Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-10-12

the other.
My friends. say to you, and be-
lieve every man. woman and child In
this audience responds to the senti-
ment, that when our general. In the
face of the open welcome of the people
Of Porto Rico. told them that they
should receive the immunitles and
privileges OF American citizenship, and
they gave up their country to us upon
that assurance. FOR us now to go back
upon the traditions of a century and
quarter, to repudiate the fundamen u
principles of our constitution. and the
Immortal guarantees of that great In
strument Of liberty, the Declaration OF
Independence, Is to commit a national
crime Of colossal proportions. for
which we shall surely be arraigned at
the bar of historic justice. Great ap-
plause.)
Fourth says the judge, do you
believe that any member Of either the
democratic. populist or republican
party Ut Is very kind of him to put In
the democrats and populists with the
republicans) ever entertained the
thought of changing our present form
of government" Yes, frankly I do.
do not think any populist or democrat
ever did. for 1t is not in accordance
with their principles and is absolute
ly against their platforms as just
adopted; but most distinctly affirm
that certain influential members of the
republican party do entertain the
thought of changing our present form
OF government, and that it's present
policy, II continued, must lead to ex-
actly that. When Augustus Caesar
was gradually having himself elected
to all the Offices in Rome, although he
did not call himself a king, don't you
su pose that an old Roman, with his
back turned to the future, and think
ing only Of the past. would have been
shocked II some fellow-citizen had
told him that Augustus Octavius was
engaged in changing the very form of
the state? He called himself only the
first citizen. He was really "Impera-
tor" which means commander, that is,
commander Of the army. You and I
have named emperors from that name
OF his. but at the time the Romans
did not have the association of the
name to make them aware of the real
-, easy
people, they drifted into imperialism
without knowing 1t. simply because the
man who was doing 1t disavowed that
he was making any change in the
state. You are not only in danger of
changing the form Of this government,
fellow-citizens. but you have changed
1t already. II you approve which has
been done. Never until we enacted
the law taxing Porto Rico without her
consent and undertook a policy look
ing toward the maintenance of colo
MES that shall be under our flag but
without the guarantees and pro-
lection of our constitution, have we
done anything inconsistent with re-
publican government. But this new
policy Is imperialism. They use the
word Expansion" sometimes. dare
say the distinguished writer Of this let
ter would do SO. since he speaks OF
Imperialism as being a term used by
the democratic party; and Roosevelt
and the rest, persist in employing the
term Expansion Now, my friends
let me remind you that the modern
leaders of the republican party are very
shrewd In the use Of terms. They will
deceive you and they are deceivine
you now by the cunningness of words
They got you to vote for the GOLD
standard by calling 1t honest money
II they had said gold standard they
would not have carried ten states ir
the American Union. They do not like
to say trusts" When they distin.
guish between bad and good ones ant
are in favor of the good ones, they cal
them combinations of capital" 1t II
all right, you know. to be in favor Of
combinations of capital" applause
So over In the Philippine islands, thu
president of the United States has ne
gotiated a treaty with the Sultan OF
Sulu, whereby the American flag 1.
raised over the auction book, in spite
of the 18th amendment to the constitu
ton, which old soldiers in this audi.
ence fought and imperiled their live.
to put into the constitution, and vow.
Ing to support which saw the present
'esident Of the United States raise
his hand solemnly to heaven in the
presence of two hundred Thousand
American citizens, and touch with his
lips the Holy Book. And yet, thai
president has negotiated treaty witt
the naked chieftain of the Sulu archi.
elago, In which he expressly stipu.
lates that the American flag shall foat
over the iviolable institutions
of the Moros, among which
is domestic slavery. Linco. you re.
member, gave the world a proclama
ton of emancipation. Mckinley made
an agreement, article 10 or which says
ANY slave in the Sulu archipelago
may purchase his liberty by paying t.
his master the usual market price,
daughter and applause.) That Is the
most Infamous document in American
history. Think of 1t, my old republi.
can friend, with the memory Of Lin.
coin fresh in your mind and his pre-.
cepts sacredly enshrined in your heart
Think of It; particularly II you be on.
of that noble and honorable bodyot
citizenship that became soldiers in or.
der to exemplify the highest function
of citizens In a free government
namely, to vindicate liberty. You
whose sacrifices put that guarantee OF
liberty into the 18th Amendment, think
of 1t; your president has negotiated a
treaty perpetuating slavery under the
American flag. My friends, in all
sober earnestness, president that
would do that should not receive the
vote of one single man or woman in the
United State. Great applause.)
There is not republican in this au-
dience that would vote for that thing
II 1t were presented to him as a propo-
sition by itself; and l invite any sub
sequent speaker from this platform to
tell an audience like this why he sup.
ports a president who would and did
negotiate that treaty with the sultan
Gel.
me 1t was necessity, else why did you
not negotiate with Aguinaldo? Aguin.
aldo wants his liberty and you fight
with him. Great applause.) will
tell you why they did 1t. Prof Schur.
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