Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-07-09


Fl. F. Graham was introduced and
spoke for time. Mr.. Graham cited
instances showing that the Jefferson
ian democracy was in favor of eX-
pansion. He also urged the voters to
come out at the fall elections and
show by large majority that the
same confidence is felt in the admin
istration at the present time as was
felt four years ago.
| Col Clark OF Boston, the speaker of
the day, was then introduced and de-
| livered "a stirring address. A large
crowd had gathered in the hall in an
| ticipation of this and all gave the
| speaker the closest attention and
| often applauded the sentiment ex-
pressed. The address was as follows:
It is not assumption or boasting, but
plain statement of fact to say that
no other candidate for the presidency
ever possessed more general conf
dence than William Mckinley enjoys
to-day. Republicans in all sections
are united in his support, many popu-
lists in the West are returning to their
first love, and thousands of democrats,
who prefer business to politics, will
cast a secret ballot for Mex inley and
Roosevelt and for prosperity and
progress. The strength of our candi-
date is in what he is and for what he
stands.
On the ticket with this soldier,
statesman and patriot the national
convention of our party has placed
the most virile, progressive and
unique scholar, soldier and statesman
of these latter days. For all that Nc
Kinley typifies country, pros
perity, liberty, progress Theodore
Roosevelt stands on both feet and
there is something about his hat which
stirs the young men of to day as that
of John Burns of Gettysburg thrilled
some of US thirty seven years ago to-
day, forit is their very ''orif anime of
war" Mckinley and Roosevelt COM
bine the ripeness of wisdom with the
ardor of youth.
If any young man is troubled to
know which party to join, let him do
two things: first study the history
of the parties and second look about
him and see which has the greater
number of the good men of the COM
munity. Measured by either of these |
standards, the republican party stands
above any other.
q o1stv of
carried the great civil war to a
triumphant issue, it restored the
national credit, and it fastened the |
remotest regions together with bands |
of steel. 1t declared that before a
foreign producer should be permitted
to sell his wares in these markets, he |
must first pay into the United States |
treasury the money that he saved by |
not paying his work people so much
as we pay ours. When portion of
the currency became deprecated
by the operation of natural laws, and |
the question arose SIN which money |
shall the public creditor be paid?" the
republican party said that all our
money should be kept as good as gold.
And when the sympathies of the
people, without distinction of party,
were moved to relieve the oppressed
in Cuba, the republican party rose to
the undertaking with magnificent en-
ergy and skill.
But our democratic friends try to
make themselves believe that govern
ng insular possessions by different
avs from tn ose made for our home
territories is rank imperialism. The
Did apologists and defenders of slavery,
always dragging along behind the re-
publican party, now say that no man
IS good enough to govern another
and no nation good enough to have
5he charge of another. They fail to
discriminate between temporary
necessity and settled policy. Every
territory that we have ever annexed
has been treated somewhat differently
rom other territories and from the
lnion of states. Unlike our earlier
reaties of annexation, the treaty with
spain does not obligate US to admit as
states the islands which we acquired
rom her, nor to extend to their
equal privileges in our
heritage with our own citizens. Ev
rybody knows that at present they
re unfit for it. In a legal sense they
re minors. AS an unlocked for
esult of war the nation has become
heir guardian. Self-government re-
luires fitness. The republican party
Ioes not purpose to break down or