Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-12

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sibility of taking them all from Spain.
Alone, and weighted with the terrible |
responsibility of the unchecked war
powers of the constitution, you were
obliged to govern these islands, and |
to repress rebellion and disorder in
the Philippines. No party creed de-
fined the course you were to follow
Courage, foresight, comprehension OF
American interests both now and in
the uncharted future, faith in the
American people, and in their fitness
for great tasks, were then your only
guides and counsellors.
Thus, you framed and put in opera
tion this great new policy which has
made us at once masters of the An
titles and great eastern power,
holding firmly our possessions on
both sides of the Pacific.
The new and strange ever excites
fear, and the courage and prescience
which accept them, always arouse
criticism and attack. Yet, a great de-
parture and new policy were never
more quickly justified than those un-
-dertaken by you. On the possession
of the Philippines rests the admirable
diplomacy which warned all nations
that American trade was not to be
shut out from China. 1t is to Manila
that we owe the ability to send troops
and ships in this time of stress to the
defense OF our ministers, our mis-
sionaries, our consuls and our mer-
chants in China, instead of being
compelled to leave our citizens to the
casual protection of other powers, as
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flung the Philippines away, and with
drawn from the Orient. Rest assured
sir, that the vigorous measure which
you have thus been enabled to take,
and that all further measures in the
same direction which you may take,
for the protection of American lives
and property, will receive the hearty
support of the people of the United
States, who are now, as always, de-
termined that the American citizen
shall be protected at any cost in all
his rights, everywhere, and at all
times. 1t is to Manila again, to our
fleet in the bay, and our army on land
that we shall owe the power, when
these scenes of blood in China are
closed, to exact reparation, to- enforce
stern justice, and to insist, in the fin
al settlement, upon an open door to
all that vast market for our fast grow
ing commerce.
Events moving with terrible rapid
ity have been swift witnesses to the
wisdom of your action in the east.
The Philadelphia convention has
adopted your policy both in the An,
titles and the Philippines and has
made it their own and that of the re.
publican party.
Your election, sir, next November
assures to us the continuance of that
policy abroad and in our new posses
sions. To entrust these difficult and
vital questions to other hands, at once
incompetent and hostile, would be a
disastrous and a still more unrelieved
disaster to our posterity. Your cleo.
tion means not only protection to our
industries, but the maintenance of a
sound currency and of the gold stan
dard, the very cornerstones of our
economic and financial welfare.
Should these be shaken as they
would be by the success of our oppo.
nents, the whole fabric of our bust
ness confidence and prosperity would
fall into ruin. Your defeat would be
the signal for the advance of free
trade, for the anarchy of a debased
and unstable currency, for business
panic, depression and hard times, and
for the wreck of our foreign policy.
Your election and the triumph of
the republican party which we be-
lieve to be as sure as the coming of
the day-will make certain the steady
protection of our industries, sound
money, and a vigorous and intelli-
gent foreign policy. They will con.
tinue those conditions of good gov.
ernment and wise legislation, SO es-
sential to the prosperity and we'll
being which have blessed our country
in such abundance during the past
four years.
Thus announcing to you, sir, your
nomination as the republican candi-
date for the presidency, we have the
honor also to submit to you the dec.
laration of principles made by the
national convention which, we trust.
will receive your approval. We can
assure you of the faithful and earnest
support Of the republican party in ev-
cry state, and we beg you to believe
that we discharge here today, with
feelings of the deepest personal graf
ifiation, this honorable duty imposed
upon us by the convention.
The senator sremarks were fire.
quently interrupted with applause.
When Lodge closed Mckinley mount
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