The Portland daily press., 1900-08-16

were made permanent
Gov. Boutwell, was accorded a great de-
monstrat1on when he took the gaVel, lie |
said:
II charge that the policy upon which |
this administration has entered will mean
the abandonment OF the principles upon
which our government was founded; bna6
1t Will change the republic into an en- |
pire. The first of the means before us |
for the preservation of the Union, II our
allegation Is true, is the overthrow OF the
administration.
"We are told there is peace In the
Philippines and our 10000 soldiers are
merely performing police duty. Inc
President has said the Philippines are |
ours and there will sbe no abatement
OF our rights and no scuttle pollcy. |
This seems to Indicate that we have en-
tered upon a colonial policy. 1 always
follow the President by his do1ngs, not
by his speeches. Mr.. Mckinley Is the
master mind in his cabinet, and nothing
has transplred except that which he him
self has originated and he has carried
1T through thus far without interruption.
lie Is the one person responsible Tor
what has been done and II we are OPP
posed to what has been done, our chief
duty is the overthrow of the adml n1stra-
ton. There has been put forth recently
statement of the conditions that would
be required OF the people of Cuba II they
become independent. They are to have
OF the United States. The United States
is to have veto power over Cuban leg1S-
lat1on; the United States is to have GER
tain we'll defined supervision over the
Cuban treasury; the United States Is to
retain for period of years, IL not In
definitely, the Qualifications which COM
mand the port of Havana, How do these
provisions accord with the promises
made to the people of Cubaf
The troubles in China have been ag-
fnH md arai3 T1n az
bassadOrs Of the various governments
have been put in peril by the policy OF
the United States.
''How is the overthrow of the admin
istration to be accomplished concluded
Mr.. Boutwell,.
In my youth, had no DISCUSSES. I
turned aside and left the Democratic
party when it surrendered to slavery. In
my age l leave the Republican party now
that 1T has surrendered itself TO despOt1c
and tyrannical motives. (Great applause
helped create the Republican party,
party at that time of Justice and princi-
! pie and honesty. 1 now believe 1t is q
/ party of injustice and despotism and
/ VIII help to destroy it. And hoWS There
is but one available means and you know
what that is / am for Bryan" (Ire-
mendOus cheering
The committee on resolutions will re-
! port the platform tomorrow
A we'll attended public meeting was
! held tonight at Yomlinson hall, at which
addresses were delivered by Moretield
Storey Of Boston; Sigmund Settler OF
Chicago, Rev. Herbert S. BigelOw of
Cincinnati and Capt Patrick O'Ferrall
/ OF Washington. The reading of letter
from Bourke Cochran brought forth ire
mendOus round of applause, Mr.. Cochran
wrote in partssas follows:
1t cannot be denied that while Anti
Imperiallsts unanimously approve MIR.
! Bryan position on Imperialism, many
| of them hesitate to vote for his election
to the Presidency because they regard his
views upon other questions with distrus
| and apprehension.
We cannot hope to deal intelligently
with the issues of this campaign until WE
liber6te ourselves from the domination o.
the quest ions, discussions, and passions
/ OF the last campaign, Within four years
political conditions have changed de
/ c1siVeIy, and as conditions change, issues
/ change with them. The question which
! the people must decide now is radically
! different from that submitted to them IL
1896 Then the election OF Mr.. Bryan
would have placed the Democratic party
in complete control of the Legislative as
/ we'll as of the executive branch Of the
government. Even if the people RAISED
Mr.. Bryan to the Presidency In NOvem
Der, the Democratic party cannot possibly
achieve any power OF legislation during
the existence of the next Congress, anC
without Legislative sanction no change il
the standard of value, no reorganization
/ OF the Supreme court, no modification
whatever of our financial industrial OF
| political system could be accomplished.
/ There is one issue which the popular
verdict win settle irrevocably, and that
is the Issue of imperialism. II the Repub-
lican party be successful its control of the
/ judicial, as well as of the executive and
Legislative departments of the govern
ment will be absolute, and its disposition
~of- Oh
ment of an imperialistic policy cannot be
doubted. At the end of four years i'm
/ perial1sm VIII be SO firmly 1mbedded in
our political life that 1t can never be ex-
PEELED.
The Democratic platform declares that
Imperialism is the paramount issue of the
campaign and Mr.. Bryan speech at
Indianapolis accepts this conception of
the issue, emphasizes it and v1nd1cates
it. Mr.. Bryan conversion to belief in
sound money would, in my opinion, be a
reason for national rejoicing, but any
abandonment or abasement of the frank
ness and sincerity which have always
distinguished him would be little short
of a national calamity.
1t is certain that this country is in
debted to him for the gold standard law,
which though it has the defects of its
party origin is the best contribution to
our national stability, since the resump-
t1On Of specie payments. If the Demo-
cratic platform of 1896 had been evasiye
as unquestiOnably it would have been If
the so-called conservatives had controlled
the convention, can anybody doubt that
the Republicans would have met evasion
with evasion and that the financial issue
would be still unsettled, hanging like
sinister shadow over our Industrial sys-
tenn. Mr.. Bryan's frank, sincere, and
unequiyocal advocacy Of the free coinage
of silver forced the Republican party re-
luctantly to declare in favor of the gold
standard The result was not that which
Mr.. Bryan sought; none the less it was
produced by him.
1T can hardly be neces sary to say that
we who four years ago sacriti ced our
political prospects and personal associa
t1Ons rather than lend even a passive sup
port of silence to declarations which we
believed to be subyersiye Of order. viii
pursCe the same course again if these
quest1 Ons should ever occur.
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