Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-23

candloate 1or the prcstaency; candidate
who denies the power of the peoples con-
900 900 people within its exclusive jurisdic-
fights aSo%sd BY she fatsers amer ss
abuse OF power that the theory Of tho
eensent of the governed Is lie against
the divine right, Of the governor; can
didate who declares by his official acts
the ideal condition If the interests Of the
trusts may be thereby subserved, a con-
elton created by the levy. OF an uncon-
stttHtienal tariff tax upon the unfortunate
people of Porto Rico, whom Mckinley
ism and the trusts, by false. pretenses.
elusive e. jurisdictien," the most blas l
GUS usurpation OF power this country has
ever known. -. 81
slavery aud Polygamy.
Abraham Lincoln declared that 1t was
sress to prohibit In this country and nn-
der ebf Nag those twin relics Of barbar-
ism, p9lysamy and slavery. President
Mckinley. greater than congress-, above
the constitution, and imbued, no doubt.
with the imperial theory Of divine right,
snaaT hs ana
date the flag made holy by the efforts Of
Washington and Lincoln. protects and
aene I peape With he
jurisdiction" of McKinley's. policy OF
benevolent assimilation,, while the ma
sonal representatives of the. great Nc.
the pockets Of the American producers
Support their slaves and their concubines
In such laytshness as to lend imperial lus-
ter to e sn a of eheE
president who says he represents tho
principles Of Abraham Lincoln, and who
r It 1y me ns
bedehanber, Mark Hanna.
Abraham Lincoln declared. as demo-
@as gGaS eag 70 anothep
without his fhnsent; Mckinley declares
that he and Marh Hanna. assisted by the
to govern the ten millions Of men with
out their consent which simply means
that they are also good enough and holy
soysrn 7o,oco,ooo more in the same man
Republicans mud lmperinlisn.
The republican, party Under the present
Of our theory of government. The dis
pnse ann ap smpTe se ali
consent Of the eevernea This doctrine
pendence by the graEdest body of patriots
that ever assembled in any iAnd or In any
cause cause. En- Empires and monarehifs may dis,
result in the oppression of their home
people ~ well as their distant subjects.
ford a single sample Of republic which
has attempted to govern subject peoples
has we old a n9t qspge tas a
tempts to govern an alien people by the
force of powder and of steel VIII live to
see its own liberties trampled in the dust
beneath the feet Of a mercenary soldiery:
A conquered people Is always disloyal
people. and disloyal people is always q
I all past ages, and it will be the history of
all. future ages
Should The American people. IN the com.
| ing election, indorse the principles OF EN-
pire and mlitarsm, trusts and oligarch~
ism by the reelection Of Mr.; Mckinley,
then mdsa sho9a shatter 70 dust the
Hill; expmrgate from American history
that thrilling story OF heroism and glory
to Appomattox; tear from its PEDESTAL
world. send It back 10 the people Of
humiliating news that the boosted man
hood of America has been Hannaized and
the memory of the fathers forgotten.
Americans VS.. Anti-Americans.
But the democratic. party stands today
where 1t stood in the days of Jefferson, its
independence, its guide and shield the
constitution Of the republic. Between it
the the g Is
trative methods. The issue to be deter
mined ed, is that Of REPUBLIC OF empire,
n be y all Its brutal If
diplomacy, there is no milder term In
which to express, no more rhythmic raj
Tentative presented to the voter
1t Is the supreme test between patriot
ism and partisan neutrality-suspicious. in
partisan prejudice blinded by the passion
of greed and seltishness.
It is a question of whether the. United
the policy Of George Ill. Whether we
shall reeleate military dsspotism with
Washington sending his armies and HIS
navies to foreign lands for the purpose
ton Of the cold steel Of - con one or
whether the government shall cofitinue as
a republic. with powers granted and
born Of tlN free voice Of sovereign
| people.
In brief the question before the Amer
! lean people Is that of the life or death Of
the republic. 1t is not a mere question
Of supremacy between democrats and re-
1t is dealt. struggle between
liberty and despotism, between hope and
despair
In the presence of this overshadowlng
and parties and persons sink into insig-
nificance and nothingness; Against the
COulItlOH uduScI7 d IcuHltcu OeulOCFdCy IS
in the field, It's platform is as broad as
American patriotism its hope and It's
faith entwined among the stars that -gild
the banner of Its ancestors.
Every republic Of antiquity lies buried
iron hand of military despotism.. From
the ashes of empire the republic Of Amer
lea sprang forth, like Minerva from the
brain Of Jupiter. full panoplied and full
grown from the moment Of her birth "a
her the eternal years of God have been
given for the fulfillment of her divine
4 Let US take hope and courage then,
from the promise and, going forth to bat
tie with the declaration of independence
in one hand and the constitution Of the
United States in the other let us reaffirm
the fat Of o the fathers by
4 leader, that peerless personitication of
true America nism, William j. Bryan.
Seasoned.
Chicago News: Nov, children
said the fencher "we all know TINT