New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

| best interests of his country
The work of estabshing civil government Is tbs 1
world and especially the Filipnos. TO complete H.
Congress %neT will iegisate and everybody in
Guiding Mr. Brysn Rat % TS fha ta pope and that
at the earliest moment possible we WI .egfontTnl gye
and all the blessings of Republican form OF gov
Recent events have demonstrated the ADVANTAGES
of these possessions and the folly that their aoah- an
donment would n"6 nyIyG not have headed the column
for Pekng; but being there we were enabled 20 40
| For generations Americans viii mantle with
prae as snbS IS work Is not ended The slow process
slons of time fast reaching their culrnau0n @
Every i6et far Eastern country is located the
scene Of the worlds greatest activity 1or years "
come: resence there is most fortunate. not alone
lGs % one Conservative force favored with the
confidence and respect OF otheT gIt the great
Transitions that are impending; we have the posi- P2
66l6 9ooi f nVoves responsibility and duty to aoan M
it. shame and humiliation. we tStb fann0tb Of giant
and the opportunity Of the centuries The grfat
duty Of the hour is to snow tha' we "ie
of both.
SENATOR DEPEW's ADDRESS.
sor.+or Foraker was followed by Senator
r,horncev NJ. Depew who said in part:
Coming. as do, directly from the Republican pub, can
State Convention OF New. 9rab abla bodv Of repre-
sSn1tetiye Republicans. 1t convention when
t that With CT wgtk S9T Mckinley and G
These good times the Signs are h
ever succeeded when Vermont gave thirty thousand
majority. This year her September majority 10
T6ose of us who were active during the Civil
War TememPeT the TeooFTF Tbe Southern
was exhausted It's credit In Eur9pH n% was Tbe r
bemocratic convention which met in Chicago. de
GaFed 3 to fe rscosaze @a[ the Southern coneerac That
declaration cost the Ves OK over one and sev
erai hundred thousand of wounded and manned ma ned
1t cost the loss OF Sicb c We're formerly pros
Thirty-six years have passed We have had war
with Spain: we have come into possession OF ,ti me
Phpne Islands am No n9 9n9 denies y erehase ehas Olg H
piete. revolt was started against us by a rev
pressed: Tagal armies have been dsbanded; Tagal
leaders with few exceptions. have surrenaereo q
longer exists, except under the guidance OF the
Had the Democratic Convention at Kansas City
declared that before anything else was considsred
ands captured and security for life and property
at once assured under United States autnorIy' me
ssatttpptflo state Of Ohio o'''D " 90
ABsURDIrY OF COLONEL BRYAN.
Discussing imperialism. Mr.. Depew said:
know of no situation so absurd as for Colonel
scr{be Wam " sdu Mckinley as an emperor William
Mckinley & Who boy and man o has oa2 HeeT g0r d ge6
citizen. able Congressman and most brilliant
President, whose WnOle
listed as a boy until to-day has been at the ser
vice OF his country and for his countrys best inter-
est. William Mckinley an emperor!
Mr. Depew then proceeded to contrast the prophe-
ces of the Democratic leaders in 1896 and the full
filed promises of the Republican party and con-
cuded follows:
The safety Of our countTy the glory of our IF; flag
our commerce, the continuation and increase of
our prosperity are in the hands of the American
people. If Mckinley is elected they are assured;
If Bryan is elected they are in peril .,
Imperialism and expansion mean for you, my fel-
low citizens of this Mahoning Valley new markets
for the products of this Industrial centre. The
pacifcation of the Philippines gives a market of
ten millions of people. 1t will grow every year as
they come into more civilized conditions and their
wants Increase Our port at Manila is nearer by
hundreds of miles than any European country TO
the coast of Asia, where reside two-thirds of the
the United States, and has four hundred millions
of people. They are industrious, sober, pro-
Of railroad in China, while there one hundred
and eighty-odd thousand in the United States. In
the next twenty years China will be gridironed
pla c,s the locomotives the electric cars. the wire
must all be brought from abroad To retire from
Bryan proposes would be to build a wall within
which American industry and industrial workers
Colonel Bryan talks giiby of the violation of the
the Declaration of Independence and government
by of the governed. He says the Repub-
of Independence in their platform at Philadelphia
They had no occasion to. OF all the parties that
party has stood for the principles of the Declara-
ton of Independence The Territories wrested
of Abraham Lincoln, Cuba rescued and rapidly
reaching self government. the Porto RtcanS gov
erning themselves and as fast as they are capable
of governing the privilege Of self-government being
extended the towns and villages and
munities Of the Philippines. all working the
lines OF the Declaration OF independence.