The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-10-18

Crawford, Erie and Lawrence counties,
and he has had requests for speeches
from nearly every county in the state.
Possibly the most notable utterance
made by the Beaver statesman was
that upon the issue Of Imperialism and
the perils OF Organism. On this SUBJ
ject, among other things. he said:
QUAY ON IMPERIALISM.
at is not likely that any serious
peril threatens from anti-imperialism
or anti-expansion, nor that the Demo-
cratic party intends any dra1eic mea-
sures in either direction in the event Of
its success. No matter who Ia elected
president this country will hold hard
to its own and will support the chief
executive In his effort to retain 1t. No
American citizen will be willing to
admit that the United States have been
whipped by a few thousand half saw
age Malays nor to yield to them prop
erty for which We paid twenty millions
Of dollars, and which has been water
ed by the blood Of our brave soldiers.
unless 1t Is to the manifest interests
of all concerned that we should do so.
ours is a warlike nation sprung
from the loins OF warlike ancestry.
The hustings may resound with angry
clamor Of discussion leading to or away
from war, but when at last the bale
fires are kindled and the battle ban
ners wave and the war drum beats, the
old Viking blood bounds again, and
men of all our political parties and OF
all shades Of belief take arms to fol-
low the military party or policy or
leader.
"A war party has never been defeat
ed in this country. and no successful
party dare be peace party after Its
success at the polls. The colonial war,
the revolution, the war OF 1912 and the
American war were merely the bloody
baptisms Of an infant nation. The
civil war was the trial Of its strength
and manhood, but when occasion ar
rived for the difficulty with Spain God
elected this country to enter the parlia-
ment of nations TO participate In it's
armed debates.
ut is not necessary to recapitulate
occurrences 30 recent that they passed
under the scrutiny OF our very young
children, whereby we became the bal
ance OF power In the measurement of
the strength OF the world. The treas
ure and tears and blood Of the last
two or three years have been precious
seed, and the next generation will look
far and wide over the world and be-
hold Its rich and ripening fruit
II was not In favor Of the acquisi
tion Of the Philippines. To me the
game did not seem worth the powder.
A coaling station. q shipyard, a few
miles OF territory easily fortified
around good harbor seemed to meet
our requirements. As member Of the
peace commission would have voted
against the purchase, but when the
treaty was presented for ratification
and there remained but to sustain the
commission or return to war and chaos.
as a senator Of the United States I
gave 1t my support
Then Aguinaldo thrust his war
upon us, and now there can be no halt
until the last armed enemy Is sub
dued. say there Is NO danger from
the Democratic theories upon expan-
sion or imperialism. They declare this
q paramount issue, but their declara-
tion does not create situation. They
could have declared the price of cab
bages the paramount issue.
THE PERIL IS THAT IN THE
SHADOW OF THEIR PRETENSES
LURK THE SINISTER AND MENAC-
ING SPECTRES OF THE SACRED
THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY, FREE
COINAGE OF silver AND FREE
TRADE. TO THESE MR.. BRYAN is
PLEDGED. IN THESE HE BE-
LIEVES. IN HIS FAITH HE is A
FANAT1CAL CHAZI. If ELECTED
HE WILL THROW THE PARA
MOUNT ISSUE TO THE WINDS OF
HEAVEN TO FORCE THEM UPON
THE COUNTRY. HE WISHES TO
PUNISH THE MONEY POWER OF
THE WORLD"
MALICIOUS MISREPRESENTATION.
Senator Quay wound up his speech
at Coudersport by saying:
"At the Lewisburg meeting last
night I referred to the false prophets
Of reform, and said that they erected
altars Of reform at which knaves min
lister and fools kneel. Some Of the re-
porters, who are attending this course,
sent out this sentence in way that
shows how easily 1t Is to distort Ian
guage in newspapers not in political
sympathy with the speakers. They
added the letter g. to the word min
ister' and put comma after the word
'knaves,' so as to make It read where
knaves, minister and fools kneel' 1t
was bright political trick, and | sup
pose the opposition is busy now send
ing marked copies of this bungled
quotation to clergymen all over the
state. I make this statement by re-
quest OF some of the gentlemen pres
cnt"
GRANT AND HARTRANFT.
Speaking at Titusville. Col. Quay
said:
Although filing high Office in Penn
sylvania and always meetings with the
cordial support of your citizens, have
not visited you since 1872. Then, as
now, l arrived here in the heat and
bitterness of a political campaign. In
that year a great revolt was in Penn
sylvania against the Republican or