The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-11-03
DEMOCRATIC PR0TEsi
VIGOROUS DENUNClAT,OM o..
Ex-SECRETARY OlNev
HE Attenp pit to BeIittle the w..-,.
Spain Resented and His Immn'
dra wal from the S~peati,-c
paign De mandcd.

The New York American. one a, nv. |
ham II. Hearst's newspapers, in il. Nv"
sue of Oct. 10Th. thus criticised a ,n.+
delivered by ex~-Secretary Olney:
TAKE Olney off the stump. n.,.
cratA of his type make no votes fnr ~
party. Last night. In his speech
Cooper Union, the former Attorn.,n.' |
eral and later Secretary Of STATE caS.'
President Cleveland offered a cba,..N
istic keynote.
"ln his argument against imper;,G-
he spoke Of our needless scrilnmays ~.
Spafn over Cuba aud subseou.ntl,
ferred to that development OF jipso"
and militarism which brought on n.
scrap with Spain
THAT is 6 keynote to which the mn,
try will respond in the way e.n...
by Mr.. Olney. 1t is not Amejc,ri~
and certainly 1t is not democracy.
The war for the liberation Of cu..
had the heart Of the people behind !
1t was chivalric, ~unsel6sh and yloriou.
Limited and careful gentlemen Of "A.
Olney type found themselve, ~insp.AL
o. rising to the height OF the ponI.,
enthusiasm. but. whether in or ont =,
Office, they were swept along with u.
tide 0. noble sympathy for an opprss.I
people. History will record that 4.
| United States in expelling Spain FINN
the New World reached a moral smA
nence quite unparalleled in the as,,
Of nations.
I'VE owed nothing to Spain; her ocr
pancy of Cuba had been a contsyn.
crime, az was her whole career in q.
hemisphere. We had been patient In
long. The Virginius infamy should baw
been the signal for her eviction I'm.
this side Of the globe. The culminsus,
Of her atrocities was the blowing u,
of the Maine. riding at anchor in wast
was supposed to be a friendly pot.
And AFTER that unexampled outnn
Olney speaks of our needless war Va
Spain.
mo American who is as broad az II
country can look back upon the SpsniA
war without a thrill OF pride.
mr.. Olney speaks for a kind of Deup
Gratis who are infinitely hurtful to Ii,
Democratic party. They seem to b.
without capacity OF entering into the teA.
ings OF the people. sharing their patriots
ardors, or sympathizing with their "a.
tional aspirations. He is an able man
no doubt; an excellent lawyer and mean
well. but he damages Democracy aud To.
candidacy of Judge Parker when h
puts himself forward as a spokesman
AT once OF Little Americanism' and IL
party which is historically that Of q.
panSion.
"A great people are not to be cribbe.
cabined and confined within the cold.
blooded and petty limitations Of the o.
ney conception Of national duty and dt
tiny. The votes OF young men-of men
of spirit-caMnot be won by snees Il
one of the ~loftiest deeds in the natiou'i
life.
Democrats, real Democrats, are nj
to be deprived Of their share in tho
glory of freeing Cuba. 1t is to be Ii,
everlasting honor OF the party that
through its representatives in Congress
and in the press-the American fore
most in the fight-it forced a reluctant
administration to declare the war, Had
Cleveland been in the White House and
Olney in the Cabinet, we may be quit
sure that the heroes of the Maine would
have persisted in vain and Cuba coz
tinued to be a Spanish shambles at on
door.
The Democracy has no quarrel viii
any man who took part as soldier
civilian in rescuing Cuba. and it is no
to be tolerated that the party should b
n1a nnd an ptvat r,ovffhn I'M p0d0n
Roosevelt. as one who took part IN thu
brief conflict, has reason as a candld.s
) to congratulate himself upon Mr.. U
ney's presence on the stump. Juas
|, Parker and his managers ought to los .
| time in revising the list Of campsls
!, speakers and eliminating from it ths u
J neys, the Clevelands and all other q
7 credited, plutocratic. narrow minded %
{ hard-hsarted Democrat. SC called, ="
I are responsible for the apathy amo,
u the people Of which complaint y ma'
= at Democratic h~eadquarter'.
How can the w~orkingmen. for 'In
pie, be expected to grow enthusiastic
a canvass which numbers among =
conspicuous orators the Attornsy-Gsa
who discovered the sacredness OF fu
man car and q President who oNa'
troops into Illinois agains. the pf~s'
} of her governor for the purpose OF ca'
ing a strike? :,
"Olney has spoken for Parker, anu
is announced hat Cleveland is a,"
mount the platform. Ii Judge fa.
understands the American public as "
as we think he does, he will put MS !. !
: down and avert that crowniug calam"
Let real Democrats do the talking Nv