Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-03

the lndlanS) as we nave IN Cne PnlllpplneS,
and essayed to be very funny in quoting
Josiah Quincy in opposition to the an
nexaton of the territory west of the
Mississippi river, hkening the opponents Of
the present day expansion to Quincy. with
mirers we refuse 20 see any relevancy in
the two cases. Annexing contiguous ter
ritory, practically uninhabited, but afford
Ing the best tSo for fra fDndi9n
lands capable of assimilation with us. ter
ritory tat by growth Of population and
settlement would. in natural way: de-
whatever to the annexation Of islands in
the China sea, which are densely populated
with mixed races Of men incapable of
approaching or of administering our fo1m
in states Of the Union. He charged that
the rebellion of the Tagals was prolonged
by the aid aud comfort of the ants in
this country and t nat, the he, blood OF or
point to the fact that the most conspicuous
Of these ants are distinguished members
of Roosevelt's own party; He said that
Gus Americans to hold out until after the
election and said that they believed if
they were able TO do so and Bryan was
elected .'they would be free This was
party in the position Of opposing, with
arms. the aspirations of people WHO
know despotism. to be free. A republic
opposing freedom!
And the excuse for all this is that they
are not civilized. Think Of it! Egypt,
the cradle Of civilization so far as history
has any record, aud whose achievements in
the arts and sciences and civil! politics,
were transcenLent in the world two or
tries in the East where civilization flour
ished many centuries before the discovery
Of America or Of Great Britain for that
dwell longer upon this branch of Governor
RooseveIt's speech. To sum IN he re-
veale!l himself as the arch-imperiaIst Of
this respect reached the confines Of reck-
lessness. The great civilized nations were
ing their power and their customs with
ha biting them or putting them in suJjec-
ton, parcelling out the land to their re-
tainers, seizing their revenues, and build
inG up grea IT. empses They madr good
example The United States of America
has discarded it's old linsey- woody clothes
and an PVT on the shining. garments, with
the sword in the right hand and the
torch in the left. and it will not e long
before orders Of nobility, rule by here lity
and birth will follow in the wake # the
can republic, dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created free and equal.
The declarations OF the speaker on this
subject were so bold and positive that
they fairly took the breath of the audi
ence, and daze, as Of sudden fear.
seized them. chill came over the audi
ence; Breathless silence prevailed, and
at the conclusion of the exordum there
demonstrations of applause.
Inc speech being as it was the author
lzed PRONUNCIATION Of the Republican policy,
shows a defiance of past beliefs and tradi-
tons that is simply benumbing. There
were absolutely but two points in the
policy of the party that We're announced,
namely the gold standard and ''eXpau>ion,
as q; it was called but in reality imperialism
issues was by way Of criticism II the
Kansas City platform. On the subject OF
trusts Governor Roosevelt tried ~ make
tus Van Wyck, Il member of the platform
were stockholders IN the Ice
Trust of New York, when as matter Of
fact it is the other Van Wyck that holds
the fifteen members of the board Of Gi'ee-
tors OF the Ice Trust thirteen are Repub-
leans. He failed to denounce trusts,
failed to advocate any remedy. ana al al,
report OF the speech, max him say that
the Sherman antitrust law, passed. ny
is valid and in force, lie did
not mention the subject. in his address:
to be called the Sherman pro-trust law,
instead of anti, as trusts flourish Under
it like green bay tree, or the cedars OF
Lebanon.
sincerity Of the Democratic ".atf>'rm Cor
putting the silver plank dowl to"s:d5
the bottom Of the document. and said
they were forty eight hours agreeing to
per cent. Of the convention IN Its :a>or::
while the Republicans believed in the gold
dollar one hundred per cent. FL" IS vel
come to all the fun he IAN cstra It cere,
t. x1y}a f{O,s1 II
was in favor Of free silver, but as to max
Ing it the paramount question )" me
'"rhe speech Of koo ssv"lt dem.
onstrates the wisdom Of the trainers OF
perialism to be the chief question Inc
nation might live on the sid staniald.
or without Il money standard ~ all pcs.
sibly: bnt the republic, cannot long survive
Governor Roosevelt made dramatic,
frenzied appeal for the people to st:hd
by Mckinley. He said he MUST be elect
ed There was covered threat in 'hat
be used to intimidate voters? BE ex'
hausted the dictionary with words pictur-
Ing the frightful consequences OF the cleo
tion Of Bryan: The financial c: nv ns
Of doom. The, Industries Of the peeIle
would be swept as by great maelstrom
Of liquid Are. pouring down from the
and S sevepne the vafys Of WITH t6e
nation would be swallowed up ana the
faces Of men. In brief humanity; u, one
ling from its high aspirations of truth,
righteousness and brother
hood, to something more terrible than
Dante's Inferno. And yet he proffered not
q fact to support his allegations Of woe.
We have heard such drivil before, and
we have heard it In this state: In 1896
the same fate was predicted for Mime
sofa If John Lind, that fanatic Of free
silver and all the heresies Of Populistfc
should he elected. What has
happened? We have heard Republicans
say that once only in the history Of the
state has. man sat in the gubernatoria!
ability has equalled Governor Lind's, and
a safe, economical, clean, decent, efficient
government, with peace and prosperity, no
of credit, no calamity, no re-
grets. And so II Bryan should be elected
there would be no CONFUSION, no want of
faith. no doubt Of his honesty or patriot
ism, no reputation, no national dishonor,
all peace and security, but we would as
soon as possible withdraw our soldiers from
foreign territories, attend to our destiny as
the upholder Of freedom. equal rights and
self gOvernment on the Western continent
and the viceroy of the angels who sang
ION earth peace, good will to men,"
NOTE AND COMMENT ON RoosE-
VELT'S CAMPAIGN OPENING.
Now what's the use OF lying, even
about the size of political gathering?