CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-09-27

palu $lO,UU,UUU Tor the lOuibla04 pur-
chase Including the ground where this
opera house now stands. Where was
then the consent OF the governedf In
1921, In Florida, where there were but
1900 white people and 10000 Indians,
and the white people mostly of alien
race, we pad $5,OOO.0O0 to Spain for
possession, and the Seminoles, led by
that gallan, old Osceoln, declared II
was their ground and that they were
owners Of the soil. What did Jackson
do? He sent his soldiers down to fight
them and fought UIem for twenty-One
years and when finally conquered sent
what was. left OF them out to the
Indian territory. AT the close of the
Mexican war we paid $1s.2O0OOO for
| northern California with n part OF
Mexico. In 1853 we paid x1OOOO,OU
for the Gadsden purchase. which In
cluded New Mexico. Arizona and
| southern California. In 1857 We paid
100000 for Alaska under the Demo-
| cratic President Johnson. Where then
was the consent OF the governed?
Fellow citizens, Colorado Is a poor
place to come to infiict that doctrine.
(Applause) There are great many
gray-haired men before me to-day who
came to this state in the early days
because OF that purchase. without the
consent OF the governed. and they have
| made the desert to bloom as the rose.
They found the red Apache and fought
him until they whipped him out And
when years later we found peaceful
population OF Mexicans here, where
was the consent Of the governed? We
met them just as soldiers and com
missioners are meeting the people In
the Philippine islands. with the olive
branch, and we have sought to instruct
them for government like our own.
speotor of Imp~rinIism.
Then we are frightened by the awful
specter OF Imperialism We are 30
trade prosperity for ant-smpertaiism.
II is an issue supported by men like
Tfilman, who, Ia answer to a question
Of mine In lie Senate. said that the
people of his state regretted they were
whipped. and that they wished they
had separate government What is
this Imperialism II Is desire ON the
part OF somebody TO strike down re
publican institutions and substitute In
their place monarchy. The man
don't live within the limits OF this
Republic who chcrishes that desire or
that sentiment. Is II our aimf Why,
our present army In Porto Rico and at
all our seaport forts and inland forts
and In the Philippines amounts to the
sum OF GJ.OOO men. g-lOD OF one per
cent. OF the total population Of the
United Stntes-a less percentage OF our
population In the army to-day than
was In the army In 1870 In n time Of
perfect peace. And are these soldiers
imperiaiists? There Is many family
In Colorado who sent their youngsters
out to fight the battles OF their coun-
try, and some OF them are dead and
some are back with VA to-day. Are
they imperinlis.sf My friends. citizen
ship has many duties; the duty OF con.
duct. the duty Of example. the duty OF
achievement. but for all time since
history has been written the supremacy
OF citizenship or patriotism has been
the readiness to die for ones country.
We sent our boys from Colorado there
Some Of them are back and other gal
liant young lads are taking their places.
but no letters ever came from distnnt
islands In the world ns come to this
country to-day from every one OF those
soldiers, breathing patriotism and love
OF country and protesting against the
degradation OF the nag.
A wosderfat Csntory.
Fellow citizens, the century now clos
Ing has been wonderful century In
achievement and In discovery and In
the advancement OF science. but II has
been likewise n reactionary and dis
cournging century to most who live
abroad. The first third Of the century
was taken up with the wprs OF the
great Napoleon and wars that fol-
lowed them. That third OF the cen
tury was followed. ms some OF the old
or men In this audience will remember.
by universal war In Europe. Young
men were writing constitution for the
republic of England. That third Of the
century saw the torch OF liberty
kindled ngnin and again. only to be
stamped out by the heel OF despotism.
We saw everywhere belief that there
was coming n day when universally re.
publics should cover the world. OF
runner.
II this Republic Is TO live and not
perish from the acts OF foes within. 81
will be because II is guided by party
which Il able TO accept the responsible
tiles which are imposed upon us md
march forward with resisticss step
with the other civilized nations Of the
earth TO do their duty In rcclaimlng
the savage races or the world and lit
them up into light OF civilization and
good government. If this Republic IL
to live and nor perish 1t viii be be-
cause its citizens do not propose 10
trail In dIshonor fiag once raised In
honor. Cheers and loud applnuse.)
One Ballot for Colorado.
This year there can be but one tick
ct for Colorado. This year three gen.
crations march together for the re-
demption OF our stnte. First come the
grizzied pioneers who made this place
habitable. With them nlso march the
survivors OF our late civil war, thou
sands OF whom came to Colorado at Its
close to sec II they could better their
conditions. Each year they are grow
ing fewer and fewer In number. Part
OF the heroes have crossed and others
are crossing BOW. They ARE old and
gray and their shoulders are bent and
their eyes are dim with the mist OF
years. With them will march the gener-
ntion to which most of us belong. the
generation whose earliest distinctive