Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-10

GOV. SHAN N CHICAGO
Speaks Before Hamilton Club On
Democratic Quadriennial Hunt
Forsan Issue.
Thinks the Party is Likely to Set
tie This Year on the Porto
Rico Bill.
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Senator Lodge Predicts That Porto
Ricans Will Want the Tariff
Retained.

Hotel, Was a brilliant success, over 500
members and guests being present.
George NJ. Miller was postmaster
and toasts and speakers We're as fol-|
lows:
Our Policy in the Far East -sena-
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Massachu-
sets.
The Quadrennial Search for an Is
oyigg;;'::;ssiss Leslie ". s.s;sa:s, CT
Iowa.
Great Congressional Prerogaiiye
as Recently ENemplitied' Congress
man Rober. W. Taylor, of Ohio
The National Spirit in the south
IgCongve ssnlan II. II. Hawley, of TEXAS.
Democracy ard the Declarations,
William f. GurleN of Nebras SKA
Governor Shaw referred to the fran
3stic efforts which he opposition party
quadrennially makes To discover an.
I issue on Which a successful campaign
lean be w;ssed. He spoke of the en-
I.harrassipen. which must ever confront
a. part. that seeks for issues rathals
THAN principles. He referred To the
l.readnsss With Which a Very large part
/ nj the deinacratics party turned to free
silver III 1895; rot in every instance be-
jicause they believed in 1t, bit because
Fit was then thought it might succeed.
'fhe campaign Of 1892 had been fought
ION the tariff question, and the theories
FLOR which democracy mas soslong con-
tended We're for the first time in more
than thirty years put TO the test OF.
triab and had proven as delusiNe, as
lursouHd. as universally ruinous as
ever. "A new issue wa thereforesnecss
sary. and tie only one in sight was one
that originated in, had been promui-
gated by was the legitimate child Of.
and belonged to the populist party.
/ Four wears have passed and the last
twelve months have been spent in.
seeking to discover or invent or manu-
facture a new issue. He said for "A!
time Il looked as tho the democratic
party would rest its case upon the treat
inens3 accorded the soldiers during the
Spanish War. but it does not look that
Nay now. He said that after the pro-
toccl was signed. providing in terms
that the final disposition and govern
lment of the Philippine islands should
be left TO a commission OF five Anleri-
cans and five Spanards. and the presi-
\ dent had appointed on that commission
Senator Cray an8outspoken anti-eNpan-
4 sionist, the democrats in several states
4 had sought To raise the issue$ofs eXpan-
i sion, and protested in vigorous resnlu-
1tions against the surrender of any is
Hand or territory Won by. American Wall
Tor, and even after the treaty had been
formulated, under the advice of the ac-
acknowledged leader of tha.sparty, more
ithan one-third of the democratic Sen-
ators. and more than tWo-tfirds ofHthe
4 allied forces had voted for the aequisi-
lstion of all our insulars possessions and
for their government and eontrolby the
I'congress of the United States in ac-
Iscordance with the terms Of the treaty.
4 After its ratification. and for the soit.
| apparent purpose of an issue. the triple
ALLIANCE has. changed front. and was
4 now fairly Vel organized faNoring the
qualification of the terms of the treaty
Land the released II not the abandon
.li1nent, of the purchased possessions.
He asked ii any of the hearers ever
kept bees. u lie said wf1e! bees Mere
5l3swarming the entire family became in
,lsterested to&know where they We're going
\ to alight. He remembered6it was tbs
custom among bee keepers to set bush
4 es in the ground as deeoys, So as q
4 ,kaNe8 Them Mhare the. could be convent
5l3entiy hiNed. II said it wasn't uncom-
i mon 10 pound kettles, beatstin pans anG
A blow horns to attract theil. attention
land he thought the Indications We're
j that something of this kind Was nov
u going on. and the chances as good a.
q even that tbs swarm would settle on tn,
Il Porto 5Rican tariff bush recently erected
Il by congress. and he thought they couit
Z. be hiNed as easily there as anywhere
a and he congratulated the apparent sue
Fl cess Of those Who We're making tn,
81 noise.
a Senator Lodge, in criticising the dem
4 oeraties assertion that THE constitution
II follows the Tag retorted 70 the dem
4 ocrats that II the constitution was al
Iready overfthe Philippines ii could no
n be removed, and consequently their an
Ifti-expansion talk was useless. He re
I8ferred To the City of Mexico. where til
American flag had once waved, but TIL
constitution had not gone.
q Continuing, he said: "Ones very mega
q tive point of our policy can not pc as
serted too often. We must not make tn
Filipino people part of our body politi
81 and bring them within our citizenship
!. We must not have Philippine states an,
Filipino senators. We must keep tn
philippines as dependencies, and lie
= them develop their own government
Anything else would be wrong to US. an,
wrong to them. The Whole policy o
the open door rests on keeping then
outside.
.Ail attacks on the presidents polio,
proceed on the theory that we as a PEG
pie are not to be trusted. We are to b
trusted. Our attempt to legislate 70
Porto Rico is a worthy one. We Civ
civil government to the island, and al
I'll low all revenue from its citizens to go i
support their government. They coul
not afford to bear the weight of our in
+ ternal revenue taxes. If they wish to b
relieved of the tariff in two years the
can be. I venture to predict they wi
ask its retention.
II wish these problems were not part
issues II the democratic party force
f them as issues, the republican party wi
take them up, and treating them a
matters of true American policy, tn
policy of the people, will march on I
another great victory, great as those
& has Won the past"
William F. Gurley. Of Omaha, Neb
spoke of Democracy and the Declare
b ton, !" says in part:
The democratic party, thru its rec
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