La Junta tribune., 1900-09-15

| mand the reversal OF every policy, do
mestic and foreign. monetary, financial.
| protective and expansive. which has
made the administration OF President
! Mckinley one OF the most glorious In
our history by the splendor of It's mill
tary and naval achievements. by its
financial legislation. by its making the
| United States the first money power In
the world. by its extension OF our SOW
ereignty and by our advancement to
the very forefront OF International In
| fiuence
For the first time the sovereignty Of
the United States over territory held
| by an unquestionable title IL to be
abandoned and the flag lowered. and
| that, too. I'm capitulation to a fiagrunt
| insurrection against Its authority-all
this, and more than this. Is demanded
by the Democratic party as reason
| for its investifure with power and Is
promised to the American people In
case power Is given TO do 1t. Such de-
mands, such promises, such threats,
such consequences, will receive the
most cOnsummate condemnation OF the
people.
No Democratic platform, no Demo-
cratic speaker expresses any satisfac-
ton with our triumphs In war, or with
the aboundlng prosperity OF our people.
| or with our international ascendancy.
How can they rejoice In a prosperity
| which falsifies every prediction they
made four years ago, and the approval
OF which now would refute every claim
| that they can possibly make for their
| political restoration?
The present administration has kept
| the faith In which the American people
invested II with power. has performed
every act to which 1t was pledged. and
has fulfilled every expectation which
| has arisen from sudden events which
| were foreseen four years ago.
There are few events In our diplO-
matte and military history more honor
| able than the consummate skill the
| wise conservatism and the unfiinching
courage by which the administration
Of President Mckinley relieved our le-
CATION and at the same time maintain
| ed proper relations with the Chinese
empire.
The question for the plain people is.
do they wish. with the instructions Of
a bitter experience fresh and deep In
their memories. to change or submit to
the danger OF change that abounding
| prosperity which came with the cleo
| tiou OF President McKinley-a prosper
| ity which no Democratic platform or
speaker denies nor dare not rejoice In,
or even allude to. AgulnaldO can wait
until the American people take "a bond
| OF fate II necessary by annihllating
| for the preservation OF their own do
mestic interests the political combina-
| tion which In at the same time their
enemy and the alder and abettor Of the
Tagal rebels?
The conditions and situations as TO
Cuba and the Philippines are not the
/ t.s~. xygptv
Cuba. We have sovereignty over the
| Philippines. When we Intervene as be-
tween Cuba and Spain. the Cubans
were In arms fighting for their indie
pendence and were practically belliger-
ants. When we invaded the Philippines
| the natives were not In arms. We new
er promised to give Independence to
them and they did not demand 1t at
that time. Before we invaded Cuba,
| In the very declaration OF war against
| Spain, this government did not promise
to give Independence to that Island.
| We made no such promise as to Porto
| Rico. Our title to Porto Rico and the
philippines rest upon the same inc0n-
| testable basis. and yet have not heard
| that even the Democracy proposes or
Wishes to erect Porto Rico into an In
| dependent state.
| In declaring that we will convene
Congress- for these purposes. Mr. Bry-
| an shrinks from the logical cOnse-
| quences Of his own position. II elected
president OF the United States. he will
| become the commander-in-chief OF the
army and navy conducting q war
which he and the platform upon which
| lie stands assert to be criminal ag-
1 gressi0n' against a people who ought
to be independent. As such command
e. H~A t<x urr<s1N r1Ofa
| he would have the right to withdraw
every man from the Philippines. cause
our squadron to sail out Of Manila bay,
| to entirely evacuate the archipelago,
| and--t0 use his own langunge-leave
1 their people to work out their own dea-
tiny. AZ president he could recognize
| the existence and Independence of the
| Philippine republic.
| A bold man, holding such views as
these and with such powerA would
say that he intended to use them. But
there Mr.. Bryan halts and recoils. He
purposes to throw the responsibility
upon Congress. well knowing that n 4
1 Republican Senate and House OF Rep
4 resentatives NO such action hs he pro-
| poses to recommend would receive the
| least sanction.
| shall not det1in you with any dis
cussion of this bugbear OF milltAr5em.
We are crippled to-day by inadequacy
| Of our military force in performing our
1 manifest duties AZ to our people In
/ China. The events In that empire DEM
| onstrate, as did our unprepdred condi-
| tion at the beginning OF the Dpaniah
/ war, how suddenly and unexpectedly
/ crises may arise which will cal for the
exercise OF our military power and dnd
1 it entirely lacking. A nation OF 20, 0,00O,-
| O0O Of free people. vast In extent need
I have no fear that an empire VIII be;
1 erected upon the ruins Of the republic
| by the scattered forces Of an army Of
| oe,e hundred thousand mem
Hut Il. an increased army leads to
1 mIlifarism, 20 does an incteased navy