The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-13

/ from enforced idleneSS to profitable en-
| ployment The public faith has been
/ upheld; public order has been main
tanned. We have prosperity at home
and prestige abroad.
MENACE OF 16 TO 1.
unfortunately the threat of 1896
has just been renewed by the allied par
/ ties without abatement or modification.
The gold bill has been denounced and
| its repeal demanded. The menace of
1 Is to therefore still hangs over us
with all its dire consequences to credit
and confidence, to business and indus
| try. The enemies of sound currency
are rallying their scattered forces The
people must once more unite and over
come the advocates of Reputation and
must not relax their energy until the
battle. for public honor and honest
money shall again triumph.
a congress which will sustain and
if need be, strengthen the present law,
can prevent a. financial catastrophe,
which every lover of the republic is
/ interested to avert.
Not satisfied with assaulting the
currency and credit of the government,
our political adversaries condemn the
tariff law enacted at the extra session
of congress in 1897, known as the Ding
ley act, passed in obedience to the will
of the people expressed at the election
in the preceding November, law
which at once stimulated our indus
tries. opened the idle factories and
mines and gave to the laborer and to
the farmer fair returns for their toll
and investment. Shall we go back to a
tariff which brings deficiency in our
revenues and destruction to our indus
trial enterprises?
Faithful to the pledges in their in
ternal affairs, how has the government
discharged its international duties?
Our platform of 1886 declared, the
Hawaiian islands should be controlled
by the United States and no foreign
power should be permitted to interfere
with them This purpose has been fully
accomplished by annexation, and dele
gates from those beautiful islands par
ticipated in the convention for which
you speak today. In the great confer
ence of nations at The Hague we reaf-
firm before the world the Monroe doc
trine and our adherence to it and our
determination not to participate in the
complications of Europe We have hap
ply ended the European alliance in Sa-
mOa, securing to ourselves one of the
most valuable harbors in the Pacific
ocean, while the open door in China
gives to US fair and equal competition in
the vast trade of the Orient.
OUR COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Some things have happened which
were not promised, nor even foreseen.
and our purposes in relation to them
must not be left in doubt. A just war
has been waged for humanity and with
it have come new problems and respon-
SibiliGeS. Spain has been elected from
the western hemisphere and our flag
floats over her former territory. Cuba
has been liberated and our guarantees
a benefcent government has been pro-
vided for Porto Rico. The Philippines
are ours and American authority must
be supreme throughout the archipelago.
There will be amnesty broad and liberal,
but no abatement of our rights, no
abandonment of our duty. There must
be no scuttle policy. We will fulfill in
the Philippines the obligations imposed
by the triumphS of our arms and by the
treaty of peace; by international law;
by the nations sense of honor; and,
more than all, by the rights, interests
and conditions of the Philippine peoples
themselves.
No outside interference blocks the
way to peace and a stable government
The obstructionistS are here, not else
where. They may postpone, but they
cannot defeat the realization of the high
purpose of this nation to restore order
to the island and to establish a just and
generous government. in which the in
habitantS shall have the largest partic-
ipation for which they are capable. The
organized forces which have been mis-
led into rebellion have been dispersed by
our faithful soldiers, and sailors, and
the people OF the islands delivered from
anarchy, pillage and oppression, recog-
niZe American sovereignty as the SYM
Dol and pledge of peace, justice, law re-
igious freedom, education, the security
of life and property and the welfare and
prosperity of their several communi-
ties
we reassert the early principle of the
republican party, sustained by unbrO-
ken judicial presidents, that the repre-
sentatives Of the people in congress as
sembled have full legislative power over
territory belonging to the United States
subject to the fundamental safeguards
OF liberty, justice and personal rights
ana are vested with ample authority to
act FOR the highest interests of our ma
ton and the people entrusted to its
care The doctrine. first proclaimed iii
the cause of freedom, will never be used
as weapon for oppression. 1 am glad
TO be assured by you that what we have
done IN the far east has the approval OF
the country.
SITUATION IN CHINA.
Inc sudden and terrible crisis in
China calls for the gravest consideration
and you will not expect from me now
any further expression than to say that
my best efforts shall be given to the i'm
Iaeulate purpose of protecting the lives
OF our citizens who are in peril with the
ultimate object of the peace and welfare
Of emma, the safeguarding of all our
treaty rights and the maintenance of
those principles of impartial intercourse
70 Wnlch the civilized world is pledged.
AMERICAS NAME RESPECTED.
can not conclude without congrat-
uiating my countrymen upon the strong
nalonal sentiment which finds express
SION IN every part of our common coun-
try and the increased respect with
winch the American name is greeted
throughout the world. We have been
moving IN untried paths, but our steps
nave been guided by honor and DUTY
1nere viii be no turning aside no
WdNerlng. no retreat. No blow has been
struck except for liberty and humanity
aaiu none will be- We will perform with