Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-08-09

dollars and their dollars in trusts. The
Democratic party has eFer stood for
the preferment Of the individual.
sit was Jefferson's idea that the
citizen was the unit Of government,
that he should be trusted, given every
opportunity to work out his glorious
destiny, that government should be
difused among the people. And 90
to-day the party Of Jefferson stands
for the man rather than the dollar.
"We oppose trusts because they
dwarf and minimize manhood;
we oppose militarism because IL
ignores and kills the Individual; We
oppose riotous extravsgance because
in its reveIs the tax-paying citizen lie
lost sight Of.
"The Republican party on the other
hand stands for the Hamilton idea Of
strong centralized government.
They spell nation with : Big Il and
citizen with a small G. They harp on
commercialism and worship at the
shrine of mammon. 1t was this solid
commercialism that kicked John
Sherman out Of the Senate and put
Hanna In his shoes 1t is this greed for
dollars that 10 holding Cuba up while
the Ohio carpet-baggers go through
her pockets.
sit lie this damnable svarice that 10
pushing the war against the Philip
pines, and 1t is this same devil fish Of
commercialism that lie fastening it's
many arms about every industry in
this country and is providing IL into q
trust.
sand thus It happens In this cam
paign that the Republicans will sing
exceedingly low about freedom, con-
sent Of the government, the Constitu.
ton, the Declaration OF Independence
and the right of man; but below loud
and long about prosperity, just as
though everybody was really pros
porous and the Republicans were re-
sponsible for IL all.
EMPIRE OR REPUBLIC.
SIT lie said that the Goddess Miner.
va, under the guise OF an aged man,
took Prince Telemaclus when q child
and travelled with him about the
world for years, enriohing his mind
In the meantime with the noblest les
sons and divinest precepts. At
length they reached q place where
two roads met, and telling Telemaolus
he must choose which road he would
take, suddenly the garb Of the old
man fell from his shoulders, and the
Goddess clothed In the perfect beauty
with which she sprang from the brow
OF Jove, stood for O moment before
the entranced vision Of the youth and
then vanished away, but the lesson
remained to bring forth lite fruit in q
wise choice.
"Let TeIemaclus represent the
American nation OF to-day; the God
deas stand for the immortal shades OF
Warrington, jefferson and Lincoln
and all their sublime precepts, storing
our minds and hearts with a love Of
liberty freedom and the republic. And
let the forks Of the road stand for
Republic and Empire, and the symbol
lie complete. We have come to the
parting of the ways, and must make
up our choice. May the wisdom Of
our fathers, like the wisdom of the
Goddess, inspire ne to take the right
path. On one hand lies the path
of Empire; 1t is dazzling, glittering
and aliuring. It Q q powerful
government of guns. arms, colonies
and centralized wealth.
"The Republicans invite you to
walk therein. They call 1t the war Of
expansion and destiny We want
to tell you that there is no expansion
in 1t. They tell us that we have exs
panded in the same way before; we
deny IL. They point rs to the Louis
lana purchase OF 1903, and we answer
that states were carved out Of
that splendid domain and freemen
people lite hills and plains. They cite
rs to the Spanish cession Of Florida In
1919 and0the Mexican cession OF 1868,
and the Texas cession Of New Mexico,
and we answer that these, too, are
contiguous territory whose people are
citizens of q common country. That,
/ grant you, is expansion, but that 10
not what is proposed with the Philip
pines. rs territory Is never to be-
come states and the Fillpinos are to
|, be subjects, not citizens. Do not be
deceived. We purchased the Philip
pines of a nation that has no right to
sell, and we are now trying to subiu-
gate q people that have fought fol-
their liberty for 100 years. We are
told that destiny gave rs the islands
and We must not haul down the flag
, II destiny and Dewey gave them to
us, why did We pay twenty million
! dollars for them2 And II IL is 9 crime
to haul down the flag. why did Nc
Kinley haul down the Dag from the
. Porcupine district the other dayf An,
, the question cannot be -smoothed
. over. 1t is not expansion, but the
!. colonial policy of kingdoms anc
m~onarchies upon which we have en-
. barked."
The speaker then discussed the cos
Of imperialism and closed with an ap.
! peal In behalf OF the Republic Of the
fathers.
4, At the beginning Of the meeting
! Robert Threlkeld and VIII @. Hutton
were elected assistant secretaries o.
. the club.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING.