Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-11
Eloquent New York Orator At
taoks McKinley's Imperial
istio Policy.
Arraigns the Republican Admins
tration on the Charge of
Despotism.
Declares for Bryan and Believes His
Election Wouli Bring True
Prosperity.

Fifteen thousand persons tried to
squeeze into the Coliseum at Chicago
Saturday night, September 30, to hear
Bourke Cochran, of New York, speak
for Bryan and against Imperialism.
The democratic orator met with a rous-
ne reception, and in the curse of his
speech said:
"We are told by our republican adver-
saries that the issue of this campaign Is
the preservation of our national prosper
ity. l accept that issue. ] go farther ana
/ say that on the results of this election
depend not merely the prosperity Oh the
American people, but the prosperity of the
! whole human race. l believe that re-
publican and democrat will concede tnat
the establishment of this republic was the
most important contribution to human
progress since the birth of Christianity.
The benefit of this republic to the
human race was not the adoption of a
written constitution. 1t was not the dis
tribution of the powers of this govern
ment into various departments. Long De-
fore the convention met to deliberate,
long before the Declaration of Indepeno-
ence had been proclaimed in Philadeiphla,
: executives had administered governments,
parliamentS had adopted and judges mad
interpreted laws.
But never in the history of the race I'M
til the American people came together to
frame the system under which they intend
ed to live was a government eStaDllSneu-
not an infamous of divine IN
t~ervention, but upon the consent and on
to provide for the common welfare and to
preserve to the people and their pcsterlty
the blessings of civil liberty.
Now, all these different provisions I'M
der the separate, the conflicting element
OF TINS nation cams an dhe y se %eTs b ai the n
I central. the vital principle of ali being the
establishment of justice. The fruits OF
%haA nuy1nrirpnnf have hnnn visible All over
the world. They have been a beacon light
to humanity. They have proved that JUS
b 5ies aed wi %iSq qeeord sge r but e tsnf fhey 10 are Pe
one and inseparable; that the only sure
moral law: that Justice is the foundation
of greatness, material, Intellectual and
+ moral; not a stingy fountain. not a foun-
uuent approaches to it, but a fountain
that flows in ever increasing ABUNDANCE
among those who remain faithful to the
source.
That has been the one lesson which this
country has proved; proved by every bene-
! fit which the human race had derived from
it; proved by the fact that since this re-
public was founded the peace OF the World
. nation has been advanced, industry every
! where has been made fruitful; the power
of human hand has been multiplied. the
extent of human knowledge has been
widened and the boundary of human hopes
has been amplified.
Ask to Adopt Discarded System.
"And now we are asked to change this
! system of government for a system such
as other countries are every day discard
ing. We are asked to abandon these in
situations, which are the supreme fruits
j of Christian civilization. embQdying in
themselves all that has been achieved for
human rights since the doctrine of hu-
man equality was first preached on the
shores of Lake Galilee, and we are asked
to surrender. Not because there are any
J signs of impending failure. but because
it has achieved the very plentitude of
are told that we have grown so
great that it is no longer necessary to feel
! that we are bound to justice; that because
We enjoy an emiConce so high we can af-
ford to discard the principles by which
merely the issue of American prosperity.
but the issue of human progress.
sent NE assertion that the Issue of this
campaign was the preservation of repub-
lican government. They profess to believe
States. know of nobody that is more eIo-
ouent in assurances of his affection for
lean candidate. Indeed. il his words and
his acts were consistent it would be diff
ficult to make any opposition to him.
Flaws Found in Mckinley.
But, unfortunately. whenever we find
that his courses are the most Objectionable
he offers us PROFESSIONS OF morality which
him shooting down people in the eastern
islands and processing the utmost affection
prospects. He tells us that he is opposed
to Imperialism and yet he is seeking to
: eSIaDilSH q government Vi dTDlITdTN ana
unlimited power. He affects to resent the
| assertion that he is introducing militarism
the army has been quadrupled during his
ADMINISTRATION and a policy established
should be successful at the polls.
"I have no disposition to charge the presi-
dent of the United States with immortality
or diSloyalty. I prefer to think that he
has fallen a victim to ~high-sounding and
misguiding phrases, which have often
very Questionable transactions. In fact,
l believe that it is a source of congratuia-
everywhere that his campaign has been
singularly free from all manner of person.
alities.
High Plane of Campaign.
81 do not think l have ever known a DO
Itical contest to be conducted on a higher
plane of thoughtful discussion. Both par
but 1 think they are both united in conced-
ing the personal virtues of both the candi-
dates. But the personal virtue of Il can
didate, far from lessening our opposition
to him when he represents, an issue which
we consider dangerous. should intensity
IA Vicious principle supported by a vi
cious man is never dangerous. 1t is emily
vhen it is able to enlist the support of
misguided virtue that 1t threatens the hap
piness of the people, and even casts a
race. Now, l believe that this issue before
the American people represents the at
has made for human progress. and on
the other AL honest enthusiastic determine
ton to dG1enQ II.
Ito avoid any possible confusion of
thought ~springing from the use of ambigu-
Gus terms, perhaps it would be well for me
to define here exactly the issue in sucn
terms that there can be no division of opiE-
ion as to the thing that we are discuss
ing. / think that discussion is always ia
ciiitated improv by an accurat state
ment of the problem before us.
state. In Its very narrowCsI compass,
the issue before the American people is the
right of this government to seize distant
territory. govern it against the Will Of its
inhabitants, not under our constitutional
government, but through o~hicehoIdeTs 10
be named by the president VINO VIII ad-
minister their functions outside the cor
stitution and independently OF Its limits:
Now, 1 apprehend there can be no ar
ference between a republican and a demo
crat as to the statement of the issue. Upon
the one side the republicans contend that,
inasmuch as the extraconstitutionaI pow
ers are to be exercised outside the United
States, imperialism, so far as this country
is concerned, is not IN issue of this cam
paign, and they go on to say that even II
1t were eminent and dangerous, they Would
still be bound to vote for 1T, because to
to defeat it would be to bring about a
money panic, and that would be too great
a price to pay for the security of demo-
cratic institutions.
L that the democrats answer that such
a polcy would be a violation of the prln-
ciple that government derives its Just pow
ers from the consent of the governed. and
that 1t would be infamous to repudiate
In our hour of strength the principle which
We wicked In our hour of weakness. They