The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-26
to take stand for liberty, to represent
government against British aristocracy

to take stand for liberty, to represent
government against British aristocracy
and monarchy, leave it and leave it for
good. wild and enthusiastic applause
and cheering.) In every part OF Europe
and Africa the charge ls made by the
British press and the British officials
that there is a. secret alliance betwe
this country and Great Britain to the
effect that in case Of any foreign nation
attempting to intervene in behalf of the
poor Beers that this republic will stand
by Great Britain with it's army and it's
navy. lCries of "No. no.') have yet
to hear Of the administration denying
that report. ! defended the admins.
tration in every address l made in be-
half Of the Beers since my unfortunate
visit to that country-for me, say nn.
fortunate financially and politically
but l say now l will never defend it
again, because it has not taken the
chance at it's national convention to
tell the American people that We are for
liberty and republican forms of govern
ment. Liberty! We all love the splen-
did word-the sweetest word that ever
blossometl upon the tongues Of men, and
as one great republican senator said in
the United States senate, it has come to
pass that we must whisper the word lib.
erty in Washington.
SIS it a fact that liberty is to become
obsolete in the American lexicon? Is it
a fact that this great republic must
chain Itself to the chariot wheels of the
British empire in it's mad race for land
and gold?
81 sympathize with people struggling
for liberty everywhere. l sympathized
with them as they struggled for liberty
in every country. And when the war
broke out with Spain, we said then that
it was not war for conquest. not for
glory, but to carry liberty to people who
were crying for help at our feet. cloud
applause.) And the boys marched up
from the north land whose fathers once
marched in tattered blue, with the song
their fathers loved. my Country 'Tis Of
Thee;" and the boys came from the
south land, they whose fathers once
marched in tattered gray, to the music
Of "Way Down in Dixie" (applause)
and they. followed the men who once
led the northern and southern armies
down to Cuba and into other lands and
into the islands Of the sea. They march
ed under one flag, in behalf Of one
couatry, to the music Of one splendid
melody. as they felt in their hearts the
music that inspired men IN the days
gone by. 9.i3 '.9'3.
"In the beauty OF the lilies. Christ was born
across the sea; ,'fs7,ifs{ r. ,s,fs.fi
AS he died to make men holy, let US die to
make men free.', 49, sts X
cup until that point the war was
right, but when-we reached beyond that
point the administration went too far.
But it was another Indication Of follow.
ing in the footsteps of Great Britain.
When our flag rose over the flag Of the
rotten Spanish monarchy the American
republic could not resist the temptation
then Of following in the footsteps ol
Great Britain, and it thirsted for land
and gold, and that is where the mistake
was made. We should haye stopped al
the end Of the Spanish victory, when
We brought liberty to the people who
were being ground to death under the
wheels Of spanish tyranny. We do love
liberty. Tks maSsss of ths American
people atand yor the bleased ideAlof liB.
erty. iustiss ,asds apality q rights, and