The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-21

newly acquired territory and this doc
trine. which we cast out in 1860, We
still reject. We do not mean that the
Philippines shall come without tariff
system or become part of our body poll
itic We do mean that they shall, IN
der our teaching, learn to govern them
selves and remain under our flag with
the largest possible measure of home
rule. We make no hypocritical pre-
lenses of being interested in the Phil
ippines solely on account of others
While we regard the welfare of those
people as a sacred trust we regard the
welfare of the American people first.
We see our duty to ourselves as well !
as to others. We believe in trade ex-
pansion.
Resorts to More Vilifcation.
The Democratic attitude towards the
Philippines rests wholly upon the prop /
osition that the American people have |
neither the capacity nor the honesty to /
deal rightly with these islands. They |
assume that we should fail. They fall |
down and worship a Chinese half breed /
whose name they had never heard three /
years ago. and they SANDER and cry /
down and doubt the honor of American |
soldiers and sailors, of admirals and |
generals and public men who have /
gone in and out before US during an
entire lifetime
Suppose the candidate of the Demo- |
Gratis, the POpulists, the foes of ex-
! pansion, the dissatisfied and the en-
vious, should come into power, what
kind of an administration would he
give US? What would his cabinet be2
/ Think what an electric spark of con-
| fidence would run through every bust
ness interest in the country when such
/ a cabinet was announced as we can
readily imagine he would make. More
| important still, we ask the American
| people whether they will put in the
| White House the hero of uncounted
| platforms, the prodigal spendthrift of
words, the champion Of free silver, the
| opponent of expansion, the assailant of
| the courts, or whether they will retain
in the presidency the Union soldier the
| leader of the house of representatives,
! the trained statesman who has borne
VIGOROUSLY the heavy burdens of the
| last four years, the champion of pro-
| lection and solid money, the fearless
| supporter of law and order wherever
/ the flag floats?
Now, at the dawn of a new cen
tury, with new policies and new OPP
portunities opening before us in the
/ bright sunshine of prosperity, we again
ask the American people to entrust us
with their future. We have profound
/ faith with the people. We do not dis
trust their capacity Of meeting the
new responsibilities even as they met
the old. and we shall await with con-
fidence, under the leadership of Will
| liam Mckinley, the verdict of NOvem-
ber.''
Mr.. Lodges voice showed splendid
| carrying power. He made a reference
to Hawaii and the presence of repre-
sentatives of that new acquisition that
brought the delegates to their feet in
| n l1fS To he
when he referred to the ''infamy'' in
Kentucky, the delegates yelled their
| approval. Mr.. Lodges references to
the policy of the government toward
Cuba and the Philippines brought out
| frequent manifestations of approval,
and his brilliant tribute to the many
American soldiers serving in the trop-
les was the signal for a hearty demon
stration. Senator Lodge concluded at
| 1877.
Gifts to the Convention.
Then Colonel Childs of Rhode Island,
in a neat speech, presented a historic
gavel, the mahogany from the capitol
/ at Providence, the bronze from the
yacht Columbia, which defeated the
Shamrock at the international yacht
races last fall. A young delegate from
| Kentucky, Mr.. Langley, mounted the
platform, and in an eloquent speech
| III the valley Of the Big Sandy beneath
| which General Garfield is said to have
knelt in prayer at the battle of Mid
die creek. He concluded with the
( statement that he presented the gavel
as a pledge Of the continued devotion
of Kentucky to the principles Of Re
/ publicaniSm, and a hostage that the
| state would this fall give its electoral
vote to Mckinley and Roosevelt.
L. E Olsen of Minnesota presented
a table which had been used at the
Republican national conventions at
| Minneapolis and St Louis.
Senator Lodge received the presenta-
/ lions with graceful speech.
General Bingham Of Pennsylvania
was now recognized TO present the
unanimous report of the committee on
rules. He said that in the main the
rules OF four and eight years ago had
been adopted, leaving il for the con-
ventiOn to make any marked departure
from the former procedure.
Senator Quay was recognized as the
reading of the report was concluded,
and was greeted enthusiastically as he
stepped into the middle aisle to offer
an amendment to the rules. This en-
bodied the proposition to reduce the
representation from the several states,
giving one delegate for each 10000
votes cast, with four delegates at large
for each state. There were calls for
Mr.. Quay to take the platform, but he
shook his head and sent TO the clerks
desk a lengthy statement showing the
effect of the proposed new rule.
"Poker Jack" Opposes Quay.
The famous Poker jack Mcclure
protested against the amendment, but
was ruled out of order. Senator Quay
himself finally began the reading,
! -
| heard, and Senator Foraker suggested
that he take the platform. The de
mand was Immediately taken up by the
vast audience. Amid a roar of cheers
Mr.. Quay moved up to the stage. For
several minutes he could not proceed
owing to the demonstration. When or
der had been restored, Mr.. Quay sug-
gested as the statement was long and
would be printed in the afternoon pa
pers, action upon his proposition, which
only affected rules 1 and u, be post
pOned until tomorrow and that the re-
mainder of the report be adopted. He
backed his suggestion with a motion.
The motion raised a storm of protests.
Delegates from all the southern states
were on their feet demanding recogni-
/ ton. Delegate Mccall of Tennessee
mounted a chair, and amid the plaudits
{ of his associates, demanded the right
r to be heard before any action was
2 taken upon the Quay amendment.
John Lynch, a cOlOred delegate from
: Mississippi, stood on his chair and Sc
cured recognition for a substitute 20
3 the Quay amendment. This recited
t that in any state where the right TO
e vote was abridged because of race,
color or previous condition of servi-
tude the representation in congress
should be reduced in proportion to the
e extent of the Acknowledgement A
point of order was promptly made that
D the substitute was not germane and