The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-05
WHAT WE WANT.
Topeka Opinion on the Holding
of the Philippines.
Nearly All Against 1t, But APP
parently
NOT MUCH THOUGHT
Has Been Lavished ON the Sub
ject,
As Most Views Are Echoes of
Press Dispatches.
OF MUCH THOUGHT


" good reasons are given why Uncle
! Sam should not keep all he has got,
} but several good reasons on the other
side should not be overlooked. For
| instance. it is probable that with the
! Philippines annexed and the United
| States protective tariff extended over
/ them the United States would sell
! 100000 barrels of flour a year to the
/ 100000 to 10, 0OO, 600 people there, yet
/ there is Topeka miller who thinks that
! the Philippines should not be held by
the United States. If the people of the
/ United States do not want to extend
! their trade what on earth do they
| want? To bring the Philippines within
/ the sphere of American influence is to
/ provide from 100000 to $4,000, 900 more
customers for American manufactures.
| Don't we want them? This will do to
/ think about We don't have to settle
! 1t right away.
Following are opinions on the ques-
J ton CLEANED from various sources:
Councilman James Warner am op-
| posed to the retention of the Philip
pines 1t is all right to keep a coaling
station there, but do not believe that
this government wants to keep the is
lands. They would be more trouble
than good.
John Clancy, chairman of the Repub-
mean county central committee am
against keeping the Philippines. There
is no use borrowing trouble.
Charles F. Spencer-This government
should do no more than protect the peo-
PIE OF those islands and it will be neces-
sary for that purpose to keep possession
OF them Tor some time. It does not seem
to me it would be good pOlic5- from any
standpoint to retain them. That is not
what We went into this war for.
webb McNan, insurance commits
slOner-l am not in favor of keeping
the Philippines. When we went into.
this war we advertised to the world
that it was not for conquest, but in the
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tainly be bad faith for US to change
the policy upon which the war was
started. There is nothing to do but
keep our hands off the Philippines
State Treasurer Hefebower-Why, Of
course, we ought to keep the Philippines
and everything else we can get. I would
be in favor of going over and taking
Spain What is the use to go and take
a thing if we are not going to keep it.
Take all we can and keep all we get
is my policy.
Eugene Hagan-1 am against expan-
sion. If we acquired the Philippines
we would at the same time have to ac-
cept an undesira bic set of people ana
we would have to exercise a protection
over them. 1t would be costly and bad
policy. I am opposed to extending our
territory.
S. Barnum-As I see it now it would
not be a good thing for the government
to take the Philippines. It seems to me
that it would be extremely dangerous
to do so.
E, H. Crosby-There is only one thing
that I can think of in favor of keeping
the Philippines. In the event of war
with a foreign nation they would be
valuable to US. At any rate we should
keep a cOaling station. A battleship
without coal is in worse shape than
to be without powder. for if they have
fuel they can get away.
NJ. F. Rigby-I do not believe that
this government should keep the Phil
ippines though there is another side to
the question We should arrange to
have coaling station somewhere in
that Vicinity
L. T. Yount-We can't afford to keep
the Philippines. It is contrary to our
form of government and against public
policy
w. F. Schoch-Keep them 7 am not
in favor of anneXing them to the United
states or even attempting to govern
them but I think that we should exer-
else n prOtectOrate over them.
T. F. DOran-I do not believe in keep
ing them. There is no use of US doing
anything to get the foreign nations
down on US.
F. P. Lindsay, president Kansas Re
publican league do not believe in
taking the Philippines but I am in IA
vOr of allowing our government to do
what it thinks best. President McKin-
ley knows better than any one what is
best for the government and I will be
satisfied with what is done There
were people who criticised President
Mckinley because he did not rush into
war but all admit now that he was
right.
e t SIM do not believe it would
be good policy to keep the Philippines.
H. c. Safford-It would cost too much |
money and too many men to keep the |
Philippines. That is the first question
to be considered. Can we afford to keep
the islands and it is my opinion that we
cannot.
J. e. Larimer-we have enough to |
attend to at home. I do not believe in !
keeping the islands
H NJ. Phillips am with President |
Mckinley in this matter. believe that /
he is right and that we should at least /
have a coaling station in the Philip !
pines.
c. L. Traver. Wells Fargo agent |
Keep coaling station with sufficient !
land to protect ourselves We don't !
want the whole islands.
Chas. Elliott, city treasurer would |
not favor holding the whole islands. J
The people are not like US and it would |
be difficult to rule them. We should |
keep a coaling station.
Abe Steinberg, Hub Clothing com
pany-It would be cheaper in the end /
to let them go than to keep them. 1t /
would cost too much to keep them
7. P. Cul1ey, kimbau Piano company /
We should keep a cOaling station
anyway. I was just considering about
the holding of the whole islands, and I
don't know what should be done.
Capt. Dan Wyatt-Keep the whole
business, or give part to the insurgents
who have fought for it. Don't give it
back to Spain.
James P. crowley, druggist-We should
hold the whole islands under a prOtec-
torate at first. then subject to condi-
tons The United States had better
hold them than other nations between
which there is so much jealousy.
w NJ. Thompson. furniture merchant
Keep them. There will be trouble over
them anyway, and the United States
can take care of herself.
r. S. Thompson, furniture merchant
We should have a harbor and city.