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

back across the Pacific, our nrst invest
ment- In war OF conquest, bear SAD yes.
timony to the defeat OF q resolution that
one more affirmative vote would have
carried. And %, II We elect q president,
his recommendations to the next CON
gTSsy may be adopted or defeated oy a
his utmost to elect every Democratic
congressional nominee. for one would re-
gret IL all his life II by his neglect OF
duty he contributed to the defeat 81 a
necessary TO reduce the army. remove the
race question. or rid the country OF the
menace of imperialism.
Il is. however, in the selection OF the
the full Democratic vote would
prove most disastrous becntrse surne-
OF the legislative districts are
in one district can not offset a small Re
publican majority In another. II We had
the election OF senators by the direct
vote Of the people, so that each voter
there Is no doubt but Senator Cockrell
would be returned by an enormous ma
jority. but you must vote for him wnen
you vote for representatives In the lesis-
laturs shall be Democratic. / need not
commend Senator Cockrell to your con-
fidence. He Is too well known among
you and too highly esteemed to need
praise from those outside OF the state
He IL the Nestor OF our party In the SEN
ate, and would have been glad to have
seen him the national standard-pearer OF
our party. The fact that he lives In the
embarrassed him in in the campaign, The
fact that he served In the confederate
army would have helped him rather than
have injured him had that question been
been over for nearly 10 years. Those who
participated In 1t are now friends, and
the people are much more. interested tn
the great problems with which they are
lions which were settled by the war.
and In the great controversies In which
the people are engaged to-day, Senator
Cockrell Is on the side OF the common
s ssO% him to be e0 the aSle and consistent
champion Of the masses, and l trust that
no Democrat WIN permit anything to en-
danger his return to the senate.
! have warned you against the dangers
Of tho stay-at-home VOTE" l have not
been afraid of lack Of interest In your
state ticket, your congressional ticket, or
your legislative ticket, but 1 nave been
afraid that some OF those who nave been
active In recent campaigns might be dis
couraged by our failure TO secure plat
form declaration upon all the questions
which we have been discussing. 1 need
not tell you that our platform does not
cover all the questions upon which de-
sired the party to take position AS
far as the platform goes II Is good, COM
pared with the Republican platform 1t
Is not only sound, but 1t Is clear and en-
phatic The faults OF our platform are
not in what was stated. but in what was
omitted, We were unable to secure a
platform declaration upon the money
question. but we were able to prevent a
only way these two elements OF the
party could get together On the platform
was to eliminate the money question en-
tirely. This does not settle the question:
it simply removes 1t from this campaign,
Neither Is 1t necessary to say that the
presidential nominee OF the party was
not my choice for that place; my obJec-
ton to him was not to his character or
to his personality, but to the 1act that
he did not stand with US upon the eco
nomic questions which have been mat
ter OF controversy IN recent years, but
he stands for so many things that are
important that / can earnestly support
him. His letter Of acceptance Will out
line his position upon the various panks
of the platform, and after that appears
we shall be able to discuss his position
with more intelligence. He has already
referred to the conduct OF the colorado
authorities in such language as to en-
courage the laboring men OF the country.
He has condemned the violations by the
Colorado authorities of constitutional
principles, and this gives nope that IN IN
earners are interested they Will md IN
him one who will do them justice In
his notification speech he announces MS
determination not to be CANDIDATE Tor
| reelection in case OF success this fall.
| and this determination strengthens con-
| fidence in him, for with but single term
| he will be 30 anxious to leave spotless
record that he will better be able 10
| porations can place before one VINO Is
candidate for reelection. The surrender
of the present president to corporate In
uence furnishes an excellent PROOF OF the
| Af T,,A por
statement that he has at the very be-
ginning of the campaign. Leaving eco
nomic questions out OF consideration
there are certain issues which have been
years of Republican rule. and these Is
| sues must be removed before there can
be calm and deliberate consideration OF
social and Industrial conditions. Take
Roosevelt has done more to embitter the
white and black races against each other
than any other president since the war.
| No one who realizes what race issue
growing antagonism between the eau
cassian and the African. The race issue
has already cost this country hundreds
of thousands Of precious lives and nun
dreds of millions Of dollars. and when
ever It again appears as national issue
all other questions win be lost sight OF.
President Roosevelt has not only done
nothing toward settling the race ques-
| ton, or TOWARDS improving the conultiVli
of the black race, but ne has injured the
blacks. while he has spread alarm and
anxiety among the whites. We need the
southern Democrats In our fight to resist
the advances of plutocracy, and we can
not interest them In any other national
question while they think their civiliza-
ton in peril. II Judge Parkers' election
would do nothing else than remove the
race question from national politics We
would be justified In supporting him.
But President Roosevelt stands for mil.
itarism Eight years ago we had about
5000 men In our standing army, to-day
we have a minimum Of $1,000. with ar
authorised maximum Of 100000, and the
president can at any time raise the army
to the maximum without further con
gressional action. The navy has beer
very much enlarged. and the Republican
leaders are demanding still larger, navy
We to-day spend thirty times as much
! for the army and navy as we spend upor
the department Of agriculture. What 9
discrimination against the farmers. WHIT
are the foundation OF our national pros
perity! What a menace to the laborinl
, men, who come next In numbers to tn,
, farmers! There are but two reasons fol
, an increase in the army; one is that W,
need more soldiers to support an i'm
perial policy-I shall speak OF imperialism
q little later on. The other that larg'
: army 10 required to put down labor trou
bles. That the last IL the most poten
, by the fact that the present increas
| was recommended before a single sho
I | was fired at Manila, and before we hai
/ any Philippine Instructions. Formerl.
! the forts were upon the frontiers to pro
| tect the pioneers from warlike Indians