The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-04
DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
VIGOROUS DENUNCiArlON or
Ex-SECRETARY OLNEY.
HE Ate n pit - Beiittle b War with
Spain Resented and HE I'm mediate
Withdra val frsm the eDsaking Cam.
paiGa De n q

luO lNcW 4OIA hulCLICOMs VuC VI war
liam r. Hearst's newspapers, in is 10
sue OF Oct. 10Th, thus criticised q speech
delivered by ex-Secretary Oluey:
TAX Olney off the stump. Demo-
Gratis OF his type make no votes for the
party. Last night, in his speech At
Cooper Union, the former Attorney-Gen-
eral and later Secretary OF State under
President Cleveland offered a character
istic keynote.
In his argument against Imperialism
he spoke OF our needless ~scrinmase with
Spain over Cuba and subsequently re-
ferred to that development OF jihgoism
and inilitarism which brought ON the
scrap with Spain
That is a keynote to which the coun-
try will not respond in this 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 it.
1t was lric. unseliish and glorious.
limited 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 were swept along with the
tide Of noble sympathy for an oppressed
P'CPiC. AiisNpIy WIZ IcCOlu UiAL UAO
United States in expelling Spain from
the New World reached a moral emil
rence quite unparalleled in the action
OF nations.
I'VE owed nothing to Spain; her occu-
pancy OF Cuba had been a continuous
crime, as was her whole career In this
hemisphere, We had been patient too
long. The Virxinius infamy should have
b.,n thA cirnAi fAr has Ar,nts~ a.
this side Of the globe. The elimination
OF her atrocities was the blowing up
or the Maine. riding at anchor in what
was supposed to be 4 friendly port.
And after that unexampled outrage
Olney speaks OF our needless war with
Spain.
n American who il as broad az HE
country can look back upon the Spanish
war without u thrill Of pride.
Mr.. Olney speaks for u kind OF Demo
Gratis who are infinitely hurtful to the
Democratic party. They seem to Do
without capacity OF entering into the feel.
ings OF the people, sharing their patriotic
ardors. OF sympathizing with their nA-
tional aspirations. He il an able man,
no doubt; an excellent lawyer and means
we'll. but he damages Democracy and ths
candidacy Of Judge Parker when hs
puts himself forward as a spokesman
at once Of Little Amarica nism' and the
party which is historically that OF sx-
pansion.
"A great people are not to be cribbed,
cabined and confined within the cold
bloodsd and petty limitations Of the o.
ney conception Of national duty and das-
tiny. The votes OF young men-of men
Of spirit-sannot be won by sneers at
one of the Hottest deeds in the nations
life. .=
"DemOcrats, real Democrats, are not
to be deprived OF their share in tho
glory of freeing Cuba. 1t is to b ths
everlasting honor Of the party that
through it's representatives, in Congress
aud in the press-the American fore
most, in the fight forced 4 reluctant
administrators 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 persisted in vain and Cuba con
tinued to be . Spanish shamblss at. our
door.
The Democracy has no Quarrel with
any man who 0 part a. soldier Or
civilian in rescuing Cuba, and it is not
to be tolerated that the party should b
placed in such a position. Theodore
Roosevelt, ~ one who took part IN that
brief conflict, has reason as q candidate
to congratulate himself upon Mr.. o.
ney's presence on the stump. Judre
Parker and his managers ought to lose no
time in revising the list Of campaiaa
speakers and eliminating from it the o.
neys. the Cievelands and all other d3s-
credited. plutocratic, narrow minded and
h~ard-hearted Democrats, 80 called. who
are responsible for the apathy among
the people Of which complaint is made
at Democratic headquar tsrs.
How can the workingmen, for exam
pie, be expected to grow enthusiastic In
a canvass which numbers among il
conspicuous orators the Attorney-Ge neral
who discovered the sacrednsss Of a Pull
man car and a President who ordered
troops into Illinois against the protest
Of her governor for the purpose Of crush
ing A strike?
"Olney has spoken fOe Parker. and Il
is announced that Cleveland il also to
mount the platform. II Judge Parker
understands the American public as well
as we think he does, he will put his foot
down and avert that crowniug calamity.
Let real Democrats do the talking from
now on"