The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-22

of the party now making such lnsistence
were worse than lukewarm in the cause,
A party may indulge in self-congratu-
lat1on when 1t has effectually defended
the people in their daily life from the ra-
pacity of trusts and combinations, which
thrive as private enterprise is strangled,
and which grow fat, as by their control
OF the cost of living, they cause the homes
OF our land to grow lean; but the people
will not fail to observe that the huge COM
binations which directly injure them still
flourish.
The Tariff.
This item of the account will not be
passed over without a reference to the
platform statement that protection,
which guards ard develops our Industries,
Is a cardinal policy of the republican
party nor without noting the declaration
OF the candidate standing on this plat
form, that the protective policy ought now
to be considered as definitely estab-
lished." The question will be asked, which
are the American industries that at this
time are In need Of the shelter Of such
tariff as that now in force; and is there
never to be a. time when American enter
prise, American ingenuity and American
opportunity will free our industries from
their stage Of infamy, and permit Ameri-
can inspiration and American self-reliance
to cast away the leading strings Of a
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The Philippines
I'm the Philippines we have suppressed
instructions, established order and given
to life and property a security never
known there before" The confession will
be extorted that the instruction sup
pressed was no more than the crushing
out of resistance to the army of the
United States while engaged in the SUBJ
jugation Of people thousands of titles
from our shores, whom an incident of a
war undertaken by us in aid of those
struggling for liberty and independence
in another quarter, had put within our
power; and the. people will ask under
what sanction was .thfs subjugation en-
tered upon by a nation pledged to the
doctrine that all just powers of govern
| ment are derived from the consent Of the
governed: and they will deny that i'm
perialism and our forcibre rule of foreign
people have any place among the pur-
poses of our national life.
+ > Panama Canal.
| When credit is claimed for securing
route for long desired interoceanic wa
! terway, 1t will not be in a carping spirit
that the people will look at the Incidents
accompanying this achievement. They do
not undervalue the object gained, but
they keenly appreciate the Importance
and value Of our national honor our ma
tional good name and. above all, our ma
tional morality. Not even the great worth
of the things accomplished will close the
eyes of thoughtful Americans to the fact
that in reaching the results we have ex-
hibited such international ruthlessness
and such selfish interna tional immortality
as have lasting1y debilitated our reputa-
ton for good faith, and established a
precedent which, in time to come, may
be invoked to Justify the most startling
and reprehensible abandonment of civili-
zation.
Platform and Candidates.
I speak as democrat attached to dem
ocrat1c principles and anxious for the as
tendency Of my party when I congratu-
late the democracy of our country upon
the clear and satisfying statements IN our
party platform and upon the manner in
which it's doctrines are personified by our
candidates. We pledge to our country
men, thru our PLATFORM rest, genuine
prosperity, safety and a return to the
way marked out by the constitution; and
we promise, thru our candidates. that
If it is the peoples will, our platform shall
be carried out and that under our govern
mental mana cement democratic conserva-
tism and care shall rule the national coun-
ellis to the exclusion of rash impulse and
spectacular demonstration.