Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

the other hand. 10 hold them perpetually in
subsection after the fashion OF crown colo
MES IL too un-American to be ~thinkable.
I therefore believe that our legislation re-
s%pecting them should be moulded In such
manner az not to hold them In permanent
subsection against their will or destroy
their national aspirations. but to give them
an Independent government at the earliest
practicable moment. the time and manner
being largely questions Of expediency.
do not ~criticise others who seek the
same ultimate goal as myself because our
methods may be dissimilar. I shall. there
fore. II elected, address my arguments as
heretofore to republicans and attempt to
secure the adoption Of my views in repub-
lican caucuses and republican platforms.
In holding these views I consider myself
one Of the most radical OF republicans, In
harmony with all the principles that first
attached me to that great party and have
since made me one OF it's ardent supporters.
The last republican national platform de-
clared in reference TO the Filipinos the
largest measure Of self government consist
ent with their welfare and our duties shall
be secured to them by law" 1t further de-
clared at was the plain purpose OF the
fifteenth amendment to the constitution to
prevent discrimination on account Of race
or color in regulating the elective fran
chise."
Policy Of Mckinley.
President schurman Of the first Philip
pine commission. probably as we'll informed
as to the desires Of President Mckinley as
any living man, said President Mckinley
always contemplated ultimately an indie
pendent form Of government for the Fill
pinos. No other construction can be placed
upon the words Of President Roosevelt In
his last message, that we would give to
them freedom after the manner Of really
free people" The influence in the repub-
lican party OF such eminent statesmen
as Tom Reed. Senator EdmoDds and
the late President Harrison and John
Sherman has never been shaken, and
no republican platform ever read them
out Of the party. Every republican con-
gresham and senator who believed as 1
did has been supported for reelection by
the republican organizations, both state
and national. Democratic charges do not
make republican policies. The true
lovers Of Abraham Lincoln are found
In the republican party, I know Of
no person who will openly confess
to a desire TO exploit the labor and
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lation permitting such result creeps in it
will be only through accident and inRtten-
ton. While in control Of these islands we
should consider ourselves possessed Of a
sacred trust to be administered not for our
selfish gain, but In the interests Of hui
manity, believing such interests to be best
subeerved by adhering to the fundamental
principles Of our institutions.
II any republican takes issue with the
principles here announced l would be glad
to meet him on the stump before and re-
publican audience. II any democrat be-
lieves mine to be an inconsistent position
l challenge him to sustain the un-Ameri-
can laws adopted by the controlling wing
Of the democratic party in the southern
states or the trust-breeding democratic
state Of New Jersey.
Convictions Not Ready Made.
1 know that It is urged that a representa-
tive who will get our SHIRE Of the federal
patronage may we'll take his political con-
victions ready-made from eastern leaders
Of the party. l believe that the time has
come when republicans Of the central west
should form independent convictions and
have the courage to espouse them earnestly
and assume the position in the counsels Of
our nation to which our average intelligence
and growing wealth entities us, to the end
that the central west shall become the
granary and packing house Of the world and
the center OF pure American thought. II,
with such opinions, the republicans OF this
district see At to choose me as their candi-
date, I shall endeavor II elected not to dis
appoint them. By so doing they will en-
courage young republicans to hope that no
individual by mere affability can obtain a
lifelong monopoly Of the honors at the dis
posal OF the party, ahd that earnest labor
and Independent thought in it's behalf will
sooner or later obtain fitting reward. II,
on the other hand, l am defeated, l know
Of no one who can smile and look pleasant
In defeat better than myself, or who can
with better heart continue. under limited
opportunities, to advocate all that he holds
dear In our institutions.
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