The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-28

and Spain is humbled in the dust;
when Americas possessions are en-
riched by the addition Of Hawaii, the
Philippines, Porto Rico and perhaps
the Canaries, Mr.. Mckinley can rise
and truthfully say: This is my work
-miue and the Republican party's.
AS we saved the Union In 1861, so now
do we glorify it with victory. Ours
the triumph, ours the spOils.
"Some members Of the Democratic
party in congress also vigorously op-
posed the annexation of Hawaii. In
decd, their opposition and filibuster-
Ing tactics became so obnoxious to
that able and distinguished Southern
Democrat, Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, that he denounced the actions
Of his Democratic colleagues in
most scathing speech, in which he
said: Il am delighted to find there Is
a majority here willing 10 stand by
the presidents course in Cuba and
Hawaii, and l am delighted to act
with them, though they are not my
friends politically. | will stand by
them through thick and thin for my
country and its flag. / will not be
party 20 any miserable political trick
and intrigue. l can not reconcile it
to myself that this great and august
body, of which | have had the honor
of being a member now for twenty
one years, could set itself in the atti-
tude we occupy this evening, of an
tagonizing the administration that is
conducting this war and doing it so
well and with such high purposes and
motives, that we should be here lay
ing pipe for the purpose of controlling
elections in November and that that
should be the motive of our conduct.
If that is not the motive, let the joint
resolution come to a vote when the
debate is ended. L hope we will not
have any more Of this procedure, this
opposition and tilibustering, to say
the least of it,
"The conduct of some of the Demo-
cratic senators must have been fearful
to have caused this bitter rebuke from
the leading Democratic senator in the
senate.
"In view of this record that we
have submitted, and in spite Of Demo-
cratic protests as to patriotism, would
it not be national calamity at this
time to have Republican president,
in dealing with the great question
with which he will have to deal, ham,
pered by a Democratic congress? 1t
certainly will be far better for ouI
country to have the whole administra
tion Republican. For the Republi
can party is the party ofadyancement
and is always sincerely and truly
American. We are fortunate in hav.
ing a national administration that
needs no defense, for its achievements
are known to all men,"
We only wish we could give space
to publish Mr.. Davis entire speech
but if our readers wish to see it, il
can be found in any of the large
dailies of September 27th, 1898.
We took the above from the Kansas
City Journal of that date.
Mr.. Davis closed his speech with
the following glowing tribute to the
Republican party:
"Truly the Republican party has
been the best friend to this republic
in the past. Its sword has always
been the enemy of oppression and
wrong wherever found. On its bright
banner are principles immortal, and
in It's hands eternal justice and equal
ity of rights; and under the magic
wand of these, the country has made
marvellous progress in the past and in
the future will be the marvel OF man.
kind.
"Future generations will read in
history that in this republic in the
years 1861 and 1865, the clouds OF war
hung over this fair land, sorrow and
suffering were everywhere and it SEEM
ed that the sun Of prosperity and
peace had hidden its face forever, but
the republic emerged from the awful
gloom and the people beheld the dawn
of a new era of marvellous prosperity
and peace, and in its door stood the
sanity form of the Republican, Abra-
ham Lincoln.
so in another fearful crisis at the
close of the nineteenth century, when
the war cloud again appeared; when
| In the land was heard the shrill notes
of the bugle and the music OF the fife
and drum and the tread OF marching
soldiers; when mothers were weeping
over sleeping sons slain In the defense
of their country; when wives were
watching and waiting for the return
OF husbands who came not; when old
men with fearful eyes told Of the val
or OF soldier boys who fought under
the old flag on foreign lands and on
foreign seas; when sorrow and gloon
were everywhere, then the clouds
cleared away, the sun OF peace showed
his smiling face again and new era
OF unexampled progress and prosperi
ty was ushered in, and in the dool
OF the twentieth century, with calm
and God like face stood the Republi'
can, William Mckinley"
Honesty in politics, as in every
business or calling in life, is the sat
est course to pursue.
Can our Democratic friends, who
have labored to get Mr.. Davis here
on the same day Governor Roose-
welt is billed to speak, justify and
endorse what their Web said in the
foregoing extracts from his speechl