Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-06
Why He Will Support Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
REPUBLICAN PARTY NEARER RIGHT
Says There is No Such Thing as
imperialism.
CONSTITUTION AND FLAG

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| his intention of supporting Mckinley and
Roosevelt. While Mr.. Bynum's attitude
has been generally understood to be in op-
position to the democratic candidates he
has not until now given any public ex-
preston of his intentions.
When questioned by q representative OF
The Star on the subject, he safd Il deter
mined to support the republican candidates
as soon as the action of the democratic
convention was made known. I think the
| republican party nearer right on the i'm
pcrtant questions to be settled at the COM
ing election, and they are too grave in my
judgment, to admit of any one remaining
silent or Inactive. / did not vote for Mr..
Mckinley in 1896, as has been often stated.
My convictions on the money question
were very decided in 1885, and subsequent
events have only served to strength hen
them. l predicted In a speech at Madison
Square Garden in New York during the
last campaign that with the maintenance
of the gold standard and an improvement
in our banking facilities. New York would,
at no distant time, become the world s
money center, but did not have the least
idea, at that time. that before the election
this year European countries would be OBJ
tanning loans from American bankers upon
better terms than they could obtain them
anywhere else in the world The financial
| improvement in the condition of the people
and the country Is without a parallel, and
how any one who opposed Mr.. Bryan four
years ago can support him now is difficult
for me to comprehend While the legisla-
ton of the last Congress, was a step in the
right direction, the maintenance of the
gold standard. SO long as we have out
standing nearly six hundred millions of sill
yer dollars of full legal tender, with no
provision for their exchange redemp-
ton. will still depend upon the policy OF
the administration An administration that
would force silver upon unwilling creditors
would soon effect public confidence, and
that. after all, is the foundation of pros
perity.''
Question of imperialism.
Upon the question Of imperialism Mr..
Bynum was equally emphatic. Said he:
There Is no such thing Imperialism. 1t
is nothing but a chimera, yet 1t is a matter
about which the people have become con-
fused and upon which they desire to be in
formed, and the republicans should not. al
low themselves to be put upon the defen-
sive. but boldly take the aggressive. Not
a single step has been taken by the Presi-
dent but what has been strictly within the
limits of constitutional power and in line
with democratic precedents. Jefferson ac-
Quired Louisiana without the consent Of
the Inhabitants and Congress provided that
all the military, civil and judicial power
then exercised by the officers Of the exist
ing government should be vested in such
persons and be exercised in such a manner
the President should direct. Monroe ac-
quired the Floridas without consulting the
wishes of the inhabitants, and the President
appointed General Jackson governor, and
his administration was severely criticised as
of the most arbitrary character. Polk ac-
quired sovereignty over New Mexico and
California first by conquest and set up mill
tary governments, and In message to
Congress stated that resistance to American
sovereignty upon the part Of the inhabit-
ants had practically subsidized, but, if neces-
sary, he would ask Congress for an appro-
priation to build Notifications to defend the
governments established.
''One would suppose from the character
of the talk Of the anti-imperialists as they
call themselves, that we had never acquired
any territory except with the positive as
sent Of the Inhabitants and that We i'm
mediately clothed them with all the rights
Of citizenship whereas the fact is that we
never in a single instance consulted the
wishes of the inhabitants, but. upon the
contrary. acquired sovereignty over them
without their consent and mostly against
their protests. New Mexico has been under
territorial government for half century
and is not yet prepared for statehood.
There seems to be an entire misapprehen-
sion Of this question. 1t is not a question
OF what we shall do with the Philippines;
whether we shall hold them or abondon
them. We have them. Our sovereignty over
them is complete, and 1t is just as much
the duty of the President to maintain that
sovereignty as 1t was the duty of Pres-
dent Lincoln to maintain the national SOW
ereignty over the southern states in 1851.
Sovereignty over a territory, when once ac-
quired. can only be surrendered by treaty,
the confirmation of which requires a ma
jority of two-thirds in the Senate. A Pres
ident who. after having taken the oath to
faithfully execute the duties Of his office
and to preserve. protect and defend the
Constitution, should willfully abandon SOW
ereignty over the same, unless legally ceded
to some other government, would be guilty
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Constitution and the Flag.
In commenting on the question Of the Con-
stitution following the flag, Mr.. Bynum
said:
1.-The power Of the federal government
over the territories is plenary. The national
government possesses full and complete
sovereignty over all its territory. The diff
ference between the condition of the citi-
xens Of state and territory is that the
citizens of the state are possessed Of the
municipal sovereignty, while all sovereign
ty over the inhabitants Of the territories is
vested in the national government. State
governments are supreme in the exercise of
the police power, while Congress possesses
that power over the territories: and 1t is
because Of this plain distinction that those
provisions and restrictions of the Constitu-
ton, which were designed to mark the
boundary between national and state SOW
ereignty or to limit the sovereignty Of one or
the other, cannot be applicable to the terri
tories. OF course the federal government in
its legislation relative to the territories
must not transgress the scope and spirit of
It's sovereignty, but that the special pro-
visions Of the Constitution which We're de-
signed to protect the local sovereignty of
the people of the states from the encroach-
ments Of federal power are equally applica-
BILE to the people Of the territories is alb
surd.
The Power of Congress.
1.-The power of Congress to deal with the
territories was clearly defined by the Su-
preme Court Of the United States in the
case against the Mormon Church. The
Mormon Church was first organized as a
corporation under an act Of assembly OF the
provisional government which the Mormons
had set UP in Utah under the name of the
State of Deseret. In 1851, by Joint resolu-
ton, the territorial legislature of Utah an
proved the charter of this corporation
which had previously been enacted, and In
1855 1t confirmed and re-enacted the same
By the provisions OF the charter granted to
the church the corporation was empowered
to acquire and hold real estate and personal
property without limit.
''Notwithsta Congress had failed in
the establishment Of the territorial govern
ment of Utah. to place any Limitation upon
the amount of property the church might
acquire, 1t afterward, in 1862, passed an act