Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-19

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kind which for more thar, q century We
have known; and that he who cherishesS
the belief that we can transplant our
institutions to these countries In full
Noom 10 doomed to bitter disappoint-
ment. ]
Our Republic stands Alone.
! conclude this phase OF my subject,
thinking, and saying that among the
nations OF the earth, fairly entitled TO
recognition, the United States stands
alone as a true republic. 1t 10 the only
country where every power in fact
springs from the people. 1t is the only
country whose laws represent the aver
age sense of the community. 1t is the
only country in which the voice Of the
voter rings true and records his will
upon the annals Of time. It Is a splendid
distinction. 1t 5is a position that is az
unique ass 1t is gratifying, full OF pride.
full of honor and full OF duty. Before
We suppress the emotions which every
loyal citizen must feel as he pauses up
on the pinnacle of the heights We have
achieved, let US not forget that proud as
we are of the inconceivable progress of
our ma tional life, we have not intensified
the spirit of the republic asit has come
to us from our forefathers. 1t is difficult
to say with truth that we have held our
own. Decadence in individual liberty
may be a necessary incident to our ma
lterial development, but whatever the
cause it is to be deplored, and in the
turned to the one stone in our edifice
IMMIGRATION. Is the voter as free from
improper influences, and does his vote
las fairly represent his belief,
lis the public officer az far re-
moved from the influences of
those who are interested in the dis
charge of his duty now as then? An an
sWer TO these Inquiries will not alarm
the patriot, but will stimulate his con-
Germ for the reform which the hour de-
| mands.
Capitalization of Wealth.
The Capitalization of wealth inevita-
ply attends the growth of any country.
4 In itself, SO long as it falls short of mo-
ftnopoly and allows fair competition. it is
a powerful instrument for good. To my
control over prices as its control over
men. The vast power which 1t confers
upon a few persons opens an opportuni-
4 ty to corrupt the conscience of the vot-8
Ter. to prevent individual Judgment and
to make the citizen a slave instead of
a sovereign. When the day comes, If it
ever does come, in which any consldera-
4 Bile number of people vote not as they
a q oil he
4 then while we may retain the forms of
free Institutions We will have surren-
tdered the great character of the repub-
[. lie.
Hands OFF the Voter!
The most imperative duty OF the pres
ent time is to see to it that aggregate
/ bodies, all associations and corporations
! whatever may be their purpose Of ex.
istence. shall keep their hands off the
Voter and his representatives.. That
4 neither coerce nor seduce. They must
4 ne taught that the one capital crime
4 which can not be condoned and will not,
i be. endured is the Interruption, by any.
act. threat or inducement. of the free,
honest and unbiased Vote of the citizen
land the unintiuenced, unrestricted, un-
4 prejudiced act Of his representative
whether Legislative, judicial or execu-
asti*e. appeal to a professions whose
tsmembers have always fought the bat
a ties of liberty in the firstsrank to stand
firm against every encroachment upon
4 this domain of freedom.
Passing of Monroe Doctrine.
i Ii is obvious that the time Lean just
lily take upon this occasion Will not per-
4 Unit an inquiry into the causes which
! have brought about the fundamental
4 change in our relations to the world
! WITNESSED in the last two years. 1t is
4 a radical error, however, to impute the
4 passing of the Monroe doctrine. as gem
4 orally accepted, to the Spanish war.
! The old idea that we We're concerned
only in the events of the American con-
/ tinsnts had expired long before we
Ichallenged the cruelties and atrocities
| of Spain. Governments whose citizens
4 are closely held together by social or
commercial compacts can not be stran-
gers to each other. The protection and
4 aid which we have a right to demand
from the government of which We are
4 a part must be extended wherever we
4 are and wherever our interests are,
\ whether within or without the bounda-
i RIGS of our own territory our mar
i Vicious development the doctrine of iso-
ilation coliided with the principle of
! PROGRESS and the former Went down
under the weight of a superior power
4 One generation can not prescribe the
duties of the next, and this is as true of
nations as of individuals. No man dare
even predic. what the scope of the
4 functions of organized society will be a
4 century hence. Unconsciously we be-
came a world power, not made SO by an
edict of state, but because the people Of
4 Europe, Asia and Africa became deeply
4 interested in US and we in them.
4 Interference in the Orient.
/ Our right and duty to interfere upon
the proper occasion with the transat-
.Nlantic nations is as perfect and imperi-
4 Gus as our right and duty to Interfere
4 With the governments of North and
!. South America upon like occasion At
i 5this moment we are bowed down with
grief and crushed with sorrow under
the most appalling calamity of modern
times: but If we do not rise up and
join the powers OF Europe in taking
8lsyengeance upon the sayages of China l
4 would disown my country. A govern
4 ment so impotent as to permit under
any possible circumstance the awful
4 outrase that has shaken beyond ex-
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