The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-30
Democrats Escort Him to the Coliseum
and Chicago's Democratic May
or Introduces Him.
TALKS AT GREAT LENGTH
In AN EFFORT TO PROVE M'KINLEY
Is AN IMPERIALIST.
He Says jefferson Was Merely an Ex'
pansionist He Could
Not Help Himself.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2s.-w. Bourke Cochran,
of New York, in opening his Western cam
paign itinerary here tonight, spoke to an
audience that crowded the Coliseum, built
TO seat 1900 persons. The speech was
made under the auspices of the Antrim
rerialistic League and attracted thousands
who were unable to enter the auditorium.
The crush at the doors when Mr. Cochran,
accompanied by Mayor Harrison and others.
arrived was so great that scores of men
and women fainted, and both Mr.. Cochran
and Chicago's executive were jostled and
half suffocated. United States Senator
Jones and his wife were caught in the
throng, and only by heroic efforts was Mrs.
Jones rescued from injury. Democratic
clubs escorted Mr.. Cochran to the Coliseum.
En- route the speaker was cheered, his
lame being mingled with that of William
Jennings Bryan. Mayor Harrison intro
duced Mr.. Cochran, who Immediately be-
gan an attack on the expansionist policy
of the government. He said in part:
1.-THE Republican candidate offers us pro-
LESSONS of morality which arc the most
unexceptionable. We find him shooting
down people in the eastern islands, and
protesting the utmost affection for them
and the utmost regards for their prospects.
He tells us that he is opposed TO imperial
ism, and yet he is seeking to establish a
government of arbitrary and unlimited
covers. He affects TO resent the assertion
United States, and yet we find the army
has been quadrupled during his administra-
ton and a policy established which will
lead TO further armament If 1t should be
successful at the polls. $50
Stated in it's very narrowest compass.
the issue before the American people is the
right of this government to seize distant
territory and govern it against the will of
It's inhabitants, not under our constitu-
tonal government, but through officehold-
ers. TO be named by the President, who will
administer their functions outside the Con-
stitution and independently of its linn
Imperialism is not expansion of our
political system into new country. 1t is
the erection in distant lands by this govern
ment of another government wholly dis
tinct from it and radically different from
II, and, therefore, irresponsibly hostile to
H. You may perceive this is the expand
ing the scope OF our constitutional system,
not the authority or our government. but
IT is expanding the authority of our office
holders-expanding il so far as to make
II Independent of the Constitution which
creates them; Such a system can only be
enforced against the resistance of the ma
tlons. II means armies must be put in the
fleld; that American lives must be sacri-
feed and the lives of helpless people must
- Nas oho IL nv 4CSloldilIG Qt SUI
dued now. their resentment will be indy
ing. Resentment will seek opportunities
and expression in the future. AS the man
who Injuries another expects revenge. even
when none Is planned. so the alien foreign
government which has robbed the people
OF their birthright of liberty, constantly
fears resistance even when none is planned,
and must then make preparation all the
time for conflicts in the field TO insure the
safety of its own citizens.
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
I think that such a system should ever
have been submitted to the American peo-
pie and attempted to be justified by the
purchase of Louisiana is perhaps the most
extraordinary instance of our history. No
two transactions could have been more
dissimilar than the expansion of jefferson
and the Imperialism of Mckinley. So much
has been said of the question that If you
will allow me l will state this evening
briefly as l can the actual facts of that
momentous transaction, so that hereafter
every person in this hall who viii; hear the
sacred name of Jefferson used to Justify
the deal of Mckinley will find the means
or refuting the SANDER and of confounding
the person who discredits the most illustri-
Gus name in American history
Mr.. Cochran then reviewed the history
OF the Louisiana purchase, maintaining
that to secure the free navigation of the
Mississippi river to the gulf, to which the
United States was entitled by treaty right,
but which right had been practically multi
fed by complications between France and
Spain, to which the United States was not
a party, Jefferson was reduced TO the alter
native of taking Louisiana, of taking the
whole by peaceful means, or else by taking
New Orleans by forceful means He chose
the pathway of peace, and 1t was not the
least of his contribution to the greatness
OF this country or the civilization of the
world. GApplause.1 When he took 1t he
took it under this provision: 9TH inhabi-
tants OF the said territory shall be in
corporated with the union of the United
States and to be admitted as soon as possi-
BILE. according to the principle of the fed
eral Constitution, TO the enjoyment Of all
the rights. advantages and immunities of
citizens of the United States. and in the
meantime they shall be maintained in the
free enjoyment Of their liberty, property
and the religion they possess"
M friends, you see outside of the naked
fact that Jefferson took territory and that
Mr.. Mckinley is trying TO take territory.
there is no resemblance between the two
policies. On the contrary, in every element
tina d=ir,5yfingnunl;nlnfh Is them eIrs there is a radical
took territory 10 avoid war; Mckinley is
making war 10 take territory. Jefferson
took continguous territory, to do justice
future; Mckinley is taking useless and re-
mote territory which, If he succeeds in sub
DUNG, will cause future contests. Jefferson
took territory 10 incorporate into a union
of States and TO extend over 1t the benefi-
cent influence of our Constitution and the
glory of our nag; Mckinley is seizing terri
tory not to expand the constitutional gov
eminent over 1t, but to turn ii over to of
ficeholders to be exploited and plundered
by syndicates and favors."
TRADE FOLLOWS TIE FLAG"
Mr.. Cochran ridiculed the various argu-
ments of Republican orators upon the
Philippine question. and said: Trade fol-
lows the flag. That is the most attractive
phrase in the whole repertory. 1t was not
invented in this country. 1t was brought
over to the custom house. 1t was originated
for English use and every English sympa-
thizer has assumed Ii here. When has
trade followed the flag? If trade follows
the flag. England's trade with Canada
ought TO be much greater than Ii Is with
the United States. AS a matter of fact.
since the English flag was driven out of
the United States and maintained in Cam
ada IL has increased but little beyond the
st. Lawrence and the great lakes. 1t has
grown with the United States until il ex-
tends to all her colonies. Trade does not
depend upon a flag; trade depends upon
markets. | would like to know what power
IL would be improper 10 take. L believe
every patriot would like 10 see Canada
annexed to the United States. think
everybody believes hat ii is an inevitable
development in the future. And the an
nexation of China is n much more reason
able suggestion now than the suggestion
OF the annexation of the Philippines would
have been three years ago. In fact. the
reason for taking the PhiliDnfne islands