Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-12
MARsHAIIrowN. IOWA. THURSDAY. JULY 70, 1900

Spain has been elected from the western
hemis sphere and our flag floats over her
former territory. Cuba has been liber-,
ated and our guarantees to her people
will be sacredly executed. A beneficent
government has been provided for Por-i
to Rico. The Philippines are ours and
American authority must be supreme
thruout the archipelago. There will be
amnesty, a broad and liberal policy, but
no abatement OF our rights, no aban.
donment of our duty. There must be no
scuttle policy. We will fulfill in the Phil
ippines the obligations imposed by the
triump phs of our arms and by the treaty
OF peace, by International law, by the
nation'e sense OF honor, and more than
all, by the rights, interests and condi-
tions Of the Philippine peoples them
selves. No outside Interference blocks
the way to peace and stable govern
ment- The obstructionists are here, not
elsewhere. They may postpone, but they
can not defeat the realization Of the
high purpose OF this nation to restore
order to the Islands and to establish a
just and generous government, in which
the Inhabitants shall have the largest
participation for which they are capa-
BILE. The organized forces which have
been misled into rebellion have been
dispersed by our faithful soldiers and
sailors and the people Of the islands.
delivered from anarchy. pllage and op-
preston, recognize American sovereign
| ty as the symbol and the pledge Of
peace. justice. religious freedom, educa-
tion, purity OF life and property and
the welfare and prosperity of their sew
eral communities.
I'VE reassert the early principle Of the
repu blican party lines sustained by un-
broken judicial precedents. that the
represent atives of the people in con-
gress asse embled have ful. legislative
power over territory belonging to the
United States subject to the fundamen-
tai safeguards of liberty, justice and
personal rights and are vested with
ample au thority to act for the highest
interests ofsour nation and the people
entrusted to its care This doctrine,
! fret proclaimed in the cause Of freedom.
will never be used az a weapon for OPP
preston. i am glad to be assured 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 consideration and
I you will not expect from me now any
lfurth er expression than to say that my
| best efforts shall be given tothe imme-
date purpose of protecting the lives Of
lour citizens who are in peril, with the
ultimate object of the peace and welfare
of China, the safeguarding of all our
4 treaty rights and the maintenance Uf
those principles of impartial inter-
course to which the civilized world is
pledged. can not conclude without
congratulating my countrymen upon
the strong national sentiment which
A finds expression in e-ery part of our
! common country, and the increased re-
spect with which the American name is
greeted thruout the world. We have
been moving in untried paths, but our
i steps haSe been guided Wy honor and
duty. There will be ma turning aside. nc
wavering. no retreat. No blow has been
struck except for liberty and humanity,
and none will be. We will perform with
Tout fear every national and internation-
,Ialsobligat tion. The republican party was
dedicated to freedom forty-four years
.Iago. 1t has been the party of liberty
land emancipation from that hour. not
of profession but Of performance. 1t
broke the shackels of four. million slaves
and made them free, and to the party of
4 Lincoln has come another supreme op-
4 Iportunity which il has bravely met in
1.-THE liberation OF 10000. 600 of the human
family from the yoke of Imperialism. In
its solution of great problems. in its per-
Ilformanca OF high duties, 1t has had the
!support of members Of all parties in the
past and confidently invokes their CO.
loperation in the future. Permit me to
.Iexpress, Mr. Chairman. my most sin
cere appreciation of the complimentary
terms in which you convey the official
Inoticeof my nomination and my thanks
I to tile members of the committee and tc
4 the great constituency which they rep
resent for this additional evidence OF
s their favor and support
The president was followed by Fair
banks. of Indiana. who pledged the vote
Iof that state for Mckinley. He was
followed by Senator Hanna and Post,
master General Smith.