The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-20

ties Were to be raised: the bill met the
popular demand that duties on many OF
the necessaries of life should be lowered
ana not raised; advances in invention and
new trade conditions made it unnecessary
and unWiSe TO revert to the higher tariff
provisions OF the law OF 1880; the increases
III the revenue provisions were slight. Yet,
Notwithstanding all these facts tending
20 reduce income, the revenue from the
Dlngley bill marched steadily upwards.
until soon our normal income exceeded
our normal eXpediture, and we passed
from condition of threatened insolvency
to one OF national solvency.
RAISING over, for the moment the
events associated with the war, let me
feler brieily to- other legislation of the
past four years.
We passed~a-~national bankrupt act a
measure rendered essential by four wears
OF Democratic rule, and under its benefi-
cent provisions thousands of honest men
who We're engufed in disaster because of
the blight of the Democratic policy are
again enabled to transact business and
share the blessings-of Republican prosper
fly. - ~
II was left lfor this administration to
make the Hawaiian ISLANDS a part of
American territory. They are on the way
to-our islands in the Southern seas; every
instinct Of self-prOtection should have
prompted our quick acceptance of their
sovereignty, and Yet they were acquired
in spite of the bitter opposition of almost
every Democrats in congress
During the last administratio an offer
OF settlement was made to the Pacific
railroads which would have brought us
S42 10000 out of the s70,000,0G0 due US in
principal and interest President McI<jn-
ley, refusing to consider as binding the
former offer and acting within the an
thority of congress- collected. every dol
lar OF both principal and interest due
from the Union Pacific company and the
principal of the debt due from the Kan
sas Pacific. We saved more than $40
I, GV0,009 over the offer of settlement made
by MT. Cleveland, and have collected all
OF the principal and most of the interest
due us.
Whenever a Republican administration
Is IN power there is constant talk of
AggregatiOns and combinations of cant
tai find their only encouragement in
prosperous days and widening commerce.
Democrauc administration in this coun-
Try mas universally meant industrial stag
nation and commercial depression when
capital seeks a hiding place instead of
Investment. The Republican party has
always maintained that anv combination
having for its purpose the cornering Of
a market or the raising or controlling of
the price of the necessaries of life was
unlawful and should be punished and
commission appointed by the president
under act Of congress has made careful
investigation and will soon present a
full report Of the best method of deal
ing with this intricate question. We
shall meet it in some efficient way, and.
as party, shall have the courage to
protect every class of our citizens
We took to ourselves the little island of
Porto Rico because it lay under the
shadow of our own shores, and because
its continued occupancy 10y Spain or BY
any foreign government would be a
constant menace to the state and to
mat great inter-pceanic waterway which
we shall build and own and operate as an
American canal.
The circumstances associated with our
possession of Cuba are new and unparal-
n
cruelties practiced upon its people in
duced the war Before we commenced
hostile proceedings. however, and that
the world might know that our hands
were clean and that we We're not aninat-
ed by lust for territory, we solemnIy dis
claimed any disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con-
troll over the island, except for It's pacif-