The evening times., 1900-09-18

and in the business " Orlu-Cofl-
bines StrangIinE Industrial Effort.
HAGFRsTOWN. Md, Sept 1S-Major
Charles A. Little in his letter accepting
the Democratic nomination for Congress
in the Sixth district of Maryland says:
When my name was first mentioned in
connection with the nomination I was not
disposed to look with favor upon it. but
when 1 came fully to appreciate the i'm
portance of the issues now before the peo
pie felt that this was time when every
Democrat ought to respond to his partys
call and be willing to make personal sac
rifces in helping to preserve and main
tain inviolate those principles which are
SO vital to every republic and without
which our Government cannot stand. The
great evils now confronting this Republic
make all those who can foresee the dis
Rster they will work If allowed to go on
uninterrupted fear the final outcome.
The attitude of the present Admins
tration toward the islands recently taken
charge of by the United States is not in
keeping with the principles upon which
permanent republics are founded. nor IN
keeping with the teachings OF the great
statesmen of our country of years gone
by irrespective Of the party to which
they belonged. nor in keeping with the
decisions of our highest courts on the
grave constitutional questions involved
and the mere fact that today many OF the
leading Republicans are not in accord
with the present Administration in its CO.
Ionial- policy should be a sufficient warn
ing to the people OF the land that danger
is lurking near
Republics 90 not govern their people
with shot and shell-these are reserved
for their enemies; but they govern them
by reason of their assent and willingness
to be ruled by power OF which they are
a part and into which they have been
willingly incorporated To be governed
without representation is as foreign to
republican ideas today as was taxation
without representation in the days OF the
Revolution.
Voice of the People.
"In republics the citizens thereof always
have a voice in the selection of their rulers
and in the passage of laws by which Ihey
are to be governed In the language
of Daniel Webster, They must be OF US,
part of US. or else estranged' Sertdom and
subjugation are unknown conditions TO the
inhabitants of a republic. The principles OF
the Declaration OF Independence and the
rights secured 10 All jlS 1uldtllGtINS "a lAA-o
Republic and to all the inhabitants OF new
Iy acquired territory, whether y grant,
purchase treaty. or conquest, II this
should ever become necessary, by the Con
stitution should never De lost sight or nor
their benefits denied the people, not even
for the purposes Of temporary Dsneht III
trade or commerce, nor for the mere pur-
pose OF extending our territorial limits
The body polite must pay the penalty for
the violation of its fundamental laws, just
as the human body must suffer for the Vi
olatfon of the laws CT health.
If these tests are applied TO the colo
nial policy of the Administration, especially
if we stop to consider the peculiar Circum-
stances under which these islands came III
To our hands II VIII be found that the
principles underlying our Government have
been forgotten, aGd that our desire to eX-
Dand cur territory IS led US into criminal
AGGRESSION and that the so-caIled sover-
sIsItry purchased by US from Spain has not,
in our hands, been tempered or modified SO
as to be adapted to the government of a
people forming part OF a republic, but has
been used by US with all its imperial attrf-
butes. so that the last stage of the iGhab-
itants of these Islands is not any better
than the first.
In our case We must take one of two
positions. If the Inhabitants OF the ISL
ands taken charge of by us are not part
of us, then we put ourselves in the posi-
tion and are guilty of making war upon a
poor and weak people for no just cause
and who have done no wrong If on
the other hand, they are a part OF US. then
We are guilty of warning upon our own
people simply because they object TO be
ing made a part of us against their own
will; and, when We recall the words of
Justice fancy. There is certainly no DOW
er given by the Constitution TO the Fed
eTal Government to establish or maintain
PoIOUiHS bordering a cd
or at distance, to be ruled and governed
at its own pleasure, nor to enlarge its ter
ritOFial limits in any way except by the
admission of new States, we can see how
untenable is the position taken by our
Government today
The mere fact that the little more than
half-CiYiliZed inhabitant of far-away ISL
land is the recipient of the imperial doses
now being administered by this Republi-
can Government does not diminish or nit
igate the crime The crime is in this
case more in the violation of the law than
in the effect of the breach. and imperial
ism applied with impunity to the poor
Philippine islander may ere long be tried
on those nearer home The Constitution
once set aside will soon be set aside
again.
When we come further to consider that
the United States to maintain its present
position must support standing army of
ioV'VVV heh dl d cost OF S55o,Uvo per day,
the evil consequences of the present poll
cy of the Government are brought home to
the already overburdened taxpayer in a
most foFcible manner
THE Democrats have always charged the
Republicans with too great fondness for
strong centralized Government, but they
never dreamed that the idea would ever
be carried to such an extent as is being
done today. and it is not a matter of sur
prise that many noble and patriotic mem
bers of the Republican party itself cannot
allow themselves to be carried along in
this matter even by the love of the party
to which they have been loyal for many
organization.
In America We have the highest devef-
opment of those principles of liberty that
began their work on the continent of
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