The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-14
SOME KEY NOTES.

In his speech before the notification
committee Thursday, President Mckln-
ley said many things which must be lis
tened to with pride by every American
of whatever politics.
His recital that the Monroe doctrine
will be adhered to, that this country
will keep out of European complications
and that ten more millions of the human
family have been liberated from the
yoke of imperialism are all gratifying IN
the extreme. Much of his speech will
bear rereading. The following are
some of the paragraphs:
I'VE have lower interest and higher
wages; more money and fewer mort
cages. The worlds markets have been
opened to American products, when go
now where they have never gone before.
We have passed from a bOnd-iSSu1ng TO
a bond-paying nation; from a, nation OF
borrowers to a nation of lenders; from
a deficiency in revenue to a surplus;
from fear to confidence: from enforced
idleness to profitable employment The
public faith has been upheld; public
order has been maintained: We have
prosperity at home and prestige abroad.
THE credit of the country has been
advanced to the highest place among all
nations. We are refunding our bonded
debt bearing 3 and and per cent in
terest at 2 per cent, a lower rate than
that of any other country.
In the great conference OIL HdllOIS dl
The Hague we reaffirm before the world
the Monroe doctrine and our adherence
to it and our determination not to par
ticipate in the complications of Europe
"A Just war has been waged for hui
,nanity and with it have come new
problems and responsibilities. Spain
has been elected from the western hemi-
sphere and our flag floats over her for
mer territory. Cuba has been liberated and
our guarantees to her people will be
sacredly executed. A beneficent govern
ment has been provided for Porto Rico
The Philippines are ours and American
authority must be supreme throughout
the archipelago.
There will be amnesty broad and lib
eral, but no abatement of our rights, no
abandonment of our duty There must
be no scuttle policy. We will fulfill in
the Philippines the obligations imposed
by the triumphs of our arms and by the
treaty of peace; by International law;
by the nations sense of honor; and,
more than all, by the rights, interests
and conditions of the Philippine peoples
themselves.
mo outside interference blocks the
way to peace and a state government
The obstructionists are here, and else
where. They may postpone, but they
cannot defeat the realization of the high
purpose of this nation to restore order
to the island and to establish a just and
generous government, in which the in
habitants shall have the largest partic-
ipation for which they are capable
II cannot conclude without congratu-
lating my countrymen upon the strong
national sentiment which finds express
sion in every part of our common coun-
try and the increased respect with
which the American name is greeted
throughout the world. We have been
moving in untried paths, but our steps
have been guided by honor and duty.
There will be no turning aside, no
wavering, no retreat. No blow has been
struck except for liberty and humanity
and none will be. We will perform with
out fear every national and information
al obligation The Republican party
was dedicated to freedom A years ago.
Tt has been the party of liberty and en-
ancipation from that hour, not of pro-
fession, but of performance. 1t broke
the shackles of four million slaves and
made them free, and to the party of
Lincoln has come another supreme OPP
portunity which 1T has bravely met in
the liberation of ten million of the hu-
man family from the yoke of imperial
ism. In it's solution of great problems,
in its performance of high duties, it has
had the support of members of all par
ties in the past and confidently invokes
their cooperation in the future"