The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-09-29

have been fraudulently and violently
taken from them" Kansas was then
a territory. The first republicans held
that the territories have certain con-
stitutional rights. The republican par
IL today claims that the constitution
does not, of its own force. extend 10
territory. Which doctrine does the
gentleman believe In; which shall 1t be,
judgee applause and laughter)
When one is speaking of the ''princi-
pies" of the republican party, he must
distinguish between the original repub-
lican party, which stood for something,
and the recent republican party which
stands for somebody. Great APP
plause.)
Now, the gentleman asks whether 1
was ever republican, OF course he
knows I was, and l say. yes" He
says, IF so, why were you repub-
hcan? well. my friends, almost the
earliest recollection l have is of anxi-
Gus faces in little room where we
used to gather to get the letters from
the front, where my mothers two
brothers were facing shot and she'll to
make true the republican party's re-
affirmation of the Declaration OF indie
pendence. | drank in republicanism of
that sort with my mothers milk.
was taught 1t at my fathers knee, and
when l grew maturer and went to the
public schools, and read the famous
Gettysburg declaration of Lincoln, and
the magnificent speeches of Sumner
and the sentiments of all the early re-
publican patriots-full of love for hui
mainly, rull of devotion to the funda-
mental principles of free self govern
ment-my graually maturing facul-
ties were nurtured in the same faith,
and when | grew older yet and the
people of my district drafted me into
the public service. | advocated those
original republican principles in which
| had come to believe. When 1 was
elected to. congress, l was elected as
a defender and exponent OF the princi-
pls of bimetallism. l have continued
so from that hour until now. but, in or
der now to remain so. l had to get out
of the republican party. (ApplauseO
The gentleman does not ask me why
| left. Uaughterl And think II Is
very significant that he does not. He
asks me Were you a republican and
why We're you? Now. the next question
naturally would be, Why are you not
now? l do not want to do the honor
able gentleman any injustice but
shrewdly sus ect that the reason why
he did not ask me why | left the party
in 1896, was because he left 1t at the
same time and for the same reason.
daughter and applause.) My friends
he and | both went out because the re-
publican party threatened to betray
the American people. Now that 1t act
ually has betrayed the people. l stay
out and he goes back. CApplause)
He asks, What do you understand
the word Imperialism as used by the
democratic party in this campaign, to
imply" The best answer. perhaps,
that can be made to that Is to be found
In the platform OF the recent liberty
congress that met at Indianapolis, for
the purpose of denouncing the present
so-called imperialistic policy OF the ad-
ministratiOn. one OF the most distin-
guished lawyers OF New England. Mr..
Moreteld Storey, Is said to be the
author of the plank. which now read.
| desire that 1t shall be carefully taken
down by the reporters. In order that It
may serve as an answer - he dis
tinguished judges inquiry 60 TO what
understand Imperialism T. -. II Is
as follows:
The struggle Of man Tor freedom
has ever been a struggle for cnn4rltu-
tlonal liberty. There is no liberty IL
the citizen has no rights which the leg
tslature may not invade, II he may be
taxed by the legislature IN which ne ia
not represented, or IL he is not pro-
tected by the fundamental law against
the arbitrary action OF executive pow
er. The poli0y OF the president offers
the inhabitant OF Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and the Philippines no hope of indie
pendence, no prospect OF American cit
izenship,no constitutional protection, no
representation in the congress which
taxes him. This Is not quite true of
Hawaii in this one respect. Their pres
ent territorial government gives them
territorial delegate Ia congress. But
Il is true OF Porto Rico and the Philip
pinesl 1t Is Il government OF men
proceeds this plank by arbitrary pow
err without their consent. This is i'm
perialism."
My friends. the government under
which you and 1 have assembled to-
night. was founded by men who rebel
led against Imperialism. The Amer
lean coIonists, as l said earlier in my
remarks tonight, went to war against
Great Britain for their national indie
pendence, because Great Brita In
claimed the right to tax them by the
action Of legislative body in which
they had no voice. Shame upon t 3
American name, IL the American pso-
pie, at this election, shall deliberately
endorse the action Of an administra-
ton in doing to Porto Rico and the
Philippines what George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry,
James Otis, Adams, Hancock, Dickin-
son, and all the patriots Of one hun
dred and twenty-five years ago re,
DeIled against the British empire for
doing to the American colonies
Great applause) II 1t was imperial
ism to tax the American ColOnists 3
cents pound on tea, what is 1t to tax
the Porto Ricaus. who are not repre-
scented in our government, who have lao
member OF congress, who have no voice
in our system, to tax them Is per cent
OF the Dingley rate on goods Of theirs
which we imnort. and on all our goods
which they import from this Country
My friends, we are governing the
Porto Ricans today-and It is proposed
to govern the Philippine islands in the
same way-arbitTarily, without their
consent We are treating them worse
than even Spain treated them, (sOme-
body Is astOnished at that for Porto
Rico. until we took possession of her
had three senators and sixteen repre-
sentatives In the Spanish cortes She
has not even one in the American con-
gress. (ApplauseD Not a single thing
can be effectively done in Porto Rico
under our present government, without
the cooperation Of the upper branch
of her legislature. and that is practi.
Galley named by the president Of tbs
United States. They have no liberty