Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-08-09

to the II, COZ, 900 of freemen who are going
s'The question arises: Is this the language
of a sincere and discreet man, and there
fore worthy of notice, or Is IT simply the
and therefore to be treated with n
tempt?
ments in support of this charge It is sim
ply an assertion. He puts himself in evil
dence. Aside from t~ruthfulness. it involves
his sincerity and discretion.
Incidents of q Public Career.
"who, then, is this man. and what is his
history? Personalities are offensive'and ]
will not indulge in them. But. surely.
when we are thus brutally assaulted we
may ~ vii vii notice mfS y on nj 's . few Of the Incidents
of his public career, which throw light on
the question of his sincerity and discretion
member of the New York legislature. and
ON one occasion ne reused the hopes
a class which he called the Criminal rich.
But he at once dashed these hopes by turn
ing around and voting with and for these
very criminal rich whom he had de-
nounced.
I'm the years 1878 he held a federal Of
paying ney M his sst tanes In a New y. YORK. orS he siened
an affidavit and swore before the ever
living God that he was not a citizen of New
constitution of New York he would not
have been eligible for the Office of governor
Of that state, By subsequently seeep pflns
he showed that he did not believe his own
affidavit This being so, may it not be that
he does not believe the charge that he has
made against us?
Killed q s~paniard.
"1t is next recorded that he entered the
Spanish war in Cuba, and, although his reg
succeededb by means of that modern weapon
of warfare known as a newspaper bureau
in winning more renown in a week than
ing. and he seems to be the only man on
his continent who boasts of having with
his own hand shot down and killed a Span
lard that was fleeing from the battlefield
In his book he says: AS they turned to run
closed in and fired twice, missing the first
that he had considered this feat unique. and
so it is. He is the first brave man TO shoot
an enemy In the back.
Again, the modern historians tell us that
it was he who first demonstrated to man
kin that however useful the camera may
be to science, to art and to industry, its
true mission is to develop tin plate heroes.
THE records at Albany show that the
governor got the legislature to pass a law
taxing the franchises of corporations-a
most righteous law. But the records also
show, that at the demands of Tom Piatt
and the corporations he r~econvened the leg
islature in extra session and had it change
his law as the corporations dictated.
robbed of about So, o 200 by republican pol
iticiaEs, and, although he talked loudly of
prosecution, the governor has not brought
one of these men to justice.
History records the fact that the gov
ernor has never lost an opportunity, when
standing in the temple or the market place,
but the historian has searched in vain fo1
any evidence of performance. The volume
of profession is full, but the page of per-
Torrance is a blank.
VuIga Assaults Ignored.
"I wish to avoid even the appearance of
severity, and. as I have not the language
to properly eharacterize this mans career.
to defend criminal aggression and the
abandonment. of plain duty by the presi-
dent. He is the right man to defend a war
of conquest. the burning of towns, the
slaughter of people and the assassination of
liberty. But tie democratic party Will pay
no attention to his vulgar assaults.
"I1et us read again from his speech:
latter infinite labor they finally did de-
in free silver. This decision was reached
in their committee by a vote of IS to "a, so
OF faith in their Scent dollar after an
Had the governor stuck to the truth, as a
candidate for so dfgnified an Office as the
vice presiderc- should do. he would have
told his audier 2 that there were two sets
of delegates at the Kansas City convention.
One set wanted simply to reafirm the Chi
cago platform. claiming that inasmuch as
that platform contained as strong ard clear
a plank on the financial question as could
be framed, a reaffirmation was all that was
necessary.
sThe otter set of delegates insisted on
having a special Iteration OF the financial
and the Chicago platform simply been re-
affirmed, the principles for which the party
stands would have been the same 1t was
rot a difference Of principle between the
delegates, but simply a difference of pin
ion as to the most effective way of stating
that principle to the country. The governor
certainly knew this.
Now, when a democrat stoops to misrep-
resentation he is called a pettifogger and a
but I suppose that when the re-
publican candidate for the vice presidency
stoops to do this it viii h called
The administrations Philippine policy
was carefully investigated, and showed
clearly how that policy was leading on to
militarism. and then in closing he said:
LincoIn's Immortal Words.
Listen to the immortal words of Abra-
What constitutes the bulwarks of our
frowning battlements or bristling sea-
coasts, our army or our navy. Our reliance
planted in US. Our defense is in the spirit
which prizes liberty as the heritage OF all
Spirit and YOU have planted the seed Of des-
potism at your own doors. Familiarize
yourself with the chains of bondage and
YOU prepare your own limbs to wear them.
Accustomed to trample on the rights of 9TH
ers, you have lost the strength of Your own
independence and become the fit subjects of
the first cunning tyrant who rises among
THE who deny freedom to others de-
serve it not for themselves, and under a
Just God cannot long retain it
Now, my friends, We propose to stop
InlS criminal dSSESSS4OA lHkO WHICH HI
syndicate and the British ambassador have
launched us. We are going to stop blood
shed and devastation IN the Philippine by
establish a government which in our judg-
ment is a good government worthy of rec
ignition, that then we will withdraw on
such terms as may be just.
I'VE are going to do what the president
called our plain duty toward the Porto
Ricans.' We are going to redeclare that
King George was wrong, and that his prin-
ciples shall not. disgrace our statute books
American question. In 1861 you were not
asked: Are you a democrat or a republic
amp You were only asked: Do you love
for it?S Today you are only asked: d
you believe in free Institutions, and will
you help preserve them"
Are you g son of the revolution? Then
step to the front and help save that for
which .6 your b anssseo Wa alsdi was right,
when he led his men over the ley hills OF
Valley Forge? Do you believe the fathers
Hill or fell at Lexington? Do you believe
lincoln was right when he stood on the
battlefield at Gettysburg and prayed that
government of the people, for the people
and by the people might not Mither from
the face of the earth? Then join tie free
again establish a republican government
at Westinghouse forever drive Hanna
and the syndicates from the temple, and
put an end to Imperialism, mflitarfsm and
McKinleyism
An imperial colonial policy cannof
be fastened upon the republic without
the consent of congress. That con.
sent has never been given with refer
ence to the great danger point. the
Philippines. With a new house OF
representatives strongly opposed &c
taking on forever this Malay pande-
monium Mr.. Mckinley would, in case
of his reelection. very quickly adart