The state herald., 1904-11-04
DEMOCRATIC Protest
VIGOROUS DsNUNClArION OF
Ex-SECRETARY OLNeY.
His Attempt to BeiittIe tho War with
spain Resented and His Immediate
Withdrawal from tho Speaking Cam.
paign De eninnded.

! The New York American, one of Will
| liam II. Hearst's newspapers, in its is
sue of Oct. 10th, thus criticised speech
delivered by ex-Secretary Oney:
Take Olney of the stump. Demo-
crats of his type make no votes for the
| party. Last night, in his speech ut
Cooper Union, the former Attorney Gen
eral and later Secretary of State under
| President Cleveland offered u character
,istic keynote.
In his argument against imperialism
he spoke OF our needless scrimmage with
Spain over Cuba and subsequently re-
fcrred to that development OF jingoism
and niitnrism which brought on the
scrap with Spain.
That is a keynote to which the coun-
| try will not respond in the way expected
by Mr.. Olney 1t Is not Americanism
| and certainly it is not democracy.
"The war for the liberation Of Cuba
had the heart of the people behind 1t.
1t was chivalric, unscliish and glorious,
l.imited and careful gentlemen OF the
Olney type found themselves incapable
OF rising to the height of the popular
| enthusiasm, but. whether in or out of
| Office, they We're swept along with the
| tide OF noble sympathy for an oppressed
people. History will record that tho
United States in eSpelling Spain from
the New World reached Il moral emf
nence quite unparalleled in the action
OF nations.
I'VE owed nothing to Spain; her occu-
| pancy OF CUBA had been II continuous
| crime, ns was her whole career in this
hemisphere. We had been patient too
long. The Virginius infamy should have
been the signal for her eviction from
| this side OF the globe. The culmina ton
OF her atrocities was the blowing up
OF the Maine, riding at anchor in what
was supposed to be II friendly port.
And after that uneNampled outrage
Olney speaks OF our needless war with
| Spain.
mo American who is as broad as his
| country can look back upon the Spanish
war without thrill OF pride.
"Mr. Olney speaks for kind OF Demo.
Gratis who are infinitely hurtful to tho
| Democratic party. They seem 20 he
without capacity of entering into the feel
ings OF the people, sharing their patriotic
ardors. or sympathizing with their ma.
| tional aspirations. He is an able man,
no doubt; an excellent lawyer and means
well, but he damages Democracy and the
candidacy OF Judge Parker when he
| puts himself forward MS II spokesman
ar once Of Little Amcricanism' and the
party which is historically that OF ex-
pansion.
| "a great people are not to be cribbed.
| cabined and confined within the cold.
blooded and petty limitations Of the Ol-
ney conception OF national duty and de.-
tiny. The votes OF young men-of men
OF spirit-cannot be won by snecrs nt
one Of the loftiest deeds In the nations
life.
Democrats, real Democrats, are no,
to be deprived Of their share In tho
glory OF freeing Cubs. 1t is to he the
everlasting honor Of the party that
through its representatives In Congress
aud In the prcs--the American fore
most In the iight--it forced a reluctant
administration TO declare the war Had
| Cleveland been in the White House and
Olney in the Cabinet, We may be quite
sure that the heroes Of the Maine would
have perished ia vain and Cuba con
tinued TO be a Spanish shambles at our
door.
| The Democracy has no quarrel with
any man who took part as soldier or
civilian In rcscuing Cuba. and II Is not
to be tolerated that the party should b.
| placed In such position. Theodore
Roosevelt. as one who took part Ia that
brief conflict. has reason as candidate
Z" congratulate himself upon Mr.. Ol-
ney's presence on the stump. Judge
Parker and his managers ought 10 lose no
Time In revising the list OF campaign
speakers aud eliminating from II the ol.
n.y~, the cleyclands and all other dis.
| credited. plntocrntic. narrow minded aud
hard-heartrd Democrats. 50 called who
| are Responsible for the apathy among
tl" people NJ which complaint Is made
90 Democratic headquarters.
How can the workiugmen, for exam.
| pie. be expected Ia grow enthusiastic In
u canvass which numbers among hs
conspicuous orators the Attorney General
who discovered the sarrsdners of q Pull.
man ear aud n President who ordered
| troops into Illinois against the protest
~ her governor Tor the purpose Of crush
| Ing a striker
| "olney has spoken for Parker. aud Il
Is announced that Cleveland Is al.o To
mount the platform. n Judge Parker
understands the American public A. well
ns We think hc does, he viii put his foot
down aud aver that crpwnlug calamity.
Let real Democrat, do the talking from
now on"