The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-09-28

| be elected.
But there is the question of expansio n
which every citizen should understand.
The country expanded when Dewey de.
feaiei the Spanish in Manila. Who
can dispose of territory belonging to
4 the United States as that territory does,
ny discovery, purchase, conquest and
treaty, the only ways by which
nation can acquire territory The con-
stitution answers plainly that congress
is the only power which can dispose of
territory
1t is the duty of the president of the
United States to keep the flag floating
over every part of the United States if
1t takes the whole power of the United
States to do so, and thank God we
have president who is not afraid to do
his duty. But they ask us to contract.
To whom would they ask us to turn
over the islands? 10 Aguinaldo, the
traitor who sold out his countrymen
for Spanish gold-to a man represent
ing one only out of the eighty tribes of
the islands. We can only give them up
when government is formed. But
what is Bryan's policy9
What job for an American soldier
to dance around Tagal throne to
keep off foreign powers-with no word
to say in the government! What caused
the death of the brave Lawton, of
young Logan, the son of the famous
General Logan, of young Howard, the
son of the one-armed General Howard?
Every speech made by Bryan on anti
Imperialism might as well be bullets
firing on the American soldiers in the
Philippines.
You know that our republican insti-
tutions are not in dangerl 1t is only a
spectre which they have tried to scare
people to vote for Bryan. Why, ever
since the country started it has been
governing territory without the consent
of the governed. The law of 1919 was
the first law which gave vote to resi-
dent OF Michigan, and even then it was
only with a property qualification.
We were in fact taxed without our
consent until 1923. Oklahoma and
Indian Territory are still governed
without the consent of the governed.
Alaska was only last year given
government of any kind and that is
territorial government without repre-
sentation. The constitution and the
earliest supreme court decisions clearly
show that the matter of the control of
different country by this country, was
clearly meant to be provided for and
acknowledged possible. In fact the
only decision ever made which denied
this power was the bred Scott case
which was shot so full of holes from 81
to SO and was overruled by so many
millions majority that it has never been
considered good law since.
Mr.. Humphrey warmed up to his
work as he proceeded and the longer he
talked the more clearly the illogical
situation of Bryan in his attack on the
policy of the administration became
and the more evident it appeared that
the course of President Mckinley was
the only one which he could have fol-
lowed and still have shown either COM
mon sense or patriotism.
The money question also received his
thorough attention and he warned his
hearers to remember not only the con-
dition they were in four years ago, but
also to remember the promises which
Bryan and his supporters made OF
what would come to pass if the free
coinage of silver were not adopted and
what the republicans told them would
come to pass if the silver fallacy were
defeated. The republicans have been
proved right in what they asserted of
, the defeat of the silver question and
they are again warning the people and
making the same assertions again. 1t
is still the most important issue of all.
Would you change the conditions?
What other country in the world can
sell bonds at premium when all the
interest they bear is two per cent.
Mr.. Humphrey dealt somewhat sar-
castically with the failure of Bryan to
state his position on some important
questions and the quibbling, evasive
answers he gave to some others, but
the far greater part of his speech, which
was very strong one, was given up to
the keenest and best logical exposition
of the correctness of the position of the
republican party and the inconsistent
anything to catch-a vote position of the
democrats. The speech was not a
short one, but it was thoroughly en-
ioyed and was of the convincing kind.
After Mr.. Humphrey had concluded
his speech and the audience had listened
to another song from the Acme Quar-
tette Congressman Fordney was intro
duced. Mr.. Fordney however assured
his hearers that they could hear him at
any time while they could not always
hear as good orators as the two who
had preceded him. He would leave but
| n single question with them Suppose,