The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-21

OF all men. We have the prospective
now OF only a short two years. and yet
stand stan oas ike MOUNTAIN nfen n peaks against
the sky, while tho gathering darkness
Of a just oblivion IL creeping fast over
me igw grounds wssre ne ,spgn ne cri.e
icfsms and the fault-fndngs which
seemed so huge when we stiii fingered
Here they are these great factors:
A war OF a hundred days, with many
Victories and no defeats, with no prs
oners taken from US and no advance
STAYED, with triumphant outcome. start
ling IN its completeness and in It's world
wide meaning. Was ever war more
Justly entered upon. more successfully
fought more fully won, more thorough
In It's results7 Cuba ia frea Spain has
been driven from the western hemisphere:
Fresh fioTy has come 20 our 5rmS AMI
.sowpnd nag sgn, II ~, .a int the wS,k
party was their instrument. Have we not
the right to say that here. too. evea n
In the days OF Lincoln we have ,r fe ess:
we have finished the work?
McKinley Meets the Situation.
war. however, Is ever like the sword
OF Alexander. II cuts the knots. II is
great solvent 49, brings many results
unclaimed In war perform IN hours TIE
work OF years OF quiet. Spain sued for
peace. How Was that peace to be made
g be- given by the president Of the
Puerto Rico. in the Philippines.
shnnid we give those lslands back ~
Would any American wish that he had
said otherwise? Should we hand them
over TO Some other power? Never was
eif-rrspect as a nation have submitted
10 any other repiyy Should we turn the
islands, where We had destroyed ali ex--
tast he. fgHfI
10 be prey 20 domestic anarchy and
the helpless srofi OF some other nation?
Again the Inevitable negative. Again the
president anawered az the nation he rep
took the islands: took them knowing well
the burden nnd responsibility took them
knowing well the burden and RESPONSE
billty, took them with deep sense 81
duty 10 ourselves and others guided by
9 Just foresight as TO our future N the
East and with an entire faith IN the
with the new task. When. future con
ventipns point to the deeds by which
the Hepubiican party has made history
under a Republican administration the
war of 'ss was fought. and that the
peac. with Hpsin was the work OF Will
Rspubiica~s VIII Meet the Issue.
proud-of II. but we do not expect to live
upon L. for the Republican party Ia pre-
eminently party Of action and It's march
In ever forward We are not So made that
We can he content to retreat or TO mark
time. The traditions 81 the early days of
our p1rty are sacred to Us. and are host
ages given To the American people that
W., we VIM not be unworthy . Of the Erea,,
yesterday are In their turn, pledge and
. proof TINT what we promise, we per-
form. and that the people who put faith
In our, declarations In 1895 were not de-
ce.ved and may place the same trust in us
In 1904
But our pathway has never lain among
les and made history by delviog in poli,i-
cal gravsyafds We are the party Of to-
day, with cheerful yesterdays and cont
dent tomorrows. The living present Is
In business, OF good wages and quick
payments OF labor employed and capital
invested; OF sunshine In the market place
and the stir Of ahounding life IN the work
we have replaced the depression. the
doubts. dull business, the low wages, the
Idle labor. the frightened capital. the
dark clouds which overhuns industry and
agriculture In 1896. This II what We
would preserve. so far ms sound govern
ment and wis. legislation can do. This
II what we brought to the country four
years ago,
Pvomtses 90 He Performed.
''rhis IL what we offer now. Again we
promise that the protective system shall
b main,nined, and that our great indus
trial interests shall 20 on their way un-
and OF changing duties. Again we de-
clare that we viii guard the national
credit uphnid a sound currency based on
gold and keep the wages OF tho working
man And the enterprise OF tho man OF
business free from that most deadly OF
all evils q Nuctuating standard of value.
The deficit which made this country I'm
a time OF profound peace a borrower 81
MN ~ m ms ffa ant A.
bsen replaced BY abundant revenues, be-
Ing surplus due alike To prosperity and
wise legislation. SO ample that we can
nov safely promise a large reduction of
taxation without imperiling our credit or
risking n resort 60 loans
Prepared TO Extend Commerce.
We are prepared to take steps to re-
rive and build w our merchant marine
and thus pnt into American pockets the
freishsS out Of the abundant resources.
which our financial legislation has
brought us. We will build the isthmian
SsH turn AMI H. lay su ss "sss .s wsSn w as sP
the Golden Gate. We arc on good terms
With all nations, and mean TO remain SO.
while We promise 90 Insure peace and
trtnu 10y ample coast defenScs and by
building up navy which no one can chal-
lenss ~ith iEnpunity,
New Problems In safe Hands.
The new problems brought by the war
We face With confidence In ourselves and
ain deeper confidence in the American
people. who viii deal Justly ana rightly
with the Islands which have come into
their eharRe, The cutlery against our new
possessions " "a empty as the cant about
mtllgarism and imperialism IL devoid OF
sense and meaning Regard Tor a moment
those who ats loudest Ia shriekins that
the American people are about 20 enter
upon a career Of depression and that the
republic II Ia danger Have they been tn
the past the guards for freedom Is
safety fer liberty now 60 be found most
surely IN the party which was the de-
fender 81 domestic slavery
is true frvcdam 90 he secured bV tho
sscensanev ~ the party which. beneath
our very eyes seeks g. establish through
infamous laws. the aeNpOtie rule az a
email snd interruptions hand % ursurper~
Ia Kentucky, who trampied there not up-
90 the rights ~ the black men only but
CT the whites and whirh seeks 90 extend
the same system 10 North Carolina aud
Missouri Has n spddoaiy come 90 pass
that tho Democratic party which today
aims whenever Il acquires p0Net 20
eantiruc 'n o-4co ty crushing out honest
ele> IONS and popular rule has it indeed
cgNt a. yass ! say. that that party "a
chosen PROTECTOR - Nh~Ftys n u w-r-s
- this outlook wou'i hr black indeed NJ
THA enftN - AfWrHtw may be - ROW