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TJ1TC OMAHA DAILY BEE: SI'XDAT, C( TOPEI? 21. 1900. 10 I 7 r Full Stenographic Issues of the National Campaign Discussed by Representatives of Leading Parties SOME TELLING POINTS Mr. Hosewater Upholds Principles and Policies of the Republican Party and Uncovers Popo cratic Misrepresentation. The largest crowd over drawn together formerly led. Ho organized ftn army. He V political discussion In tlie city of purchased arms. Ho accepted arms from Omaha was that which paid rapt attention Admiral Dcvrcy. He railed the flag of the to tho dchato between Edward Rosewater ' Philippine republic. Ho organized a pro und Gilbert M. Hitchcock at the inualc pa-1 vlnclal government, a revolutionary gov Ulon Saturday night. crcment, under the very guns of Admiral The Lour for the opening of the debate i Dewey's licet, la Cavlte. Agulnaldo pro was 3 o'clock, but at 6M5 people who do-) claimed-himself president of tho provincial iruu ci,uico ucuis uvba" i UJ i i o'clock the tent was comfortably filled, . probably 3.000 persons being present. At that hour tho crowd began to arrive. Through every gate it poured and throngs tool outside of tho gates endeavoring to fores an cntranco at ".to. Tho doors to the stage were then thrown open and the es pecially Invited guests began to take their places upon the platform. The seating ca pacity of tho platform was about ISO and Tery chair occupied. Precisely at 8 o'clock Mr. Hitchcock en tered upon tho stage with Attorney Gen- oral Smyth. Ho was received with cheers and npplauso as ho took his seat. A few minutes later Mr. Rosowatcr, accompanied by John C. Wharton, mado his appearanco ind the crowd again shouted Itself' hoarse In applause and cheers. After quiet was restored Mr. Smyth called tho mooting to order and announced the terms of the de bate In his opening remarks he safd that ho had been selected to preside by Mr. Hitchcock and that Mr. Wharton had been selected by Mr. Roscwater. As Mr. Hitch cock would havo the opening of the debate It was decided that ho should open tho meeting and Introduco his champion, Mr. Wharton Introducing Mr. Rosewater at the close of Mr. Hitchcock's opening remarks. Tho terms of tho debato wero for Mr. Hitchcock to open In a twenty-mlnuto talk, followed by Mr. Rosowatcr In a twenty minute answer. Twenty nilnutca more woro to bo cousumcd by each In turn and then Mr. Hitchcock was to talk ten minutes, followed by Mr. Rosowator, who wns to be given fifteen mlnutos. With ten minutes each following this, four periods of Ave minutes wero to follow nnd Mr. Hitchcock would close In five minutes. Mr. Hitchcock opened the debato as fol lows: Mr. Chairman, Ladles and Gentlemen: I mlcht well feel at this moment appalled at the enterprise I havo undertaken, to meet In Joint debate tonight with the recognized and acknowledged leader of the republican party In this county and discuss with him before this vast audlcnco the principles which 1 billevo to bo vital to tho life and to the fu'.uro of our republic. In the twenty minutes allotted to ma In opening I shall take up chiefly one Issue the one which I bollcve to be tho commanding lssuo, tho ono which our, platform,, declares to be the paramount Issue, tho one which I believe tho people of the United States are moro than any other Interested In having discussed fairly, freely and fully. I stand at tho opening of this dobate, therefore; to chargo that the present policy of tho republican party Is In the direction of Imperialism, and Im perialism I propose to discuss. (Applause) People may differ as to what ought to bo the Issues In a campaign, but when a presi dent of the United States comes beforo tho peoplo asking re-election for a term of four years, the lssuo which Is paramount above all others, tho Issue which Is really the one which divides the peoplo In the flection. Is an endorsement of his leading policy, or the repudiation of It at the ballot box. (Applause.) What has been the leading policy of Wil liam McKlnloy during his present term? It has been to embark upon a political course revolutionary, extraordinary nnd un precedented In tho history of tho United States. It has boon to seize tho republican party, to tear It away from the principles which It enunciated In Its platform of 1S56, 18GS and 187C tho principles which Abra ham Lincoln died for, the principles which he advocated. It has been to tako the re publican party bodily away from those principles and embark upon principles dia metrically opposed thereto. Not only that, but If tho pooplo of tho United States go to tho ballot box on tho 6th of next November and vote to return this administration to power, thoy vote on that day an endorse ment of a policy which Is at entire varlanco with the teachings of our forefathers and with all the teachings, not only of the dem ocratic party, but of the republican party up to within the last four years. (Applause,) On tha 1st day of May, 1S98. Admiral Dewey sailed Into Manila harbor and In a fow hours of brief and brilliant action he destroyed and sunk tha Spanish fleet and ended forever tho naval power of Spain In the Paolflo ocean. When that was accom pllshed ho bad accomplished all that ho had been sent thero to do. The American flag was then supreme In Manila bay. The gar rlson In Manila, though it could not be con quered by his soldiers, was helpless before him. Admtrnl ncvrey'ii Victory, Before ho sailed to Manila he had a con' ultatlon with the consul of the United Btates at Hong Kong and had a telegraphic communication with the American consul at Singapore and he asked the American consul at Singapore to have Agulnaldo, the accepted leader of the Philippine people, come as rapidly as possibles to him, and Agulnaldo came. On tho night of April 26 bo set nail from Singapore. He arrived at Hong Kong and In answer to Admiral Dewey's request he set sail ou tho Amerl' can dispatch boat, McCullough, and ar rived at Manila harbor. He had a consul tation with Admiral Dewey and aa a result of that consultation he went to work among the Philippine poople, whom he had Prices from $5 to $50. m- m t m mm v . . m I Awarded First Prix Paris Exposition 1900 OVER ALL. THE WORLD. SU y Flnt-CUu Sttvs Mtrckuti crtrywhtrt. For salt by Milton Rogers & Son, lUh and tarn am uu. SCORED FOR M'KINLEY government or mo I'liilippme republic. The mtlo government was organlied. an army was raocd, it joined tho American navy In shutting up In he town of Manila the Spanish garrison. It sent detachments of Philippine soldiers Into tho Interior. It captured one Spanish town after another and In a short time fifteen of tho provinces of tho Philippine Islands were reduced and in the hands of tho Philippine people. Ono step after another was taken. Tho Philip pine constitution was proclaimed and In a short tlmo tho little government had cx tended over the entire Island, except In Manila and Hollo. Finally Hollo fell toa land In tho whole Philippine Islands there was no placo except tho town of Manila wticre tho Spanish flag wns flying. Now, then, Mnnila, sorely besieged, at last sur rendered. Up to that time tho American army and tho Philippine army had fought sldo by side, Tho Stars and Stripes had floated besldo tho little Philippine republic flap. Rut when the town of Manila fell the Philippine general wns otdered to with draw his soldiers outsldo of a certain line. Ho did so. Ho had faith In the groat pcopio or the United States. Tho Philip yvup.e uau weicomcu tno Btars and been defeated In tho past. (Applause.) Stripes, welcomed the navy and American , Tho republican party docs not havo to soldiers, and they Ticllcvcd that tho great resort to championing tho principles of the American people, who had promised liberty Declaration of Independence. It iias been and freedom to the peoplo of Cuba, which a walking declaration of Independence In had gone to war with Spain to free Cuba. ! all Us career. (Applause.) It started bad come also to free them. (Applause.) out as the party that proclaimed freedom Pica for AkuIiiuIiIu. throughout tho land; It started out as the Now, Mr. Chairman, what a sudden , Party that proclaimed liberty to every man, cbango! What a sudden chango! Theso ' woman and child, and sought to lift tho pcopio who had acted as our allies, these ' burden from the shoulders of labor and people who had welcomed us ns friends, I equalize It and place It on the shoulders thsso people who had recognized us as tho of thoso who possessed wealth nnd sta grcat civilizing and freedom-loving power tlon. The party that had tho courage to of the world these people have become the , stand up against 8,000.000 well Informed victims of our unbridled power of conquest I people, Intelligent, well organized, having in tho Philippine Islands. Today wo havo 'an established Government In Alabama had a vwar going on In the Philippines I first and In Richmond afterward a party tor a year and a half. Every attempt of tne Plillipplno republic, every attempt of its civil ofllcars, every attempt of Ita gen eral to havo terms proposed, every effort thoy have mado to ask of tho United States that somo terms of pcaco bo allowed, has been rejected nnd repelled. They havo been told that there were no terms except unconditional surrender, and tho president of the United States, In his letter of ac ceptance. In his speeches before the Ameri can people, has declared that tho Stars and Stripes having been once raised In tho Philippine Islands, was never to be, pulled down. Now, what docs It mean? It means that tho pcopio who havo grown great under tho promises, under the pledge that all govern ments derive their Just powers from the consent of the governed, that we, in tho hour of our strength and greatness havo turned upon our former allies, turned upon these who welcomed us as saviors nnd declared to them we are going to sub Jugato you and hold you as provinces of the American republic. That Is what It means. I declare, Mr. Chairman, and I challenge my opponont to tho fact that this policy Is Imperialism pure and simple. Thero aro only two hinds of government. Thoy may shado together. They do. IJut there are In tho abstract only two kinds cf government government by consont nnd govornintnt by force. This great repub lic was dedicated to the sacred Idea of gov ernment by consent. (Applause.) Llstenl And when we undertake to gov ern by force S, 000, 000 people against their will wo violate- tho pledge which we gave to civilization when wo founded this gov ernment. yo enter upon a career of im perialism like the manarchles of tho old world. Listen to these solemn wordo: "Wo hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men aro created equal; that they are endowed," not by Mr. McKlnloy. "that they aro endowed by their Creator with cortaln Inalienable rights." (Applause.) 1'ropouuila a lue-tlon. Listen! "They nro endowed by their Creator with certain" Oh, listen to this word; It weighs a ton "certain lnalleu able rights." Rights which belong to thorn, which they cannot glvo away and which cannot bo taken away from them. (Applause.) "That among these rights aro llfo, liberty nnd tho pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments uro Instituted among- men." Tho govern ments are for tho men; tho men aro not for tho govornn cnt. (Applause.) Now I nslc my opponent this question: Do you believe In a government by force, or do you be lieve In a government by consent? (Ap plause.) (A voice: "That's a great ones") Do you believe In a government by force? If you bcllevo In a government by consent how dare you deny It to thoso s,00,00O people? I know, Mr. Chairman, that there are many republicans In this country who havo faith In their party, but they should remember that the republican party has bad forced on it a policy which belongs to it and It will belong to it forever it It succeeds In this campaign. I tell those re publicans that It is not only a matter of saving tho republic, but IWbey would re deem the old republican! party they must do It by repudiating tots falsa doctrine. Government by forco Is Imperialism. We are governing tho Philippine islands by force. We are governing Porto Rico- by force, anil as long as that government ex Ists It is imperialism. Wc may feel securo amoug ourselves that Imperialism will not come to us. Rut history has taught us that no government can long endure a govern ment by consent at home and a government by force among other people. The history of Rome Is threadbare, but It illustrates the v'aso. lor several hundred years the old Roman republic lived, grew and prospered, and as long as it extended Its boundaries outside, the city of Rome, governing the whole Italian peninsula in a natural demo eratlo expansion like that which we have bad heretofore, so that the Roman constltu tlon followed the flag and extended to th uttermost territory of Rome, the Roman republic was safe; but when tho time came that the Roman republic, tempted by the lust of empire, by the conquest of weaker people, went further and entered upon an era of acquisition and subjugation of people for plunder and wealth, when she raised her great armies and sent them Into the re mote parts of the earth to conquer, then the seed of decay was sown tofi the same army raised to accomplish that purpose out day Report returned to destroy tho liberties of tho Ro man citizen. It was In thoso days a proud boast to be a Roman citizen, Just as It Is now a croud boast to be on American citi zen, but when the time coma that the Roman people were held under the Roman flag by force of arms and not by consent, then tho time came that the only future of Romo was In an empire and one Caesar after another not only held the foreign people In subjugation, but he placed his foot upon the neck of tho Roman citizen and Roman homes were wiped from the face of tho earth. (Applause.) IloiiMvnter Itepllrii. Chairman Wharton Ladles and Gentle men: This vast gathering herd tonight bespeaks an Intense Interest In the great national Issues that are now being dis cussed by the respective parties of this cation. Other audiences havo been hon ored by the greetings of such men as the governor of Now York, Theodore Roosevelt (applause) and Hon. Bourke Cockran of New York (applause). Rut tho honor of greeting two distinguished citizens tonight i to discuss the national Issues here has been left to you. And In presenting the champion of tho principles of tho repub lican party 1 present one who needs no In troduction to an audience of Omaha citizens, t present ono who at all times has had con victions of what Is right ond wrong and has had tho manhood nnd tho courage to speak forth his convictions and his principles. (Applause.) I present one tonight who Is the editor and proprietor of ono of the greatest metropolitan dallies that there is In the United States, The Omaha Bee. I have the pleasure of presenting to you Hon. Edward Rosewater. ( Applause.) Mr. President and Ladles and Gentle men: I appear here tonight, not for the party that counts Itself umoug the has beens and wants to resurrect Itself by Imitating the pttriots of the revolution and prating about patriotism in the face of the history cf tho past. I propose to rep resent u party (louder) I regret, for the prccnt at least, that my voice cannot reach to the utmost confines of this tent. I am somewhat hoarse, but I hope before I get through that every one here will bo nble to hear Just whnt I have to say. 1 want to cay to you that tho demo cratic party. In tho present campaign, has unearthed a new Issue, having exhausted .all tho other Issues upon which It has been a uie to iigm Dailies nnu uy wnicn u nas that stood up under Abraham Lincoln and faced 1,000,000 men In arms to maintain the Integrity of this nation. (Applause.) That party stnnds hero today. (Applause.) We arc told hero that half n million of people who had established a temporary Uttlo government on ono of the Islands of tho Philippines, among a total of some thing like 1,100 Islands, havo been deprived of the Inherent rights of tho Declaration of Independence, and you are told that that declaration, among other things, In cludes tho consent of tho governed. I admit that. And I havo been asked to' say whether I would stand hero and avow my self In favor of government by force or government by consent. You have been told that this government was instituted ror men by men, nnd I admit it. Dut in eo statins it wo havo announced to tha world that wo do not believe In the prin ciple of tho consent of tho governed, be cause womon are governed as well as men. (Laughter.) Let us look at this declaration more critically. Let us examlno this declaration ns it was Issued. It was issued in a build ing that still stands "in Philadelphia In dependence hall and above that hall hangs bell that Is still preserved. That bell hung upon that ball for many years beforo the declaration was promulgated. On that bell Is Imcribed- "Proclaim liberty through out tho land to all the Inhabitants thereof." How did that declaration como upon that bell? It camo there from away back, from the land of Judea, 3,000 years back, from the Jubilee days occurring every fifty years, when a proclamation was Issued that all men should bo free. Hut notwithstanding that it was a declaration that proclaimed the natural rights of man. It Is attempted in this campaign to mako this declaration tho special property, the patent right of tho democratic party and William Jennings Bryan. (Laughter and applause.) Why, you might Jur.t as well havo proclaimed that the ten commandments have been put In tho special care and keeping of tho democratic party and that they alono are to have the right to observo them. (Laughter and ap plause.) Dcniorrn t lv Iiioon.l.trne j-. What nro tho facts about the Declaration of Independence? Tho Inherent rights of man, tno natural rlguts or man were proclaimed long before. These rights como from, tho very beginning. All men are created equal. They havo the right to life, liberty r.nd tha pursuit of happiness, and that right Inures as well to every humau being on the face of the globe aa It dors to tho peoplo of tho United States. It Is In- V. . ... V. n Phln. I. I I V. . ucrcuv uiui-u ' " much In Central Africa as it Is in these Unltrd States. Now. this theory of tho content of the governed Is a beautiful FralK.ft to tho United States, but they rcse theory, but It has never been put In practice. enma8 and protested against tho annexa Theso pcopio who proclaim liberty to every-, tlon. they slRned a grf,at rem0nstrance to body denied liberty to tho black man Thom.. jerteraon and to coneress declara tor seventy years. (Applause.) And they deny It to him today notwithstanding. these falso pretensions. -Thoso peoplo who. proclaimed liberty to all tho people wero ', siavo owners anu siavcnoiuers, inciuaing ( p0ntcd by tue president; that their gov even George Washington. Lot us not wor- erBment was an Imperialist government, ship men, hut principles. Principles are and tnat tney ,vere entirely deprived of the Immutable; they -rVj Indestructible; they ' rluU nml gurantlcB of tho Declaration of are the thing that wo must adhere to, and impendence. But Thomas Jefferson ond no man-worshlp can wipo away principles. tno m(!n who wcro at tnat l)me In congress. Government by Coiiseut. , tDa meu who made the constitution, would Government by consent Is simply a decla ration that men may directly and in directly be governed by their consent, but their Individual consent Is not asked and nover has been. The only government by consont, I maintain, Is tho government nt married women, who go before the altar and pledge themselves to love, honor and obey their husband. (Laughter.) All gov ernments on the faco of the earth, begin ning with the tribal chief, with kings and emperors and republics, have all been gov ernments by force. Government means control and rule. And rule means obedi ence to the order of the ruler; and tho ruler, whether ho Is a monarch, the presi dent of a republic or the mayor ot a city, must necessarily govern by force. They govern by the coustable; they govern by the policeman. And when a mob arrays itself against law and order the deputy sheriffs are called out and Anally the mllltla. And If there Is an Insurrection or a rebellion, then tho whole army Is called forth to enforce the law and compel obedl- ence, whether you like it or not. In the state ot Nebraska 133 men are chosen who meet ln the legislature and sixty-seven ot these men, aided by the governor, make of the Rosewater-Hitchcock the laws for you, consent or no consent. You are not Atked about It, You must obey these laws. And the attorney general himself will turn In from tlmo to time to compel the authorities to enforce the law. I maintain that from the very beginning tho same policy has been pursued and there has been no Invasion of tho American dec laration by this government under the ad ministration of William McKlnlcy. Thomas Jefferson, who is quoted an the greatest president of which the democracy can boast Thomas Jefferson himself, who wrote tho Immortal declaration, was tho very man who put into practice tho principle and policy that are now being pursued In the Philippines. Let me cay at the outset for myself and a great many others within tho republican party that I was not In favor of bringing on a settle ment of tho Cuban question by force of arms. I was opposed to It. I believed at the tlmo and I deplore today that there nhould have been n necessity of going to war to liberate tho Cubans from th" yoke of Spain. t nfortiilil tmvn nreftrrii1 n havo tan thorn IlbcratClJ w a nbcrai compensation to the Spaniards for giving them their freedom and allowing them to govern themselves. Rut tho democrats In congress nnd the yel low Journalists and the yellow Journals like that published by my friend here (ap plause) kept up n constant bombardment of congress nnd finally the explosion of the Malno brought on tho climax, followed by tho declaration of war. William MoKlnley did all ho ;ould do to avert the war, but It was forced upon htm and bo then stood up for the government of tho United States and Its Rag as any other president who was loyal woutd have done. And when tho war was over and the Spaniards had been hu miliated and asked for peace, ho apjKilntcd n commission that went to Paris to negoti ate peace and the treaty wo finally ratified by tho senate of tho United States. Filipino. .Vfvt-r Our Allies. It Is not necessary now to go Into tho history of Duwey. although a statement of It has been dramatically mado and has been embellished to suit tho occasion, but the fact remains that Dewey destroyed that fleet and that ha was not In position to leave tho Island. After ho had destroyed tho fleet that portion of the Filipinos who had been In rebellion ngalnst the Spaniards In the neighborhood of Cavlto and Manila, under the leadership of Agulnaldo, made war In conjunction with tho forces of the United States, that Is true. Rut tfro United States had at no tlmo taken them as their allies or promised them their Independ ence, because It would havo been a farce to recognize tho government of thes Fili pinos at that particular tlmo so long as tho great majority of the Philippine Islands wero still under the Spanish rule, not withstanding tho assuranco of my friend that tho Tagalogs had control. Remember thero are about eighty different tribes in tho Philippines. These few people, per haps one-fourth or onc-slxth of the popu lation of the Islands, could not assume for themselves tho right to govern and rule. Tho object of Agulnaldo, as wc know him, was simply to exploit the people and tho church In pnrtlcular, and gc possession of all the church property In these Islands, and McKlnloy Btood for religious liberty and equality on thoso Islands nnd docs today. (Applause). When that treaty was under considera tion beforo the United States senate to ascertain whether it was tho- kind of bar gain wo should make that treaty contained a stipulation compelling us to pay $20,000, 000 to tho Spaniards In consideration of tho cession of the sovereignty over Porto Rico and the Phlllpptno Islands to tho United States. If that treaty was unjust, Impolitic or contrary to established policy It wns for tho United States senate to modify or reject it. Rut at that very Juncture, while It was absolutely certain that It would bo modi- fled or rejected, William Jennings Uryan first wrote letters to members of tho sen ate, who woro of tho democratic or popu list persuasion. Imploring them to ratify tho treaty, and then ho followed it up timself, resigned his commission In tho army, went to Washington nnd lobbied I say this truthfully, because I talked with Senator Spooner and have talked with other seuators about It, who say that Mr. Bryan lobbied thero for days among demo cratlc senators to ratify tho treaty, by which all these things that they now de nounce wero consummated. (Applause.) Ilrjau Urueil lint Ideation. You understand that the title to tho Philippines and the principle under which they aro held and everything that was done by the administration ln ratifying tho treaty Is now assailed -nnd tho admin istration Is arraigned ns revolutionary, ns being unamerlcan, as being imperial istic, when, In fact, Mr. Bryr.n asked his senatorial friends to ratify and place the seal of approval upon that act. Applause.) It takes two-thirds of tho senate to ratify n treaty nnd soventcen democrats nnd populists voted for It, nnd only, by n ma jority ot one was tho treaty ratified. If WlUlnm V. Allen bad stood out and not voted for the ratification of the treaty tho treaty would havo been rejected or modi fied. (Applause.) Now theso peoplo como beforo you and tell you that we have committed a great outrage, that we have committed a great International crime that can novcr be blotted out. They have the audacity to condemn us for the vory thing that their political leader approved ot and urged the senators to approve. Now, fellow elttzens, I want to call your attention to the manner In which Louisiana' was acquired. When Louisiana was bought' for $15,000,000 from tho empire of France, 1 . f mm Vnnnleon I. tha neoDln of Louisiana i . were not asked for their consent; thoy were I not aBkcd t0 vote upon the nUC3t0n wbether tl;ey wantej to change their allegiance from .nB( ti,,. hn,i wn tuken in umtir n rnvrm. m(in. ...hlph ,., ti1(.m nothing hut a sort of pr0Vinclal vabsalage; that they had no legislature; that the Judges were to be np- not listen to their' petitions and Insisted that these people must give allegiance to the United States fit America and yield obedience to Its laws, and anybody that knows anything knows that It the people of Louisiana had revolted, It they had or ganized a rebellion, Just as ono has been organized ln the Philippines, they would doubtless have been put down by forco ot arms, tor Jefferson at that tlmo held a large force of troops In reserve to go down to Louisiana and make these people submit to the government which had assumed sovereignty over them. Now, there was Mr. Jefferson doing the very same thing now denounced as imperialism. And how has It been since that tlmo? You talk about the consent ot the governed. How was It In Nebraska in territorial days? Nebraska was first attached to Indiana territory for Jurisdiction, and then it was attached to the Territory ot Michigan, and after 1S51 It was carved out aa a territory. Then the president of the United States, a democratic president and a democratic congress, gov- erned Nebraska with an iron hand. They sent out here South Carolina and Arkansas carpet baggers to govern us and these carpet baggers wire zaoatly consumptives and broken-winded old politicians who died on our hands. (Applauio and laughter.) SECOND DIVISION OF TIME llltchriiclc AtlontpU to Mmxt tlmt the l'lllilnna Arc Cnpiibte of Sri 'Government. My friends, my opponent has not yet answered my queslton whether he believes In a government by forco or a government by consent. (Applause.) Ho cites the case nt the Louisiana purchase, which has not one thing ln common with our war of con quest. Wo purchased Louisiana, a contigu ous territory, In order to nvold war. Wo havo undertaken the acquisition ot the Philippine-Islands at the cost of war. Dy tho treaty of purchaso of Louisiana every man within tha bounds of that newly ac quired territory becamo at onco a citizen of the United States and thero is not n mnn upon the Philippine Islands, even on American, who has the protection of tho constitution of tho United States today. (Applause.) It Is said that Mr. Ilryan Is responsible for ratifying that treaty. It he Is, then why do not my Imperialist republican friends shout and acclaim with Joy? It ho Is responsible, why don't they support him, because they say It Is a good thing. Out Mr. Ilryan, great, courageous, open-hearted man that he Is (applause) had faith that if that treaty was ratlQcd the great people of tho United States would do tor the Philippine Islands what they had done for Cuba. Ho had tho right to. expect that that same congress would ass for tho Philippine Islands that samo resolution which they pn3csd for Cuba. He had a right to expect, because Admiral Dewey bad said In his cablegram to the State department nt Washington that tho Philip- upon our3CiVCs this year-the democrutlo pines wore more capable of sclf-gocrn- partyto navc a monopoly of the Declara mcnt than the people- of Cuba-and ho llon of independence. Ho Is surprised that knew them both. My friend has questioned that l3 ln tho part. piatform. Has ho so whothor tho Philippine pcopio nro capable ,ar forKOtcn tlle republicanism of tho past of self-government. Listen to tho words of , know that tho repubiican platform ln Georgo Dewey: ls5fi quntcd tno Declaration of Indcpend- "Manila, August 29, 1S93" mind you, this ence, referred to It ln this language: Is to the department at Washington before I "The maintenance of tho principles pro we had declared war upon the Fillpinas: mulgated in tho Declaration of Indcpend while they were asserting their Indepond- cnco and embodied ln the federal constl- ence; while they had an army In tho flell anu a nag uoaitng over u. Admiral Dewey telegraphed on Juno S3: "I express the wan's plea that might makes right Is In opinion that theso peoplo nro far superior CVcry respect unworthy of American dlplo In their Intelligence, and moro capablo of macy auj would bring shame and dishonor self-government than tho natives of Cu'ja nnu i am laminar witn coin races." (Great ni.y.uusu., runner inierv.ews wun vnira has confirmed mo In this opinion." Tnat wn ufut "runcale 10 ,nc Kv- eminent at Washington. Mr. Barrett our minister to Slam, speak-, ng of Agulnaldo s government says: "Dy the middle of October. 189S, ho had as- scmbled nt Malalos a congress of 100 men uu uuiu culture in uenavior, manner oi dress and education with the average man of the better classes of the Asiatic nations. possibly Including tho Japanese. These , ... r n nnni1ilnt.il lli.manli... ...1.1. corum nnd showed a knowledge of debate and parliamentary law that would not com pnro unfavorably with the Japanese." General T. M. Anderson said.- "3Pie Filipinos aro not far bchtml tho Jrt.-e'ln Intelligence, capability or in culture. Their army Is well equipped and well handled: their cities well built and kept. Many of them nro mechanics, engineers, artisans and musicians." Now what Is tho fact? Five million of theso Philippine peoplo aro Christians. They have 2,000 schools. They havo a num ber of universities and colleges, three ot thoso colleges are nt least 300 years old. And yet my friend Intimates that these people ore not as much entitled to self government as the people of Cuba, to whom we hnvo guaranteed It. Concerning tho chargo that we havo never I guaranteed thoso people Independence, I havo only this to say: Tno American people have never had tho chance, but they aro going to get It at this election! (Applause.) Mr. Rosewater says that tho war to liberate Cuba was forced upon Mr. Mc Klnlcy, and It Is true. I glory ln It. We placed a sword In his hand to freo Cuba j and ho has taken that naked sword a thousand miles away to enslave a people fighting for Independence. (A voice: "Eat him up.") Mr. Rosewater says there Is no such thing as government by consent. Ho Bays either that, or there Is no such thing as govern ment by force; 1 do not know which, he says one or the other. A government by consent Is a government whero men go to tho ballot box. You go there, sir. You put your ballot ln. You elect a man to go to the legislature, a man to represent you In congress, a man to preside over your city as mayor, the man who goes to Washington ns president, and when they go there they aro your representatives. You havo con sented by going to tho ballot box and tak ing part In the election. (Applause.) Mr. Rosewate'r says that this Is a now doctrine of Imperialism that tho democratic party has faked up to got into power. (A voice: "Ttil him about tbo south.") Is this a new doctrlno that tho democratic party has faked up? Why, this doctrlno of Im perialism, or charge ot Imperialism, has been made by tnmo of the greatest re publicans of the Unite 1 States. It has been mr.de In this city by Mr. E. Rosewater. (Applause.) I have hero nearly a bushel of quotations from The Bee, denouncing lm Ipcrlallsm. (Applause.) Those woro all written between July, 1S93, and the time that Monroe L. Hay ward was elected penator from Nebraska. For some reason they Btoppcd after that time. In Tho Bee of Julv C. 1S0S. Mr. Rosewater said: "The attempt of tho advocates of tor- rltorlal acquisition to depreciate those who nre opposed to their policy by applying to them such cpltbots as little Americans will not have any weight with the thinking Debate portion of the American people." (Ap plause.) And later on bo said, In that same edi torial: "Hut what of those who oppose the Im perialistic Idea that has sprung up within tho last two months and threatens to lead the United States Into a policy absolutely contravening the course of the nation from the beginning of Its history." (Applause.) "We venture to differ," he says. "We believe the best wisdom and tho best patriotism of the American people today aro opposed to the proposttlou that wo uha.ll depart from the traditional policy of tho republic nnd enter upon a course which wo havo been warned by all tho great statesmen of the past" not all re publican statesmen, nor all democratic statesmen, but by "all the great states men of tho past" "Is pregnant with dan ger Wo bellcvo that the men who' are opposing territorial aggrandizement aro tho truest friends of the republic, that they have the surest Idea of patriotic duty." Tho Omaha Rco contained that editorial in July of 1S08, and I can produco before this audience at .least thirty editorials like that editorial, and yet Mr. Rosowater comes hero nnd says that tho democratic party has trumped up this now Issue for the American poople. (Long applause.) Mr. Rosewater neks what havo I got to say about an alleged disfranchisement of tho negro In certain states. I havo this to say, that if tho negro Is disfranchised In certain states It only Indicates to us that wo have troubles enough of our own at homo without going abroad to And them. It he Is right then It Is true that we ought to sweep before our own door before try ing tn t.l.-n civilization to other Dconlc's ,joor. v ' nnf.w1t..r nv time wn linv taken tutlou. Is essential to tho preservation of our republican institutions. Tho highway u,,on any peoplo or government that gavo n their sanction." what havo wo todaJ, In tho Philippine ,ilanil5 Mcept tlle niKhwayman.s piea that .might makes right? The republican plat- fn, ,lt MthI ti. ,ncI les U1J down ,n tho ,mmorU, Declaration of Independence as the true loundatlon of domocratlc government." Tno platform ot U70i oh( ncre ,t ,. ... mnn -,, rrf.atpj ,nui" n,nl! from the language ot the Declaration ot ludo- pendencc at w r vonlauso.) " hlch you, sir, aro surprised. All men aro created oquat. They nre endowed by their Creator with certain Innllcnablo rights, among which are life, liberty and tho pursuit of happi ness. For the attainment ot theso ends, governments nre Instituted among men. deriving their Just powers from," what, from force, from Intelligence, from wealth? No. From consent. (Applnuse.) Abraham Lincoln, the great high priest of tho republican party, said: "Tho doctrine of self-government Is right, absolutely and eternally right. When a whlto man governs himself that is self-government, and when ho governs himself and also governs another man that Is despotism. What I do say Is that no man Is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent. Allow all tho gov erned an equal volco in tho government." Have tbo Filipinos nn equal voice? Havo they any volco? None at all. "That and that only Is self-government. Let every American remember that to vlolato the Dec laration ot Independence Is to tramplo on tho body ot his fathers and to tear the char ter of his own and his children's rights." That is what Abraham Lincoln said. You charge wo aro forced to go back sev eral hundred years for modern-day democ racy. You cannot go back. You cannot go to Abraham Lincoln ln this campaign. (Cheers.) In conclusion, Mr. Rosowater has said that the tlmo may come when we will nrro gato to ourselves tho guardianship of the Declaration of Independence. I want to tell you, my friends, that if Imperialism Is to go on with its terrible sway the time may como when the Ten Commnudments will need a guardian in this country. (Applause.) In tho four minutes remaining I want to Introduce the subject of the next discus sion. It Is trusts, and I challenge Mr. Rose water to produce before this audience any evidence whatever that tha republican leader, the republican party, proposes to grapplo with tho giant evil of trusts, which aro growing In this country. Tho demo cratic party comes before the peoplo with certain specific remedies. It has declared a war upon the trusts. It Is proposed for one thing to put upon the free list every artlclo which trusts (applause). That Is the remedy which wo propose. W'hat, sir, does tho republican party propose? Now, then, when Mr. vRosewater has out lined ln a small degree what the repub lican party proposes to do with the trusts, I will undertake to show that the repub lican party Uvea by the trusts and for the trusts and If It la put ln power again on the 6th of November the trusts will grow and Increase moro than they have the last four years. I am ready for the trust discussion. no.fM-i.ter Answers. My friend has asked me to declare whether I am In favor of a government by consent or by force. I am In favor of a A STITCH IN THE BACK, g Many Omaha People Havc It. Kidneys are sick. Can't do their work. Can't 5? take the poisons out of tho blood. Neglect means backache, lame back, urin ary troubles, diabotos; Bright's Disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure every form of kidney ill. Omaha people say bo peoplo who have been cured your own neighbors Here's proof: Mr. A. H. Weber of 1120 Martha street, shipping clerk at Hardy Co's says: "I was troubled with lame back for nearly two years. During the winter months when I caught cold It always settled In my kidneys and caused sharp shooting twinges across tho small of my back, particularly after stooping when it wns difficult- to straighten. When I saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised I went to Kuhn Co's drug store nnd procured a box. I took them a fow days when I noticed their benefit. The palu In my back soon passed away and my general system was Invigorated. Doan's Kidney I'IIIh arc for sale at all drug at ores 50 cents a box, Fostcr.Mllhurn Co., government that has backbone enough to uphold the honor of tho flag on every foot of American territory, no matter where It lies. (Applause.) Our attention has been called to the fact that republican platforms from year to year havo reiterated the Declaration of Independence and wo have boon asked to say why tt is that the democratic party for tho first tlmo cannot do It with any decency or self-respect, and I will answer you tho reason why, Tho republican party had to do It be cause the democratic pnrty nil tho years it was lrt power, and after tho re bellion of four years, continued to violate every prlnclplo of the Declaration ot In dependence and tho republican party had to remind them that tho declaration must bo enforced wherever tho Star and Stripes floated. After tho surrender of Appomattox the democrats of the south continued with their Ku Klux to suppress tho negro with tho shotgun; they continued to suppress him by tho tissue ballot nud they con tinued nil tho tlmo to suppress every vestige of government by consent ln the country ln which they claim they had themselves been wrongfully subjugated by Abraham Lincoln. Now they talk about Abraham Lincoln and they nover coaao to quoto Abraham Lincoln. In 1S6 Abraham Lincoln, like McKlnloy at tho present tlmo, was a candidate for ro-olection to the presidency ot tho United States and tho grandmother ot the Omaha World-Herald (laughter), the Omaha No braskan, which was succeeded by the Herald, Dr. Miller's paper, and upon that was gtaftcd the Omaha World-Herald as It is today. On October 21, 1S6, almost a period corresponding with this (laughter). Keep on with your laughter. You will soon bo laughing on tho other side. Here Is what they had to say: "A voto for Abraham Lincoln Is a vote for tho abandonment of tho constitution nnd states' rights; a voto for Lincoln Is a voto for four" more years of war, Innumer able drafts and a quadrupling of tho dobt ot our country, state and nation; a voto tor Lincoln Is a vote in favor of tho seizure of men for conscience sako and Imprisoning them ln basilica without process ot law or hopo of trial; a voto for Lincoln Is n voto ln favor of the suppression ot free speech; a voto for Lincoln Is a declaration in favor of putting tho military abovu civil power; a voto for Lincoln Is nu endorsement of.1 all his acts and an encouragement for him to go on In his career ot despotism; a voto for Lincoln will bo to vote away the free dom ot the American people." (Cries of "Answer the question.") Mr. Wharton Let us have no interrup tions, please. Mr. Smyth Mr. Rosowatcr is entitled to his time. Do not Interrupt him. Mr. Rosewater I will answer the ques tion fairly and fully. I say thero Is no truth whatever In tho declaration that tho Filipinos wero promised their Independ ence. I say that the opportunity for giving them tho treatment Cuba has re ceived piesented Itself ln the United States Bcuato when Senator Vest of Missouri In troduced a resolution to place them there nnd William V. Allen and some thirty dem ocrats voted ngalnst It. (Applause.) They had their opportunity. Thero has been quoted from The Omaha Bee an artlclo of July, 1S9S, and there might be a dozen of them, but It was at a tlmo when thero could bo discussion as to the policy of annexation of the Philip pines, and while I am not hero to debato with injscif or to debato about Tho Omaha Bee (laughter) or the World-Herald, I havo got right hero a bushel of articles from the Omaha World-Herald ln favor of tho gold standard practically and ln opposition to tho free and unlimited coin age of sliver. (Applause nnd laughter,) 1 have that, but I am not going to cito it. Tlrati for Dl.cu.Klon In Past. Tho timo for discussion has passed. Tho Philippines havo been nnnexed and tho sworn duty of the president of tho United Slates Is to enforce the laws upon all classes, aliens and citizens, wherever they may be. iney say tnat there Is no precedent. We have tho precedent ln tho caso of Florida. I havo already quoted tho precedent of Louisiana, In which tho people of that territory said to President Thomas Jeffer son: "A governor is to be plnccd over us whom we have not chosen, whom wo do not even know; ho may bo Ignorant of our language, uninformed of our Institutions and who may have no connection with our country or interest In its welfare. Taxa tion without representation, nn obligation to obey laws without any volco In their formation, iho unduo lnflucnco of tho ex ecutive upon legislative proceedings and a depondent Judiciary, formed, wo bellevo, very promlaent articles In the list of griev ances complained of by tho United States at tho commencement of their glorious contest for freedom " In Florida we hnvo another lnstanc. The United States purchased Florida from Spain for $5,000,000, and Oaccola. llko your friend, Agulnaldo, rebelled' against the government of tho Seralnoles, which was followed by a war that becamo almost a war of extermination. It was carried on by General Jackson, a dcraocratlo presi dent. And ho did not ask tha Scmlnolos to consent whether they wanted to be governod. He had them whipped Into subjection nnd then he deported them. They wero deported first to Georgia and Alabama and finally across tho Mississippi Into tha wilderness, where they have been kept. And the Indian Territory for nearly 100 years has been governed by congress without a delegate In congress, without any repreuntntlon and certainly not with their own consent. But let us go further. Look at tha District of Columbia, which contains more than 300,000 people. In (Continued on Twentieth Page.) liulMlo. IS V.