Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-07-31

same time be loaded down with respon
sib,lity for the syndicate war Of greed IN
the Philippines.
ave will be told that the protective
tariff system is still essential to the pub
lie welfare and that it is in danger of
complete destruction notwithstanding the
fact that the present Postmaster General
| recently declared that protection had
ceased to be necessary, and although
Mckinley practically impeached its
principles when he conceded the open
door in the Philippines and recommend
ed free trade with Porto Rico as plain
duty.
CLAMOR FOR FOREIGN CONQUEST.
"But the people will not be deceived
They know very we'll that the favored
few who are the benehciaries of the tariff
have employed it as a potent factor in
the creation of trusts, and that they are
now loudest in the clamor for foreign
conquest because they desire to still fur.
Their increase their fortunes at the ex.
pense of the many"
"What of the free silver issue?" Mr..
Johnson was asked.
There is the bugbear Of free.silver
coinage and the closely related bogie.
man of absolute ruin to all business in
terests in the event of Democratic ascen.
dency," replied Mr.. Johnson with char
ActerlstiC earnestness "These scarecrows
will be elevated upon the highest poles
atta,nable. OF course, Republicans have
been loudly boasting that even if they
lost the Presidency and House ot Repre-
sentatives next November, they would
nevertheless be sure to hold the Senate,
and therefore there could be no serious
change effected in the monetary system
for the next four years. But this tune
will now be changed to suit the exigen.
cles of the situation.
"The American people, however, are
amply able to determine the relative im.
portance of the money question as com.
pared with the proposition to abandon
cherlshe d traditions, force dominion upon
alien races by the sword. and establish
4 colonial system, to be maintained by
| great navies and enormou standing ar.
mics. They have sense enough to know
that an economic error, while it may
work damage, can be corrected, but that
a decadence in the moral character of a
nation is irremediable. They will prefer
TO first save the republic, knowing that
there will be ample time and opportunity
after this is accomplished in which to
settle their differences of opinion upon
mere questions CT finance, and the other
questions of less Importance.
CANNOT LAY IT ON PROVIDENCE.
"In Short the advocates of govern
ment by force will have to meet the real
issue of the campaign squarely. They
will not be permitted to evade it. The
searchlight of truth will be turned upon
their motives and conduct. They must
defend the charge that it was not Provi
dence, but they, themselves. who paid
$40 900 900 to Cypress in the Orient, and
that they are now waging there war OF
commercial avarce and not war tor
Christianity and civilization.
They are charged with falsehood in
asserting that the Filipinos are incapable
of self government. They must answer
to this, and explain how, even if their
assertion is true, we, free people. &C
quire the right to interfere by violence
IN the affairs of these aliens, and also
how they could possibly have inflicted
more injury upon themselves through
anarchy than has already been inflicted
upon them by us. They must be able to
give to the country higher justification
for robbiny defenseless people of their
liberty then the wretched plea that if we
do not perpetrate this great wrong upon
them some OllcT udklOu Will COlIll4llt IL.
"As far-seelng men several years ago
predicted would be the case, powerful
faction in our country is now endeavor.
ing to commit the republic to the colon
lal system of an empire. Our sacred
pledge to the world concerning Cuba
has so far been disregarded. She has
been wronged and plundered The
covetous eyes of the syndicate are fast
ened upon her. Taxation without rep
resentation has been imposed upon Porto
Rico. Over these subjects, and not over
the tariff and finance, must the great
political conflict of 1000 be waged.
PERSONAL ATTACKS ON BRYAN.
"Nor will it suffice to make personal
attacks upon William Bryan" turning
% that phase of the campaign "The
people will treat him fairly. They will
Judge him by what he really is, not by
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