, 1900-07-19
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
SOUNDS THE KEY NOTE

strengthen the present law can nror.-
a financial catastrophe which .en1
lover of the republic is anyiou.e!y
avert.
Not satisfied with assaulting tho
rency and credit of the goyernn,eu
Il political adversaries condemn NJ, n
tariff law enacted at an extra sas te
of Congress in 1897, known no ' ,%n
Dingley act, passed in obedience 70 ..Ie
will of the people expressed at W., ,e
election of the preceding November y
law which at once stimulated our i"
dustries, opened idle factories ~ II,
mines and gave to the laborer ana :.
the farmer fair returns for their ~, w
and investment. Shall we go baet VI !,
a tariff which brings deficiency in W. :"
revenues and destruction to our indn,
trial enterprises? Faithful to H.
pledges in these internal affairs ba %
has the government discharged liz IL"
ternational duties?
Our platform of 1896 declared. ,Th.
Hawaiian islands should be controi,ns
by the United States and no foroioa
power shall be permitted to interfasa
with them"
This purpose has been fully acco,,
plished by annexation, and delepotn,
from those beautiful islands nar,ict
pated in the convention for which ,or
speak to-day. In the great onferenoa
of nations at The Hague we reaffirmeG
before the world the Monroe doatrina
II our adherence to 1t and our deter.
mination not to participate in the com.
plications of Europe. We have hannilv
d the European alliance in Samoa
secured to ourselves one of the moSt
valuable harbors in the Pacific ocean
while the open door in China gives IN
us fair and equal competition in the
vast trade of the Orient.
Some things have happened which
We're not promised or even foreseap
n our purpose in relation TO tbem
must not be left in doubt. A lust war
has been waged for humanity. and
with it have come new problems and
responsibilities. Spain has been eject.
ed from the western hemisphere and
Il flag floats over her former terri.
tory. Cuba has been liberated and our
guarantees TO her people will be sacred.
~ executed. a beneficent government
has been provided for Porto Rico. Tho
philippines are ours, and American an.
thority u be supreme Throughout
the archipelago. There will be amneS.
ty broad and liberal. but no ahate.
ment of Il rights, no abandonment
of our duty. There must be no scu,tle
policy. We will fulfill in the Phillp.
pines the obligations imposed by the
triumphs of our arms and by the treaty
of peace; by International law; by the
nations sense of honor, and more than
all, by the rights, interests and condi.
tions of the Philippine people them.
selves. No outside interference blocks
the way to peace and u stable govern.
ment. The obstructionists are here.
not elsewhere. They may POSTPONE.
but they cannot defeat the retaliation
of the purpose of the nation TO restore
order to the islands and establish a just
n generous government in which the
Inhabitants shall have the largest par.
ticipation for which they are capable.
The organized forces which have been
misled into rebellion have been dis.
persed by our faithful soldiers and
sailors, and the people of the islands,
delivered from anarchy, pillage and Op.
preston, recognize American soyer.
eighty as the symbol and pledge Of
peace, justice, law, religious freedom,
education, the security of life and
property, and the welfare and prosper.
ity of their several communities.
We reassert III early principle Of the
Republican party, sustained by I'm.
broken judicial presidents. that the rep.
resentatives of the people in Congress
assembled have full Legislative pow.
err over territory belonging to the Unit.
ed States, subject to the Fundamental
safeguards of liberty, Justice and per-
sonal rights and are vested with ample
authority to act for the highest inter.
ests of u nation and the people en-.
trusted to Its care" The declaration,
the first proclamation in the cause Of
freedom, will be used as 4 weap'
on of oppression. / am glad to he as.
sured by you that what we have done
in the far east has the approval of the
country. The sudden and terrible crisis
in China calls for the gravest consider
alton and you will not expect from me
now any further expression than to say
that my best efforts shall be given 10
the immediate purpose of protecting
the lives of our citizens who are In
peril, with the ultimate object of peace
and the welfare of China, the safe
the maintenance of those principles Of
impartial intercourse TO which the civ
ilized world is pledged.
L cannot conclude without cOngratu'
lating my countrymen upon the strong
national sentiment which finds expires
sion in every part of u common coun'
try and the increased respect WIN
which the American name Is greeted
throughout the world. We have been
moving in untried paths, but our stels
have been guided by honor and duE'
There will be no turning aside, no wa''
ering, no retreat. No blow has been
struck except for liberty and human
ty, and none will be. We will perform
without fear every national and inief
national obligation. The Republican
party was dedicated to freedom forty
four years ago. 1t has been the parry
of liberty and emancipation from ina
hour; not of profession, but OF per
Torrance. 1t broke the shackles OF T.
100000 slaves and made them lIev
and TO the party of Lincoln has com
another supreme opportunity when "
has bravely met in the liberation OF ~,
100000 of the human family from lt
yoke of Imperialism. In its solItou'
of the great problems, in It's perform
ance of high duties, 1t has had the sup
port of members Of all parties IN ine
past, and confidently invokes tnelr u
operation In the future.
Permit me IN pXDrpss. Mr. ClllrlnHh