The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-05


five years ago last July. Speaking OF the
! authors and signers of the Declaration of
independence and the Constitution, he
said:
FOR ALL TIME
They built not for themselves, but for
posterity- Their plans stretched out into
The future, comprising the ages and en-
bracing mankind. Not alone for the
present We're their sacrifices and their
struggles, but for all time thereafter: not
tor American colonsts only, but for the
whole human race wherever men and
women are struggling for higher and
better conditions. 1t was the yearning OF
the soul for emanciration. 1t was the
cry of hunanity4 for freedom: freedom
20 think. speak and act within the linn
ltation of just and proper laws which
should be of their own making
There was no limitations on that Con-
stitution then. There were no limitations
on that Declaration of Independence. 1t
was not intended for the people who
their childrens children to the remotest
| ages 1t vas not for the Anglo-Saxon
then. 1t was for all mankind.
Il cannot better describe the fall Of
the Republican party: | cannot better
picture its decentralization; / cannot bet
ter describe its complete surrender to the
doctrines that underlie monarches and
y
that when a king dies a, Republican Pres
!. ident can send a message of coincidence,
but that when two republics expire no
Republican sheds a tear. We want the
American people TO attend to their Amer
lean business. We want them to have
their own ideas and stand for them. We
want this nation to be among the nations
as a light and an example.
Il want this nation to be just and up
right. so that when other nations quar-
rel instead of calling our great armies to
Kill each other they viii say: Leave the
question to the United States. they can
be trusted | want this nation to be a
peacemaker among the nations and them
1t VIII earn the reward promised to the
Observation-Disclosures are the peacemak-
ers. for they shall be called the children
of Cod
OTHER SPEAKERS
At the concluding session of the conven-
ton, Hon Bourke Cochran was the speak
er. Governor McMillin, of Tennessee,
Mr.. Cochran. He devoted his speech to
the question of imperialism.
A. Z. Stevenson addressed the conven-
ton at the afternoon SESSION. He said in
part:
The reelection Of President Mckinley
viii be held by himself and his associates,
and justly so, as an endorsement of the
'i4it4itset ctItOli EtDiltl TOWARD. the fllIlD-
p.nes. Let no Republican ,lelude himself
with the hope if sustained at the polls
there will be a change in the methods and
policy Of the administration. Such delu-
sion is worse than midsummer madness.
The reelection of the present Executive
will be vote of confidence: solemn en-
dorsement by the Amrican people of a
war OF conquest. the salient feature of
his administration.
O Of ~
ton by the ballot IS our only hone of es
cape from the perIlous policy it mas in
augurated.
Imperialism knows nothing OF limi-
tons Of power; it rules outside of the Con-
stitution. It means the ADOPTION bv the
American Republic OF the colonial methods
Of European monarchies 1t means tne
right to hold alien peoples as4 subjects. It
enthrones force as the controlling agency
in government. II means the empire
Following close in the wake Of Imperialism
will he felt the immense standing army.
The dread hand Of mitarism will be felt
in the new world as in the old The strong
arm Of power viii he substituted for the
Deaceful agencies which have for more
than a. century made our people contented
and happy
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions adopted commend the
Kansas City platform, declaring a Demo-
cratic club should be organized in every
precinct in the nation; appeals to every
Democrat in the country to pledge himself
10 win one vote for the party; declares
that the evidence that great corporations
are endeavoring to control the votes of
their employees is too plain 10 be denied
condemns the present administration for
IT'S .'flagrant violation to enforce the Fede-
raj antitrust statute; denounces the ad-
ministra ton for permitting Two republics
in South Africa TO be destroyed without
one word of sympathy; condemns the
failure to vigorously prosecute the men
connected with the Cuban frauds: urges
that all American institutions are in dan
ger; proclaims sympathy with the coal
miners Of Pennsylvania in their stand
against the anthracite coal trust and
hopes they may secure such settlement as
will afford them better wages; asserts that
the election OF Mckinley would mean the
perpetuation of war taxes, entangling al
liances with the monarchies of Europe
and colonial explorations in remote parts
of the world, compelling an increase in
the national debt and enforced military
service. and declares the election Of Mr..
Bryan will mean the salvation of the coun-
try.
The following officers We're elected: w,
r. Hearst, president; Max F. Ihmsen Sc
cretary. Marcus DAILY. treasurer.
The convention adjourned sine die to-
night.
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