Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Vice President Formally Opens Republican
Campaign in Waterloo
ATIoNAL AND STATE ISSUES DISCUSSED
Democratic Majority in the Lower House
Would Ee a Great Calamity,
IOWA CONGRATULATED ON GREAT MEN
Hawkeyss Are Fortunate in Having Able
Men in Office,
ATTITUDE UNITED sTATts TOWARD CUBA
IL Island IL Ever Annexed 10 VIII Bc
Under circumstances Devoid of
Physical Force or Moral
Coercion.

Physical Force or Moral
Coercion.
WATERLOO. la, Oct l3.-Vice Pre-.
Fairbanks spoke to a large audience
this afternoon, formally opening IN
publican campaign in Iowa. The vice
dent spoke along general lines and
half of the republican party. lie de,
that democratic majority in the
this fall would mean disaster to the
try. He endorsed Governor Cummini
recommended his election, paying
compliment to the personality Of the
ernor. lie said In part:
The state OF Iowa is to congra tulat,
many things which distinguish her
progressive commonwealth. She Is
Cially entitled 90 congratulatiOu 70
high-minded citizenship and for the M
and worth Of her statesmen. Her
guished governor. Albert II. Cummins
clean, high-minded. patriotic Anne
who believes tnat public Office is a
trust which should be administered d
fidelity. Her splendid senators. Wil.i'
Allison and Jonathan T.. Dolliver
among the very foremost in tnat
tribunal. the United States senate.
has the rare distinction Of having
members OF the presidents cabinet.
retary Leslie NJ. Shaw has admini
the Treasury department and Sec
James Wilson has presided over tn
partnent of Agriculture with unsurl
ability. Your members of congress ar
| Of force, and command unusual resp
the national house of represents
Judge Birdsall, VINO honors this di
deserves in full degree the public conn
Such men as these In the councils
state and nation are an honor to any
monwealth. They are an assurancetu
country that public affairs are 10
I ministered with intelligence, fideli
I patriotism. The campaign in which
| engaged is an important one. 1t hs
than purely local significance, ft
1 state and national issues are inVolvN
| state and national officers are TO be +
| The result will. therefore, have gre
, less influence upon public thought an
i the welfare, not only of Iowa, but +
entire country.
Eject of Change.
/ If a change is made al the con
the house of representatives, and
| strength of the opposition Is incres
! the senate as "A result of the pendin1
! tion, a step will be taken towards a T
| In national policies. This is the inc
! logic OF the contest in which the
are pow engaged. The republican
ity IN the senate is so large that II
| at all probable that the complexion
senate could be changed as a result /
| pending campaign, but II is ~
though not now probable. for a repd
| majority in the house to be convertd
7 a majority for the opposition and d
render 1t impossible for the nation
I mlnistration 10 receive that support
/ is necessary TO enable 1t to carry o
! important policies to which Ii stands
I mItted. hostile house of represent
I GOllld result 0nnd
! ing from the past experience, the pr
. effect would be 10 array one braT
! the congress against the president
thereby eifectually check any constr
! leg station.
The party in power should be
unless IL has been false to its high
unless some other party can bett,
minister the affairs of the governmel
increase the welfare of the peopl,
/ must, of course, stand or fall by the
it has written. That record is a y
I the irreversible history of the re
We may confidently invite the judgn
/ the American people upon what tho
, mas achieved since II returned to po
1897. For nine and one-half Jears
been charged with the tremendous I
sibllity of administering the great
| OF the republic. They have been We
4 growth and expansion in all of the a
OF human effort, without a parallel
history OF mankind. We have op
+
1 which were written into the public la
carried into the public administrator
mature deliberation, and, as a rule
their efficiency had been demonstra
the one conclusive test. and that
test Of pra ctical experience. The
AFFAIRS OF this country are too imI
to subject to the hazard of mere
nent.
When we went to war with Sps
took a departure from our trad
policy. We set a precedent IN "a
tional dealing. We appealed to ar
the command OF the conscience
people of the United States. We
not actuated by any NapOleonic !
territory. We were inspired by a
generous, American spirit of hur
There was no lurking purpose 10 dr.
sword I'm the professed interest of o
tTessed neighbors and stain it by W
from them their land and their hoI
| We wrote our exalted purpose
resolution declaring war. We wrote /
that the world might read. We
what we did because 1t was express
the dominant thought of the An
people. The people were resolved
Cuba; not to possess It, To libe
and not force 1t to abandon its 81
I for liberty.
The honor OF the American flag is
10 us than the expansion OF our don
! force of arms. Our fleets and our
are invincible, but shame upon a
ment whicn would measure its no
it's power. The majesty OF the An
people does not rest IN the siren
their armies and their fleets. but 4
sense of justice towards the wea
minister unto the wn-trodden ha
the object OF true American chival
as a great thing to have power. but
greater thing to use II in a great "
was a great thing for America TO
bile her armies aud fleets and TO Civ
dom to Cuba, No government i'm tn,
ever did greater thing-greater
moral sublimity How proud W
nag of the United States had been
( i'm honor above MORO Castle. and
had accomplished its benevolent
II was lowered by American
and the Cuban ,nHn nag, fag, was raj rails
every American wished Cuba God
We proudly stood at the birth of
, flag among the nations OF the eartl
, Cuban republic was I'm the best sci
child of the. great republic. 1t W
? deed. a proud moment in American
. The American people have alWa
that # Cuba WAS ever to become a
the great republic il must he und
J cumstances. which are entirely FIRE
: doubt or suspicion. II must he und
] uatil nal reproach. II must be throt
:. orde rly opera ton Of the natural
mutual interest and mutual respeC
from any taint or suggestion Of !
force or moral coercion. We wol
weaken Cuba's power to mainta
, sovereignty by any suggestion OF g
as to her capacity for self-govei
cubs, in good time. may become a
. the United States. IL. in Gods prov
she does, IT will be when the Al
people are 80 tisfied that American
/ imperatiVely commands H.
president Roosevelt is worthy
! pratse for his assurance TO Cuba n
United States will adhere to the e
D course, which originally inspired
n terVentiOn. We have in all of
guaranty that Cuba shall have
chance.