Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-10

VlALl AV1 II. OODANO,
Republican Nominee for District Attor-
ney,Jefferson County.
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cannot stand its fluctuating, value be-
tween darkness and daylight. The
same old silver poison is in this cam
paign as in 1896
''Can you tell us what prophecy Mr.
Bryan made that has come truep
Not one. Instead of our being de-
pendent on Inreadneedle street for
money, England has come to us to
| take her war notes. We have loaned
money to Germany, we have loaned
money to Russia, and still our per
capita in circulation is greater than
| ever before. Is this a sign of hard
times? If it is for Gods sake give
us more of them. Is it not better to
have four more years of prosperity
under " m. Mckinley than to expert
ment with the vagaries of Brvanism? !?
Bryan says that if you elect Nc
Kinley the republic is gone; and theE
| all is gone. Such talk strikes me
with horror. 1t is want of conf
dence in our government. To think
that any one should entertain the idea
that one man can overturn the
| government.
! ''Democarts in the senate held
stop watch on William Mckinley, and
went as far as to offer him personal
| insult in their clamors for war. 1t was
not until the Maine in Havana harbor
was transformed into steel coffin that
1T was settled that war must come.
William Mckinley, like the wise man
that he is said little but did mu.h.
He prepared for war. 1t came and
lasted but 100 days. They were glo-
rious days. The people of the old
world declared that this nation of
shopkeepers had awakened.
''In 1S61-5, they prated about mil
itarism. They called Abraham Lin
coin, God bless his name, Caesar.
Militarism! What came of it? The
white winged messengers of peace
came. The troops returned to their
homes and the only remem brance of
militarism was in the hallowed mem
ory of the victims of the struggle
The army melted away like the dew
before the morning sun. Miltarism
is bugaboo, manufactured especially
for the German. If there is any one
that cannot be fooled by it, it is the
| German"
The history of the outbreak of
Aguinaldo in the Philippines was
given in detail. The insurgent chief,
| be said, had an attitude of hostility to
the American troops as soon as the
latter landed. Mr.. Spooner then pro-
ceeded to demOlish the claim that
AguiDaldo had any form of govern
ment and answered the arguments of
the so-called anti-imperialists. 1t
was a government of farce; govern
ment of robbery. Aguinaldo was not
an ally OF the United States; he had
no organized government; he was a
traitor to his own people. He then
| pointed out the reasons why the
United States could not withdraw
from the Philippines. and in doing so
went into detail as to the conspiracy
of Aguinaldo and the secret orders for
the sacking of Manila and the murder
of the foreign population.
I'VE will do by that people in
time of peace, what a liberty
loving people desire we should
do to people who have come into
our care" he said. eve will uplift
that people; we will guide and educate
them, and when they are fit for in
dependence the people of this country
will give it to them. If we tell them
we will give them stable govern
ment now they would have row
They would say to Mr.. Bryan. we
will make our own stable government,
you have no business here except to
hunt. Teaching them self-govern-
ment, we will give it to them when
they are able to receive it; this is the
plan of William Mckinley"
Taking up the subject of trusts, he
said the greatest trust in this country
was when the people put their trust
In man and made him president
That wds the only kind of trust Mr.
Bryan believed ia. He reviewed the
history of trusts in this country. The
difficulty he declared was in the in
famous contracts they made. The
jurisdiction of congress came from
just one clause in the constitution
giving congress power to regulate
commerce, and this power has been
exhausted by laws enacted by Re-
publican congress.