusetts,. Mr.. Bry-
an earnestly advocated the treaty
which bought the Philippine islands
and secured for it the votes of seven
teen of his supporters. For this action
of his no motive can reasonably be as
signed but the desire to keep tho qucs-
ton for an issue in the campaign.
The republican party in its plat
form has refused to commit itself to
keeping the Philippine people in sub
lection against their will and cites the
example of Cuba, to which it renews its
pledge of independence. The Massa-
chusetts republican platform of 1899
promises them after hOstilities are ever
Il government as free, as liberal and as
progressive as our OWL. ] believe
these pledges will be kept. Whatever
mistake may have been made in the
past, | prefer to trust the future OF
liberty to the party that for fifty years
has never gone wrong but once rather
than to the party that for sixty years
has never been right once.
Does anyone believe that the Amer
lean people have changed; that the
great Forth has changed; that the re-
publican party has changed in a min
ute, in a day, in the twinkling of an
eye? Liberty is hot dead. Justice Is
will differ. Good men will sometime:
err. Parties are not infallible. But
am confident that the great free north
which achieved and established liber,
ty at home, will surely and very soon
establish it abroad"