The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-28
CHAMP CLARK THE ORATOR.
FAMOUS ORATOR AT TExAs-CoLo-
RADIO CHAUTAUQUA.

The Issue, He Says, Is squareIy join
edit Is the Empire Against the
Republic Reasons why We
should Not Keep the Philippines.
Napoleon III.
Boulder, Col, July 27.-This was Demo-
cratic Day al the Texas-Colorado chau-
tauqua. Excursion trains were run from
| Denver and other cities and towns in
Northern Colorado, bringing several thous-
and visitors. Hon. Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,. was the orator of the day. He
said in part:
THE issue is squarely Joined. 1t is
the empire against the republic. William
Mckinley and his cohorts stand for the
empire; William J. Bryan and his fol-
lowers stand for the perpetuation of this
beneficent republic, for which our fathers
fought, and for which thousands of them
died.
THE Asiatic propaganda is the most
preposterous scheme ever Matched in the
brain of man, and is the rankest sort Of
midsummer madness.
"one of two things is true about the
Filipinos, either they are fla for self
government. or they are not. If they are
fit for sef-government, in Gods name let
them govern themselves.
IF they are not mt, we do not want them
for fellow-citizens. But whether the Fill
ipinos are fl to govern themselves or not,
they are not fit to govern us, and that is
precisely what they win do if we take
them into political partnership with US,
for the Supreme Court of the United States
has decided, time and time and time again,
that the only purpose for which we can
acquire foreign territory is to make
states out of it. and II they are ever ad-
mitted as states, they will control the
Senate. as well as the Electoral College
Il would not give the life of one healthy,
brave, ambitious, moral, intelligent white
boy in exchange for all the Fllipinos in
the archipelago, or that may be found I'M
I'll the crack of doom.
These jingoes say we are opposed to
expansion and call us little Americans.
The name is an insult and the charge that
we are opposed TO expansion is lie IL
is lie made Of the whole CLOTH and made
wilfully. deliberately, premeditately and
with malice of forethought. | take IL that
all Americans are xpansionists-provided
the expansion is on right lines in the right
direction and will strengthen our institu-
tons and not weaken them.
But a man does not have to be "A fool
necessarily in order to be an expansionist.
Rational people want to expand on ration
al lines. Thomas Jefferson's greatest act
was In making the Louisiana purchase. d
That was the most profitable and stupen-
dous transaction on real estate proposed
on this earth since the devil took the Sa-
vior to the top of high mountain and Of
fered him the dominion of the world to
fall down and worship him. That one act
alone would have placed jefferson in the
ranks Of the immortals even II he had new
err written the Declaration OF Independ-
ence or Virglnia's statute for religious
freedom or founded the University OF Vir-
ginia.
THE old proverb. great minds run in
the same channel finds a new and star
Ting verifcation in the sameness Of thought
and language OF a famous mot by Louis
Napoleon and a recent utterance by Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Col. Roosevelt is not only
both a voluminous and voluble speaker,
but is also an omniverous reader In his
speech before the Republican National
Clubs League. Col Roosevelt earnestly
enjoins his countrymen TO remember that
expansion does not bring war; II ultimate
ly brings peace
The empire Is peace asseverates the
dreaming. scheming, nmbitionsu son OF
Hortense. Expansion ultimately brings
peace" echos the dreaming. schening,
ambitious Governor-Colonel OF New York
Louis Napoleon and Theodore Roose-
welt. par noble fratrum-
1.-TWO souls with but single thought
Ito get there EliO
Two hearts that beat as one Ito be the
whole show'O.
1.-TWO lovely berries moulded on one
stem-The stem OF imperialism twin
statesmen reveli z In iidescent dreams
OF peace-peace to be obtained by a guam
tum solicit q throat cutting and blood
IL ting. he "a nticai sort o. p acc which
isned IN Warsaw on a memorable oc-
aasion and which damned to everlasting