The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-02

that the interests which opposed it turn
ed around and determined to make all
an era Of embalmed contracts. emba1med
| beef, embalmed ships and embalmed
striplings for officers to command the
American forces. The war in Cuba scarce
| ly rose to the dignity of g. skirmish. It
| lasted but few months; it has been over
nearly two years. Yet we are still en-
| gaging IN war.
Long before we declared war against
| Spain, in behalf of Cuba, the people Of
! the Philippine islands had been waging
war for their own independence. They
continued this warfare and finally drove
the SpaniardS off the islands. And we
are now engaged in war to rob the
islanders of their Independence and make
the people subjects, not citizens, of this
republic. "
There is today no question of expan-
sion before the American people, and all
the talk about expansion is simply an ef-
| fort to conceal the facts and to mislead
| the public. The sole question is whether
we shall go into the colonial business
with England and the despotic nations
| of Europe.
REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT.
Recently a gentleman in New York,
| who had become famous for having been
alone in Cuba-a gentleman who has
adopted as his life motto or coat OF arms
| two "P's" and a double s. which four
| letters signify "pompous posing and
strenuous strutting left the capital of
New York and went to st. Paul and de-
| l1VeTeQ a Speech 10 lI6 dSSOOidI1OIl VI ASS-
| publican clubs, The speech has not, from
! beginning to end, a single argument, or
! single accurate historical reference;
! speech that is made up of inVectiVe, mis-
representation and Yituperation.
! Referring to the Democrats he salo:
"Phey stand for law .essnesS and dls-
| ORDER for dishonesty and dlsnonoT' LCr
| license and disaster at home, ana cow
! ardly shirking from duty abroad
| This is reflection on the intelligence
| and patriotism and the honor of every
| in. ba II Is a per-
| sonal insult to the six and one-halt
million of men who supported Mr: Bryan
in 1896, and to the 100000 OF freemen
who are going to support him IN lSOO
He gives no facts and advances no ar
guments in support of this charge. II Is
simply an assertion. He puts himself IN
evidence Aside from truthfulness. it
Involves his sincerity and discretion
Who, then, is this man, and what Is his
| history? l find it recorded that years
! ago he was a member of the New York
legislature. and on one occasion he rous-
! ed the hopes of the country by making
! speech against a class which he ca led me
! criminal rich?a But he at once dashed
! these hopes by turning around and voting
with and for these very criminal rich
! whom he had denounced.
| In the years 1S97c9S he held federal Of
| Fl e in Wash ngtOn and n o de- to S al e
paying his taxes in New York he signed
an affidavit and swore before the ever
| living God that he was not citizen Of
J New York If this was true, them under
1
not have been eligible for the COVE nor Of
| that state. By subsequently accepting
nomination and election to that office
! he showed that he did not believe his own
! affidavit. This being so. may it not be
! that he does not beieve,the charge which
! he has made against us?
! 1t is next recorded that he entered the
! Spanish war in Cuba, and, although his
! regiment was commanded = by another
! man, he succeeded by means o that mod
ern weapon of modern warfare known as
! = hn Hnd in
! winning more. renown in a week than
! Gen. Grant did in four wears OF hard
fighting, and he seems to be. the only
man on this continent who boasts of
having with his own hand shot down and
killed Spaniard that was fleeing from
the battlefield. a-.5-
governor got the Legislature to pass a
law taxing the franchises of corporations
"a most righteous law. But the records
also show that at the demands of Tom
the legislature In extra session and had
1t change this law as the corporations
dictated. f.f. --a -.t ,.l.
The canal fund of New York had been
robbed of about $9000,O0O by Republican
politicians, and, although he talked 1oudly
OF prosecution, the governor has net
| brought one of these men to Justice
After infinite labor they finally did de-
eide at Kansas City that they sttl, be-
lieved in free silver. This decision was
reached in their committee by vote of
I6 to "a, so that 1t appears that they only
nave 81 per cent of faith in their Ascent
dollar after all. Had the governor stuck
to the truth, he would have told his audi
ence that there were two sets cf de 'egates
at the Kansas City convention One set
wanted simply to reaffirm the Chicago
platform, claiming that inasmuch as that
piaIiorm contained as strong and clear a
plank on the financial question as could
was nee 9TSa' v
The other set of delegates, insie+ad on
| having q Snapi11
claI laI prank. and they prevailed. Had thev
ialIed and the Chicago platform simpiy
peeh reafflrmed, the principles for which
the party stands would have been thn
| same. 1t was not a differences Of nr:nl
cinie between the delegates, but simpIv a
Glllerence of opinion as to the most eff
! tectlVe ts I've way or stating that principle to
now hear his defense of the presidents
pollcY. rad from his speech. .r'Wben
thaough tha H5;n Jefferson, the great West beyond
throughout the instrumentalifv of
Jackson Florida was added TO the Union
IIIe rhe new new provinces, with their Indian p9p,
! ulat1ons were governed, precisely and = eR ~
actiy on the theory under which The pbiE
l.oplnes are now governed. Pres dent Jef
!erson secured the Louisiana nIIrcha@o
Pbtii1E,, phi as pres1dent Mckinley secured tho
Fhlilppines, and Andrew Jackson w1arrnd
dEalnSt The Seminoles when ,wp had a.
qlred FLORIDA from Spain lust as Cen
NJ Msr5, nur isInow warning against the
oiiiOI', lU6 I1RalS In IllZOl1. I'm
less we are willing to .danriva tTee 80 ~.
and Jackson Of the need IF honor Ubiot1
mas beer held .Ho1be, Dr-acttcal|v thers We
,dt HEI1 GeIY the same high p-a'ss to Pres
FACTS AS HE SEES 1T.
NOW what are the" historical fac+so
w nen we ACQUIRED Florida and when We
acquired Louisiana, not ONLY did th we
ebarid efeaTes II provide that the. new territory
nc, to watch they did not obiecf b,'t ~. ~
territory In each case was at once n,eIe ei5e
part of the republic, and the inLat tiI1 il9r'is
a. a. 94Ge nee became citizens of the republic
And the same is true In the state Of tn patC'
as, in the case of New Mexico 80 e. a.
the case of California. anu III
But In negotiating the treatv With
HpalF fad frdho the tadministration carefully omit
the new territory should become an 'i;T1l int
itegrdi part OF our republic and that tha
lnhabitants Of the territory should hue hue
come citizens Of the republic "e
The policy which the adminis+-a+,o,,
aoopted toward the Philippines is exactIt
the opposite of that adopted by .TeffersoIS
py jackson and later Democratic ADMIN
lstralonS In acquiring new TERRITORY
1t is not question of exnansion o. -,
II IS soleiy and simply question of i'm.
perlalism and militarism. They are to he
ssunoJect Colonies. We are going to govern
them with carpetbaggers
Let US look at the attitude of tbe -
nlnnstrat1on before the treaty was rati
ned The document the letters. the dis
RWaochhes Whe on ME In the departments at
sunk the Spanish fleet at Manila the nd
Inlnlstrat1on thought of having him come
away. Then it considered the idea of
keeping one island as a base for orr SbtO VI
ping, and it asked Dewey,s opinion n''' 90
TO which was the best. He reconmended
Luzon. Then the British min
ister waited on the president and urged
him to keep all the islands and 90 mo
the colonial business with ErnoIor -iNO