The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
MR SHAW SPEAKS
 IN INDIANAPO Says Prosperity is Responsible
 for Political Apathy DISCUSSES THE TARIFF
Charges Democrats of Being Afraid to Repeat Their Declaration of 1892, Though They Now Condemn
 the DIneley Law.

Indianapolis. Ind. October aO.-Hon. Leslie M. Shaw. secretary of the treas ury, addressed large and enthusiastic gathering at Tom1inson hall tonight.
 He said In part;
 Both parties complain this year of great lethargy and apathy on the part of the people in the campaign. The req son is simple. The republican party pre- sents it's time-honored time-tested prin- ciples Of sound money stable currency in other words. good. reliable business tools and equipments. implements of trade-and it's equally time-honored and time-tested principle of protection, and conservative, stable, liberal policy to- wards our insular possessions. Our polit- ieal opponents present nothing in oppo- sition. It is true that our opponents have declared in their last two national conventions in favor of the free and un- limited coinage of silver But our oppo- nents do not dare so much as to refer to their platform of 1906 nor their plat form of 1900, in this years canvass.
 "The democratic party in 1892 reiter- ated for the last time in its history a principle as time-honored as the repub- ncan principle Of protection.
 Does Not Dare to Respect 1t.
 But the same party has not dared, does not dare, to repeat that declaration now. It Is true, they denounee in the most vigorous language the present pro tective tariff law, but in 1892 they said that protection was not only unwise but unconstitutional. Their only tariff utter anee in 1900 is in this language-
 Il ef 4..- a trust breeding measure.'
 "Is there any issue between the parties on insular question? If so, what is it? The only domestic delivery in national convention on the subject is touched in this language:
 We favor an immediate declaration of the nations purpose to give to the Philip pines, first, a stable form of government; second. independence, and third protec- tion from outside interference"
 The democratic nominee for President in 1900 expressed the same thought a It, tie more in detail:
 If elected I shall call congress in ex- traordinary session, as soon as I am in- augurated, and recommend an immediate declaration of the nations purpose, first, to establish a stable form of government 1 in the Philippine islands; second. to give independence to the Filipinos; third, to protect the Filipinos from outside inter- ference while they work out their own l destiny"
 President Mckinley, in his speech of &C., ceptance, expressed the republican idea of the equal deliberations:
 Philippines Are Ours.
 'The Philippine Islands are ours, and American authority must be supreme throughout the archipelago. There will be amnesty, broad and liberal, but no abate- ment of our rights, no abandonment of our duty. We will fulfill in the Philip pines the obligation imposed by the tri- umphs of our arms, by the treaty of 1 peace and by the nations sense of honor No outside interference blocks the way to peace and stable government. The ob- struction Is there, not elsewhere. They may postpone, but they cannot defeat realization of the high purpose of this nation to restore order in the islands and establish a just and generous govern ment."
 In these two speeches are couched all ] the differences, all the issues there are 1 between two great parties with respect to l the Philippine Islands.
 l The only criticism 1 have to offer to- night, of our political opponents, is this: l They seem to be more anxious to discov- CT issue on which they may win a campaign than thex are to formulate a I policy for wise government after they shall have won their campaign. It Is due an intelligent people that there shall be presented for their consideration at the polls affirmative principles, progressive policies, specific measures.