Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-20


| tirement from politics, the crowd yelle,
mo, no, no."
senator David y. Hnl who spok,
next Was received almost as enthuslas
tically as Mr.. Cleveland Mr.. Bowling
IN Introducing him, said mir Hill Il
today the recognized leader Of his par.
| ~ IN New York state and under his
guidance and leadership we are conf
dent OF victory"
MI Hill spoke as follows;
MIR. HILLS ADDRESS
THE signs OF the times point unmis.
takably to the awakened interest In
the promotion OF success Of Democratic
principles Of government. These mani
festatlons, however, are not confined
within strict party lines but renewed
activity in political affairs Is displayed
as well among those Of Independent
procllyltles and among the people gem
orally, who are not satisfied with ex-
istng political conditions and desire a
change Of the public policies now pre-
vailng. There Is especially deep con-
yiction among thoughtful people that
there Is something radically wrong In
the foreign policy Of the present adj
minlstration'
REFERS TO MR.. HoARs SPEECH.
Mr. Hill here referred to the recent
speech Of Mr.. Hoar In the senate up
on the Philippine question, and said
that II had made profound and last
ing impression upon the heart and con-
science of the country This great and
patriotic speech" continued the speak
er, was not met or answered by the
partisan address Of President Roose-
welt delivered on Decoration day in Vio-
lation OF the properties Of the occasion,
wherein he purp0sely or Inadvertently
confused the well-recogni2ed distinc-
lions which exist between the admins
tration and goyernment--between the
army and the government and between
all the other officials OF the government
and the government Itself and as
sumed to question the loyalty Of those
who have yentured to criticize the
cruel acts Of a few officers of the army
who, II semi-ohlcial reports are correct,
have undoubtedly disgraced the uni
form which they wear,
'This confusion of the state itself
with the ruler thereof Is not new In
history. II was Louis XIV, who once
made the same mistake when he as
sumed to be France, and uttered the
famous declaration: i am the state,
remark which might have lost him
his head In later times of less despot-
ism; and President Roosevelt, in an
other sense, seems to have already lost
his head when he forgot that this ooun-
try differs from both ancient and
modern France in that here 10
is not crime TO criticize the army or
the president, or any other servant or
servants Of the people, and he needs
to be reminded that this Is govern
ment Of law; a government under a
written Constitution, wherein the
rights Of every citizen 10 freely express
his sentiments upon administrative
questions Is expressly guaranteed-and
that loyalty to the government does
not consist In loyalty TO individuals or
to the policies Of those who happen to
hold official positions.
Loyalty to this government consists
= attachment to our free institutions
lin the faithful observance Of constltu-
tional ployisions-in respect for It's
Tag as the emblem of civil liberty-in
support Of the authorities Of the United
States against the attacks of our for
cign or domestic foes, but Il does not
consist IN ostentatious professions Of
Intense Anericanism, nor Indifference
90 the preservation or spread of repub-
lican forms Of government everywhere,
iior in suppressng free speech nor in
fnannaVtprs sha fpaa ADntls NJ Afhay4 q y
distant lands who desire to govern
themselves, nor In unlawful sending
accredited representatives of this gov
crnment abroad without the consent Of
the senate to witness the coronation OF
c king whose monGrchial government
20 its shame be 1t said, has just sue
ceeded in crushing the two struggling
republics Of South Africa. And right
here | may be permitted to suggest
that the administration Of Prest.
Roosevelt will be particularly noted in
history az the one during the existence
OF which the republics of those brave
and gallant people were destroyed
destroyed without one word of protest
or one effort to save them or one kind
word Of sympathy for them In their
unequal struggle, expressed on the part
of this-the greatest republic of the
word-waose influence should always
he exerted on the side of free instltu-
tlons
HE PRAISES CLEVELAND.
"In contrast with that suplne attl-
tude Of the Roosevelt administration
we should not forget the vigorous and
patriotic action of that Democratic
president who honors this club with his
presence here tonight who when that
same mighty empire Of Great Britain
In 1895 attempted to crush the republic