Richmond daily palladium., 1900-04-25

this problem hecause il is difficult, nor
will they refuse to bear their share OF
the White Mans Burden" because II
! il heavy. l know and trust the peo-
pie of the republic. | know the stock
| Of which they came. The lions whelp
Is not Yet a stranger 10 its father :
| blood The American Saxon has not
forgotten his English mother. In his
| heart is enshrined the memory of Mag
ma Charta and Of the great declaration
! The federal constitution is 10 him the
| Ark OF the Covenant" BY his blood,
shed on 100 fields o. battle, he put a
new price on human freedom. He VIII
not betray it now
| No. my countrymen. we Will give TO
the several peoples Of these islands the
| most liberal forms of government
suitable TO their condition and consist
ent with their intelligence They shall
have just laws. Laws which shall be
conducive to the promotion of their
| highest welfare. but which shall. at
the same time. be calculated TO de
yelop that sturdiness and individual
independence Of character so essential
TO the safe exercise of free citiZnship.
| They shall not be treated as mendi-
cants. nor as helpless wards of an in
dulgent guardian. They shall not be
the victims of imperialism; nor shall
they be the dependent subjects of
paternalism. | know of no organized
agency in all the world so capable of
conducting this great work along just
and safe lines. as is the Republican
party. And | know of no stronger.
better man in the Republican party to
execute its purpose and its Will, than
William Mckinley.
As members of the Republican party
we may often differ upon the details
of legislation effecting this question,
but upon the great. fundamental prin-
ciples which underlie il all-never.
Upon these our hearts and our minds
are as one. Some OF the members of
the Indiana delegation differed on the
Porto Rican measure. They said so
bravely and eloquentIy. Feeling as
they did, they We're right in saying so
They could have done no less. No
other equal number of men added so
much good thought to the discussion
of that question or did so much TO
present its merits to the people, as did
the members OF the Indiana delegation
Nor have their services been limited
10 this particular legislation. They
are making for themselves and for the
people of Indiana name worthy of
the great state they represent. Fair
banks, Beveridge. Hemenway, Steele,
Overstreet. Faris. Crumpacker. Ian
dis Watson. Brick Cromer-all men
of character and ability. devoted TO the
welfare of the country and the state,
and TO the people they represent.
out of the discussion occasioned by
measure. there finally came the calm.
conservative, patriotic and just judg-
ment Of the majority, which is now the
law. The moment it became the law.
our differences. and theirs ended. and
the Democrat who consoles himself
with the thought that this act of the
administration will not have the en-
dorSement of Indiana Republicans.
does not know us. Let him stand
still and watch until the Ides of No
vember come and he shall see the sal
walton of the Lord. \ change of ad-
now would be such pub
lie calamity as Is not to be thought of.
The work which it now has in hand |
but as yet is incomplete-the Hawaii |
an Islands, Porto Rico. the Philip. |
pines, the Nicara guam canal, are of |
themselves unanswerable arguments |
for its retention in power. \ few
and the 10th century will have |
passed into the eternity of cycles that |
are gone We sit already in the twf
;-xI,t J.,.,f 4 80 ot,,
ows deepen. the nations of the earth |
are writing the last pages of its his
tory. What the republic shall write in
these last pages may depend upon the
of Indiana 1t may be for
us to determine. The responsibility is |
ours. Shall we accept it and fill the |
bond? For one, | am hopeful and CON |
tident of the issue. When the last /
line shall have been written: when the I
great volume shall have been made up, |
and the word .Finis" inscribed upon |
its seals, il will contain no chronicle |
Of thrift. manned: of enterprise, stran- |
-led: of industries. paralyZed; of greed /
nor of avarice, uncon- |
trolled. Between its lids there will be |
found no story of n currency debased: |
Of credit. ruined; or of labor, robbed /
by dishonest coin.
There shall be in ii no record of a /
war of class against class: or of antag.
oni>m. the logical fruit of which is /
revolution and anarchy. Nor will there /
ne found on its pages Il recital of op-
portuntieS wasted; Of mighty and un- I
lvoidable responsibilities assumed. /
only To he abandoned: nor of pusillani-
nous surrender of honestly acquired
sovereignty.