Milford chronicle., 1904-11-04

The New York American m. =. nv,
liam = Hearst's newspapers. in j.. II n
sue of Oct. 18th, thus criticised 80
delivered by e1-Secretary Olnev. F'''9 /
Take Olncy off the stumn D.. sss
Gratis otbis type make no votes f,r nv.
party Last night, in his ynaa,b
Cooper Union, the former A-tar,or,c AT
eral and later Secretary of Ststo III y
istic keynote 1'4''er
In his argument against impe,,li,,
( he spoke of our needless scri,nmaga ,g.+L
, Spain over Cuba and subseuueptlv -
forred to that development Of iingoisr,
and mlttarism which brought on n.
scrap with Spain.
( That is keynote to which the ram,
! tly will not respond in the way evnsota5
1 Gy Mr.. Olney. 1t is not Americ,nis,,
and certainly it is not democracy
The war for the liberation Of rrb.l
had the heart of tine people babinJ e.,
1t was chivalric, unselEsh and rlorioss
/ Limited and careful gentlemen Of 49,
Olney type found themselves incanoRs
os rising to the height of the nonnf,,
enthusiasm. but. whether in or ont -
Office, they were swept along with ~.
tide of noble sympathy for an oppresssJ
people. History will record that tba
United States in expeling Spain from
the Now World reached a moral emi.
nence quite unparalleled in the action.
of nations.
We owed nothing TO Spain; her occp..
pancy of CIba had been coptipnons- 4.
crime, as was her whole career in MA
hemisphere. We had been patient too m
long. The Nirginlus infamy should have
been the signal for her eviction from
this side of the globe. The elimination
OF her atrocities was the blowing nn..
Of the Maine, riding at anchor in what
was supposed to be a friendly port
And after that unexampled outrage
Olney speaks of our needless war with.
Spain
No 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 the
Democratic party. They seem to be
without capacity Of entering into the feel, ,
ngs of the people, sharing their patriotic
ardors, or sympathizing with their ma.
tonal aspirations. He is an able man
4AS AN'Nbls &A EANEAlEuL lhWyEI ana means
well, but he damages Democracy and the
Of Judge Parker when hs
puts himself forward as a spokesman
at once of Little Americanism' and the
party which is historically that Of ez,,c
pansion.
"A great people are not to be cribbed,
cabined and confined within the cold.
blooded and petty limitations Of the Oh
ney conception of national duty and des- .
tiny. The votes of young men-of men
Of spirit-cannot be won by sneers at
one of the loftiest deeds in the nations
life.
Democrats, real Democrats. are nos
TO oe deprived of their share in the
glory of freeing Cuba. 1t is to be the
everlasting honor of the party that
through its representatives in Congress,
and in the press-the American fore &
most in the fght-it forced reluctant
to declare the war. Had,
Cleveland been in the White House and NJ
Jlney in the Cabinet, we may be quite u,
sure that the heroes of the Maine would ,f
nave perished in vain aud Cuba coaiss.
inued to be a Spanish shambles ut ouri-,
iUar.
The Democracy has no quarrel wirhr
my man who took part as soldier oqd
'irilian in rescuing Cuba, ard il is nQtig
o be tolerated that the party should benz
'laced in such 4 position. Theodorgee
Roosevelt as one who took part in thatvi
'ref conflict. has reason as a candidatscb
O congratulate himself upon NJ, O-qs
ey's presence on the stump Judges
'arker and his managers ought TO lose no 70
ime in revising the LIST of campaig9sa
peakers and eliminating from it the Or
cys, the CleYe!Nnds and all other disrs.
redited, plutOcratic, narrOw-minded and;w
ard-hearted Democrats, SO called. who.si
re responsible for the apathy am0u5ee
he people of which complaint is mads-s
{ Democratic headquarters. eA
How can the workiugmen. for examiat
le, be expected to grow enthusiastic ll,r
canvass which numbers among inst
3naPicuous oratots the Attorney-Generalt &
'ho discovered The sacrcdncss Of a Full.
ian car and 4 President who ordered
oops into Illinois against the pr5testT
her governor Tor the purpose Of crusD'l
ig Il strike?
"Oluey has spoken for Parker, and it73
announced that Cleveland is also toti
opt the platform. II Judge Parke,
lderstands the American public as well
8 we think he does, he will put his foot
)wn and avert that cr9wnins calamity
ct real Democrats do the talking from
)w on"