The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-16

mission has been committed to an assem-
bly, of men than to convention.
I'VE are opposed to Imperialism We
are in favor of Republican form of gov
eminent. We respect the teachings Of our
ancestry, the glory of the history tney
nave left to Us and standing between the
past ana the future it is our duty to
transmit to posterity the principles Of
the fathers and the institutions that they
founded. That is your duy to the states
of this union. This body may not repre-
sent an organized constituency, but it is
representation for itself and the people
of this country and the genera tons that
are advancing to take our places, and it
is a representation that has a right to
speak, a representation that will be heard
at Washington today, heard over tn .,
world; speaking as we do for the pres
erVatfon of republican institutions, rep
TeSentlng the American republic, the
light Of which, If it shall go out, will
never be rekin6led on the surface OF the
earth. l charge that the policy upon
which this administration has entered
Will mean the abandonment of the prin-
c1ples upon which our government was
founded; that it will change the republic
into an empire. The first of the means
before US for the preservation of the
Union, if our allegation is true, IS the
overthrow of the administration. [ am
not disposed to make issues with men,
but my former friend and fellow citizen,
Mr.. Long. the secretary of the navy, has
made remark which in itself may not APP
pear very significant but nevertheless I
choose to make some comment upon It,
MT Long says what we call Imperialism
is only cry, and that the anti-iperial-
lists are few in number and of no con-
siderable Importance.
"I1e says their voice is only a cry. That
may he true. A census has not hem
taken and We do not boast of numbers.
But nineteen centuries ago a cry was
heard in the wilderness of Judea-h2ard
by only i few, but now the echoes of HIS
voice are heard the world over. And now
n
for all people, repentance for the wrong
that has been done in the past, and ref
ormatiOn in the future.
WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
I'VE have accomplished something The
anti-impeIialistic league has made the
name and characteristics of imperialism
known and spoken in every palace, every
log cabin and every prairie camp on this
continent.
I'VE are told there is peace in the Phil
irpines, and that our $1,000 soldiers there
are merely performing police duty Tie
president has said the Philippines are
our, and there will be no abatement Of
our rights and no scuttle policy. This
seems to Indicate that we have entered
upon colonial policy. I always follow
the president by his doings not by his
speeches. When the speeches of men and
the actions of men appar not to harmon
IL l looK to their actions for the truth,
therefore I have never looked to the
words of President Mckinley as present
would do.
II am rot able to explain the motive
of Mr.. Mckinley in taking this policy.
! believe he is the master mind in his
cept that which he himself has origin
ated- And he has carried, 1t through
thus far without interruption. He IN
terpreted the protocol with Spain con
trary to its language and framed the
treaty Of Paris according to his own
ideas and he has since Interpreted his
powers upon his own theory as to what
he was authorized to do He is the only
person responsible for what has been
done, and If we are opposed to what
has been done, our chief duty is the
overthrow of the administration of which
he is the head. There has been put forth
recently. O statement of the conditions
that will be required of the people of
Cuba if they become independent They
are to have no power to declare war
without the consent Of the United States;
the United States is to have veto power
over the legislation of Cuba; the United
States is to have certain well defined
supervision over the Cuban treasury; the
United States is to retain for a period
Of years, if not Indefinitely, the fortitica-
tons which command the port of Ha-
vana. How do these provisions accord
with the promises made to the people
of Cuba?
1.-THE troubles in China have been ag-
gravated and the ministers and citizens
of the various governments have been
put in peril through the policy of their
governments. Is it not true that in
past years there has been discussion
among the various states of Europe as
to the partition of China? All this talk
has caused the revolution in China, put
ting the missionaries and ambassadors
of the various powers in peril of their
lives Instead of being a fortunate oc-
currence, the fact that we We're i'm the
Philippines has been the principal cause
of the revolution in China. Is the gov
eminent of the United States to place
its troops under the command Of a prince
of Germany, or, on the other hand, is
the United States to assume command
OF the troops of the other nations and
be responsible for the results. If a revo-
luton was to occur in London, and our
ambassador to be in danger Of his life,
would we send a force up the Thames
to Bombard London? No. We would APP
peal to the various diplomatic channels
before undertaking force. Was 1t not a
declaration of war when We trained our
guns upon the citade!s Of the Chinese
empire? Who authorized it? Under the
constitution congress alone can declare
war Can the chief magistrate make war
in the absence of a congressional declar-
alton of war? I suppose if I say any
thing in eXtenuation of the Chinese pol
icy, someone in Washington or elsewhere
would say that l had spoken against my
own country, but l want to say the
American people will speak for liberty
and Justice, even though their words
may in1ame the fires of liberty the world
over. China has always followed the
maxim: Use that which is thine own,
so as not to injure others That con-
tains every provision of the decalogue.
Through centuries the Chinese empire
has gone on, while Assyria and Rome
and Carthage have withered and died
died because they took into their pos
session that to which they had no right.
It is to such entertainment that we are
Invited: it is to such a history as those
nations have made that our eyes are
turned and we are asked to initiate 1t.
TIME TO ARREST RUIN.
'"Who does not see that the day of Eng
lands downfall is approaching? And we
are asked to follow her example and
tread in the imperial footsteps of Great
Britain, knowing that those steps are
leading the British empire to destruction
Now is the time for the people to ar
! rest this progress to ruin and the labor
ing men of this country are the men
to whom I appeal. If we accept imperial
| ism, 1t means that some people shall
do the thinking and the rest do the
working, then the course of liberty can
! not be saved"
Gov Boutwell, asked the negro voters
to work against Imperialism for the sake
of the 100000 colored population in the
| Philippines and claimed the fact that
some negroes were deprived of theil
rights in the South was no excuse fol
| the oppression of the Filipinos. Will
| reference to protection the governor saiC
! there were many things besides money
and that in his Judgment prosperity would
not continue long with the markets OIL
| China closed to American CrOductS an6