Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-07-07
THE FIRST GUN FIRED.
Custer Republican Club Ratify the Nom
ination Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt.

4 Aihos AahtyAh bhO Va w III
Mckinley and Theo. Roosevelt fo
president and vice president OF tn,
United States was held by the Custe
republican club at Garlock's opera house
on Saturday evening when vice presi
dent Bnel K. Wood of the club, with {
few Introductory remarks introduced tC
an audience of about $50 citizens Col. ]
A. George of Deadwood rs orator of the
evening. The ever graceful Colone
stepped to the front of the stage and
with few explanatory remarks, sand
witched with which Sas no apologies
for his being in the republican ranks
commenced the rst ratification address
of the campaign.
| He said that the republicans were'n
guilty Of keeping records a secret, hence
the pile Of documents on the table by
him which he would use as proofs Of his
assertions should they be doubted by
any Of his hearers.
He spoke briefly on the fret that they
had gathered together there to ratify as
clean ticket as was eyer put in the
field, and far cleaner than the demo.
Gratis could muster up on the platform
they were carrying.
Why am l making speeches in re-
publican meeting. Well I will tell you
said the Colonel, I am a democrat, q
jefferson democrat, and as such am an
expansionist. Jefferson was an expan
sionist. Monroe, Polk, Pierce and
Andrew johnson were all old time demo
Gratis. l introduce to you a map OF
territorial expansion in the United States
under democratic administrations, each
Of you have one in your hand and upon
examination OF them you will find the
different sections annexed by the Unit
ed States all under democratic admins
trations. They are: lst, Louisiana, pur.
chased by Jefferson 1903. 2nd Florida,
purchased by Monroe in 1919. 3rd, An
nexation of Texas in 1915 by Polk. 4th,
the Conquest Of Mexico, won BY Polk
in lS4S 9Th, the Gladsden purchase by
Pierce 1853, and 9th the Alaska purchase
1867 by Andrew Johnson. The increase
in size OF the United States under these
democratic administrations aggregated
over $50 per cent. How is that Cor the
democrats being non.expansionists7 I,
MY dear fellow citizens, was making
democratic speeches when "Billie"
Bryan was making mud pios--yot he
and his followers have the nerve to
come out and say that the democrats are
not expansionists. Ifthey are not ex-
pansiouists why did they not vote it
down in the United States Senate when
1t only took two populist senators to vote
against 1t to down the treaty. Did they
do it2 No they voted for it, and 30 did
every silver republican except Petit:
grew. Now, if you please, the question
arises, were they honest in voting as
they did at that time, and hays they
changed since, or did they vote in this
way to try anu put the administration
in hole for the purpose of making
campaign stuff of it in l9002 BY act OF
congress on Marc.l 3rd, 1899, the presi.
dent was authorized to raise an army OF
900 regulars and $4,000 volunteers TO
be used by him in putting down the in
surrection in the Philippines, said sol.
diefs to be at his disposal until the first
day Of July, 1901. Yet the fusionists
would have you believe, If they could,
that the president declared war without
the sanction or authorization of con.
gress. No true American citizen shohld
have reason to be ashamed Of the acts OF
the present administration in the Philip
pines, if the administration treated the
natives of those islands as did Jackson
under Monroe (dem.) in Florida in 1921
or Sterling Price in New Mexico under
President Polk (dsm.) in 1s4s, when
they tried the insurrectionists by court
martial and hung them for their offenses
then the people might have cause to
complain and put up howl against our
president. Has there been governor
who furnished soldiers for the war in
the Philippines who has asked their re-
turn until theinsurrection was put down.
No, not one. Yet the anarchists in the
fusion ranks would have the president
take upon himself the duty of pulling
down the American flag and leave the
Philippines. what for? Why 90 they
could make more campaign material Of
it Of course, nothing more or less. Down
in their own hearts they know he is do
ing what Is just and right but they
must have something to "roat" about
and that is the only thing they can
manufacture it from. What benefit is
the possession of the Philippines to us 2
Well, will quote you just one Of the
maLy, and in doing 80 / sight you to the
trouble In China. when our missionaries
and commercial interests were in such
peril. BY haying the Philippine Islands
We were there within three days run of
the scene Of trouble and today we have
American soldiers under Old Glory on
Chinese soil, protecting the lives and
property Of American citizens, where if
we were not in possession of these is;
lands we could not have had our boys
there before August lst at the quickest
With these plain facts before the Ameri-
can people there isa certainty that at the
November election their vote will hold
those islands 80 We may always have
men and ships on hand in time of trou-
BILE to protect our citizens and their in
terests in China and Japan. We have
had some experience in this kind OF
business before, when after the war with