Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-20
Communication.
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY.

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We often hear inquiry at to the
Policy of the different political
parties, or what course they would
pursue in regard to certain ques-
tions, and as we have never seen a
statement by anyone in authority
in the republican party as to Whit
the policy of that party will be if
they should be successful in the
coming November election, we are
justified in Judging the future by
the past, and thereby arrive at a
conclusion as to what said policy
would be. To commence with, the
platform Of the republican con-
vention at st. Louis in 1896, de-
clared that:
"The American people, from tradi-
tion and interest, favor bi-metalism,
and pledge ourselves to maintain the
existing gold standard, unless Europe
would consent to bimetalism."
Soon after Mckinley was inau-
gurated, he appointed a commiss-
ion to visit Europe with the avow-
ed purpose of securing their CO.
peration in establishing inter-na-
tional bi-metalism. And while in
the performance (ostensibly,) of
that mission, there was held at In
dianopolis, Ind, gathering, of
men, known as a Monetary Con-
gress, which adopted resolutions
declaring for the "gold standard y
This meeting represented the f.
nancial interests of the country.
Not laboring man, not trades
man, or dealer or farmer in that
meeting; oh no! such as these are
not supposed to know enough to
make suggestions in government;
only business men" are allowed
in that meeting, and Just at the
time when that European Com
mission seemed about to meet with
some success, President Mckinley
knocked the whole thing in the
head by recommending to Con-
gress the adoption Of the views Of
the monetary congress;simply say
ing to Europe: Wehave promised
our people to try to secure inter
national blmetalism, but we intend
to have the Gold standard, wheth-
er you want it or not; so theentire
scheme fell through, as intended.
Again, When the nation declar-
ed war against Spain, our Presi-
lent notified the world that the
war was for humanity, and not for
conquest; then when Spain was
conquered, demanded possession
It Porto Rico and the Philippians,
As trophies of war;and this too af-
ter the PHILIPPINES had been led to
believe that American victory over
Spain ment Philippine Iudepen-
dence. When the people of those
islands wanted to know what was
to be the American policy toward
they we're told, in effect, that it was
none of their business!
These people have been fighting
for liberty for some three hundred
years; and in American soverigni-
ty they fail to see the attainment
of their hope and desires; all they
have ever asked as condition OF
submission, is the assurance of In
dependence; but so far, this assu.
rance has never been given, and
Judging from the history Of the
administration on the money ques-
tion, and it's history on the Cuban
affair, that assurance never will be
realized.
You know the avowed object OF
the Spanish war was to give Cuba
her independence; but now the
Cuban IS told that they can only
have government subservient to
the United States. They are de.
MED the right to borrow money,
only to q limited extent; and also
denied the right to make treaties
with other nations, or to pass Gus
tom laws except on the approva
OF the United States, and by the
precedent set by the United States
in it's attitude toward the repre-
rentatives of the Transval Repub
lie, no nation of Europe would ad