Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-06-11
NO ELEMENT OF TRUTH.

can party.
NO ELEMENT OF TRUTH.
John w. Keins. in HE address as
chairman OF the Indiana Democratic
convention. resorted to consider
able gush in his attempt to arouse en-
thusiasm among the unterrif al. Fis
disregard for facts must have sur
prised some of his hearers, and re-
called the attitude OF their party
when the fate of this nation was i'm
perriled. Speaking with reference to
the government policy in the Philip
pines Mr.. Kerns said: THE aims and
purposes declared by modern Repub-
lican leaders for the uplifting OF the
people whose liberty they would de-
stroy are no nobler or higher than the
declared purposes Of the tyrants of a
thousand years ago" Now, that would
be important, If true; and il the rec
ord of the party Of which Mr.. Kerns
was the especial mouthpiece on this
occasion, was not so black when as.
ISOLATED with such lofty sentiments
as liberty and freedom, his remarks
might have weight with intelligent
people. But as Inconsistency and ex-
travagance in statement are ninety
per cent of Democratic political CAPT.
tai great allowance must be made.
Such assertions simply show the pow
erty of argument and the desperation
for lack of an issue on the part of the
opposition. Is there an honorable
Democrat who thinks that Mckinley
was any less patriotic than Washing.
ton or Lincoln, or Grant? He offered
his life for his country and fought four
years for freedoms cause. What more
could he do?
President Roosevelt Is simply car.
rying out the policy of his predeces.
sor. And what of him? Did he seek
a safe retreat from danger when war
was declared with Spain? Did he
learn of the wars progress from bull.
letin boards or in the peace and quiet
oil his home? No, he was at the
front. and leading the charge where
the battle ragged the flercest. One
was and the other is a modern Re.
publican leader" bathrooms and pig.
mics may attempt to belittle them;
history will not.
A thousand American school teach.
ers in the Philippines laboring to res.
u a race from barbarism and savag.
ry. and local government being es.
tablished as fast as 1t is practicable
refutes the charge of this s~elf-seeking
politician.
Again Chairman Kerns appeals to
ignorance when he says: 81 believe,
as | believe the Lord liveth, that If
the Democratic party had been in con.
troll of this government, those two
republics would today be free. There
would have been no recruiting or sup
ply stations maintained by monarchy
in the land of Washington and Lin.
coin. had William Jennings Bryan or
Grover Cleveland been president of
the United States"
Wouldn't it be interesting to know
the Democratic recipe for saving the
Boer republics This latter day exhi.
bition of sympathy for the oppressed
is truly remarkable. Passing resolu.
lions In congress world not have help.
ed the Beers. while to have gone any
further would have been equivalent
to a declaration Of war, as England
would have regarded any interference
as a hostile act. Nations, like indi.
viduals, do well to attend to their own
business. There was no recruiting
station" maintained in this country
as was proved by Investigation or
dered by President Roosevelt.
Missouri mules and Montana horses
were purchased in large numbers for
the British army in South Africa. But
no treaty or law was broken in the
purchase of these supplies, such right
being recognized for over a hundred
years.
Mr.. Kerns' linking the name Of
Bryan with that of Cleveland was II
the interest of harmony and will foo
nobody, as 1t is well known he has
no use for the former. but he should
be careful how he conjures with tn,
name of the great emancipation. TIL,
old men OF Indiana have memorie.
and their children read. Chairman
Kerns has made a futile effort to fint
an issue for his party.
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