The Irish standard., 1900-09-22
WHICH MEANS OHIO FOR DfMOCRAC,
One Of the Most Popular Men in
the Whole State.
CONSIDERS HUMAN RIGHTS SUPREME
He is Therefore Opposed to the
Mark Hanna Gang.

In "a letter tothe Chicago Amcric:lr.
Samuel NJ. Jones, the famous mayor
of Toledo. Ohio. announces he will
support William j. Bryan for the pres-
dcncy. Last fall he ran Independently
for governor and polled 10000 votes.
His declaration for Bryan means that
the state of Ohio, where William Me-
kinlry lives. will he carried by Bryan
next November. He says in part:
Lincoln said that our government
was conceived in liberty and dcdic:lt-
cd to the proposition that all men are
created equal In every fiber of my
being i believe in equality: and l bs-
lievGfliatsnny social or political struc-
turc, to be enduring, must I've built
with strict regard for this principle
so fundamental to n race of beings
who are the children of one common
father
81 have 10 fear that our republic
will u. converted into an empire MY
faith i'll the integrity and patriotism
at the heart Of the nation is too well
founded to llarl,or such dread.
believe that imperialism is the logical
sequence of miltarism and partyism
and this illgotten trio is the legitimate
fruit of the spirit Of bosssm that has
been so dominant in our political his
tory during the past twenty-five years;
and all thrsc-mrtyism bossism. mill
tarism. and imperialism-nr Il flat
footed denial of the principle of equal
ity and an assertion of the right of the
sclf-stylcd superior classes TO govern
the rest. This is the ancient hcresy OF
the divine right of kings in another
form.
II believe the position of the admin
istration with respect to the Philippine
war is n denial of equality and n con-
tradiction of the principles of human
liberty set forth in the preamble Of
the declaration of independence.
have turned the subject over in my
mind for months. I have studied
every phase Of it, to the extent Of my
ability. and, with nll due respect for
the men who are doing the governing
and for many friends who are in SYM
pathy with them, candor compcls me
to say that l can sec nothing but dan
ger and disaster that is certain to
overwhelm the republic IL this policy
is continued.
81 cannot see how we can be II re-
public OF sovereign equals while hold
Ing colonial dependencies after subju-
gnting them by force of arms. I hold
TINT nothing is superior to human
rights.
II believe with Charles Sumner thai
anything for human rights is ronstitu-
tionnl. No learning in hooks. no skill
acquired IN courts, no sharpness Of
forensic dialect, no cutting and spit
ting of hairs can impair the vigOr
thereof. This Is the supreme law OF
the land, anything In the constitution
or laws Of any state to the contrary
Notwithstanding
II can see no safe basis upon which
we can hope to build mp u government
al structure other than the consent OF
the governed ] do not want TO gov
crn II person simply because he IS
weaker than l, and ! am very sure
that can never consent to let another
govern mo because he has superior
strength. 10 do so would he slavery
and not equality.
Ours is a government OF sovereign
equals a demOcracy-and ! believe II
is the destiny of this nation to lead
the nations Of the world into some
thing higher and nOblcr even than n
democracy. believe that here Oh this
continent and under our flag is to be-
set up the cooperative commonwealth
Of equals n government in which the
good of all will be the inspiration that
will sing the peoples to their work.
believe that here is to be inauglIrated
that era Of peace and good will that
TennysOn saw:
Then I dipped into the future, far as
human eye could see,
Saw the vision of the world and all
the wonder that could be;
IT'LL the war drums thrOb no longer,
and the battle flags are furled,
In the parliament of man, the fedora
ton OF the world.