CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-08-23


Dernosrauc success, is any less an op
siionent OF bfmefallism to-day than he
was III 1S96? Does any one believe thai
the Democratic party, IL successful
would pass free coinage bill? 1t mat
tiers not how true their candidate fol
the presidency may be in his advocacy
OF this cause, without his party behind
him and In sympathy with his position
on this question, he will be almost q
powerless In Washington as he IL al
home upon his Nebraska farm. These
are the conditions as see them. dc
not believe there is any hope at pres
ent for a proper settlement Of the finAn-
clal question.
Il have always adhered to the par
tvs declaration that we were Repub-
Hcans on all other questions but the
financial question. l am not a Demo
crat, and 1t seems to me that We time
has come when we must be either Dem
ocrats or Republicans. There is to-day,
In my Judgment, no middle ground.
Even at Kansas City and while Mr..
Towne was still chairman of the ma
tional Silver Republican committee. he
declared that he was Democrat and
that the Silver Republican organization
was kept alive at the request of Demo
cratic lenders for the sole purpose of
aiding Democracy. II this be true, then
to maintain longer the Silver Repub-
ncan party Is pretense unworthy the
men who sacrificed much in leaving
the old party and In trying to build up
and maintain the new.
But there is another Question-an-
other Issue II you please, one that
think should have been considered and
settled by the American people as
Americans and not as partisans, though
supposed party exped1ency and parts
anship has made it an issue in this
campign, and this issue is near to the
hearts Of all oId-time Republicans.
''The flag Is being fired upon and our
soldiers and sailors are being killed.
The war with Spain was no party s
people, just war. waged in a just
cause. l had hoped we might consider
all of the questions OF the war and all
of the questions growing out OF it. not
as partisans. but as Americans all; as
lovers of our country and its instltu-
tions- Dewey's guns placed upon the
country new ard grave duties and re-
sponslbilities. The Philippine islands
are ours; ours by conquest; ours by
generous ard magnanimous purchase.
and ours by treaty. Their inhabitants
are In rebellion against our govern
ment: they kill onr soldiers and cruelty
treat our wounded. The insurrection
there denies the authority of the United
States We are ns much Interested In
II as II one of the states of the federal
union wag denying the authority OF the
government. let American authority
he recognized: let .he flag be respected
there and no one doui.s that the Phil
ippines will then be justly and hui
namely treated.
II am an expansionist: believe In
the greatness OF my country. l have NO
patience with the men or party who ac-
cept the word OF an adventurous Ash
attic renegade in preference to that Of
Admiral Dewey. and who continually
encourage the ignorant rebellion by
putting bad motives behind every good
act OF the government mt Washington
Our country's nag means something to
me. In my childhood my father fought
for II that 1t might always remain the
emblem OF a united and liberty-loving
country and that its blessings might
be bequeathed 10 his children. 1t is my
Inheritance.
"I'he Silver Republicans OF Colorado
have always declared that they were
expansionists and they believed with
Senator Teller when he said In the
Senate OF the United States. Where the
American soldier dies and In buried,
and the American nag is put up, say
there 1t will stay and we will grappIs
with the great problem whether we are
capable OF managing colonies or not
and try It: II we fail. II will be the first
time that the AnRlo-Saxon race has
failed when these great problems have
been presented. II will be the first time
that the American people have failed
when grent questions have been pre-
sented to them to solve them properly
and righteously and In the interests OF
their own people and Of the world
II have considered all these ques-
tions with anxious concern. My views
upon them have for some time been
known to Senator Teller and other lend
ers OF the Silver Republican party. For
twenty years l have supported Senator
Teller, whose life. In my Judgment, "
n sublime and unsclfish devotion to
duty, In every campaign In which ne
has been Interested In Colorado. wish
that Il were now possible for me TO be
guided by his Judgment; but seeing my
duty as I see IL. and entertaining the
opinions l entertain. I should be dis
loyal 10 myself and dIsloyal to your or
ganization IL longer remained as
chairman of Its committee.
81 do not AFFECT to be Indifferent to
your good opinions and wish that you
may all know that pursue the course
here Indicated after anxious and seri-
Gus consideration. hope that you VIII
all believe that there nre no alliances
nor entanglements behind my action
and that am now prompted BY as
high sense of duty ns l was when !
gave you much of my time and means
In the hope OF sustaining the principle
for which we were all contending. Dis
like of or prejudice against individuals
Is too narrow a reason to keep Ms from
doing what we deem to be right.
Concluding, beg to especially thank
each of you, the secretary OF the COM
mittee and the members OF the county
organizations for your friendship TO me
In the past, which trust may always
continue, and for the splendid services
you have so unselfshly rendered the
organization OF which l have been the
official head. Respcctfuliy,
"a. 81. STEVENSON"