Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-08-02
BOUT IMPERIALISM.
EMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN SCARE
GROW ANALYZED.

MoCRATlC CAMPAIGN SCARE
CROW ANALYZED.
"Antis" Want the Country to
hirk It's Duty and Furl the Flag
let They Welcome Hawaii or 16-
o-1's Sake.
imperialism may serve as a cam
ign scarecrow, but before the har-
est of votes is garnered next Novem-
<er, the people will recognize that 1t is
lit thing Of straw.
Imperialism presupposes an empire,
I'D the magnificent domain over which
Lar lovely banner flies is imperial in
Is beauty, in its products and in It's
~xtent. Such a wealth of hill, noun
Min, plain and prairie, such an abund-
ilnce Of crystal lakes and such net
york Of commerce-bearing rivers were
lever before bestowed upon any peo-
Die. Every State Is an empire; every
Bounty is a principally, for which, as
{rue Americans, we are proud, and for
which, as Christians, recognizing God
LIS the God of nations, we should be
deeply grateful.
This domain has been given to us
BIZ power that is higher than any
party or policy, though the Republican
barty was called into being in order to
protest and battle against the DIVISION
bf this mighty empire, which Democ-
racy declared, in the press, in its plat
forms and on the bloody battletields'
should be divided. To this extent the
charge of Imperialism can with truth
he made against the Republican party.
Abraham Lincoln was the embodiment
of that imperial idea, and martyr TO
the cause of one flag, one country, ana
one imperial destiny.
Imperialism, if it means anything the
Democracy would have the people De-
lieve, implies an emperor, dynasty
throne, a crown and scepter. Ihls
feature of imperialism, by no stretcn
of partisan Misrepresentation, can ever
be charged against our honored Presl-
dent and candidate for the Presidency.
He was tie choice Of the people; ne
was honestly elected in constitutional
manner and has been SO loath to OPP
pose the will Of the people, as express
ed by legislation enacted by Congress,
that in the four years Of his admins
+ration he has vetoed but four bills.
He will serve his two terms as many
other good Presidents, both Democrat
ic and Republican, have done, ana VIII
then give way to his successor, CHOSEN
as he was chosen, by the free VOTES OF
sovereign people.
The partisan accusation OF Imperial
ism, when translated into plain every
day English, in the light of the history
made during the brilliant adminlstra-
ton of President Mckinley, is simply
this: The Republicans declare that IL is
their policy not to blindly abandon the
islands transferred from Spanish to
American sovereignty by the treaty OF
Paris. The Democracy, so far as 1t mas
q policy. would have the master nation
builder of the world abandon Its plain
duty, furl our triumphant flag and hunt
an easy future rather than a working
future. Porto Rico, recognizing the
fact that she cannot stand alone, does
not wish to become an Independent
power, and the only thing possible Is
for the United States to continue Its
sovereignty, which is Republican, or to
invite Spain to center the Western
hemisphere and commence anew her
policy of misrule, of robbery and extor'
ton from which we have delivered
Cuba. To plant the customs of the sew
enteenth century is Democratic. This
is the logical conclusion when the Dem
ocratic cry of the Democratic platform
is analysed.
The same is as true of the Philippines
as of Porto Rico. Will the Democrats
dare to fix date for the evacuation
of either? They are under the flag Of
the republic, and there they will re-
main. This means work and thought
and craftsmanship for the people of the
United States, but it means blessing
and liberty. justice and opportunity for
the islands placed under our care by
solemn treaty obligations that were ap-
proved by the Senate of the United
States, and urged by Mr.. Bryan. Meth
DDS of administration and of govern
ment are legitimate objects of party
differences. But annexation is fact.
1t is for all purposes as much an ac-
complished fact as is the abolition of
slavery, another Republican measure.
The people will learn that imperial
ism, as employed by the Democrats,
means that they would have the coun-
try shirk its duty, turn its back on des-
tiny, count all bloodshed as lost, furl
the flag and withdraw its protection
from people who need it to-day more
than ever before in all their history.
The charge of Imperialism. when prop
erly translated, means duty. And the
party of Lincoln, of Grant, of Harrison,
and of Mckinley, is willing to be
charged with doing its duty no matter