Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
oRnAr MANS MISTAKES.


uiah contains a great many people
who look upon Hon. william !. bryan
with confidence and respect. This was
shown In the last Presidential election
when the state gave him a majority Of
over toooo votes. showing that he "
colVcd altogether some C0.000 votes In
total ~ u tribe over $500. This was
cqunlcd un proportion. ~ c0urnel by
but one state In the Union Colorado.
which ran the figure up 10 $4,000. OF
that e0Voo there Il perhaps none who
still does not respect ana connic In
the brilliau; and gallant Nebraskan.
but all Of them do not stay with him In
his ideas regarding the Philippine
question by any means. on the contrary.
II Ia a reasonably well grounded belief
ehnt a goodly majority OF that vast
army N voters arr decidedly against
him. Their opposition II. Of course. In
sorrow rather than In anger.
Mr.. bryan, In opposing the asqulsl-
tion and retention ~ the Philippine
archipelago by the United states not
only iinds Western people ana Rspuhli-
cans arrayed aFainst him. but Eastern
and Southern people. Including Vcrs
large humber ~ his own party; while
many OF those who arc most pros
nounceily UNFOLDING his Views are
great and influential Republicans like
senator iioar 81 Massachusetts,. The
} leading naval and military com
manders, like Dewey. Merritt and otis.
WIN know u the situation by observa-
| ton ne well ~ the means by which other
people obtain Information. are also on
the opposite side. ana 30 are a majority
Of the great Writers IT the day, - Tar
as they have expressed Themselves.
An article In recent number of the
Review of Reviews holds that an In
iclllgont opinions during the past month
have been In confirmation ~ the Wow
that the only salvation for the i'hillp-
pine archipelago Hes In the full oAtnb-
lishmcnt there OF American authority.
Tho spanish forces would be- wholly
unable 20 quell the rebels under
Agulnaido and other leaders. iut, on
the other hand, the rebels themselves
are not sufficiently unified IN leadership
and purpose 10 establish peace and ur.
der n lott 10 themselves they would
break Into warning factions al once
Manila would be- looted, an foreign anl
commercial Interests would Doe sacr.-
neld. and anarchy would prevail AL
ready they ate acting Independently 10
d.ncrcn, Islands. spain would, u
course. cndeayor to s,u she Islands /,
European powers. hut hcre again
hu a1tts OF trouble would Instantly
arise.
10 ~ Understood that French lHnn,
% egce pted1mlnates Ia spain. and ina
France and Russia would unltedly OBJ
: lcl; o. Germany being the pon,rolllni
factor IN ths Philippines. Hog Woul.
England and Germany tolerate Rus
j s.an-Frcneh supremacy there. while IA,
= continental powers az whole woul,
q objrc, TO Great Britain gathering ~ I'M
: situation. No quote from the artlcl,
O. referred to;
y "Thc japanese. undoubtedly, woui,
% he glad 10 take the Islands, hut nrtnt
10 EuIopt, On the one hand, nor ~,
. FlApluua, on the other. would TOLERATE
/, thai Iht loss 0t tnc Philippine ny
u spain has really been inevitable tor
| llhk NNr' HNANlHn uuUtNrss Tor colo
NAL administration had become tl
EArugly apparent In the Hight col u.Lr
trruth century civilization 60 suryly
fag into the twentieth Even n we he
not taken Manila, tho destruction 8
u CeryegAs urct and Spt.nH llsa ot th
West indies would have famed th
spirit OF Philippine revolution into
: great name, which spain's dimn,she
y rrHourccs would have been unable q
uuruCA. Il ID only whom one gives care
ful consideration 10 tho possible alter
natives that tho necessity Cor the fIr
h Their presence OF Amor an power 10 th
Philippines seems clear
"a Even up to the outbreak NJ the WI
Il the acquisition ~ the Islands by ,hi
g country was no, expected, Thcy fel
% into our lap, IN 10 speak, ys a result o