The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-05


n..tro, SeIf-Government.
Heaus what We object 20 y that
d.. defend your imperial policy
t. I,v down doctrines which. q
Wlu destroy the right % the
people 10 participate in their
arrrnert That IS our objection
..4t, ~ you were simply going
lid. Ff.pnos OF and come home W.
ogt- the crime But that is
p.i., You dare not Kill them
sl.e you want 70 trade with them.
d destroy your trade argument
sided tatm You cannot trade with
.rf trrm Tor subjects. but YOU
.ass lot have them for SUBJECTS u We
ou cannot make sub
&C them without changing our
sostrnment You cant hold
perpetual servituio without
rr .rc your constitution. either openly
& r4r.etlv. and the same power that
.gard he Constitution and make
... out ~ Filipino. can disregard
~. 'ar-utu,ion. and make subjects oui
American people You have as
r rI-ht to disregard the Constitution
fI. United states as you have IN Porto
p.. You have as much right to exclude
American citizens from the guarantees Of
.r-- constitution. as YOU have TO exclude
Fa Ncans
REPUBLICAN party Is following the
nt-. ~ monarchy, II dos not propos.
Err bat q proposes a principle upon
81 % ony "a King can stand II does
IT,. ufopoee crown. but IL proposes p
d,..r.ne mat can ht nothing hut crown
Ts Republican party has done in Por.o
Fea JUS. What England I'D in this coun-
ur lal orr President o. doing to-day
f-' wat George III did century and
a quarter ago What difference does 81
ua"ef whether YOU cah him President or
Emperor or Ning. n he administers che
pasr ot king7
An old speech Of Mckinley
"v" are not only against imperialism
harIYs u strikes n blow at our princi-
g.. OF government. we are against IL be-
cause it destroys the moral pres
t4e 81 this nation among the
ration. % the earth Let M read
yaa what was said by Mr. Mckinley
himself ia regard 10 this nations position
ard n regard TO the principles set form
II re Declaration OF Independence We
have insisted. as all have insisted who
have defended the Destination. that u
na- rot written Cor day. nor for a year
Eor far D century. We have commended
t14t Z was written for an time and al
gepp'.s and that no nation would ever 20
81 erra, that 81 could not rest securely on
taat declaration Of independence. We
W,r. not alone in this idea. Tnul the poi
snr % Imperialism entered the Republl
cans fley aEreed with us In this doctrine
e. yol will see from a Fourth of July
speech made by the President himself az
Chicago five years ago last July Speak
Sos ~ ne authors and signers OF the de-
ch-atiou Of independence and the consti-
fld9n he said
They built not for themselves. but FOR
fo-ttriy Their plans stretched out into
the future comprising the ages and EN-
bra-.ng mankind. Not alone for the pres
crt were their sacrifices and their sirug-
rae tut for all time thereafter. not FOR
American colonis's only. but for the whole
hluar race wherever men and women
ar- struggling for higher freer and bel
Cor additions. II was the yearning of the
SOU for emancipation. II was the cry Of
Humanity for freedom-freedom 10 think
e..Hk ana ace hin the limitation OF
$40. aud proper laws which should be OF
fHt.r own making
There were no limitations on that con
tff-uen then. There We're no limitations
on hnt declaration Of independents. II
Wls NOT intended for the people who stfug
ea then. % was Tor them and their chill
trsrs children 10 the remotest ages Il
1905 ro for the Anglo-SaNon then. IL was
tar 90 mankind
No Tears for Republics.
cannot better describe the fall Of thu
Republican party; ] cannot better picture
d. Generalization I cannot better de-
sr.h, Sos complete surrender to the doc
ttu,~ that undcrie mouarchies and en-
gin and des potisms than Go tell you That
RI,u 81 king dies a Republican president
San send message Of coincidence. hut
t1ar when two republics expire no Re
r4.licau sheds q tear We want the
American people to attend TO their own
business We want them 10 have their
nNu ideas and stand FOR them. We want
H- nation TO be among the nations a.
Ight and example
7 want this nation 10 be 3uet and up-
reht So that when other nations ausr-
p. instead OF calling out great armies
81 k'li each other. they win say. Leave
N. question To the United States; the,
san b. trusted. ! want this nation 20 be-
81 Htlrtmlker among the nations. and
thsn it viii earn the reward promised 20
90. peacemaker. Blessed are the peace
makers. for they shall b. called the chill
df.u 90 Cod.
Az thc concluding session OF the con
'.nton Hon Bourke Cochran was the
speaker Gov McMnnn Of Tennessee
.'i.I the meeting to order and intro
"a'i Ar Cochran. Mr.. Cochran dsvot-
81 H.s speech 10 the question OF imperial
.-U
stevenson on imperialism.
Alni r Stevenson addressed the con-
N'rH'n 40 the afternoon session lie
s..I iu part:
The reelection OF President Mckinley
b. held rs himself and his party
thd Justly so-an endorsement Of the
lN.t ~ the administration towards the
fhilppiue Islands Let no Republican
"iH uneasy conscience delude himself
"iin 'he hope that. II sustained AZ the
l'is there Will be q change IN the meth
co.. 4nd policy of the administration.
N''N doIuslon is worse than midsummer
names The reelection OF the present
i'i'" would be a vote OF conndenc.
solemn endorsement by the American
t.. of war OF conquest-the salient
''''ut' ~ his administration The con-
'mn1'ion OF tho administration by the
.i." Is our only hope of escape from
'' rr'Ious policy Il has inauguarted
'mn ra.ism knows nothing Of llmita-
20 power les rule II outside Of the
tuition. II means the adoption hy
american republic Of the colonial
I''N'd, % European monarchles II
N''os De- right TO hold alien people a.
g. II enthrones force as the con-
y agency IN government. II means
Glowing close in the wake Of inner
W WII come the lnfueuaa etapdtn.y