Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-07-19
TOLD THE TRUTH.

In a recent address before the Ohio
! State Bar Association at Put-in-Bay
President P. o. Laubie, of Salem, O.,
in his annual address, after announc-
ing 81 am a Republican, and every
body knows it, took up some of the
policies OF the administration and han
died Mr.. Mckinley and his advisors
without gloves. A special telegram
says
His discourse was well prepared and
very forcibly delivered He created great
enthusiasm at times and frequently sur
prlsed his associates by stirring state
ments and criticisms of the present pol
icy of the administration.
the applause was dedfening at times
and when he had finished, those present
rushed forward with yall and seized the
aged Jurist and almost bore him bodily
from the hall. Never has there been such
demonstration on the part of a body of
men as was manifested to-day during and
at the close of the presidents address.
his argument was based upon facts
| founded on the constitution of the United
States. He so thoroughly captured the
convention that all other business planned
tor the session was postponed until
Wednesday morning.
Judge Laubie took up the different
questions that now confront the American
people and handled them in an able and
exhaustive manner from a legal stand
point. His deductions came as a surprise
10 some members of the association. He
held that the war in the Philippines was
an unjust one, and that this country had
neither a moral nor a legal right to a
single island He deplored the rapidly ac-
cumulatlnS power of organized wealth.
and said that the power had now become
so great that every branch of the govern
ment was affected by it.
I'm n
he said that the bill was clearly uncon-
stituuonaI. In referring to the Philip
pine war the speaker said that the peace
| OF the world at the close of the century
had been broken by the only two English
speaking nations Of the world, England
and the United States who were '7moy-
Ing side by side for good and for evil. i"
lie said that the Boer war and our own
conflict We're both carried on for mer-
cenary purposes" one for commercial ex-
panslon under the guise of benevolent as
sanitation, and the other to steal gold
and diamond mines, and then calling it
| the great Dutch conspiracy The Phil
| lpplne question, the speaker said was one
OF the most, If not the most momentous
question this nation was ever called upon
10 lace from the beginning of the century
the decision of which involves the stabil-
ity OF its republicanism. if not the very
lie OF the republic itself. He contended
mat me t1lipinos We're treated as allies,
Admiral Dewey himself admitting ii. and
now TO take their country by force was
nothing less than robbery. He predicted
that II the administration continued In
IT'S present attitude the whole policy and
system of our government would be up
set and reversed.
The policy OF pensioning the polygamous
sultan OF Sulu, and at the same time
shooting Christian Filipinos, was de-
nQunced as an outrage on humanity.
In referring to the trusts and money
powers, he said: THE lust of wealth has
become Unsuitable in this country Money
! largely dominates all things, society
church and state, politics, legislation and
even courts. 1t is the pole star of de-
sire, and the acme of opportunity. 1t is
the enemy of equality and liberty in man
and nations, 1t has destroyed republics
ere now, and makes one tremble for the
fate of this one"
The time had come, he said to call a
halt IN our onward march to the front as
a world wide military, colonial and money
seeking power, and stamp out the imper-
laHsuc doctrine so extensively advocated
throughout the country
Here we have Republican with
courage enough TO tell the truth. All
honor to Judge Laubie.