Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-10-18
PARKER ON IMPERIALISM
The Democratic Candidate Handles the
Subject in a Most Mastery Manner

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ker following the custom of Mckinley.
made speech from his front steps.
Speaking of Imperialism he said:
NO RIGHT TO MAKE TWO SETS OF
LAWS.
No Government has the right to
make one set of laws for those at home
and different set of laws, absolute in
their character, for those in the colo
MES. Wherever there may exist
people incapable of being governed un-
der American laws, in consonance with
the Constitution, the territory of that
people ought not to be part of the
American domain We insist that we
ought to do for the FilipipPs what we
have done already for the Cubans ami
that is our duty to make that promise
now, and upon suitable guarantees
of projections of citizens of our own
and other countries residents there at
the time of our withdrawal to set the
Filipino people upon their feet, free
and Independent free to work out
their own destiny
The Declaration of Independence.
born in the brain of the fathers of
Democracy, says the same thing in
effect, for it declares that governments
deri- ed their Just powers from the
consent of the governed
Il have before said that we may
disregard the responsibility imposed
by possession of the Philippines, AMI
tnat responsibility will be best SUD-
served by preparing the islanders as
rapidly as possible for self-government
and giving to them the assurance that
it will come as soon as there are reas-
onably prepared for it.
MEANS INDEPENDENCE.
This means the independence Of
the FiliDinos in the fullest sense of
the word. When prepared they may
govern themselves as the Cubans do,
unassisted, unless asking help; un-
directed, unless asking advice; un-
trampled by our politics, unencumber
ed by our politicians and uncontrolled
by US.
Secretary Taft has said: "A pro-
mise to give ultimate independence
will be construed by the more viO-
lent element, disposed to agitation, to
be a promise to grant independence
in the near future and during the
present generation. The success Of
the experiment we are making in the
PHILIPPINES depends upon having the
Filipinos understand that we are there
for their benefit, but that we expect TO
stay there indefinitely in working out
the good we propose to do.
POLICY OF REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Here we have the issue clearly de-
fined The R epublican party stands
for the subjugation of defenseless for
eign peoples; Democracy stands for
freedom. We relieved Spain of this
thorn in her flesh, the Philippines, to
plunge into our own. We paid, and
are paying enormously for the privi
lege of performing the operation
Spain has been trying to conquer these
islands since the early decades Of the
sixteenth century. She had never
quite succeeded That is not surpris
ing. Every true American would des
pise a man who would not fight til
the last gasp for the land of his fire
side and the birthplace C his babes
Did not our illustrious ancestors in the
revolution do so? Do not we homo
every man who was sacrificed at free
dom's holy altar? Are not the Irisl
still chatting under the English yoke
Will the Boer sympathizers refuse hi
sympathy to the Filipino patriot dc
Tending his hearthstone. When tn
battleships of this great Republic &c
stroyed the spanish war vessels tn
Filipinos hoped that the freedom TO
which they had struggled so long wa
finally approaching. Our history seer
ed to guarantee that our ambitio
would be to see them free, happy an
prosperous We perpetually point wit
pride to our love of liberty. The Rel
ublican platform asserts that fit
years ago the Republican party cam
into existence, dedicated among othe
purposes to the great task OF arres
ing the extension of human slavery
That sounds well but it speaks OF tn
virtue of another generation. All tn
leaders of the Republican party of thu
day have passed away. In their place
have come different men. We nee
not point out that which principal
differentiates them. 1t readily SUI
gests itself But we will refer to or
of the results of that difference.
after our utter defeat Of the Spa
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