Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-07-20
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
SOUNDS THE KEY NOTE.

maintained. We have prosperity ~
home aud prestige abroad.
UNFORTUNATELY. the threat OF lhe>0 has
inst been renewed by the allied parties
without abatement or Modification.
This gold bill has been denounced and
lis retseal denan anded. The menace OF
i0 10 ], therefore. still hangs over W
with all its dire consequences To credit
and confidence. To business nnd indus'
try, The enemies OF sound currency
are rnllyins their scattered forces Tue
people must once morc unitc nnu over.
come the advocates OF Reputation ana
must NOT relax their energy until tho
hattie for public honor nnd honest
money shall again triumph. A con.
srcss which will sustain and " necu bc
strrpsthen the present law can prevent
a financial catastrophe which every
lover Of the republic IL anxious 10
avert.
MOI satisfied with asSauiiIne the cur
rcpcy and credit Of the government.
our politicni ndversaries condemn the
turin law enacted at nm extra session
OF Congress in 1897. known ~ tho
Dingicy act. passed Ia obctiicncc 10 the
will Of the people expressed at the
election of the preceding November.
law which NJ once stimulated our IN.
tiustrics. opened Idle factories ana
mines and gave TO the iaborcr and 10
the farmer fair rrlurns for their toll
aud Investment. Shall We so back TO
q tariff which brings deficiency IN our
revenues and destruction to our Indus.
trial enterprises. Faithful to Its
pledges In these Internal Affairs. how
has the government discharged tts In.
ternntionul duiicsg
our platform Of 1870 declared: The
Hawaiian islands should be controlled
by the United States and no foreign
power shall b. pcrmittcd 10 Interfere
with them"
This purpose has been fully accom-.
piIshc,i by annexation. and delegates
from those beautiful islands partici-
pated In the convention for which you
speak to-day. In the great conference
of nations at The Hague we rcafiirmcd
before the world the Monroe doctrine
and our adherence To Il AMI our deter
minntlon not to participate In the CON.
plicatlons OF Europe. We have happily
ended the European alliance In Samoa.
secured to ourselves one OF the most
valuable harbors la the Pacific ocean.
while the open door In China gives TO
us fair and equal competition In the
vast trade OF the Orient.
Some things have happened which
were not promised or even forcsccn,
aud our purpose In relation TO them
must not b. left In doubt. A just war
hns been warcd fer humanity. and
with II have come new problems and
responsibilities. Spain has been eject.
cd from the western hemisphere and
our fiag floats over her former terri.
tory. Cuba has been liberated and our
guarantees 10 her people will bc sacred.
lsr. 4 As.s
has been provided for Porto Rico. The
Philippines are ours. and American au.
thoriiy must be- supreme throughout
the archipelago. There Will be amncs-
ty broad and liberal. but no nbatc-
mcnt of our rights. no abandonment
OF our duty. There must bc no scuttlc
policy. We will fulhll In the Philip
pines the obligations imposed by the
trIumphs of our arms and by the trenty
of peace: by Information NJ law: by the
nations sense OF honor, and more than
all. by the rights. Interests and condi-
tions OF the Philippine people them.
selves. No outside interference blocks
the way to peace and n stable govern
mcnt. TIE obstructionists are here,
not elsewhere. They may postpone,
but they cannot defeat the realization
OF the purpose OF the nation to restore
u
ana generous government In which the
Inhabitants shall have the largest par-
ticipation for which they are capable.
The organized forces which have been
mislcd into rebellion have been dis.
persci by our faithful soldiers and
sailors. and the people of the Islands,
delivered from anarchy. pillnge and op-
preston. recognize American soyer-
eighty as the symbol md pledge OF
peace, Justice. law. religious freedom,
education. the security of life and
property. and the welfare and prosper
ity OF their several communities.
We reassert the early principle Of the
Republican party, sustained by un-
broken judicial preccdents. that the rep
resentatives OF the people In Congress
assembled have full legislative pow
or over territory belonging to the Unit
ed States, subject to the fundamental
safeguards OF liberty, justice and per-
sonal rights and are vested with ample
authority TO act "for the highest inter-
ests of our nation and the people en-
trusted to its care" The declaration,
the first proclamation in the cause of |
freedom. will never be used rs weap. |
on of oppression. am glad to be as |
surcd by you that what we have done |
In the far east has the approval of the |
country. The sudden and terrible crisis |
in China calls for the gravest consider |
alton and you will not expect from me |
now any further expression than to say |
that my best efforts shall be given to |
the immediate purpose of protecting |
the lives of our citizens who are In /
peril, with the ultimate object of peace
and the welfare of China, the safe
of all our treaty rights and
the maintenance Of those principles of |
impartial intercourse to which the civ
iized world is pledged.
cannot conclude without congratu-
lating my countrymen upon the strong
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 NVa have bno,,