The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-17

10 go TO Corunna and make a speech,
and so had come. He then took up the
question of expansion with review of
'he cost OF the Philippines, the title to
the Islands, the treatment of the natives
oy the American soldiers and under the
Iolices of this government, which in
voive the education of the natives in all
tnat makes for the powers of self GOV
eminent, in the improvement of their
roads and harbors and all the rest which
the American nation had done for them.
lie cited the number of our own troops
which had been killed OF wounded the
hardships they had been called on to en-
dure and then voiced the wonder of his
audience that in spite of ALL that the
democrats could still denounce the sol
diers in the Philippines who had made
all this improvement possible and had
themselves done so much for the ma
tives.
The same opposition which is being
heard today to the requirement and
control of the Philippines was heard a
hundred years ago. The same hue
and cry was raised in 1903 when the
Louisiana purchase was made History
repeats stself. The history of the other
acquisitions of territory, some bloody,
some made wholly by purchase, was
traced out. But even with Mexico,
when the lands of the west were taken
from her by conquest, the United States
did not forget also to be generous.
Everywhere, although our wars had
been cruel ones civilization had come
out of them. War and the Bible too
had gone hand in hand. The American
people had ever worn the brand of
courage. We have sent thousand
American teachers to the Philippines
We have given them two thousand more
native teachers. We have expended
two millions of dollars in improvements
to Manila harbor and another million
for better roads about the island.
The first year since the country was
blackened by the death of the beloved
Mckinley has passed away. He was
one of the gentlest of men and the most
loved man on earth. 1t was great
heart which has ceased to beat. His
view of right and wrong was one of the
most clear Lives like his are not de-
stroyed-they go on forever He
wrought for the uplift of the people and
the flag was his pail and the nation his
chief mourner.
By wise provision of law Theodore
Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency.
The people had elected him for just
such a contingency. The principles for
which Mckinley laid down his life have
been carried on. The president has a
radical, practical honesty. He has
courage, sincerity and conscience. All
this is evidenced by his meeting with
the coal barons He has filled many
positions, has developed many sides of
his character. Ranchman, police com
missioner, assistant secretary of the
navy, colonel. governor of New York,
vice president and president, all have
agreed that as each of these he was
typically and truly American.
The question of the trusts with the
closely related one of capital and labor
were discussed by Mr.. O'Donnell as was
also the question of state issues. He
did not believe that the remedy to be
used against the trusts lay in free trade
and presented good arguments to back
up his contentious. Many of the trusts,
he believed, were doomed to go to
pieces anyway from natural causes, as a
number already have done. But to try
to strike the beef trust by placing beef
on the free list-at the expense of the
American farmer-he did not quite be-
lieve in.
AS to state taxation he had al
ways maintained that the best system
of taxation was the one which raised
the smallest tax. The present years
expenses of the state government call
for tax of million dollars less than
year ago, not very bad sort of an in
crease. The administration has been a
good one. Let well enough alone. The
present congress too had been one which
did things of great importance to the
country. 1t had passed the Panama
canal bill, the Philippines education
bill, the oleomargarine bill, irrigation
bill, had repealed the war tax law and
increased the navy. Do You wish to
have hand in continuing such magnif-
cent work in congress? Then re-elect
your present efficient CONGRESSMAN,
Joseph w. Fordney. Any other course
would involve tariff agitation also
which would destroy business conf
dence again and paralyze industry once
more. There can be no reason for fail
ure to vote the republican ticket entire
next month. We have a glorious coun.
try and it is making wonderful history.
Keep it on the same course.
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