Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-24

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fathers will be supplanted by the trust
ridden empire, and all will give way
to the new order Of things, founded on
gold. grandeur, greed and glory.
'tOur platform quotes with hearty
approval the following words of Thorn
as Jefferson: tPeace.. commerce, and
honest friendship with all nations; en-
tangling alliances with none These
words were not Idle or meaningless
when first uttered. nor are they now.
The Republican party has not kept and
is not keeping peace with other ma
tangling alliance which threatens to
involve us, and which will in the end
inevitably lead us to bloody wars.
"They have as q part of their policy
made an alliance with Great Britain,
which at present; for prudential rea-
sons only, they seek to conceal, but
the fact is apparent. It may not have
the solemnity of formal alliance, but
it is secret understanding and agree
ment. If this were not tue why was
it that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was
negotiated, q treaty which abandons
and virtually abrogates the Monroe
doctrine.
"Other evidences of the fact are
manifest in the startling declaration
made by one, high in the party councils
in the congress that our next war Is
to be with Germany, England's most
powerful rival: in the distribution by
the administration through two or
more of the bureaus of the government
of English literature highly favorable
to England in her contest with the
Boer republics: and still further facts
that might be mentioned.
England Seeks an Alliance.
ENGLAND is anxiously seeking a
closer friendship with us. If we accept
her overtures and depart from our ira
ditional policy of treating all nations
impartially, we may gain her good will,
but it will be at the expense of in
curing the ill-will of all the other ma
tons with whom we should live in
peace and friendship, while for the
reason have mentioned, or from tim
idity, the administration denies that
such an alliance exists with England,
the voice of the latter government is
holder and her object is openly avowed.
I'm a public speech, startling in it's
character, her secretary of state for the
colonies (Chamberlain), not long since
said:
"'The time has arrived when Great
Britain may be confronted by a COM
bination Of powers, and our first duty,
therefore. is to draw all parts Of the
empire into close unity, and our next
to maintain the bonds of permanent
unity with our kinsmen across the
Atlantic. There is a powerful :, and
generous nation speaking our Ian
guage, bred of our race, and having
interests identical with ours. would
go so far as TO say that as terrible as
war may be. even war itself would De
cheaply purchased if in great and
noble cause the stars and stripes and
the union jack should wave together
over an Anglo-Saxon alliance"
IF the administration is not openly,
it is covertly. but none the less GER
tainly leading up to such an alliance
as is described. What have our patrl-
otto citizens born in lands other than
England to say in such an exigency?
We are opposed to all discrimination
against other Netherlands in favor of
Great Britain. Why should England
or any other nation be singled out to
become a special object of favoritism
on our part?
"The immortal Washington. in his
farewell address, says: Nothing is
more essential than that permanent
and inveterate antipathy against par
ticular nations and passionate attach
ments in others should be excluded, and
that in place of them just and amicable
feelings toward all should be cult
vated.'
Party VIII Follow Bryan.
II cannot without trespassing upon
the propriety of this occasion further
discuss or even make mention of the
other issues Of the campaign. The
vast multitude before us is impatient
and eager to catch the first utterance
OF your lips and hang on your eloquent
words.
II need not tell you that we will
follow wherever you lead, knowing that
there never was and cannot be SUI
blimer duty than that of defending and
encouraging freedom at home and
championing it abroad. Our platform
is American. It was constructed by
Americans for Americans. native and
foreign born. 1t is democratic, and all
who love liberty and despise tyranny
can stand upon it and support our
nominees. ~ j. ..&-s-.y ~
1--WE know that We can. withaentire
confidence, make appeal to the people
for our country's rescue in this hour OF
our peril. We appeal to all who loathe
imperialism and venerate our constitu--
ton. We appeal to all who despise
militarism and love~liberty. We ap-
peal to all who oppose high war taxes
in time Of peace and other increase OF
taxes, and who favor a Just system OF
revenue collection. and all who in ev-
cry way oppose unequal taxation: We
appeal to all who favor our hitherto
free institutions and equal opportunity