The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-14
sLArE.sMAsHINo IN ONO.
Boss MsLcan Turned Down at the
Democratic Convention.


uous session OF over nine hours. ad-
journed tonight. Il was a slate smash
ing and record. d.breaklng convention,
The Mclean men said yesterday that
they were asking for nothing, and they
certainly got nothing, They helped
those who have been opposed to them
to places OF party distinction and re-
sronsibllity.
Il Is said that Mclean dld not care
to take any aggressive part on account
OF the Dewey candidacy.
DURING the last hour OF the eonvcn.
ton there was much confusion ana
disorder, Charles w. Baker, who was
temporary presiding officer, sent for a
squad OF twenty policemen. ordering
them to clear the aisles, knock down
those who would not sit down and COM
pei the dlsturbers 70 be silent. The
police fled down from the exits and
maintained order during the remainder
OF the convention.
The delegates to the national conven-
tion We're instrustad to vote for w,
]. Bryan.
W, p. Huntington, the temporary
chairman OF the convention, made u
sensational speech when he took the
platform. condemning Mckinley and
the republican administration In round
terms.
Mr.. Huntington said In part:
The Hon. W, p. Huntington. the tenn
porary chairman. said In part;
I'VE believe In the constitution OF the
United States. We believe In the Dec
laratlon OF Independence. We believe
In the Monroe doctrine. We believe
that the love Of liberty is born In
the human breast, and that. possessing
Its fruits ourselves through more than
q century OF trial and trlbulatlon, we
cannot deny them to others. We be-
lleve that the love OF liberty Is the
same in California as In Massachusetts,;
the same in Cuba as in California; the
same In Puerto Rico as In Cuba: the
same in the Philippines as in Puerto
Rico, and the same in South Africa as
in the Philippines. We make no dis
tinction as to where liberty should be
enjoyed. when men desire Il. Intelli-
gent sacrifices for liberty prove the
fitness OF their victims to possess Il.
and there is no line drawn between
such sacrifices. whether they are Of
tered on the altar OF American tyranny
In Luzon or on the altar OF British
greed in the Transvaal General sher-
man said that war is he'll but there
is no word this side OF hell that can
describe the horror OF war OF conquest
We charge that William Mckinley.
Of his own volition. began such a war
on the 2lst a December. 1898. by Is
suing to the Filipinos a proclamation
absolute sovereignty over the
entire Philippine archipelago. and over
the property and persons OF its lnhabi-
tants.
aye shall know a tree by its fruits,
and by the fruits Of Imperialism we
know the empire. Its heralds carry
one OF two weapons-the sword or the
carpet-hag. Sometimes they carry
both. but they cannot accomplish more
havoc with one than the other The
sword was never unsheathed in a war
Of conquest. and a national theft was
never accomplished by diplomacy with
out being followed by the carpet-bag.
II nation should choose hew 1t should
perish-'by the sword or by the carpet
bag-it could not de better than toss
up penny and let heads or tails de-
eide. In any event, for the thievlng
nation It would be heads / win, tails
you lose
THE American carpet-bag in Cuba
and Puerto Rico is doing as much to
destroy the Cubans and Puerto Ric-
ans as the American sword ever did
to destroy the Spaniards. We are pro-
Tossing to teach our wards the lesson
Of f-government. but are in fact i'm
pressing them with the belief that the
efficacy Of self-government is indicated
by the amount OF money the governors
can steal from the governed. We are
out to them the advantages
Of free American citizenship that knows
no restrictions between parts Of the
Union. but are telling them that tax
alton without representation does not
count as between the old parts Of the
Union and the new parts. We assure
them that trade follows the liag, but
how much or how little or what kind
Of trade is our business and not
theirs. We place them on the solid
rock Of the constitution. but We are
careful to grease the rock 30 that In
case they slide of they will attribute
the catastrophe to the grease and not
10 the constitution.
How much better 1t would be II we
guaranteed independence to the Fill
plno, self-government to the Cuban.
md to the Puerto Rican equal rights
n the Union; how much better It
would have been II we had done this |
.wo years ago-how infinitely more ur.
gent that we do 1t now"
NEGOTIATIONS NOT BINDING.