The Lamar register., 1900-07-18

lie law. we nave lower interest ana
higher wages, more money and fewer
mortgages. The worlds markets have
been opened to American products,
which 70 now where they have never
gone before. We have passed from a
bond-issuing to bond paying nation;
from nation OF borrowers to ma
tiou Of lenders: from deficiency In
revenue to surplus: from fear to con-
fsdence; from enforced idlcness to prof
table employment. The public faith
has been upheld; public order has been
maintained. We have prosperity at
home and prestige abroad.
Unfortunately, the threat OF 1896 has
Just been renewed by the allied parties
without abatement or modification.
The gold blli has been denounced and
its repeal demanded. The menace OF
Ii TO /, therefore. still hangs over us
with all its dire consequences to credit
and confidence. to business and indus
try. The enemies of sound currency
are rallyinG their scattered forces. The
people must once more unite and over
come the advocates OF Reputation and
must not relax their energy until the
bnttie for public honor and honest
money shall again triumph. A con-
gress which win sustain and IL need be
strengthen the present law cas prevent
lover OF the republic Is anxious to
avert.
Not satisfied with assaulting the cur
rency and credit OF the government,
Que political adversnries condemn the
tarin law enacted at an extra session
of Congress in 1897, known as the
Dingiey act. passed in obedience to the
VIII OF the people expressed at the
election OF the preceding November,
law which at once stimulated our in
dustries. opened idle factories and
mipes and gave TO the iabOrer and TO
the farmer fair returns for their toll
and Investment Shall we go back TO
a tariff which brings deficiency in our
revenues and destruction to our indus
trial enterprises? Faithful to its
pledges in these internal affairs, how
has the government discharged its in
teruational dutlrsy VIZ
Dur platform Of 1896 declared: 1.-THE
Hawaiian Islands should he controlled
by the United States and no foreign
power shah BE- permitted to Interfere
with them"
This purpose has been fully accom-
plishesl by annexation. and delegates
from those beautiful Islands partici-
patci IN the convention for which you
speak to-day. In the great conference
OF nations at The Hague We reatiirmed
before the world the Monroe doctrine
and our adherence to Il and our deter
miuntion not to participate In the COM
| pllcatson. ut Europe. We have happily
ended the European alliance in Samoa,
! secured to ourselves one of the most
yaiGabic hnrbors in the Pacific ocean.
while the open door In China gives TO
us fair and equal competition in the
vast trade Of the Orient.
/ SgylsE UfIrws luVs- hnnI.ang1 which
were not promised or even fOreseen,
and our purpose ia relation TO them
must not. be left In doutt. 4 just war
has been waEed FOR humanity, and
| with II have come new problems and
responsibilities. Spain Inns been eject
3 ed from the western hemisphere and
our flag floats over her former terri
tory. Cuba has been liberated and our
guarantees to her people win be sacred
/ ly executed. A b4neflcent government
\ has been provided for Porto Rico. The
I Philippines are ours. and American au-
/ thority must be supreme throughout
I the archipelago. There VIII be aInnes-
/ ~ broad and liberal, but no abate-
ment OF our rights, no abandonment
| OF our duty There must be no scuttle
I policy We viii fulhIl In the Philip
4 p!nss the obligations imposed by the
triumphs OF our arms and by the treaty
7 OF peace: by International law; by the
nations sense Of honor. and more than
all. by the rights. interests and condi-
l tions OF the Philippine people them
/ selves. No outside interference blocks
the way To peace and a stable govern
tuent The obstructtonists are here.
not elsewhere. They may postpone,
I but they cannot defeat the realization
4 OF the purpose OF the nation TO restore
order 10 the islands and establish a Just
and generous government in which the
inha shall have the largest par
| ticipation for which they are capable.
/ The organized forces which have been
I mlsled Into rebellion have been dis
I persed by our faithful soldiers and
sailors, and the people OF the Islands,
delivered from anarchy, pillare and OPP
| preston, recognize American sover-
| eighty as the symbol aud pledge OF
! peace, justice. law, religious freedom,
! education, the security OF life and
{ property. and the welfare and prosper
| lty OF their several communities. .
We reassert the early principle of the
! Republican party, sustained by un-
broken judicial precedeuts, that the rep
/ resentatives of the people in Congress
i assembled have full legislative pow
er over territory belonging to the Unit
I cd States. subject TO the frnda mental
I safeguards OF liberty, Justice and per-
| soual rights and are vested with ample
/ authority TO act ''fOr the highest inter
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