The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-07

Destiny did it-and they pay He will
also tell you II Is our duty to carr.
the blessings of settled government Z,
the ends of the earth, on our bayonets
7 say no. Let us attend to our owl
business. With our lynchings, burn
ings at the stake, tarring and feather
ing Of monsters, debauched politics ant
the like can we well claim to be In I
position to carry the blessings of set
4 tied government to the ends of thc
earth
There will be revolutions Landi,
VIII say. Let them revolute, I say. TT
| revolute and evolute is law of ma.
tional progress. Are we in a position
to deny them the luxury of revolutions
Let them arrive at political perfection
| by revolution.
"rhe Jingoes say: We want the trade
of the Philippines Leave everything
else aside for the sake of argument
and consider the question from the low
plane of dollars and cents, and see how
we come out.
"rhe Philippines have so far cost Us
s245,OOO,000 and 1t is still costing us
| S12, 2,000,000 a month. How much is the
trade of the Philippines worth? All
told export and impore 1t amounts tc
| only $30,000,O00 a year. A fair profit or
| that would be 10 per cent. or $4,000, 900
| We get one-tenth of II. Our part of the
swag is 100000 a year. And the money
loss is not the worst of 1t. The sacri-
flee of the lives of our American boys
is the greatest loss, and that sacrifice
will continue until We say to the Fill
ipinos: You are free or until Gabriel
blows his horn.
In concluding Mr.. Clark dwelt upon
the big pension fund the war is going
to make necessary and the Inaugural
tion of the scandal-breeding pro-consu-
lar form of government. He also de-
clared that he hoped confidentially for
the return of the Democratic party to
power in 1904. II pin my faith said
he, 'on President Roosevelt kicking the
party into smthereens."
MIR. LANDIS' REPLY.
In opening his address, Mr.. Lands
said the pleasure of speaking in Scran-
ton was. to him, heightened by the fact
that it is the home Of Congressman
Connell. After telling of the high re-
gard in which Mr.. Connell is held in
Washington. Mr.. Lands turned to his
opponent and said: Read the story
of his life. It Is continual rebulle to
the average Democrat who can see
nothing to slorify in this country.
Continuing, he said in part:
with the Democrat it is always a
wall. Mark the speech just delivered
this miserere. They protest against
everything but their protests are not
always we'll timed. The time they
should have protested against eXpan-
sion was before the war started. l
heard Clark himself declare that the
Democrats took the Republican party
by the scruff of the neck and dragged
it into the war. When they We're do
ing this, as they claim, and when they
were defaming William Mckinley was
the time for them to think of slavery
and polygamy and the other problems
the war would entail.
Eat the time when the people We're
demanding that we take action, when
the Maine was blown up, was one who
went to the white house to urge the
president 10 act He said then it was
not any question us to the outcome of
the war that caused him to proceed so
cautiously. Spain would be whipped
in ninety days, he said. What he wor-
ried about were the problems the war
would entail. William Mckinley knew
where the Philippines were,if Mr.. Clark
didn't.
SPAIN WAS WHIPPED.
1.-The war took place. We whipped
Spain in ninety days. Commissioners
went to Paris to arrange terms. The
first difficulty they had to contend with
was the Philippine question. -Four
propositions We're advanced: "a Give
the islands back to Spain; Co Sell
them to the highest bidder; CS) Give
them Independence; (D Take them
and do the best we can with them.
THE first two propositions We're, of
course, not to be given second
thought. AS to the third, will quote
Mr.. Clark's declaration that not one in
a thousand is fit for self government.
The only thing we could do was to
take them and do the best we could
with them.
THE ratification of this agreement
needed two thirds vote in the senate
To ratify it, sixteen free silver votes
We're necessary. Colonel William Jen-
nings Bryan left his regiment in Flor
ida and lobbed for the ratification
The sixteen Bryanite votes were Sc
cured and the agreement was ratified
by majority of one. If it was not for
the prophet, priest and king of the
Democrats. we would not have the
Philippines. Bryan declared, after
wards, he did it just to settle the ques-
ton of imperialism, practically admit
ting he did it to make an issue.
"To accept the Philippines and solve
the Philippine problem is national
responsibility. Our honor, dignity and
duty are at stake.
THE Republican party settled the
slavery and polygamy questions in this
country, as it said it would. 1t viii
settle the polygamy and slavery ques-
tions in Sulu, and thereby cause great
regret to the Democrats. Steps have
already been taken to extirpate them"
GOVERNING WITHOUT CONSENT.
Mr.. lands made a display of rare
power OF sarcasm in answering the
point regarding governing without the
consent of the governed"
CLARK says We govern without the
consent of the governed'-and then
quotes jefferson. Did Jefferson secure
the consent of the governed in the
Louisiana purchase? Jefferson then
owned one hundred SluNeS-WithOut the