The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-01

Republicans to look at the toboRgan
slide aud see what they Will doe toreat
applause and lauahter.) Principles ano
policies are represented BY men ana 10
men you see what the party stands for.
10 Lincoln you see what the Republican
party stood for in its beginning; In Han
M you see what IL stands for today.
don't believe that all the Repubiieans
will BIO willing TO make the change in
their ideas that is necessary to accept
Inodorn Repu blicsnism. Why, 10 the early
days q Repu blIean boasted that he was a
man OF conviction ana the kepublican
party was organized from men who left
other parties, taken out OF thoss parties
by conviction upon the slavery ques-
ton, but today who says that the Repub-
iiean party Is a party OF conviction. Whv,
the dednition OF party today. according
to Repu tlican ideas, IL party who has
an association OF trained to turn somer-
sauft In concert whenever the leaders say
"hop.' The Republican party went into
tbs campaign OF 1896 shouting iDterna-
tIonal bimetaliism, but their leaders have
said "hop and they go and light on
gold standard platform. daughter anu
applause They went into the campaign
OF 1896 following the President, who said
in his letter of acce ptance that tbs Repub-
lican party would keep in circulation
and az good as gold ell The silver and pa
per monies OF the country, and yet today
that party Is seeking to retire one kind
oil paper money that the President never
dared 10 designate for distraction in his
letter OF acceptance, nor the hepubiican
party dared to name for destruction IN IT'S
platform. and vet ali the Repu blicans
are expected to turn graceful somersault
and light on the new platform that says
that the government must GO out OF the
banking business and let banks give US
national currency and hold both hands.
Laugh and applauEeD But the Re
Ill Ina - haa dannnnRah
and now II Will appear as supporter OF
the trust. Ny frienus. II YOU think that
all of these kepu blcans can be led around
you have not as much faith In the intelli-
gence aud the patriotism OF tbs mass OF
Republicans as have. Bot believe that
even men who would be willing to allow
their ideas upon economic questions to
be controlled by partv platforms and par
ty leaders will not allow their ideas and
princip pies to be governed or detexmiue ed
by those who are now confronting the
policy OF the Republican party. ! bsiieve
that IN this campaign the one question
i'm periaiism will bring out oil the Repub-
lican party more Republic ms than have
lett that party In any one campaign since
The war. tApplausc.l They know 1t,
my friends. Why. my friends, II 10 q
greed for gain. 1t Is the elevation OF ms
dollar above human rights. IL 10 the
worshipping OF Mammon and the forget
ting OF the God to which the Republics
party appealed in Its early days Ii js the
Ike pu lioan party as controlled py men
who saw in the Philippine Islands
cnapcs for exploitation. And now they
| say that the kilipinos are not capable OF
self e government. l want you TO read what
Clay said n half century ago when be was
defending the right OF the people OF
South America to their independence. lie
discussed this question and no said that
some people denied that the people down
nf al nj - n y \, q
snu then lie added that the man who de-
MED that another people were capable OF
selt-goveTnment impeached tho wisdom
OF the Creator. de spoke the truth. what
would you think OF God who would
create people and leave them for thous-
ands OF years incapable OF self govern
nent until Hanna found them. Laugh
ter and applause That is monstrous
doctrine. Self government Is the only
government, and to say that God created
people and then didn't give them the ca
pscity for government, ana then created
Their people to govern them, 10 to assert
the old exploded doctrine that God maie
some to crawl upon their hands and knees
and others to ride upon the backs OF those
who crawl. That Is the doctrine that the
Republican party wants to take us back
TO. And what excuse GO they give? Well,
they generally make two or three expia-
nations in a speech, but always two.
never heard a speech in behalf OF the i'm
rerialistic doctrine that didn't contain
wo arguments. in the first place the
speaker will tell you how God opened the
way. How God commanded US to engage
in a war OF conquest and after having I'M
loaded the burden upon the Almighty he
lowers his voice and says cit will pay,
too" daughter and applause. Secre-
tsry Gage made a speech at savannah,
Georgia, more than scar ago in which
he said that philanthropy and i've per
han m .
ana applause Philanthropy ana i've per
cent. They have travelled together be-
fore. You will always find them in every
war of conquest. Philanthropy chloro-
forms the conscience OF the conqueror
ana five picks the pocket OF The con-
auered. And il philanthropy every gets
tire and rests by the wayside, ti'e per
cent goes right on and never feels lone
some. | DON'T mean 10 say that imperial
lists are lot Christians. but have found
people who got mixed up IN their scrip
turaI quotations. | heard OF a man once
who tried to tell OF The parable OF the
Good Samaritan and got SO mixed up
with the parable OF the seed and as he
represented 1t 1t read, "As man went
from Jerusalem to Jericho thorns and the
tnorns spfang up and choked him.
daughter and applause.) His Intentions
were good, but his memory was deficient
and SO l believe the Repu biicahs, the i'm
perialists, are misguided. They know
there is a reward to the meek and a re-
ward to the peacemaker, but they have
got mixed up 9 little in the parallels.
They went into the war as a peacemaker,
and now they are trying TO recall the
parallels and find that the parable OF the
peacemRker reads as follows: Blessed are
the peacem kers for they shalt inherit the
earth. But that isn't scripture. blessed
are the meek Tor they shall inherit the
earth. Blessed are the pesoeuakers for
they shall be called the children OF God.
These are the scripturai quotations. II
We aspire to be peacemasers We must 20
on and be content with Gods reward as
compensation for making peace with enc
another. But. my friends. they bring this
question down 10 the level OF dollars and
cents. They all try to settle great ques-
tion by q mathematical calculation. Is
there no doctrine greater than money can
measure? That Is what the hepu blican
party is saying about the Philippine Is
lands. My trends a man who has allowed
himself to be measured by the standard
of money Is not man who should be
counted upon 10 vote for correct princi-
pies. My trends, a man who Is consul TO
q foreion nation Mt Maniia landed uDOD