Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-25

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By war and by treaty we have ac-
quired territory in the islands OF the sea.
1t is now too late to discuss the propri-
ETY. of expansion. We have already ex-
panded. The opportunity of the anti-ex-
pansionist is past. He has had his day
in court and can not now be heard. 1t
will be useless for the Kansas City cons
vention to ask the American people for
an Injunction. They will not undertake
to enjoin an act that is already con-
summated.
There still remains, however, the
question as to how we are to govern the
territory which we have acquired. This
question presents one. Of these s;s:
reaching, Worldwide, history making
problems, that come to nation but
once or twice in a century. In it is
wrapped something of the destiny of all
nations and OF all people. Yet / am not
afraid.
My countrymen will not abandon the
SOLUTION of this problem because 1t is
difficult, nor will they refuse to- bear
their share of the White Mans Bur-
den" because 1t is heavy. / know and
trust the people of the republic. / be-
lieye in their honor. in their strength
and in their courage. know. the stock
of which they came. The lions whelp
is not yet a stranger to its fathers
blood. The American Saxon has not for
gotten his English mother. He is not
accustomed to shirk responsibility. but
is wont to meet it at the threshold.
When in the past, opportunity has Of
fered, he has dared to put destiny to the
touch. He will not fail to do ii now.
In his veins runs the blood of Runne-
mede, of Agincourt, Of Trafalgar and of
Waterloo; OF Bunker Hill, of Lundy's
Lane and of Chapultepec; of Chicka.s
mauga, of Gettysburg and OF Spottsyl-
|vania. He will not fail.
In his heart is enshrined the mem-
ory of Magma Charta and of the great
declaration. The federal constitution is
to him the Ark of the Covenant BY
his blood, shed on a hundred fields of
battle, he put a new price on human
freedom. He will not betray it now.
No, my countrymen. we will give to the
several peoples of these islands the most
liberal forms Of government suitable to
their condition and consistent With their
Intelligence. They shall have just laws.
Laws which shall be conducive to the
promotion of their highest welfare, but
which shall, at the same time, be call
culated to develop that sturdiness and
independence of character so
Essential to the safe exercise of free cit
izenship. They shall not be treated as
lmendicants. nor as helpless wards of an
lindulgent guardian. They shall not be
the victims of Imperialism. nor shall
they be the independent subjects of par
lternalism. On the contrary, they shall
ibe taught the price OF liberty by being
Irequired to bear such portion of the
burden of their own governmentgas their
resources shall fairly and justly war
rant. At present they have it all to
learn. They would not know what to do
with the jewels of freedom, did they
4 possess them. 1t shall be our holy prov
1 ince to lead them. step by step. until
they have learned in some measure the
value of free government and have ac-
lquired the ability to conserve it and the
,ldesire to maintain it, When they shall
lihave learned this lesson, then free con-
Institutional government shall be theirs.
i know of no organized agency in all
the world so capable of conducting this
4 great work along just and safe lines as
is the republican party. And know OF
no stronger, better man in the republic
can party to execute its purpose and Its
Will than William Mckinley. AS mem
bers of the republican party we may
often differ upon the details of legisla-
Sltion affecting this question, but upon
4 the great, fundamental principles which
underlie 1t all-never-upo these our
4 hearts and our minds are as one
"A change of administration nov
would be such a ptblic calamity as is
not to be thought Of the work of the
administration already completed. the
4 history it has written, the possibilities il
has opened for an increased foreign
ltrade, and an ever widening commerce
the position it holds in the esteem and
the confidence of the business, its capa.
lefty in statecraft, its lofty purposes, its
|steadfast devotion to the public vel
flare, entitle it to a vote of confidence
and approval from the people of the re.
lpublic.
THE work which it now has in hand
but as yet is incomplete-the Hawaiian
Islands, Porto Rico the Philippines, the
4 lNicaraguan canal, are of themselves un.
5Ianswerable arguments for its retention
In power.
4 The conduct of the war, with It's sig.
nal victories on land and sea the march
lof the flag. with its promise of peace
Z and freedom for the oppressed islander.
of the ocean; the trend Of the empire
the mandate of destiny; all command
our allegiance and our votes.
A few months Sand the nineteenth
century will have passed into eternit,
of cycles that are gone. We sit alread,
& in the twilight of its last hours. AS it
I shadows deepen the nations Of the eartl
are writing the last pages of their his
tory.
What the republic shall write ii
these last pages may depend upon tn,
Republicans Of Indiana. 1t may be 70
us to determine. The responsibility i
ours. Shall we accept 1t and fill tn
bond? For one, am hopeful and con
fident of the issue.
When the last line shall have beel
! written; when the great volume shal
. have been made UP. and the wor,
j "Finis'' inscribed upon its,seals. 1t vii
: contain no chronicle OF thrift manned
Il of enterprise strangled, of industrie
( paralyzed. of greed uncontined, nor
avarlce uncontrolled. Between its lid
: there will be found no story OF 4, cl,r