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any other work of man.
The speaker then came down to Wash
ington's farewell address. Foreign inhu-
ence, the eloquent speaker declared, was
one of the greatest foes to our govern
ment. His utterances to the effect tnal
in extending our commerce we should
steer clear of all foreign alliances was
greeted with a whirlwind of applause. lie
further emphasized the fact that wash
ington's words uttered on September II,
1887, were patriotic and full Of logic
When he exclaimed, "Who knows but
that may be, and let us pray to God such
may be the case, a George Washington
viii spring UP in South Africa!" He was
Obliged to wait several minutes before he
could proceed with his address on account
of the prolonged applause.
1--WE must protect the liberties of 9TH
ers., declared the speaker, IF we would
enjoy our own. That's the Monroe doc
trine. In our present race for imperial
ism we seem to have forgotten the Dec
laration of independence. Today we are
engaged in a war styled by Mckinley
himself a war of criminal aggression
Would we naQ a WdSHlHSlOH hoN@J ~
lead us to our proper destiny"
Discussing the secret alliance or under
standing of this country under the presen'
Administration and the probability OF
both the Philippine war an the South
African war being prosecuted as wars OF
conquest, the speaker declared that tc
enter into any such alliance would tarmsh
the pages of history. The speaker called
attention to the reputation of Hannaism
in Ohio and Nebraska. He called atten-
ton also to the fact that bills OF sucn
great Importance as have not engrosseo
the attention of the country in many
years were today pending before the Sen
ate aad House.
He pointed out the injustice that was
about to be done to Porto Rico in the
matter of customs duties. He pointed Out
further the favoritism shown Hawaii and
called attention to the fact that forty
thousand slaves were in Hawaii under the
American flag, bound to their masters by
contract, which if forfeited meant impris-
onment under our laws and under a nag
pennant above the prison bearing the en-
blem of a bloodhound trailing. The
speaker also called attention to the fact
that the treaty made with the polygamist,
Mohammean an slave-owning Sultan OF
Sulu was valueless from a legal stand
point The clause of the treaty so mag
unanimously allowed by our representatives
giving a slave the right to purchase his
freedom would result in the formation of
a trust Of slave owners and shut the poor
slave out of a chance to purchase his free
dom.
In closing the eloquent Congressman
from Indiana said d:-"Our country will be
safe in the sustaining power of Democ-
racy. Let US do our duty. This much
we owe to Washington"
Congressman William j. Sulzer was the
next speaker. He was loudly applauded
as he stepped to the front of the stage.
He is a common, ordinary looking man.
whose appearance suggests eccentricity.
But he had not been talkink long before
the audience, which had high hopes, re-
cognized that he knew what he was talk
ing about and that he was more than an
ordinary political orator. He declared
that as the years come and go Washing
ton doomed up more and more as a coll
ossal figure in American history. His
achievements, said Mr.. Sulzer, were the
most remarkable recorded in human his
tory.
1--WE can appreviate him more today"
the speaker declared, than we could in
many years past He believed in Repuo-
lie, and fought monarchical forms of gov
ernment. He believed in a government
by and for the American people," The
speaker intimated that the man who now
oh i1- no
or the man the power behind the throne,
believes that it would be best for the ma
ton to repose it's trust n a syndicate COM
posed of the Standard Oil Company and
Ohio politicians.
washington" he said, was against
empire. Mckinley is for it, Washington
wanted it to be republic for the benefit
of all the people. Mckinley apparently
wants 1t for the benefit of the few. Point
ing out the alleged secret understanding,
if not alliance, with Great Britain, he
asked if the government of Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln was to be maintained
or were we to be subject to government
designed by Mark Hanna? He said he was
glad to be present to testify as to what
our congressman were doing in Wash
ington. He was glad always to answer
the roll call of Democracy.
He took exception to Congressman
Robinson's witty remark concerning the
double capacity of Mr.. Daily and said Mr..
Salmon was as good as Mr.. Daily. He
expressed the hope that New Jersey
would send seven Democratic Congress
men to the Fifty-seventh Congress. II
long to see New Jersey get back into the
Democratic column" he. said. 81 take a
great interest in New Jersey affairs
live in little village in New York, just
across the stream. was born here in
New y-(Applause)-and I'm not
ashamed of it. 1 am plain old-fashioned
Democratic mother. I was a Democrat
before I came here. Gaughter) My
father fought for constitutional liberty in
Germany and was sent over here. Naugh-
ter.) My great grandfather fought for
constitutional liberty in Ireland. Gap
plause.) My Democracy was born in me.
I must stand for all who are fighting for
self-government.
"a man can't be a Democrat If he
doesn't sympathize with the Beers in
their struggle in South Africa There were
certain official ministers In Washington
who regularly consulted the weather re-
ports from London and if a fog prevailed
they turned up the bottom of their trous-
ers." The Irish people, he declared, would
yet write Emmets epitaph.
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