The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-05

| There he broke the power of Spain, which
suing for peace submitted to the liberia
tion OF Cuba and the cession OF Porto
| Rico. Our Government disdaincd the
| spirit Of its manifesto of April and be-
came the purchaser of the Philippines in
January. Since then. we have given Cuba
| the benefit Of our civic institutions by
| governing her through the War Depart
ment. We have kept faith with Porto
F.! Rico by substituting the sugar baron for
| the Castillian duke. and confirmed the
| Philippine estimate of the white man by
| prclonging the Spaniards' method of CO.
lonial government in those Islands OF the
| far-cf seas. The national sympathy for
all who seek government has been
made the instrument by which rap!dity
and greed hold feeble nation in thral-
dom.
I'VE would investigate the public ex
penditures and demand an accounting for
the millions that have been iavished on the
purchase Of naval stores and war muni-
tions. in supplies. equipment. and trans
portation. We would enquire into the
conduct CT the war. stamp out favoritism
in high places and reward the real heroes
OF the conflict We would ascertain and
fix the responsibility for the terrible NOR
ta'ity of our military camps, for the inef-
1ciency of bureaucrats and their subor-
dinates and for the needless sacrifice OF
thousands OF our soldiers to the cupidity
of contractors and the inefficielcy of ap-
pcintees.
We would have for our Chief Magis-
trate a man sprung from the loins Of the
people, rock ribbed in his convictions and
controlled by the adnonitions of his con-
science man of lofty ideals and stead
fast courage. A man to whom his coun-
tiyip NJ
sacred reality. \ man who exalts the du-
ties. the rights. and the welfare of his
fellow citizens above the sinister and cor
roding influences of centralized crmmcr-
cialism.'
Conditions Reversed.
Concluding, Chairman Thamas said:
There was q time when the Republican
party put its trust in the people. Sine
then il has put the people to its trusts.
There was a time when its standards were
lofty and ennobling. Its only standard
now is the Standard Oil. There was a
time when its ideals shone forth like pre-
cious gems through the dust and heat OF
party strife. Its ideals now are the party
machine and the party campaign fund. Its
battle cry years aso was Freedom and ths
Union II due credit be given to one of
its modern leaders, its motto for 1900 is
Gold and Glory 1t Is a far cry from
the ringing tocsin of 1860 to the bucca-
neer refrain OF 1900 yet it well typires
the shameful transformation. If to it's al
literative attraction We add monopoly and
militarism with trusts and taxation. and
place the dollar mark above them OF its
waving banners, the world Will gaze upon
the composite picture of its last official
declaration.
Against the continuance of this party
in power, we enter protest. With the man
exalted ebove the dollar, the Constitution
above the combination, the equality OF all
before the law: with solemn promises TO
correct the abuses of administration and
to enforce those fundamentals of govern
ment which secure exact justice to all,
we shall not appeal in vain to the wis.,
dom. the intelligence and the patriotism of
the American people"