The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-09-08

tssE without the consent OF the prssi-
dent IL is even fair TO assume that the
president read the speech before IL WeS
delivered; At lssst he vas n 1ek Es, n
has had q chance to read the speech
since its delivery, for no one believes
that the presidents modesty Is so great
as to prevent him reading a spseea
Il in advance or read II afterwards, he
has certainly failed TO repudiate q de-
scription OF himself which makes him
veritable God Of War. Gov. Black de-
still settled by their wars. He said in
substance, that you may talk about your
Board Of Arbitration and learned ref
ere s,,,s' fie s1s s,TFs from yoSr ns
tional anthems every martial note, but
that out In the darkness Will be the
tramp OF horses and the silent, rigid up
turned face. He said that men may
prophesy and women pray, but that
peace would never come to abide upon
this earth until the dreams OF childhood
became the charts TO guide the Gsstines
OF men. He said that tie wires run
tell when We are upon the deadly circuit;
that We may be basking In the sunshine
of peace to-day. and Tomorrow be In
the tolls OF war. and to meet this condi.
IRON" When before was man ever
commended for the presidency on the
ground that he represented war as OPP
posed to pe SSsa Gov BLACKS spseca wa.
a challenge to the Christian civilization
OF the world. For nearly twenty centuries
the world has been growing toward
peace. and increasing numbers have been
worshiping the p "ce OF Peace. and now
we are told that have not only made
no progress, but ,nat We can not hope
for the realization of the, promises OF Holy
writ; we are told that war must still set
and young men must still be targets for
bullets That the description given BY
Gov. Black Of the candidate which he
presented for nomination was an inap-
propriate one is evident from the fact
that the president himself made a speech
as much at variance with the traditions
OF the nation. In an address to the stu
dents at West Point, he said that a good
light, but anxious to fight" When Il 10
remembered that fighting means killing,
the presidents declaration was eQuiva-
lent to saying that good soldier must
anxious to kill d Dc 't the I ssnti.
ment as bloody, brutal and barbarous,
and i appeal to you who have seen mill
tary service to verify the charge. ! sec
side and men who fought on the Con-
federate side In the civil war; possibly
there may be men who took part In the
Mexican war, and know that there are
lnOSe mere WHO LOOK tno bpdniSn
war, and others who are members of the
military companies. What one OF YOU
ever regarded II as the duty, OF good
soldied to be anxious to killY Men have
taken human life in the heat Of passion.
governments have taken human life In
the enforcement OF the law; and soldiers
have taken human life in the defense
OF their country and In the enforcement
Of principles that they believed TO be
more important than life. but what SOL
dier would admit that he regarded II his
duty to desire to take human life3 Tho
election OF Judge Parker Will paS1 In the
White House man whose thoughts tend
towards peace rather than to war; man
who believes that our nation should be
admired for Its moral grandeur rather
than excite fear by the number OF Its
soldiers or Of the size Of its guns, and
this is reason enough why l should sup
But Judge Parker Is opposed to I'm
perialism; he Is in favor OF giving inde-
pendencs to the Philippines, and he IL in
favor Of making that promise now. II
spring of 1858, 1t would have saved our
country much in lives and money. He
can not regain what we have al
ready lost, but by making the promise
now We can convert the Filipinos into
friends and begin to reduce our war ex-
penses. The Democratic position upon the
Philippine question Is the same as 1t was
in 1900; It was the American position
Ln6u, IL Is tu6 AIncTlCdA pOSlGOH uOWs
We then declared it to be the paramount
ISSUE more important than the money
| question, more important than the tarin
| question. more important than any eco.
| nomc question. / went through the land
presenting the objections to Imperialism.
repeating the declaration of our plat
| form that the nation could not endure
half Republic and half Empire. The Re-
puSicars refused use ,s to meet ,d the question
| with the Filipinos while the Filipinos had
| their guns In their hands, and AZ soon
| as the Filipinos laid down their arms the
ReDublicans said there was nothing to
reason about. that the question was set
tied. They refuse to announce their po-
sition so-day. II a Republican asks you
to vote his ticket ask him where his
party stands upon Imperialism. Do the
should be. made citizens of the United
States? They dare not say so. We have
one race question with US now. and 1t
| will require all the wisdom and patriot
ism Of the country to settle III shall we
60 1000 miles from home and involve our
selves in race questions more difficult OF
solution than that which We have at our
doors? Are the Republicans In favor OF
For LIS years we have maintained the
| doctrine Of self government; We can noe
defend q colonial policy without defend
Ing the principles Of monarchy; Ny OBJ.
|
hurts the FAipinos, although I believe
that II does. / believe that the Fiipinog
will work out their own salvation. aided
by our example. better than We can work
1t out for them with carpet-bag officials
and an army, but my objection to inn
perialism Is that 1t impares the strength
of American principles. An English
statesmen declared that his objection to
England's position in the American rev.
olution was that II could not be defended
| without asserting principles which. IL
carried out, would destroy English lib
erty as we'll as American liberty. Ny
objection to imperialism Is that It can not
be defended without asserting principles
which, II carried out, would destroy self,
government in the United States as well
ocratic position Is the correct one: We
do not want the Filipinos an citizens; w
do not want them az subjects; We want
to announce to them. ~ We announced to
Cuba, that we do not want their land OF
their liberty. but that We want to help
them to establish stable government,
which, when established. shall be theil
government, and not ours. Judge Par
ker has announced himself in sympathy
with this doctrine, and his election X h(
has congress to cooperate with him
will give to the Filipipos the promise
of Independence, and then We shall B.
able to DO for the Filipinos what We Die
for Cuba, namely, leave them to enjoy
J and thus win their everlasting gratitude
Judge Parker believes In the Coli
Standard. I believe in blmetallism, but ]
= can vote for him, in order that through
him the country may rid itself Of an i'm
perial policy. What II he doaS believ(