THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
October 25, 1900.
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The Farm
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froNA pra-ts.l aaa asd rtn&M X aaatta tr
la:rkT to tt farta avock raii. fr grovi&c.
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Tie corn It la the htuklac toj.
T fatta up the twice.
Well Lcufc H out and !1 a lo&d
An! pty cur debt complete;
V wont forget the m&a we've owed
Wto puviiahes this teet
THE HORSE SHOW AT PARIS.
A seea by Ia.su of St. Pul. N'eb.
The great Iri ezpocttioa "Horse
EhotT at Vertf-eaaes (or Expo' Anatx)
October 2 to 10, 1SKNJ, u oae of great
!ctret to horsemea and oeople la
vaeral. repreeaUcn the rarlou
brfd. ThU beautiful display waa
nicely located la a se park at Yen.
ceas. The icrroatuliat were, ele
gaat. The ttilldiaga wrf similar to
tfcoe-e at Chicaco and Omaha Expo
(hardly &a good). Their ahowlcgt are
cot to be rompafed to tho of our
co?iatrytoo mail: ao aicphitheatra
for cozilort for iht-eera. The peo
ple stood tear th ropes, huddled to
gether thifk; ca boxes: ia trees: oa
asythicg that they see orer their
neighbor aad ia ertrj po!tioa to see
the beactif al hortea aa they carae into
th show ring.
There wre l.TM horses oa exhihU
tkc 2 snore than in The
French exhibit waa the largest piin
etpal one of of rarioua aes of
Perchrrons, ikuiacnai. French
coachers and trotters. There were
otae Tery ehoiee animals ia this laxce
eollectioa of French horses and must
be seen to b appreciated. But a show
f draft horses here Is not a draft
how la the United State aot rugged
enough, or enough bone. Belgium
had 154 choice daft horses of various
es. choice quality, good, ruggM.
thick fellows of quality and quantity.
Bert of any foreign country. Rere-de-Or
was their chasspioa draft stal
lion a sorrel).
Germany had M head of drafts,
coachers and gallopers. Their drafta
are rough and old fashioned. The
coachers are good sea of six and ac
tion. Raatia had IS head, principal
one were the great Russian trotters
with their notable hitch. . They are
from 1,000 to 1,4 13 pound, nagged
horse cf splendid action. Hardy
horses of great endurance. .Sixty-two
came frora England, Shires. SuSolka.
Hackacyi. Choolanls and gallopers
extra good ahowln and attracted
much attention no Clyde. Holland
had 49 of a tznal! and Inferior type.
Hungary tad 44 head of small horses,
sot very practical aes. only light
drti-er. Austria had 29 head and Tur
key II horaea cf light weight good,
nice, little fellow of 1.00m to l.ioo
pounds. Italy and Denmark were also
represented with small horse. There
ere just 1 American trotter there
and not owned by American. The
United States had no exhibit of horses
at this expo -there waa a first class
tfcow of ro jack and Rule.
The show was larre ia numbers, but
many weeds. flW.ti was spent for
stsblea aad ktouuCmi tlSQ.oO) for
premiums. Thl horse show ma an
educational feature to all lover of
bor. showing the different breed
of different countries: their costume
cf groow avnd mode of handling; them
with their rarjou way of hitching
and accou nterm e c ta. They must be
aeea to be fully comprehended, a it
! a great object lon to lovers of
horse and educational to the whole
people a each country viewed with
each other to oet-hw them with
their horse nd rivalry wa strong.
The Judging wa of three men a
military 2eer, a veterinary aad a
Joae horseman. The "vet. and army
man were the whole thing and "vets"
and army men are not practical horse
met the Judging would not pas in
the United State. Tor draft stallions
tbey picked smooth, XX&j horses of
l.0 to 1.709 pounds, with light boae.
and too small for draft stallions only
good to get artillery horse. So draft
torse that win ia France can win la
state fair cf the United State not
drafty enough m enough boae for Am
erican trade. Hence the big drafty
stallions of Franc . are sent to the
United State and &ot shown there for
I rt!td the horse show every day
and aaw then oa drees parade and la
I raw sw i
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4 BriDkrrhol Atl,
flic. N. Y.
Dr-Williams'
Pink Pills
for
Pale People
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their stalls. It was a great show, but
I think we could give them many
pointers for a first class, up-to-date
horse show.
I have been here three months and
visited the principal breeders and
know them, speak the language and
know how and where to buy the right
kind of draft stallions, t have just
received at my home 28 blaci Perch
erons, two to four years old, 1,600 to
2.200 pounds, big size and bone, with
quality, finish and action. I am the
only man ia the United States that
shipped all black Percherons, no
grays, la 1900. They arrived home to
day after a 16-day trip on the ocean
the best lot I have ever imported and
bought so I caa sell them worth the
money. Come aad see them.
FRANK IAMS.
WHAT BRYAN WOULD DO
lie Would .Stop The War la The Phillp
plB, ha Would Smah th
Truata and he Would
Fraa I'orto It loo From
" Tratat Control.
Since it has become pretty certain
that Bryan will win the republican
editor of the great, dallies have be
gun predicting what Bryan would do
if he were elected. Most of them have
come to the conclusion that he can't
do anything different from what Mc
Klaley Is doing even If he tried. Mr.
Monnett, the attorney general of Ohio
who wa turned down by Mark Han
na because Monnett was on the point
of knocking the Standard Oil trust out
of the box. tella what Bryan can do
with the trust la the Review of Re
views. Mr. Monnett ay3:
"One of these law? that Mr. Bryan
would be called upon to enforce with
all this powerful machinery at his dis
posal, and in compliance with his oath
of office a law that he will find upon
the tatute books, viz., the act of July
2, 1S&0. entitJed, 'An act to protect
tmde and commerce (against unlaw
ful restraints and monopolies' is
known to the profession, and to the
citizen generally, as the Sherman
anti-trust act.
"Space forbid setting forth herein
the terms cf thli law; but It provide
for a civil remedy, as well as a penal
sentence, to be inflicted upon every
corporation or association existing un
der or authorized by the laws of any
of the states, territories or the United
State, as well as individuals, violat
ing Its provisions. It declares every
contract and combination, in the form
of trust or otherwise, or a conspiracy
in restraint of trade or commerce
among the states. Illegal and criminal.
It give equity powers to all the cir
cuit courts of the United States to re
strain forthwith every Individual, cor
poration, or association that either in
a civil or criminal way violates these
provision. It Is made the special
statutory duty of the seventy-six dis
trict attorneys, la their respective dis
tricts, uadr the direction of the at
torney general, to institute proceed-
Peruna This Week 69c Special.
2Sc Castoria, we. sell.. 25c
60c Syrup of Figs, we sell 39c
2c -Chamberlain's Diarrhoea
Remedy, we sell.. ...19c
23c Carter' Littl Liver Pills, we
sell ., 15c
$1.00 Hood's Sarsaparilla, we sell.. 69c
25c Mcnnen's Talcum Powder, we
$1.00 Lydia A. Pinkham'a Vegetable
Compound, we sell.... 69o
$1.00 Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, we ell....f .69d
$1.00 Iierces Fat trite Prescription.
we sell.... ....,...69c
11.00 Miles Nervine, we. sell 69c
$1.00 Palne's Celery Compound, we
tell V... 69c
$1.00 Peruna. we pell .74c
&0c and fci.OO Stuart's Tablets, we
sell -C'Jc and 69c
50c Williams Pir.k Pills, we sell.. 39c
fl iS A'atner's Sjfe Cure, we sell. $1.00
$1.00 Kilmer's Swamp Root, we sell.69c
$1.00 Ozomulsion. we sell ...79c
25c Davis Pain Killer, we sclL...19c
15c Pears Unscented Sap. we sell. 13c
50c and $1A0 Pyramid Pile Cure,'
we sell 39c and 79c
RIGOS PEARL CREAM, Just the
thing for rough skin, this week.;i9c
DlfifiQ CUT RATE
KlMUO, Druggist.
Funke Opera House.
12th and O Street. Lincoln, Nebraska.
ings In equity to prevent and restrain
such violations. ' This law together
with the general; criminal laws, vests
in every circuit court the federal grand
jury. United States marshals, and the
secret- service agents the rights and
makes it their duty, to ferret out ev
ery violator of this law and punish
them criminally and civilly.
"In the. ten years since its pas'sage,
this law has been before the United
State3 courts at least thirteen times;
the three most notable cases being the
United States vs. Trans-Mississippi
Freight Association, the United States
vs. Joint-Traffic Association, and 'the
United States vs. Addystone Pipe and
Steel Company. In these now historic
cases, the validity and construction of
the act have been settled. The legisla
ture has done its duty in this behalf,
and the judiciary has fully sustained
It. It Is no longer an open question,
either as to the power of congress to
punish trade conspiracies or to abol
ish monopolies. - If there be good
trusts; If there exist holy monopolies
if there live a righteous trade ccfn-I
. ... .a - 4-
spiracy it is not Dy tne grace oi tne
legislative department of the govern
ment or the lack of power in the ju
diciary to abolish them; for nowhere
can an executive officer read in this
legislative , act, or discern in the lan
guage of the Judicial decrees, any such
distinction as .those for which our
political bosses are wont to extend
apologies. ,
"The highest court of this land has
repeatedly, both under this statute and
under - Its common-law power, de
nounced In unmeasured terms the com
mercial crime of monopoly and trade
conspiracy. Then why are these laws
a 'dead-letter?' It is neither In the
fault of the judiciary nor the legisla
tive . department but the victims , ev
erywhere justly lay the blame at the
executive door.
"A president, as chief executive, can
energize, by one word, his attorney
general and his seventy-six district
attorneys by reminding them of his
own oath and their oath to enforce
the criminal and civil laws in their re
spective districts, including the anti
trust act. So that Mr. Bryan could do
the energizing, and, in case of disobed
ience of his instructions, could secure
the electrocuting of a few attorney
generals and district attorneys who,
of the 70.000,000 of people of the
United States, are vested with this
very important duty in the present
congested condition of these economic
questions. . r
"In response to an inquiry from con
gress, I note from the record that his
honor, John W. Griggs, the attorney
general, furnished that body with a
list of the prosecutions under this
act, instituted by the present adminis
tration. The first one is the United
States vs. Anderson, suit begun June
7, 1897, in which, the United States
failed, the subject matter being such
that the federal court had no jurisdic
tion. The second one was the United
States vs. Coal Dealers Association,
filed December 16, 1897., The third is
the United States vs. C. & O. Fuel
Company, begun May 1, 1899. argued
and submitted, but not decided. In
the same. case the grand, jury, sitting
at Cincinnati, O., under Hon. W. E.
Bundy, as district attorney, indicted a
few of the coal barons, which case has
never been tried or decided; but the
cause is pending, on demurrer, to the
indictment.
"In the four years of this adminis
tration we have begun, practically,
three cases one tried and failed, one
pending on briefs, and one decided. In
the meantime, upward of 406 combina
tions have been formed, and other
that have been in existence since 1876
such as the Standard Oil trust have
been running jn full blast. If but two
suits are filed and trlod in four years,
it will take upward of two centuries
to undo what has been done in the
last thirty-six months.
"Mr. Bryan, as chief executive offi
cer, would have many ways, as Indi
cated by the court, of beginning prose
cution of each and every trust within
6ixty days after his inauguration; but
that would not be necessary. A whole
sale example made of two or three of
the outlaws and genteel law violators
would have a very, beneficial effect on
t,he weaker ones.
"The interstate commerce commis
sion has officially called attention to
the open and notorious violation by
the common carriers of the United
States. The National Shippers' Asso
ciation and other shippers have ap
pealed in vain to the executive for re
lief. A friendly executive could enter
tain such appeals, and should take
cognizance of the official reports of
such bodies as the interstate commerce
commission, and the reports of the in
dustrial commission, to say nothing of
the stench and fumes of monopolistic
misconduct that fill the nostriis and
are ever present and in full view of
the district attorneys end the attorney
general.
"A, military general who would per
mit an insurrection and smile at in
subordination, under this same execu
tive department, would be speedily
court-martialed. So that, if Mr. Bry
an is elected and is in earnest in car
rying out his views to the extent of
the constitutional and legislative pow
er vested in him, he could remove the
attorney general and the district at
torney who is incompetent, unwilling,
or insubordinate, and put faithful men
on duty.
"What exceuse would Mr. Bryan of
fer, in the face of his public state
ments and views of the Sherman anti
trust act, and in the light of the Ad
dystone Pipe & Steel Company deci
sion, for permitting the Buckeye Pipe
Line Company to continue to operate
Its monopolistic business of shipping
crude petroleum, or the Union Tank
Line Company to haul the refined pro
duct and exact 100 per cent more than
the law allows them, in open violation
of the anti-trust acts, and. in defiance
of the state's authorities under the
claim of doing an interstate business.
What excuse could he offer for accept
ing campaign assessments from euch
corporations, and what apology could
he make for the existence of the Sugar
trust, or the Salt trust, or to the offi
cial classification committee of the
freight department of the railroads, In"
view of the powers vested in him and
his seventy-six district attorneys?
"In the language of Justice Peck
ham, in the Addystone Steel-Pipe case,
In speaking of the effect of the testi
mony of said federated companies es
tablishing their monopolistic price,
"the most cogenti evidence that they
had this power is the 'fact, everywhere
apparent, that they exercised it.
"As president, Mr. Bryan would
have the power, and In fact It would be
his sworn duty, to enforce these anti
trust laws as faithfully and as prompt
ly as he would punish the violators
of the revenue,, pension or land laws
of the government.,
Bryan Pictures Free
To the subscribers of The Indepen
dent who pay all arrearages and a
year's renewal In advance we will send
one of our large premium pictures of
Mr. Bryan. We have a large number
of these pictures on hand and wish to
dispose of them before the close of the
campaign. It is an elegent picture,
suitable for framing, and should be in
every American' home. To secure this
picture it Is necessary to fill out the
following coupon:
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The "Free Book" (see other coupon
advt.) and the "Free Bryan Picture"
will not both be sent to thfr same ad
dress. WHAT HAS FUSION DONE?
It has Given to the State Honest, Efficient
and Economic Government With
Great Saving to The
, Taxpayers.
This question , is sometimes asked
in sneering tones by republicansTi
What has fusion done for Nebraska?
Let us see what has been done.
Repeated comparisons have here
tofore been made of the cost to the
taxpayers for maintenance of the state
penal and charitable institutions un
der republican administration and un
der fusion management. In round
numbers, the saving effected under fu
sion administration has been on the
average $100,000 every year since Gov
ernor Holcomb ; was inaugurated in
January, 1895 or more than $550,000
up to the present time.
Acting on the earnest solicitation of
the secretary ."of. state the legislature
of 1897 enacted a new fee law, which
had been drafted ami recommended
by the secretary. During his incum
bency, up to the first day of September,
1900, the total fees collected amount
to $41,697.62, as against $4,047.07 col
lected by a republican secretary of
state in the four years next preceding.
.Here is a gain of over 237,000 to the
taxpayers. - ; ,
Reference has heretofore been made
to the auditor's ruling on payment of
salary claims, which, under republican
administration, were paid three
months in advance. Auditor Cornell
does not pay salary claims until they
are due, and this has resulted In a sav
ing of over $10,000 in interest during
his incumbency. His position on the
question of settling with county treas
urers has saved the taxpayers fully
$5b,000. The insurance fees collected
and turned into the state treasury dur
ing his two terms amount to more
than $60,000 above the collections of
his republican predecessor in the four
years preceding.
As a result of the recommendation
of the state treasurer, and his per
sistent work in behalf of the bill, a
law was enacted in 1899 reducing the
Interest rate on state warrants from 5
to 4 per cent. The saving to date will
run about $30,000. The treasurers
method of requiring monthly remit
tances from county treasurers has en
abled him to reduce the outstanding
floating indebtedness to such an ex
tent that fully $70,000 In interest has
been saved on registered general fund
warrants. His heroic endeavors to in
vest the educational funds, whereby he
invested over $2,044,000 In forty-five
months as against $1,020,000 Invested
by his republican predecessor In 48
months, has resulted In a great in
crease In the Income from the invested
school funds; a comparison of the.
seven school apportionments made un
der fusion management of state af
fairs with the seven made by republi
can state officers under "Harrison
prosperity," beginning May, 1889, and
ending May, 1892, shows an increase
of over $135,000 income on investment
in favor of the fusionists.
Making a similar comparison on the
Item of Income from school lands
leased and . sold, we find that Land
Commissioner Wolfe's management
brought in over $276,000 more land in
come than was collected In 1889-92 by
republican land commissioners.
Attorney General Smyth has recov-
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violent physio or plU poison, Is dangerous. The
smoothest, easiest, most perfect way of keepl the
bowels clear and clean Is to take
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Saai Hag Mimiiy Caaiaaay, Cbleafa, aatn at. Raw Vara. SSSa
KEEP YOUR CLOOD GLEAM
lESfWTllili
( I V' CATHARTIC f
TADS MA SliSWWD,
ered over $45,000 already of money
lost through republican negligence and
dishonesty, and within the next two
years a fusion attorney general will
swell this amount to many more thou
sand dollars.
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Let us tabulate these Items:
Savings or
Increased Collections.
Governor $ 550,000
Secretary of state 37,000
Auditor 125,000
Treasurer r. . .v 235,000
Land commissioner.......... 276,000
Attorney general 45,000
Total ........$1,268,000
This table includes only the prin
cipal items. There are many others.
The land commissioner has collected
and turned into the treasury over $2,
000 as rentals on penitentiary lands;
no republican land commissioner ever
turned in a cent. The boarn of trans
portation has turned Into the treasury
warehouse fees; under republican ad
ministration this was never done. The
secretary of the state banking board
has turned into the treasury consider
able in fees; this was unheard of un
der republican rule. The department
of oil inspection earns for the state a
net income of nearly twice as much as
republican oil Inspectors turned in.
Another picture; not so pleasant to
look upon can be painted. Only a
few swift strikes, however, are nec
essary to give the outlines.
Trust funds embezzled by
a republican treasurer.. $ 336,383 11
Current funds lost lot sus
pended banks 337,863 27
Warrant and interest em
bezzled 201,884 05
Cold, hard cash lost. ...$ 875,525 40
Mismanagement state in
stitutions, 3 years 272,000 00
Mismanagement , school
lands, 4 years 276,000 00
Mismanagement treasury,
4 years ; 200,000 00
The taxpayers loss, ap
proximately $1,623,525 40
This table shows only a part of
what the taxpayers suffered on account
of republican maladministration dur
ing the last four years they were In
power. Taxpayer, do you want to go
back to the old way of doing business?
If so, vote the republican ticket. "
To Our Lady Friends.
The Roberts Specialty Company, ad
vertising switches and other hair
goods - are vouched for by . our
Chicago representative as being
worthy of the utmost confidence.
However as they send goods on ap
proval to those who state they saw
the notice In The Independent this is
all the evidence required of their
honest system. They certainly offer
great bargains.
TO THE DEAF
A rich lady cured of her deafness and
noises in the head by Dr. Nicholson's
Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to
his institute, so that deaf people un
able to procure the Ear Drums may
have them free. Address No. 14180-c
The Nicholson Institute, 780, Eighth
ave., New York, U. S. A.
HOAR VS MCKINLEY
These two Great leaders of the Republi
can Party Make Statements Ab
solutely Contradictory
Wlilch. Falsifies T
In the whole history of the world
there has never been a statesman of
the standing of Senator Hoar who has
assumed the position which he has
assumed. He not only denounces the
president in the most forcsful lan
guage that has been used in this cam
paign, but he has declared that the
McKinley policy would be but the be
ginning of the downfall of this re
public. After taking that position and
after having delivered a speech in the
United States senate, which , has be
come part of the public records of the
nation, in which he made a most
forceful argument for the policy an
nounced by Mr. Bryan, he comes out
as an active partisan and is doing all
that he can do to secure the re-election
of Mr. McKinley. We repeat, that
that history fails to record a similar
case of self-stultification. To show
that these remarks are correct in ev
ery particular, The Independent here
with prints some extracts, from Mr.
McKinley's letter of acceptance and
the speech of Mr. Hoar in the United
State3 senate:
"Nobody who will avail himself of
the facts will longer hold that there
was any alliance between our soldi err
and the Insurgents, or that any prom
ise of independence was made to
them." Mr. McKinley's Letter of Ac
ceptance. "We formed an alliance with Aguin
aldo; our general wrote to him offi
cial letters asking his co-operation.
Admiral Dewey denies, with some in
dignation, that he said the things
which Aguinaldo relies on as forming
an alliance, but the military comman
ders do not deny it; they confess it;
they reported it to the department of
war and to the president." Mr. Hoar's
speech in the senate.
"It has- been asserted that there
would have been no fighting if con
gress had declared its purpose to give
independence, to the Tagal Insurgents.
The insurgents did not wait for the
action of congress. They assumed the
offensive', they opened fire, on our
army Mr. McKinley.
"The president's proclamation
claiming sovereignty and ordering Otis
to enforce it had been made public.
Aguinaldo had met it by a counter
proclamation declaring that if there
were any attack made ipon the Vls
ayas he and his people would fight.
The words justice, freedom,
righteousness seemed to be disappear
ing from Our vocabulary. Then after
the capture of Manila, when General
Otis declared that no more than 5,000
soldiers would be necessary to keep
the peace In that entire archipelago of
1,200 islands, they saw we were hur
rying over reinforcements and increas
ing our naval and military strength.
Then came the tone of demand and of
authority. Our generals were de
manding with unconcealed threats the
contraction of their lines and the ex
pansion of ours." Mr. Hoar. , ,
"Their unprovoked . assault upon
our soldiers at a time when the sen
ate was deliberating upon the treaty
shows that no action on our part ex
cept surrender- and abandonment
would have prevented the fighting, and
leaves no doubt In any fair mind of
where the responsibility rests for the
shedding of American blood." Mr.
McKinley. ,
"If we had dealt with them in the
treaty of peace as we dealt with Cuba,
there would have been"no war.
"If we had not hurried reinforce
ments to Manila, both of ships and of
men, strengthening the forces of our
army and navy there, after Spain had
yielded, there would have been no
war.
"If the urgent request of Aguinaldo,
after the outbreak of the 5th of Feb
ruary, that hostilities might cease had
not been met by the declaration of
Otis that 'fighting must go on,' there
would have been no war.
"If i Aguinaldo's offer to withdraw
his troops and make a wider bolt be
tween the two armies had been met In
a like spirit,' there would have been
no war.
"If seDaVu-s had not been talking
about holding on to all they could get,
about making money out of their
great act of liberation, about keeping
from the people of these islands their
liberty and their Independence, for
purposes of gain and trade, there
would have been no war." Mr. Hoar.
"it is our purpose to r-stabliEh In the
Philippines a government suitable to
the wants and conditions of the inhab
itants and to prepare them for self
government, and to give them self
government when they are ready for
it and as rapidly as they are ready
for it. That I am aiming to do under
my constitutional authority, and will
continue to do until congress shall de
termine the political status of the in
habitants of the archipelago." Mr.
McKinley.
"Our Imperialistic friends seem to
have forgotten the use of the voca
bulary of liberty. They talk about giv
ing good government. 'We shall give
them such a government as we think
they are fitted for. 'We' shall give
them a betetr government than they
had before ' Why, Mr. President, that
one phrase conveys to a free man and
a free people the most stinging of In
sults. In- that little phrase, as In a
seed, is contained the germ of all de
spotism and of all tyranny. Govern
ment is not a gift Free government
is not to be given by all the blended
powers of earth and heaven. It Is a
birthright. It belongs, as our fathers
said and their children said, as Jef
ferson said and as President McKin
ley said, to human nature ' itself.
There can be no good government but
self-government." Mr. Hear.
"Our title is good. Our peace com
missioners believed they were receiv
ing a good title when they concluded
the treaty. The executive believed It
was a good title when he submitted it
to the senate of the United States for
its ratification.' The senate believed
it was a good title when they gave it
their constitutional aFsent. and the
congress seems not to have doubted Its
completeness when they appropriated
$20,000,000 provided by the treaty. If
any who favored It gave us a bad title,
they were not sincere. Our title is
practically identical with, that under
which we hold our territory acquired
since the beginning of the government
and under which we have exercised
full sovereignty and established gov
ernment for the inhabitants." Mr.
McKinley.
"When hostilities broke out, Feb
ruary 5, 1899, we had no occupancy of
and no title of any kind to any portion
of the Philippine territory, except the
town and bay of Manila. Everything
else was in the peaceful possession of
the inhabitants. In such a condition
of things, Mr. President, International
law speaks to us with its awful man
date. It pronounces your proposed
action sheer usurpation and robbery.
You have no better title, according to
the law of nations, to reduce this peo
ple to subjection, than you have to
subjugate Mexico, Haiti or Belgium, or
Switzerland. This is the nettled doc
trine, as declared by our own graat
masters of jurisprudence. You have
no right, according to the law of na
tions, to obtain by purchase or acqui
sition sovereignty over a people which
is not actually exercised by the coun
try which undertakes io convey it or
yield it." Mr. Hoar.
"This ehows to my countrymen what
has been and is being done to bring
the benefits of liberty and good gov
ernment to these wards of the na
tion. Every effort has been directed
to their peace and prosperity, their
advancement and well-being," not for
our aggrandizement, not for pride of
might, not for trade or commerce, not
for exploitation, but for humanity and
civilization, and for the protection of
the vast majority of the population
who welcome our sovereignty against
the designing minority, whose first
demand after the surrender of Manila
by the Spanish army was to enter the
city that they might loot it ana de
stroy those not in sympathy with
their selfish and treacherous designs."
Mr. McKinley.
"Now. what kind of Americanism,
what kind of patriotism, what kind of
love of liberty is it to say that we are
to turn our guns on that patriot peo
ple, and wrest from them the freedom
that was almost within their grasp,
and hold these islands tor our own
purposes in subjection and by right of
conquest, because the American flag
ought not to be hauled down where it
has once floated, or for the baser and
viler motive still, that we can make a
few dollars a year out of their trade?
"Mr. President, that is the doctrine of
purest ruffianism and tyranny. There
is nothing of the Declaration oi in
dependence in it. There is nothing of
the constitution of the United States
in it. There Is nothing of the fathers
in it. There is nothing of George
Washington in it or of Thomas Jef
ferson. There is nothing in it of the
old Virginia, or of the old South Caro
lina, or of the old Massachusetts." j
Mr. Hoar.
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