Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-23

sent troops to suppress the uprising
in Luzon he would have been called a
| traitor, and every democratic speaker
IN the country would have told about
| II. The sovereignty of this govern
ment extends over the Philippines as
much as any part of this country,
since it was acquired by treaty, and ac-
cording to the laws of nations.
'They call Aguinaldo a second
George Washington. Now let us COM
pare them. Aguinaldo started an in
surrection in the Philippines against
the government of Spain. The Span
ish government bought him with $780,
600 to leave the country, and when
| Dewey sank the Spanish fleet at Ma
Mia Bay, Aguinaldo was in Hong
Kong. He came back. and, with the
hope of making more money, insti-
tuted another rebellion in Luzon.
Silver has a seductive influence. 1T
stood the democratic party on it's head
in 1896. But as to Washington-do
you think that any time during the
Revolution, he would have accepted a
bride to leave America and give up
the war? Everyone knows that he
would positively have refused to ac-
cept a cent
Il have followed the democratic
nominee for congress i'll several places
where he has made speeches in this
district. | found that the rooms where
he spoke had, in some cases been
decorated with the pictures of Bryan
and Lincoln, side by side. Do you
know what Lincoln said during the
civil war; when it was proposed to
Il ,ay.r ri bn,
cease the war? He said there must
first be peace and a reunited govern
ment.
But they say, what kind of title
have you to the Philippines? You
bought them from Spain, but Spain
stole them from the natives, so they
belong to the natives now, and were
not the property Of Spain to sell Now
there is one man in the United States
about whom | always like to read
: That man is Thomas Jefferson. You
remember that he engineered the
Louisiana Purchase. Do you suppose
he asked the consent of the natives
, when he bought this land from Spain
here has not been a home in the
Philippines taken by the United States
yet the democrats say we are destroy
ing homes daily and really talk as if
we were making slaves out of the peo-
pie.
Bryan says the United States
should establish a protectorate over
the Philippines. If we did this we
would be responsible for the actions
OF the poop without any effective
way of protecting ourselves. If we
We're to establish protectorate and
the savages of the islands killed some
foreigners, it would be but about three
months before we were involved
in the greatest war in history.
We say with Lincoln that SO
long as any man is shooting
at the stars and stripes there can be
no compromise.
"The democrats say that we are sub.
verting the liberties of the people of
the country by raising so large a
standing army. This is unreasonable
on the face of it and deserves no
recognition. The entire standing army,
if brought home and used to put down
the American people, would not
make more than two soldiers to the
township. and it is unreasonable to
suppose that two soldiers could Sub
vert the liberties" of whole town
ship. Not only that, but the soldier
would not do it. They are American
citizens just like the rest of us. The
American soldiers are recruited from
the schools. the work shops, the Offices
and the farms.
"There was another thing in 1896
The democratic party said that this
country would never be in a prosper
I Gus condition until the silver system
i was adopted Then the laboring MAJ
y n cto
i arguing politics. Now, there is no ont
a idle so that he can argue Every on,
is employed. There is not an abb
u bodied man in the United States VIII
II really wants work but can get II
y Even Mr.. Bryan has been struck b
. the prosperity of the country. | az
u glad that young man with no NOR
70 ability than he possesses can max
u money as fast as he does, for it show
T. that prosperity has struck the people
a Four years ago, the men were hum
lie ing jobs, and could not find them. A
the present time, the job are huntin
5. the men. and they have a hard tim
:. finding them.
~ 1.-The country should be left in tn
IL hands of tried statesmen, those wh
u have record and upon whom tn
u people can depend. In the Sixth di.
~ trict there is a man who is runnin
le against Mr.. Lacey for congress. Fl
= is a pleasant man personally, and yer
'. popular. Suppose that on Novembe
le 6 we give him our votes and send hiI
Sc to crongress. You say, oh, well, h
q. would not vote for SO and So l b,
III lieve he would vote for every demo
le cratic measure, in other words b.
OF lieye that he is truthful and woul
= fill his office according to the platfor,
on which he was elected. Suppos
the money question would come up fo
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