Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-09

ion is not u%nmeaning parchment. but
be e eI'1,pglnsg char n OF a1 r l tbs farefr opHn
md to the end that republican governs
nent be ,perpetuated-We appeal t9 TIE
:ober Judgment and patriotism Of the
RICHARDSON INFORMS BRYAN.
Address of the Chairman Of the
Notification Committee.
indianapolis, Ind, Aug. Thames
b. Richardson, spokesman of the
notification committee, said:
Mi. Bryan, On. the One hundred and
swenty-fburth anniversary; of the birth OF
city. tile most intensely American, con
ventiun that ever came together In its
This great body was made up
men from n, every state I ten and db esrr resnsc IN
I've districts filled with unfeigned enthu,-
siasm for the Inspiring cause which
ons n tn canst tiRge1hsr. h hndf'r e ssNsn me'l
and select a candidate for president and
vice president Of the United States IN
political crisis that ever came t9 pur
country. These. delegates all realized that
the republic Is. in peril. They felt that the
S Mn; was Tss,. ,hel ihe 70 ota sakf frs ansh the ae1 gulf az az
imperialism ii, which II has been plunged
and thus preserve for themselves and
posteritN unimpaired the priceless bless
ings of free government and civil liberty;
You see before y9u today a committee OF
delegates from that convention, and for
I speak, upon which is represented
to convey to, YOU in formal manner the
notification that the august. assembly
have mentioned. acting for Its members,
aud n1norfSh 1ihartv avarVwhpre with no
dissenting voice, chose you as the candl.
date for president and adopted a PLATFORM
of principles upon which the campaign
We 10Y are inaugurattng shall be con-
Quoted.
The declaration of party principles
enunciated now have the honor to pre-
mittee might with propriety end, but I
beg Indulgence for a few moments.
The delegates assembled at Kansas
Cit, did not take hasty acton IN arne
est firmness and determination. IN the
alarming condition in which The country,
has been placed by the present weak and
ton at Washington they realized, az do
their fellow citizens generally, that a
change Of men ,s and policies aesa y imd s}ti1arate e.
y a aed eRose you ans to }ead IN tie o battls for
the restoration of the true, political faith.
-Four years ago YOU led the party IN the
most brilliant contest y has eyer esp per
SIISG0. A Iou lIlCll SlAAN W. ~ ~ oN.'t
the presidency, but you did more; you
won the respect and admiration of your
political foes and the ardent love and de-
odds, in the face of a hostile press and
with unhappy division In your ranks, !
e1ng {paHa nf Spm ama S cona,t fSus'f % mot mo-,
confront you today. 1t is true you We're
then bitterly. sometimes wantonly as
sailed, and when PARTISAN ran 1,ora RAJ ! q
they survived 1T all. and We're perhaps
stronger for them; We trust his cam.
and that 1t will he conducted III 3. man
ner worthy of the great dignity which at.
/ taches to the two most exalted offices al
stake.
A Shot at Roosevelt.
1t is true that YOU and your party
friends nave already been characterized
as dishonest and lawless at home, ant
as towards abroad. ! feel sure. however
It will stop at this. or. at least, II sucf
all, 1T will be In rare Instances and only
then by someone whose coarse manner:
before the public are %equalled only b.
the %roughness of his riding habit.
During the eventful and exciting cam
paign of 1886 you were constantly befor'
the public. The eyes of the nation wer
liked upon you and your ~utterances, a
they were never before upon a publ
have been under a light as glazing as tn
sun at high noon. yet no flaw of dis
record by any foe. Review and criticism
YOU in public esteem. And now YOU arr
with absolute Mnanimity, by every state
territory aud district in the union, mad
the candidate of Il reunited and harmoni
Gus party. You are by all real Amer
ans regarded as the best exponent of IN
faith of our fathers, which was article
in the declaration of independence an
sealed by the blood OF patriots. We den
that that declaration Is a back number
We solemnly affirm that. by the faithfl
1t is yet venerated as the graiidest char
ter Of human rights and human libert
ever devised by man. The lust of gree
and power breaches contempt for Its $,
guiding star by which our ship of stat
can be safely sailed. We know that
has served our purpose we'll and glorion:
ly until of late, when another star, IN
star of Imperialism. has been selected q
the guide OF our course.
The Paramount l.suc.
The platform which handed you is
new declaration of independence. 4o
will see IL takes no step upo
promulgated. 1T solemnly afiirms tn;
the question of Imperialism is the par;
mount issue of this campaign. This decl;
ration did not make IT so, but only gay
recognition to an admitted fact. The II
publlcanS have made 1t the issue which
this campaign overlops all others. Tho
may we'll endcavor to run away from
as they are doing, but they cannot escaI
IT. "By their fruits We shall know them
was the best philosophy nineteen hundre
years ago, and 1T is the best now.
Imperialism consists in levying upe
the people and collecting from them III
equal taxes. 1t consists in levying tax
on one territory of the United States al
not leyying the same on other portiol
taxes shall be uniform throughout Il
United States. The power to tax is Il
power to destroy. When those In pow
proceed as they have done by recent ac
of congress, to construct a tariff va
against one territory and thus exclu'
IT'S products from other territories al
states Of the union, seek to dodge, 1t
they may, they exercise imperial poWt
No king or emperor can do more; Th'
cannot do the acts and deeds which g;
only be done in an empire and say tn
are not imperialists ana mat there Is
clares that Imperialism means conque
abroad and oppression at home; 1t mea
the strong arm of the military and
c~oncomitants, a great standing arm
which has ever been fatal to all free !
situations. it was this that drove FRI
!, Europe to our shores millions of our fl
menace to the liberties of the Peep
t Large standing armies have no place
{ a republic. An imperial government G
only be maintained by brutal force, a
l 4 WITHOUT. Illlltdtlsuu 1IiPei y Gam
exist. The union or mating Of the t,
brings forth Caesarism, whether und
: that or some other name. Imperiali:
means death to democracy and repuh
. canism. 1t means more swords and few
. plowshares. Militarism means death
, self-governnlent. and more spears a
: fewer pruning hoops.
In the great battle upon us we "
: make the tight thickest and hottest up
: this monster imperialism. which alwa
: feeds upon the life blood of liberty. I
: cause your epresent, sir, Is humani
The highest duty of humanity is to h,
others 10 be free. The just punishment
$ a people that enslave and rule over q
other is the loss of their own liberty,
a democracy cannot be an empire and
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