Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-07-07
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dais.
IA. They loudly proclaim that theirs is the
party OF liberty. and In their vainS DRY boast
OF their very name Republican. yet they are
caught coqucttlug and forming secret entan.
CLING alliances OF the most detestable char.
actcr with the old mother monarchy. They
stand supincly by aud refuse even an expires.
sion Of sympathy with the Boer republics
In their heroic aud unequal struggle for eN.
tstence as against the gross expressions ana
brutal efforts ut enslaycmy nj Of the same old
tyrant who went down In defeat when he
sought to prevent the establishment Of our
own liberty loving republic. They thus per.
init brave people in love with their free
earth. lest 10y one word u sympathy and
comfort they might offend the delicate scnsi-
bilities Of their new found ally, Great Brit
ain.
Is. An important chapter is the oft-re
pcated promise. made to be broken. that
when the war ceased the oppressive. bur
densomc and vexatious war taxes on many
articles OF prime necessity should be re-
pealcd or reduced. Though the war closed
two years ago. aud notwithstanding there Is
large and growing surplus In the treasury.
not one dollar of reduction In these taxes
has been made. 1t Is known that delegation
after delegation of citizens. suffering from
these burdens, crowded the committee
rooms at Washington. and literally begged
for some relief. Ii Is true that those Of us
who constitute the minority of Congress
Joined In that appeal and declared our readi-
ness 10 support any ana all measures that
might In some degree remove these burdens
Of taxation. But deaf ear was turned by
the Republicans to all such efforts for relief.
and none came. II Il well known. also. that
no relief will be given by the party In pow
or. aud II l. vain for overburdencd people to
look to them while present policies are at-
tempted to be enforced. The only hope for
relief lies In hurting from power the Re-
| publican party ami the restoration Of the
| party which believes In simple and econom-
| ical government.
Cost of "Imperiaiisui."
| sixteenth and IAst--The cost of Repub.
| llcnnism and Its twin monster Imperialism.
| This Is neither the time nor the occasion to
| discuss Ia detail the increased appropria-
ton made necessary by the Republican pol.
| ley of imperialism. Briefly. however, will
mention That the average Of Sppropria,ions
| per year for all purposes of government for
the two years immediately preceding the
! spanish. American war were about sII5.00O,.
| 600. The average expenditures per annum
| for each of the three years since that war,
| including the fiscal year upon which we have
Just entered, show an Increase OF nearly
| S3OO.OOC.OOO. The total Increase for the three
years will be nearly sgDO.o0o.OoO. And
In like proportion 1t will 20 on. This
shows the difference In cost of the
empire as against the republic. These Zig.
ures refer alone to the money cost of the
change. and do not include the expense of
the blood Of the American boys, the price Of
Republican Congress Just closed not one
dollar could be had for much.needed public
| buildings throughout the country at home,
but many millions were promptly voted to
| prosecute Il war In the far.awny Philippine
| Islands. Not dollar for necessary I'm.
| proveinent OF our rivers and harbors at
| home, but millions to be stolen and squar.
| dered In Cuba and our new lnsular posses.
| sions. Nothing for the lsthmian canal, and
many other enterprises and objects, but
| more than S20O,0O0.OO0 was freely given for
| the army and navy, for imperialism and
military, for gold and glory.
| l said at the outset that the issue this
| year was again ~ to l. The foregoing are
briefly the sixteen parts OF the Issue. What
| Is the one partf
We have seen that platform pledges are
made and broken: that good Intentions oil
men are many times set ut naught; that
| plain duty clearly set forth and understood
| Is disregarded; that some men are veal
| and vaclllating and may change their sol
emn opinions In n day. II Is apparent. there
fore, to all that In this supreme exigency
for a faint.heartcd declaration Of platform
stands like a mighty rock In the desert; a
man who, knowing the right, will dare d.
the right; a man who, rather than follow Z
multitude 10 do cvil." will stand, like Pom
pegs pillar. conspicuously by himself, and
single In integrity.
Such man, as the one part. this conven
ton will tender to the nation MS their candi
date for Presidential man who Is unsur
passed as "A citizen, unequalcd as an ora
tor. courageous rs d soldier. conspicuous II
| every element that constitutes the typica
and the true American, william ]. Bryan, o.
| Ncbras aka.