Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-07

viii be satisfied win no TsS, % IN
Cuba. Porto Rico, and the Philippines
wo got the best we had. Wood, Allen
and Hunt. and Taft have each In his
place wrought a great work and gain
ed a righteous fame. Cuba and Porto
Rico are free and enjcying--the u
under her own banner the other UNI
der the Stars and Stripes-a degree OF
PROSPERITY and happiness never known
! before In all their troubled story. AS
TO the Philippines. the work done
there by Judge Taft and his associates
will rank among the highest achieve
ments OF colonial administration p
corded In history. Never since their
discovery has there been such general
peace and order; 30 thorough a pro-
lection OF the peaceabie and restrain
Of evil doors. 20 wide a diffusion Of
education; 80 complete q guaranty n
Industry Of the fruit Of its Iabors. And
when they zee this energetic and eff.
Gent government carried on. nee from
the yenality and bribery which form.
erly seemed 10 them a necessity Of ex-
rtence. then, indeed, they are like
them that dream The principal evil
from which they still suffer has its
origin here. Some #ellmeanlng PEG.
pleand others not SO well meaning
are constantly persnading them that
they arc oppressed ami that they Will
be given their liberty, as they choose
10 call II, as soon Al the republican
party Is overthrow IN this country I.
These are the true enemies OF the
FIlipin0s, ami not The men who arc
striving with whole hearted energy and
with consummate success 10 amciip-
rate their condition and 10 make them
fit for self government and all its at.
tendant advantages. The so-callel
antieimperiaIists confound IN their
daily sbeeches and writings two abso-
lntely unrelated ideas-thc liberty, the
civil rights. the self.gogernment
which We have given the Filipin0s,
and the independence which the best
OF them do not want and know they
are unable 10 maintain. To abandon
them now, to cast them adrIft at the
mercy OF accident, would be an act OF
cowardice and trcachery which would
gain us the scorn and reproach of
civilization.
Our opponents sometimes say wa
have no right to claim the credit Of
the great deeds Of the last half cen.
~tnry~~that We could not have aceomp
llshed them without the aid OF demo,
Gratis. Nothing truer was eyer said
and II n one of the chief glories 81
our annals, and II forms the snres,
foundation Of our hopes for the future
The principles upon which our rarity
is built are so sound, they have 50
irresistible an attraction To patriotic
and fair. minded men, that Whenever 1
time Of crisis comes. when The nation
We arc not claiming that we mon
opolize the virtue or the patriotism 81
the country. There are good men ii
all parties. ! know far better mei
than who are democrats. But W,
are surely allowed. In a love feast
like this, TO talk Of what has beer
done by the family and at least tt
brag q little Of the democrats who
have helped lis. We get their votes
for IN q on~iy--because W,
started right and In the main hay,
kept right. We invite accession
from the ranks OF our patriotic oppo
nenta, and We shall get them Iii tht
future. as we have In the past. when
ever We deserve them. We shall get
them this year, because this year VI,
tuu ufhtINf lHfiUs wv tDUp UeI0Tt
the country IN q position which car
not he successfully attacked III front
or flank, or rear What we have done
what We are doing. and what We In
Itend "a DO all three W conf
IDENTIFY challenge the verdict Of III,
American people. The record of fif
~ years VIII show whether as a
party we are ~ 70 govern; the stat,
of our domestic and foreign affairs
Will show whether as a party we hay,
fallen off; and both together vii
show whether W. can he trusted for !
while longer.
Our platform Is before the country
Perhaps II II lacking In novelty
There Is certainly nothing sensational
about II. II ii substantially the plat
form on which We won two great vic
tories In The name Of Mckinley. an,
II Is stlll sound and serviceable, III
principles have been tested by eigh
years OF splendid success and hay,
received the approval or the country
In Is In line with all our platform