The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-09-29

not one single thing for which II orig
lnally earned the gratitude and sup
port of the American people. (Great
applausel
TOWn0 Answers Mars ton
My friends, l received today a very
Interesting communication from dis
tinguished citizen OF your state. which
l win read before replying to il, in
order that. as l reply to 1t, you may
have In mind the whole eommunica-
tion. l shall endeavor to treat this let
ter frankly and fairly and to reply to
it. so far as the time will permit. to the
best of my ability,
Boise City. Sept, Z. 1900,
Hon. Charles A. Towne Sir-Assum-
Ing that you. as an instructor and
guide OF the people 1.-THE gentleman
tIatters mel In their political action in
the present campaign. are not actuated
or controlled by any other than the
most patriotic motives, uninilueneeed
by personal animosities or aspirati ons.
l desire, in behalf of that eonsumma-
tion which you and l and all other hon
est ana patriotic Americans desire, to-
wit: The best interests OF the repub-
lie, that you would honestly and can
ditly answer the following questions.
l might add that, having been re-
publican for forty years, l supported
Mr.. Bryan in 1895 solely upon the
question of the temone Sization OF sill
veE Heing republican upon princi-
clpie, I do not See my way clear TO
support him in this campaign. The
questions l desire you to answer are
as follows;
First.-Were you ever Il republican?
Second-If so, why were you re-
publican?
Third-What do you understand the
term Imperialism" as used by the
democratic party in this campaign to
imply?
Fourth-Do you believe that any
member OF either the democratic. pop
uilst or republican party ever enter
tanned the thought of changing our
present form of government?
Fitth-It not, what becomes Of your
paramount issue?
III YOU will remember that the dem
1cratic platform declares this question
Of Imperialism to be the paramount is
sue of the Campaign.l
SiN-Do you understand that it is the
policy OF the democratic party, as out
lined in Mr.. Bryans acceptance
speech, in case Of his election, to i'm
mediately withdraw our forces from
the Philippines, and to withdraw au-
thority from the islands entirely: and
If So. does this policy include the with
drawing OF American authority from
Porto Rico and Hawaii?
Very respectfully,
10 WALDO HUSTON
The writer is, believe, chief justice
of Idaho.
My friends, the distinguished writer
of this letter states, first, that he is a
republican from principle. OF course
man ought to be a republican, or a
democrat. or populist. or a silver re-
publican. or whatever other political
thing he is, upon principle. II was al
most unnecessary to say that he is a
republican upon principle. How should
he be republican upon anything else
daughter and applause) II IS almost
a commentary upon the existing pol..
teal situation. that the distinguished
gentleman should find it necessary &c
state that his convictions are convic.
lions on principle. But what priucipl,
makes him republican? Is it the Ole
republican principle Of bimetalIlsm, OF
the new republican principle cf its Cd.
posite. the gold standard? !. Mil b.
IN order To answer that If ne Will per.
nit me respectfully now to ask the
question. tPauses a momentD
II republican upon principle. Is he
in favor of the greenbacks, an original
cent republican doctrine? II republi.
republican doctrine. or against it, a re-
can upon principle is he opposed to the
trusts, as his party declared it was
In lSSS and 1892. or is he in favor OF the
trusts, as Mark Hanna and all the 9TH
er leaders Of his party are? Great ap-
plause and cheering) II he is a repub-
IAN upon principle. does he believe In
, this proposition, That while provid.
ing revenue for the support Of the gen.
, eral government by duties upon i'm.
posts, sound policy requires such ar
adjustment Of those imposts as to en-.
courage the development Of the ma
terial interests Of the whole country? p
This. the first republican utterance or
protection. from the platform Of 1850
was that the republicans were in IA
Vor OF so adjusting the duty in raising
the necessary revenue for the general
government as to protect domestic In
dUstry. The new doctrine is to Law the
duties for tn duties sake, in order tc
build up great trusts that may fleece
the American people for the benefit OF
= rev men. who make the laws. (Ap-
TiauseD Which kind Of protection does
this gentleman indorse, the old one OF
Lincoln, or the new one of Hanna
LApplause)
During the war, the republican party
Tor the purpose OF defraying the ex-
penses Of that awful contest. resorted
to an income tax. Today they are op-
posed to 1t. Which is the honorable
entleman's principle" of republican,
ism. the original one or the modern
one?
The gentleman says that he IL a re-
publican from principle. Let me call
his attention to this declaration. the
very first resolution adopted by thF
first national convention of his party
that ever assembled. in the city OF
Philadelphia. in June, 1856. The first
resolution Of that first republican ma
onal convention read as follows, the
first part Of II:
Resolved, That the maintenance Of
the principles promulgated In tbs
Declaration Of Independence and EN-.
bodied in the federal constitution IA es.
sential to the preservation of our re.
publican institutions" That was In
1856. In 1850. the republican conven.
ton said lit met at Chicago In May
that the maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration Of In
dependence and embodied in the fed
eral constitution, that AN men ar,
created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalien
able rights, that among these are life
liberty. and the pursuit Of happiness
that to secure these rights. govern