The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-23
PRESIDENT MKINLEY LETTER.

PRESIDENT MKINLEY LETTER
The letter Of President Mckinley az
cepting the nomination OF the republic
an party for the highest Office IN me
gift OF the nation. the text OF which
vas published exclusively IN The Re
publican Of Saturday morning. is a
very strong document As political
paper it is one Of the strongest letters
ever issued by a candidate for the pres
idency. It states the issues Of the cam
paign in even more bold and fearless
manner than did the letter OF the
matchless Blaine in 1881
President Mckinley declares that the
financial question is again the para
mount issue and he points out how the
wonderfully prosperous business Of The
country under mis- administration
would be ruined IL the financial here
sizes advocated by Mr.. Bryan were to
prevail. As the president we'll says.
labor vas never before so universally
employed nor were the laboring people
ever able to purchase more with he
dollar they earn than they are able 70
do today. Shorter hours OF labor are
much more to be desired than q short
dollar as pay for the hours of labor
On the Philippine question. which
the democrats are endesvoring to make
the leading issue under the false cry
IL Imperialism. the president meets the
question boldly and fearIessly. There
is no lodging or evasion, no squirmilg
to get out Of a tight place. He re-
counts the causes leading up 10 the
Spanish war and Dewey's victory in
Manila bay He shows most conclu-
siyely that never after the victory Of
that May morning could the American
nation have withdrawn its army ami
nav Win uODO4 II NdS III AAsf
bound TO afford a government where it
had destroyed the existing one The
reports of the Philippine commission
are drawn upon to show that the natives
are utterly incapable of self-govern-
ment and that the United States must
direct them along the best lines and
help to lift them to higher plane AMI
a higher sense of the duties OF citizen
ship. Already the natives are demand
ing schools for the teaching of English
and the masses OF the people are glad
of the opportunities for progress Of
fered by this government
That is a most pertinent question he
asks of the democratic party when he
inquiries If they would surrender to tne
insurgents and abandon American soy
ereignty or cede it to the insurgents?
And then he points out very clearly
the effect upon the marauding bands,
still under arms. of the hope held out
to them by Mr.. Bryan and his followers
saying that but for these hopes
very considerable reduction OF the mil
itary force in the Philippines could
have been made before this.
There is great cry by the democrats
about extending government over the
Philippines without the consent of the
governed and Mr.. Bryan and others
show great anxiety to extend the con-
stitutional guarantee TO the people OF
the Philippines. In reference to this
the president punctures their cry most
effectually by pointing TO the fact that
while the democratic party is bewail-
ing the absence of the constitutional
guarantee to the people of the Philip
pines they are denying the constitu-
dreds OF thousands of colored voters
in the southern states. And he well
says, IF our opponents would only
practice as well as preach the doc
trines OF Abraham Lincoln there would
be no fear for the safety of our insti-
tutions at home or their rightful infia-
ence in any territory over which our
flag floats
Answering the cry of Imperialism, he
very clearly points out that empire and |
have been expelled from |
Porto Rico and the Philippines and |
that now our flag floats over them. dis
pensing to the inhabitants the bless
ings of liberty. education and free in
stitutions
The American question is between
iuty and desertion-the American ver-
dict will be for duty and against deser-
ton; for the republic against both an
srchy and imperialism"