Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1900 — Extracts From President Mckinley’s Letter. [ARTICLE]

Extracts From President Mckinley’s Letter.

It will be noted that the [Democratic] demand is for the restoration of the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. If another issue is paramount, this is immediate. It will admit of no delay and will suffer no postponement. # * * We accept the issue and again invite the sound money forces to join in winning another and we hope a permanent triumph for an honest fiuancial system which will continue inviolable the public faith. * * * It is our purpose to establish in the Phillipines a goverment suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabitants, and to prepare them for self government, and to give them self-govern-ment when they are ready for it, and as rapidly as thoy are ready for it. * * tr There has been no time since the destrnctioil 9f_ the enemy’s fleet when we could or should have left the Philline archipelago. After the treaty of peace was ratified no power but congress could surrender our sovereignty or alienate a foot of the territory thus acquired. * •* Every effort has been directed to their [Filipinos] peace and prosperity, their advancement and well-being, not for our aggrandizement or for pride of might, not for trade or commerce, not for explotation, but for humanity and civilization. «• * * The American question is between duty and desertion.. The American verdict will be for duty and against desertion, for the republic against both anarchy and imperialism. * * * Honest co-operation of capital is necessary to meet new business conditions, and extend our rapidly increasing foreign trade but conspiracies and combinations intend to restricted business create monopolies and control prices should lie effectively restrained. * * * For labor a short day is better than a short dollar. * * * Unless something unforeseen occures to reduce our revenues or increase our expenditures, the congress at its next session should reduce taxation very materially, * * * We ought to own the ships for our carrying trade with the world, and we ougnt to build them in American shipyards and man them with American sailors.