The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-08-16


preme importance to all conditions Of our
countrymen cannot be measured by
words. The ills resulting from unjust
legislation and from unwise administra-
tiOn Of the government must find their
remedy in the all-potent ballot To it
We now make our solemn appeal.
The chief purpose Of the great CONVEX
tiOn whose representatives are before me
was redress for existing wrongs and se-
eurity against perils yet greater which
menace popular government. Your con-
ventiOn, in language clear and unmisfak-
able, has presented the vital issues up01
which the pending contest is to be deter
mined. To its platform ! give my earn
est assent.
After referring to the platform d6elarap
tiOns on trusts, tariffs, Cougressiounl ex-
travagance, etc, Mr.. Stevenson says: a
question is yet to be discussed, to which
all Of these are Of secondary import
ance. 1t is solemnly declared
paramount issue. Questions of domes-
tie policy. however Important, may be, but
questions Of the h0ur-that OF imperialism
Is for time. In the presence Of this stupen-
dous issue. others seem but as the dust In
the balance. In mo- sense paltering with
words, 1t Is the supreme question Of re-
public or empire
Upon every phase Of our foreign policy,
the language Of the Democratic platform =
too clear to admit Of misconstructi0n- Il
favOrs trade expansion BY all peaceful and
lawful means. We believe that liberty, a.
well as the Constitution. follows the Dag.
cans, oppose the Porto Rican law as a vio-
lation OF the Constitution. and a dagtant
breach Of good faith toward dependent
people 1t Is Imposing government without
fict with that provision Of the Constitution
which declares that Duties, imports and
exeises shall be uniform throughout the UNI
ted States."
Deplores Spirit of Empire.
The Democratic platform condemns the
policy pursued by the present administra-
tiOn toward the Philippine Islands. This
policy.insp.ted by the greedy spirit Of COM
an unnecessary war, sacrificed valuable
lives. and placed the American republic In
deadly antagOnism to our former allies. In
the first time In our history we are boldly
confronted with the question Of Imperial
ism-the spirit Of empire" This Is. Indeed.
the supreme question to which all others are
Of secondary Importance.
The Democratic party has ever been the
advocate Of wise Territorial expansion II
was In control Of the government during
forty years Of the first half Of the present
were admitted Into the Federal Union, and
our Western border extended beYond the
Mississippi. Out Of the Louisiana country
acquired under the first Democratic admin
nifcent States. Under a later Democratic
adminlstration-and as the result OF the
treaty which terminated our war with Mex
icO-we acquired California and neighb0rin9
States and Territories, thus bringing under
our nag, to remain forever, the vast expanss
stretching to the Pacific.
The policy Of aggressive expansion-of sub
jugati0n Of distant islands-pursued BY the
nAv fstv Ion, Aud orxf
In the peaceable cession Of the Louisiana
country by Napoleon, that Of Florida By
Spain, nor that yet later, Of the vast west-
ern area by Mexico. The territory acquired
favorable climatic conditions, the dt abode
for men OF our own race At the time Of
annexation U passed under the rule Of the
AnglO-Saxon, who carried with him our Ian
uOuS to our own, and acquired with the de
clared intention-when conditions and p0pq-
lation would justify-of carving 1t into
States. The result: Millions Of American
yOnd the dream Of ayarice. aud the United
States chief among the nations Of the earth
Can 1t be that the new policy Of forcfble
annexation Of distant islands finds precedent
The answer Is found In the bare statement
OF facts. The territorF acquired under Denlr
Ocratic ADMINISTRATIONS Is contfgudus-the
Philippine Islands 5000 miles distant. The
acquisition Of territory upon our own con-
tinent added little to the national expense
to maintain permanent sovereignty over the
distant islands necessitates Immense eE-
penditures upon our army end navy. More
than that, II contemplates methods Of adj
ministration that pertain, not to the repub-
lie, but to the empire. Can 1t be doubted
that the attempt to stihe the spirit Of liberty
abroad will imperii popular government AZ
home?
We stand 100 years from the hour when
the political forces were gathering which
were to result In the election Of the hrst
Democratic President. The anniversary Of
the masterful day In our history was wisely
chosen for the assembling In convention Of
the representatives Of the historic party
whose founder was 1e6erson-and whose
platform Is the Declaration Of Independence.
In the great struggle now upon US We invoke
the cooperation Of ali who revere the menu
ory of our fathers, and to whom this declar-
alton Is not unmeanins parchment-but the
enduring chart Of our liberties. Upon the
supreme Issue now In the fOrefront-and to
the end that republican government be per-
petuated-we appeal to the sober Judgment
and patriotism Of the American people.
To Keep Rathb0ne Quiet.
Ex-Detectiye Rathbone is under ar
rest in Havana, and 1t is regarded as
probable that he will be kept in that
interesting condition until after the
Presidential election. There was once
an unwise man of Gotham who coined
the expression Hanging is played out
in New York." and it cost him his neck.
Similarly RathbOne's threat to pull
down the pillars of the temple" has
cost him his liberty. But for that un-
fortunate observation he might at this
moment be living on the fat of the land
and helping to carry Ohio for Mckinley
and reform.-WashingtOn Times.
Governor Roosevelt Answered.
1t is not easy to match in complete
ness Of crushing effect his (AltgelfsI
reply to ROOsevelt's assertion that Ito
give independence to the FilipinOs
would be like giving independence to
the widest tribe of Apaehes in ArizO-
na." Gov. Altgeld asks il this Is so
why did Dewey arm these "Apaehes',
for war upon Spain aud why did he
aud Gen. Anderson cooperate with
them, when TO arm savages and make
common cause with them in war upon
a civilized nation is Infamous In inter-
usage?-New York World.
The Coat of Imperialism.
Every list OF killed and wounded that
comes TO US from the Philippines is q
record Of unjustifiable cruelty to our
sOns and adds to the long chapter Of
with which the Mckinley adj
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