The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-30

This is a picture of J. NJ. Murd
mental record from Los Angeles to
Johnstown, Pa, lumberman, eclipsed
the United States congress taking up
the proposition to put aside these
amendments which provide for the
| legislative representation.
Il do not care to take up the negro
question this afternoon, although it
Is one that bears on the importance Of
| this occasion. | do not want to talk
politics nor sectional strife. Over and
above everything is the principle for
which you boys struggled. You are
| here to pay homage to those who
| fought to retain this union. They
died at different times and different
places, but all had flung themselves
into the whirlpool of war for the same
purpose as you did.
After all, these things which are
so sad to us. but aid to work out the
truth National sins are punished by
national calamities and what is sOWn
is also reaped. If we permit any
thing of sin to cling to our country S
| institutions we will regret it some day.
We should learn there are some things
worse than war. War is a means of
advancement and progress is the child
of strife-progress means warfare. The
truth prevails after the conflict and
truth remains.
ITO one great feature of our wars
the world has never done Justice The
men left the ranks one day and the
next were engaged in the same pur-
suits as before the conflict and the
army of greatest warriors became only
| a list of common men. The price
| had been paid and this was the end.
Europe was startled by what occurred
in this country. They knew the his
tory of wars in Europe and they never
dreamed of a war for any other than
selfish purpose. How little they
understand the motives of fair fighting
| for principle.
No Chance to Crticise.
You boys of 81 can not criticise the
soldier boys of today They are
merely carrying the battles you fought
| further. They have climbed the ridge
of the Pacific and have gone beyond
| the rim of their own country and
strobe forward to another part of the
world. Your boys have gone on, but
while giving battle. have stopped fight
| ing long enough to plant 1000 little
red school houses on 1000 hills in the
! Philippine Islands. Who doubts but
that the Philippines will be all the bet
| ter for this? There is no stain on the
American flag of advancement than
that of the blood split to defend it.
| This flag of ours does not mean OPP
preston anywhere. We have the
| Philippine Islands. It was not of our
choosing. They came to us. The on
| ly complaint | have to make is that we
! do not recognize them fully. | be-
lieve the time has come for absolute
/ free trade with the Philippines We
should open up our breasts and give
them this, the same as we have with
! New Mexico and other territories.
| They belong to us and We should treat
them with perfect fairness. l believe
| the wrath of the American people
ought 20 demand that congress grant
this free trade.
Wants Sufficient Protection
We must pass on. | am not talk
| ing politics, but the welfare Of the
country. l believe in having a navy
| big enough to protect Americans
| wherever Americans are. | want no
! big standing army, but one big enough
! to provide a sufficient guard. After
all, l believe in reliance upon the char
acter Of the American people for the
solution Of all questions. God grant
/ that the day Of universal peace is not
/ far off. But until that time we must
/ have nucleus for the army and navy.
| can not see speCk on the horizon.
! but who knows what may come out of
! the womb of time. Do YOU know
/ that of every dollar we collect for rev
enue, seventy cents goes TO war: And
yet we have the greatest Christian ma
ton on the globe We are compelled
to provide protection for the time at
! present, however, as mother nations
/ do it.
| Are Human Hogs.
/ AS long as human selfishness
abounds there will be problems TO
solve. As long as the stronger op-
press the weaker these problems will
continue to demand solution. We
can not leave all TO our consciences.
There are some human hogs. We
have to deal with them as hogs. These
men have 10 be dealt with on the hog
plane and We have TO pass laws to re-
press them and pound laws OF equal
ity into them. l do not mean this as
TRADE against wealth. Everyone
recognizes the necessity of wealth.
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