Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-25
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misnomer. II is the same old spirit
revived which sixty years ago made
the south tho dominant power In this
nation. what we need now to again
attain that proud eminence Is the
same comprehensive grasp OF the true
situation.
Then OF the foreign policy Of the ma
ton the speaker said 1T is useless
to discuss the question as To whether
this is to be purely theoretical dem
ocratic government or an expanding
and gigantic republic. The Spanish
war settled that.
u care not OF what political faith
the occupant Of the white mousse might
have been. for. II true American.
mindful OF the honor and dignity OF
the nation. the results OF the Spanish.
war could not have been widely dif-
ferent from what they are today
From this Senator McI.aurin turned
his attention to the Democracy of the
day. what reflection. he said.
that this new Democracy did not car
ry a state where the issues were dis
cussed and judgment passed by the
people upon them on their mer.ts'"
With this he expressed his regret that
IN his own STATE and In the rest OF
the south the question of white su
premacy obscured all national issues
Of democracy In the last election
he said. Fundamental principles
were lost sight of. and In an insane
enort TO secure party success at nny
cost the attempt was made to com
pine socialism, Populism and section
aiism with nothing but the sentiment
AMI traditions OF Democracy. The
real Democratic leaders IN the senate
| for the past three ycBrs have been Al
len. TelIer and pettigrew, all of them
ib.e men, but one of them Popullst
one high tarifr Republican. and the
other | do not know what All o.
| them are opposed To state banks ol
| issue with proper safeguards and
most other things we need In the
south. This was called the New
| Democracy, In oontradistinction from
the old, ana some Of itA leaders stat
| ed that its crcods were revolutionary
and were 40 designed to be.
10 SOW discomfort with Industrial
/ anu biftl UNI vi lH' koNffu-
ing power. to array class against class
10 the hope of securing fnncicd indus
trial and social equality, ~ to my mind
the frst step In revolution The south
~ the American end of America. In
no section ig there so small n foreign
element. 80 much conservatism and
so pure n patriotism. What u poii,-
ioel paradox then II is Tor our people
to be the aIlies OF profcsscd rcyolU.
tionlsts elsewhere
Il. Tor one, do not believe the pco
pie of the south are ready to trust
this government into the hands of the
so.eaiied new Democracy. TO begin
the leyeiing process through the ex,
ercise Of the taxing power, and yet
that liz exactly what this new propa.
EaDda means and outside OF the south
n Is proclaimed by the very same
class who preach and practice social
equality between the rnces The two
hogmaA are inHeparabiy interviewer
| Taxation for the purpose of equal
ising or rcdistricting property is rank
| socialism. not Democracy Let II take
hold In the south and with Il will 60
the barriers which We have erected
to maintain the purity or our race
and the integrity of our civilization
Another thing, to my mind " II
folly to impose expansion under the
name of imperialism. II dcceivcs no
man OF Intelligence. lie understands
that those who talk of imperialism do
not take into account that power
witch Ia born of our free Institutions.
fortress III the hearts of our people
stronger than any over built of stone
II depends upon the people, not the
| government whether they be slaves
nf freemcn. Why should we be
| afraid TO trust ourselves? The whole
tendency OF the times and the spirit
OF the age is toward Democratic in
stead of imperialistic idcas OF gov
| crnment
Our people understand that II is
not actual territory or dominion over
| people that we seek, but the expan.
sion or American thought. ideas of
| government, commerce and civiliza-
ton"
After giving his definition OF Dem.
| ocracy az liberty for man formulated
INTO "A theory of government Sena.
tor Mcl.aurin continued: why
need IA true Democracy hunt for Is.
sues In our relations with foreign
] countries, II has been cndearcd to
the people in the past by its stand up
on domestic problems. the rights Of
man and man, the relation of labor and
capital, and upon these 1t must finally
l stand or fail.
| It ~ folly to attempt to dwarl
great national and International %
sues into mere questions OF party pol.
icy, II failed in the last campaign
and VIII fan every time II is tried"
Senator Mci.aurin then made plea
Tor liberty OF Judgment FOR members
OF congress in matters OF public poll.
oy. of the purpose of the fathers
OF the country he said; "'rhey aimed
to create giant. not n pygmy."
he followed with this shot: III we
would maintain our supremacy or even