The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-28
.TOWNE
Scores Teddy in His Duluth
Speech

DULUTH. MINI, AUGUST 2i-- rhe
largest gathering to listen To a polltlcai
speech that ever assembled in Duluth
occurred when Chas. Towne opened the
campaign in a lengthy address in Which
he replied to a recent speech OF cover
nor Roosevelt delivered at ST. Paul, on
the occasion of the convention of the
League of Republican clubs, and ar
raigned the administration policy in the
Philippines. The audience which COM
prised persons of All shades of polit-
ical belief and mshy scores of women,
litened attentivey, to the orators re-
marks for more than two hours, and
frequently throughout the discourse the
applause was deafning.
The speech which will be used rs
campaign document, is considered as
Mr.. Towne's greatest political effort.
At its conclusion he was rendered an
ovation by the multitudes present.
Mr.. Towne will leave Tuesday or
Wednesday for Idaho ana other west
ern points to enter actively into the
work of the campaign.
Mr. Towne opened by expressing lack
Of patience with any one believing in
their party right or wrong" or or any
president right or wong" consider
ing the latters simply another state
ment from the divine rights of kings.
He then said:
LAS a rule one subj ect Of interest s
uppermost in the public mind and
chiefly calls for discussion and decision.
This is especially true in 1900 The rela-
lively secondary matters, important as
they are all have reference to policies
to be pursued by the republic. The issue
of the first moment, the one that tenn
porarily dwarfs all others by compar-
ison, is whether the republic itself is to
continue I shall devote the greater
part of the time tonight to the consid-
Grafton of imperialism. Let us first in
! quire how the question has arisen. 1t
is one of the paradoxes of history that
a policy of subjugation and conquest
should have been the Inheritance of
war of liberation"
| He then reviewed at some length the
causes leading upto and the chief
events of the Spanish war. He took up
the insurrection in the Philippines,
sketching it briefly, and telling how
brilliantly Dewey and his sailors en-
gagged the Spanish fleet in Manila bay
and continued
1T was thus a mere incident in the
prosecution of our war for the liberty
of Cuba, that we found in the Philip
Ilpine islands. 1t is claimed that circum-
stances were such as to compel us.
with due regard to our interests an
international duties to pursue in these
| iCl mr. fhCroa No.,
the administration has become respon-
s1ble. A brief examination of those cir
cumstances, however will suffice to
SHOW that the policy adopted was not
only unnecessary, but that it was in
the highest regree disadvantageous to
the United States while involving the
utmost cruelty and injustice to the in
haDltants of those islands and violat
ing every principle of good faith and
the honorable traditions of American
diplomacy"
He said that the coming Of Aguin
aldo was at the invitation of kdmiral
Dewey and that he was to be an ally
of the Americans. quoting from the
naval records in support of his asser-
| ton.
| -AANoA SNocAAii AOANl lliS ~ the inherent
situation in Cuba and the Philippines.
he said:
But the statement that we never
promised the Filipions independence
conveys a false impression. Our con-
| duct was such as to estop an honorable
nation from using such plea as a just
1hcation or excuse for attempting to
subjugate the islands.
| The Filipinos made no secret in tn 4
object in rebelling against the Spanisl
government. What they desired to do
was to form a government of their own
and to be absoltely independent Of
Spain. Republicans of the United States
knew this object perfectly we'll. TIL
Filipinos proclaimed ii to the world.
| 1t is important to bear in mind tht
the Filipino republic established under
the leadership of Aguinaldo was a gov
ernment in fact, recognized throughout
the island of Luzon and several ad-
joining islands to the south capable Of
preserving order, collecting taxes, rails
ing and supporting an army which for
q considerable period numbered 5000
men and conducted war according to
he humane principles of mode!a in
ternatioIal law
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CHICAGO, AUGUST 27.--At a meet