The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-25
FALSE ISSUES RAISED
SECRETARY WILSON ON QUESTIONS
PUT FORWARD BY DEMOCRACY.
The Country Not Threatened ny I'M
pcrialism Nor by an Alliance
with Great Britain.

Agriculture James Wilson was permanent
chairman of the Tama county Republican
convention held at Tama this afternoon.
He spoke at considerable length. dealing
largely with expansion. Mr.. Wilson said
at the opening:
Every pledge made by the Republican
party has been redeemed. Every predic-
ton has come true, while the calamities
prophesied by the opposition, should their
prescriptions be refused have in case
been verified. Protection to workingmen
has been enacted and all are getting good
wages and making the best market in the
world for farm products. Gold has been
continued the measure of value and con-
fidence reigns. bringing into circulation
all of that coin that was in hiding. and
giving us now more circulation than We
ever had. The miner has not suffered; he
has turned to mining gold and finds plenty
of it,"
Mr.. Wilson reviewed the Spanish war and
the events Immediately succeeding 1t. He
said Dewey was driven out of Hong-Kong
at the outbreak of the war and was COM
PEELED to take Manila because "the United
States did not own a hitching post in the
China seas to which to moor a vessel"
He held that the insurrection in the Phil
ippines had been practically put down. and
continued: Those events have added
new issue for consideration this fall-the
great question of expansion. 1t must be
considered from several standpoints. The
Christian will conclude that God in His
mercy has given America work to do in
| raising from the dust poor peoples who
have been i'll used by Spain for four hun
| dred years.
Little Americans will get frightened at
| the growth of the Nation and make op-
position. Politicians in desperation for an
| issue will call expansion Imperialism. An
| imperialist is ruler who is not restrained
| by any division of authority or written
constitution. China is ruled that way.
Countries that have independent lawmak-
ers and independent courts like ours have
| nothing to fear from Imperialism. Those
| island possessions will have all the local
self-government of which they capable.
| They will get the hammer and the looking
| glass when it is safe for the looking glass.
| They must learn to organize a subschool
district and manage ii honestly as we do
| in Iowa. They will learn township govern
| ment and county government as well as
we have them. They will eventually get
as much control in our islands as is good
| for them. Agiinaldo and his insurgents
proposed Imperialism to begin with. The
| dirk of the assassin is chief executor in
such government, and Aguinaldo set Ii
| at work. The Kansas City convention
| spent most of it's time discussing silver.
There was dangerously large element in
favor of honest money. 1t resolved that
| Imperialism should be the paramount issue
| No doubt 1t had Aguinaldo in mind or may
| be Empress An of China.
at is a very high privilege to be under
| the American flag on any terms. We will
| soon hear from other islands that are con-
| tiguous but not under the flag. Cuba indie
| pendent will not have privileges that Porto
| Rico has 1t is so small matter for our
country to do mucn Tor an island or
| thousand islands.
"SOme false issues and also issues par
| allel in addition to Imperialism had been
raised. Some sort of an alliance with En-
gland is spoken of. We have no relations
with that country, open or secret, that We
| DO not have with all other countries. We
could have none such. No treaty OF that
| kind exists or could exist. There would
| be nothing to be gained by 1T. The United
| States has become one of the great world
powers and cannot indulge In underhand
| diplomacy. We are making a reputation
/ In the line OF strafgntIorWard dealing with
| other nations.
"Our State Department is leading the
| chancellories of the old world in many in
stances. 1t has their confidence, but would
| lose Ii If especial favors were extended to
any one of them. We have distressing con-
| ditions in China. Our legations are in dan
| ger beyond help. Our missionaries and mer
chants have been massacred and to what
| extent outrages have been perpetrated is
/ not known We seek nothing in China but
| sood neighborhood and good will, but all
| peoples must learn that the United States
! will protect it's citizens In all lands in fu-
| ture and whoever Injuries any of them or
| their property will be held to a strict
! reckoning.
| II see no reason why any American
| should desire a change in administration.
We have now the conditions prayed for
| by all in 1896 and promised by both political
| parties. The methods outlined by the
Democrats as now controlled would not
| have brought about the prosperity of the
present They propose the same policy that
| was condemned by the people in 1896 If
| they should succeed at the polls they would
| take the country back 10 a repetition of
| what we suffered from 1892 To 1896 There is
every hope of continued prosperity il our
| present policies are continued. Prices for
work and it's products will continue. We
! are becoming rich as nation Five hun
dred million dollars as a balance of trade
1 and bringing gold for all our exports The
| manufacturer who can make all the goods
the home market requires has n prospect
/ of new foreign markets that will keep his
| people at work all the year. The farmer
| always thrives when the workers in the
shops get good wages.
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