The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-15

reply that one term is enough if pres
ident does well, and too much where he
does not do we'll. You have here in your
city a cannon, believe, that was pre-
scented to you as trophy of the war.
It was customary in earlier days for
cannon to bear notices, and your can
non has inscribed upon it Mars ultima
ratio regium,' which means that war is
the last reason of kings. Charles Sum-
ner in his Grafton on The Character Of
Nations, delivered at Boston, July 4.
1874, referred to this motto and said:
Let it be no reason of this republic
Il hope that you viii not merely from
the possession of that cannon be led to
believe that war is a thing to be de-
sired. It ought to be further away from
a republic even than from a monarchy,
because in a monarchy the government
rests upon force, and has frequent occa-
sion to resort to force. A king is not al
ways restrained by those considerations
which would restrain the people of a re-
public. In a. country like this and where
justice is the rule between this gov
eminent and other governments as well
as between the people, there ought to be
less necessity for war In fact, I be-
lieVe that if this nation will stand upon
its rights and be as careful to respect
the rights of other people as it is to de-
fend its own, there will be little use for
war. If this nation will obey the com
mandment, Thou shalt not steal it viii
have little difficulty in enforcing that
commandment in those places where this
d
idea of a protectorate is different from
the European idea Under a European
prOtectorate the protector plumbers the
protected. According to our theory the
protector has to give the strength of the
protector to its ward without making the
ward the victim of the protector; and so
we believe in the far away Philippines
that this nation can be a protector
American republic and without
governing the people ourselves
1--WE can say to the world Hands of
and let that republic live and work out its
own destiny
THAT is our theory and we feel that it
is a significant fact that the Republican
party has planted itself upon the Euro
pean doctrine that you must own a coun-
try in order to be of service to 1t at the
same time that it plants itself upon the
European colonial idea You viii prob
ably find in your town. a few people who
colonial policy, but I suggest that when
you find Republican who is willing to
to show his sincerity by send petition
to the president asking him to apologize
her before We learned OF the blessings OF
this colonial system. for If the Repubn-
colonies and taxing them without repre-
sentatiOu and governing them without
their consent, thea the colonis S were wrong
70 years ago when they asserted thar
these principles were wrong We are in
Ohio for a few days and I am glad to
question to people OF Ohio. and I trust
that when the election is held the re-
suits viii show that even in Ohio, despite
the local influences here, despite the resi-
dence of the president and the residence
OF the chairman of the Republican
uonal committee. the returns will show
that in the great contest between the
European idea of force and the American
DOCTRINE Of government BY consent. Ohio
will be on the side Of the United States
instead of on the side of Europe"
At Mineral Point there was also a brief
stop which was not on the schedule At
that place Mr.. Bryan asked Mayor Jones
and Mr.. Monett 10 come to the car plat