The age-herald., 1900-09-28
INFLUENCES AT WORK
 TO END THE STRIKE
Negotiations to Bring About an AmicabIe Settlement
 of Differences Admitted to be in Progress,

finance, of domestic administration and reform in our methods of taxation, the platform of the Peoples Party gives no uncertain sound. It Is no less emphatic in its demand for return to the policy of honest and economical expenditures of the public money The further demand for wise and efficient legislation looking to the suppression of trusts can not fail to challenge the attention of all thoughtful men.
 Tn common we have the Silver Repub- llcan and the Democratic parties You rec ognize that all these are but questions of the hour in the presence of the overshad- owing issue of imperialism, others are but as the dust in the balance. It Is not strange then that there should now be a concert of action between those who sincerely be- Heved that a crisis has been reached in which mere party considerations are of secondary importance.'
 'Involved in the settlement of this great question are consequences of deep import to the American people. The supreme gray ity of the issue cannot be measured by words. AS was truly said by an eminent Republican Senator:
 The question Is greater than parties, greater than administration, greater than the prosperity and happiness of single generation
 Tt is well even now to recall some of the recent events of our history Before break
 
 terring to Cuba, supplemented Its declara- ton of war against Spain with the words: The United States hereby discaim any dis position to exercise sovereignty, jurisdic- ton or control over said island except for the pacfncatiOn thereof, and asserts it's determination that when that is accomp- lished to leave the government and control of the island to its people,
 Tt was this solemn declaration by the American Congress that justified the war al nf that of the world The pretense now that this disclaimer upon our party applied only to Cuba, and not to other Spanish depen- dencies is to palter with words In a double sense.'
 Existing conditions abroad now chal- qenge our serious thought, whether we will or not. Spain has been conquered and the pacihcation of Cuba, tn. declared purpose of the war, secured and yet we find our selves still engaged in war, war against our former allies In our contest wtth Spain. It is war against people 5000 miles dis tant and of whom until recent years we had scarsely heard. It is an expensive war, having already cost near $200, ,000 GOO in mon- ey and thousands of valuable lives. The questions to be answered by each Amer ican voter now and in November Is Why this war, was what is to be justification at bar of history?
 "All mere words and glorfication of the flag aside, the sad fact remains that purely a war of conquest a war oi subjugation against a people who, as has been eloquently said in their struggle for independence, have interposed the declara- ton of Jefferson as a shield against the attacks of his own country men.
 Sixty thousand soldiers are now ,.tbf Rhiilh 'Ba fne 'T3acrifice of treasure and of human life before the conquest Is com pleted no one can know and when com pleted, what next? How are those islands to be held and governed. Does any sane man doubt that it can be done only by force; by the power of the army and of the navy. All this implies the exercise of power unknown to the Constitution. It means the adoption by the American Re- public of the colonial methods of European monarchies. It means the right to hold alien peoples subjects, it enthrones for the controlling government. In word 1t foreshadows the empire.
 More than this following close in the wake of imperialism, as the night the day, comes the immense standing army. The dread arm of militarism ia to be made bare in the new world as 1t is in the old. The strong arm of power Is to be substi- tuted for the peaceful agencies which TOT more than a century have brought con- tentment and happiness to our people. Existing conditions in continental Europe entailing taxation and misery to the very verge of human endurance, illustrate py sad object lessons the inevitable result Of
 
 conditions now existing in the Philip pine Islands for which we are in meas ure responsible impose new duties upon us These peorle are entitled to our protection against the cupidity and aggressive spirit of other nations. And this, not to attempt subjugation on our part but that or en- joyment by them of liberty and ultimate stable government. Its termination is to be by the American people through the peaceful instrumentalty of the ballot. Meanwhile it does continue at the ire side and in the musings with an earnest ness rarely equalled in oud history. It was Burke who said: I love clamor when there is abuse. The alarm bell disturbs the inhabitants, but 1t saves them from being burned in their beds
 Again thanking the committee and those they represent I accept the nomination so generously rendered me. Should your action be ratified by the people at the polls. it will be my earnest endeavor to discharge with fidelity the duties for the great good of the country l have the honor to remain yours truly,
 UADTAT 10 STEVENSON."