Cañon City record., 1900-09-20
Is A FALSE ISSUE.
DEMOCRAT s HAVING TROUBLE
ABOUT IMPERIALISM.


the oklahoma suprsms Court-Lsg.l
Asp>ot of the 0aestson-rrs.ty OBJ
nsations = Dishonor.bis Inconsistsnoy.
View with Judge John L. McAtee. as
sociats Justice of the Supreme court Of
Oklahoma. was recently printed In the
st. Louis Globe Democrat Judge Nc
Atee has given close study to the legal
aspects Of the issue of imperialism"
~ related to national history and the
past and present attitude of political
parties. He has searched the records
OF Democratic presidents, and Shown
that their position is distinctly op-
posed to that taken by Bryan in his
speech Of acceptance. Bryan's theory
II traced to Calhoun. and the South
Carolinian invented 1t to carry slavery
into the territories. Benton denounced
It a. new dogma. Judge McAtees
exposition of the subject is clear. log
ical and convincing. Judge McAtee
says that there were great many
declarations In the Bryan speech Of
the principles OF liberty with which
all Americans sympathised. but that
they we're not applicable to the con-
ditions which had been presented to
the government In the Philippine and
Porto Rcan auestions. but they were
worked in rhetorically and not with
direct and logical application to the
subject when Mr.. Bryan undertakes
to deal with the facts" the judge said.
he does not include a consideration OF
all the things which should Be consid-
cred. and he omits to Include some
thinEs which should be included. and
he includes some things which are not
correct"
Bus..s rAiss Position.
The reporter asked. ITO what. par
ticularly. do you refer:''
We'll. take his proposition that the
Porto Rico tariff law asserts that II Is
tia doctrine of the Democratic party
that the operation Of the constitution
10 confined to the forty-nve states.
The Democratic party Mr.. Bryan says.
disputes this doctrine and denounces It
~ repugnant to both tho letter and
spirit of our organic law
III Mr.. Bryan's Wow II correct, the
consequences would be very serious
and embarrassing to the government,
because It would result that the inhab-
itants OF those territories. whether
cannibal or otherwise. would have to
be admitted to citixenship and the
right Of suffrage. It would necessarily
follow, also. that q large portion OF
our federal revenue would disappear
without remedy. by the free admission
Of vast quantities of the products of
very cheap labor. to which the ports
Of the United States would. BY such
an Interpretation. open. and would
come Into immediate composition with
the products of American labor.
The United States. II this view were
in faot correct. would probably have to
drop the islands. no matter what mo-
tives of duty or obligation to other na-
ions or to the F1lipinos who have been
friendly to US would dictate.
Nevertheless. all the great leaders
Of the Democracy are on record on the
other side of this question. Several
acts Of congress were passed. In 1903.
1904 and 1905. providing . territorial
government for LOUISIANA. 1t was pro-
vided that the military. civil and 1u-
dicial power shall BE- vested In such
person and persons and be exercised
In such manner as the president should
tirect,' for maintaining and protect
Ing the Inhabitants Of Louisiana In
the freq enjoyment OF their liberty.
property and religion Tho ects Of
,oasress passed for the territorial or
ranization os Michigan and Illinois. in
t..
Jefferson Against BFyan.
These acts. all approved by Thorn
AZ JG ne-son, AZ president. excluded the
idea that tfr people of the territories
sero entitled to any constitutional
suaran.ees. The same course was pur-
sued under the administrations of
lanes Nadiscc and James Monroe. for
in 1912. 1917. 1919 and 1922 s~sts were
passed for the establishment of .erri-
.orial governments for the territories
of Oregon and Florida. The first act
II congress organizing the territory OF
Florida provided that ALL milltaly,
.ivil and judicial powers shall be vest
ID In such person as tho president
should appoint In 1896 cong ess
passed an act providing government
or the territory OF Wisconsin. 1t was
thought that the laws OF the Unit=sS
states, so far as they were applicable,
night be extended to that territory.
md this was accordingly done. Presi-
lent Jackson approved the act Of or
Tanization.
Acts were afterward passed provid-
ng in like terms governments for the
.srritories Of Iowa and Minnesota. dur
ing the terms of President Van Buren,
md President Polk. who approved and
ugned them In 1848 and 1849.
Consultation and Territories
These acts and approvals Of or
ranization are In nat contradiction OF
hr. Bryan's proposition that the con-
ltitutIonai guarantees were operative
the territories. and that that II Dom
bcratic doctrine. In several instances,
N these territorial organizations the
xhois power OF government. with the
power to give to the people and With
hold all political and civil rights. were
deposited In the president himself. The
rrsat men who founded the Democrat
c party and conducted its policy from
1900 nm TO 1850, including Thomas JEFF