Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-30
YORK NAMES CANDIDATES.
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demand for cowardly retreat from
a position in which the fortunes of
war not the desire of conquest had
placed u.s. 1 refer to the so-called
Anti-ImperiaIists of Mr.. Bryan. /
think that inherently that we are all
Anti-Imperialists and 1 do not know
today Of a man in or out of the Re-
publican party who would not, rather
have us out of the Philippine Islands
than in them, but 1 have no use for
the man who. utterly ignoring the
fact that we are in them, advocates an
impulsive purely sentimental relin-
quishment of our authority there in
direct contravention and reputation
of our obligations. Dewey's victory
ertailed responsibilities which we cam
not shirk; which if we could shirk
them would prove us to be a people
utterly without honor. Furthermore,
when armed forces, largely savage, are
arrayed in active warfare against the
power and authority of the United
States government, l think he is
mighty poor specimen of American
who by his public utterances gives
comfort to the enemy and increases
the burden and perpleXities Of his own
people. Both of these things MIR. Bry-
an in his mad efforts to secure a new
issue on which to go before the coun-
try in 1900 was guilty Of and 1 rejoice
to say that once again the voters of
the land laid this boy statesman across
the National knee and spanked him
hard.
nd in
period? Pursuing the even tenor Of
his way as a Judge of the Circuit
Court of the United States. Render
ing decisions that prove that however
much others were bordering to the
lawless element he proposed to remain
fearless and just interpreter of the
laws of the land, UNFOLDING the dignity
of the Courts and bringing his keenly
analytical mind to bear upon some
mighty intricate legal propositions,
unswerved by the power of the
corporations of the demagogy of the
professional agitators from his path
of duty. Suddenly without warning
he is called upon by the President of
the United States to give up the
calling in which he has found a most
agreeable opportunity for the exercise
of his talents, to set aside what
doubtless was his highest ambition in
the direction of advancement, for an
undertaking which called for the
highest personal courage and the
largest political sacrifice. Mr.. Nc
Kiney sent for Mr.. Taft to ask him
to relinquish his position upon the
Federal bench to go to the Philippine
Islands to ascertain just what were
the conditions that prevailed there
and to report them with such sugges-
lions for their betterment as best
commended themselves to his judg-
ment. Mr. Taft's own report of Mr.
Mckinley's request may be regarded
| think as fairly authoritative.
Zone afternoon" says he Il was
| debating a decision in the old Federal
building in Cincinnati when a tele-
gram was placed in my hands. l tore
| it open and read l shall take it as a
great favor if you will call upon me
some time next week THE telegram
was signed William Mckinley. II
guessed of course and Numbered l
| went to Washington and upon being
shown into a room at the White
| House met the President and Secre-
| tary of the Navy Long. Presently
Elihu Root Secretary of War came in.
Il want to send you to the Philip
| pines.
But l replied, Il have thought from
| the first that we do not need the
| Philippines. That we can get along
very well without Them
80 have l." Mr.. Mckinley answered,
but no matter what we have thought
about it we now have the Philippines
and we must take care of them. | ask
you to be a member of the Philippine
Commission to go and assist in set
ting up civil government as the army
| moves on.
Il went home says Mr.. Taft. and
argued the question for two weeks.
In the meantime Mr.. Mckinley adj
vised me that I should be President
of the Commission and that is how
came to go there"
And that is how he came to go
there That is quite simple and in
spring picture I think. man
following a certain line of public
service for which he has all his life
been fitting himself is suddenly called
upon to abandon definite career for
mission that at it's best could have
whatever he did, however well he
fulfilled the functions of his new
Office, to bring soon upon him the CEN
sure of the vast body of uniformed
rapid fair takers of the country
turned simply away from his own
desire and ambition and like any
private in the rank at the command of
his superior officer, in this case not in
any proper sense however. his COM
handing officer, and says II will go.
And he goes and he gives four years
of his life to an active earnest honest
and effective effort to bring order out
of chaos TO rcestablish on a securcr
footing than they have ever before en-
joycd a people given over to dis
cord practically to anarchiSm while
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan aided and
allotted by the United Brotherhood of
Fire Side Companions of New Ems
land the Anti-Imperialist League of
Boston. and the adjacent principalities
of mind, filled the land with their
vaporings. deeds on one hand. words
| on the other. Self sacrificing devotion
I