The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-08

Mr. Cochran asserted that the Repub-
lican party desired to govern this coun-
try under the constitution and the other
dependencies that it has acquired, except
the Philippines. That territory they
were going to rule outside of the con-
Stitution- To hold the people of this
territory and govern them without their
consent Mr.. Bryan believes immoral, but
that their liberation would be in obed-
fence to the moral law.
He said there was no doubt that the
Republican party intended to hold the
Philippines to give places and authority
to certain oficeholders that were posi-
bic of existence only outside of the con-
Stitution, and added: Il am told that
an orator is to be brought here on Oc-
tober II to answer me. I challenge him
or any Republican here tonight to deny
that it is the purpose Of the Republican
party to put governing officers over the
Filipinos without the authority of the
constitution. That is what we call inn
peT1aliSm. Mr.. Mckinley calls it be-
nevolent assimilation. Many a man
has been betrayed into questionable acts
by the misapplication of words.
They say expansion has long been a
Democratic policy. So it was and if 1t
were expansion alone today, there would
be no opposition from US. For nearly a
hundred years expansion has been the
policy of this country, but that has been
expansion on our own continent and the
government which followed has always
been within the authority of the consti-
tstion. Now with this expansion be-
Mckinley has undertaken to pervert a
war of emancipation into a war of con-
quest and subjugation-'
The speaker pictured the possibility
of expanding some day and taking
Canada, Mexico and even South Ameri-
ca, to the great benefit of all the people
concerned. Canada, he thought. would
aSSuredIy be in course of time by
which the Canadian would be benefited
and the crown would lose the appointing
of a few autocrats to Office Expansion
that goes after such territory as those
named Is the true Democratic expansion,
he held, but the imperialism that is
under discussion is not expansion. 1t
is radically opposed to our principle of
government If this be expanding, it is
not expanding constitutionally. It IS
expanding our ofHceholderE at the ex-
pense of the constitution. If they could
show that their policy has the sanction
Of American experience might be re-
conciled, but the purchase of Louisiana,
far from being q precedent, opposes it,
Mr.. Cochran went deeply into the
Louisiana purchase and at length. The
American people had no access to the
Gulf Of Mexico until in 1875 they OBJ
tanned outlet privilege by way of the
Mississippi, by treaty with Spain Then
In 1902 France obtained Louisiana and
the outlet was closed. Napoleon refused
to sell the island Of New Orleans alone,
but Insisted that the United tSates pur-
chase the whole territory. Jefferson
wanted to do 50, but I'D at the capitol
congress hesitated to appropriate the
money. The opposition howled and
wanted to go right down to the delta
with an army and take New Orleans by
force Jefferson had the hotheads to
contend against as well as secure the ap-
proprfat ton. He got It for buying the
part, by craft managed to secure the
passage of the bill for buying the whole
tract and concluded the bargain. After
giving this explanation, as here outlined,
Mr.. Cochran drew this parallel:
tJeferson's policy was as different
from the present Republican policy OF
expansion as night from day. Jefferson
took territory to avoid war: Mckinley