Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-13
IS BRYAN HEDCIHG?

an anent the Philippine question are
noteworthy, in that they indicate a dis
position to modify the position hereto
fore AXE The distinguished demo-
cratic leader has heard from the people,
and while his new attitude is inconsis1-
ent from all points of view, it shows his
ability to read the signs of the times
when written in large enough letters up
on the scroll of current events
Heretofore, Mr.. Bryan has seldom open
ed his mouth in public without expatiat-
ing at some length on the enormlty OF
running a government without the con-
sent of the governed" Applying this
idea to the Philippines, he has endeav-
ored to place our government in the at
titude Of a nation that is prosecuting
an unjust war of conquest, seeking TO
subdue an Independent people. hat AM
erican laws may be forced upon them
without the consent of the governed"
If the views expressed by Mr.. Bryan
since the revolt in the Philippines be
correct, it follows that the programme OF
crime instituted by our government can
be atoned for in but one Way-namely. by
the withdrawal of our troops from Luzon
and the surrender of the islands to
A~guinaldo, the suffering Moses of the
South Pacific archipelago. Mr.. Bryan
has left no doubt in the public mind as
t. his ideas concerning the enormity of
our national guilt in tearing the consti-
tutIon of the fathers of the republic into
shreds, in order to conquer and enslave
the poor Filipinos!
II an individual is pursuing a career
of crime, he should be stopped; if a ma
ton has so far forgotten itself as to de-
spoil the charter of its liberties, and
wreck the peace and happiness of an
independent and peaceful people, every
man who has discovered it should stand
upon the house-top and call a halt.
Thinking that he had detected the re-
public Of the United States in this act,
Colonel Bryan has been industriously
circulating the rumor, from one dollar
Inner to another, that an act Of crimi-
nal aggression was being perpetrated IN
Iuzon, under the direct auspices of the
man who befrizzled his presidential
aspirations in 1896, and squashed ambi
tons ambulatins bee beneath his iror
heel.
Taking the colonel at his word, tn
length and breadth of the land starte'
their wheels in motion, and the buzz o
the would-be copperhead blossomed int
a roar. Pen pictures of the alleged Grim
inal course pursued by our government
trying to subdu A~guinaldo, have pass
ed in daily review before the disguste
eyesight of an intelligent people. Fo
dessert, in the art gallery OF public of
fences, they have been treated to flu
some praise of the Filipino chieftain, :
aptly designated as a confidence opera
tor by General Funston. Apparent
the democratic machinery has bee
wound up for an indefinite period, an
Its rattle-ty-bang gives promise Of reach
ing still higher notes in the musical sea
of political abuse. But, to the ute
CONSERVATION OF lnOse utiiiocidllC vi
cams which have been trying 70 out-Br!
an Bryan in their defense of their coul
TVS enemies, the distinguished colon'
ie now making an effort to hedge.
few lays since in another interview
said:
No, T don't favor the withdrawal of OF
troops. What l do believe and have II
peatedly announced is that we Shoul
declare our position in u~nequivocal tern
so that the Filipinos can not doubt l
to grant them full and complete indepeI
dence the moment they hay: estaDllsne
a stable government. / DelleVe II W
should make such an a~nnOuncemel
right now the war would cease in a Vel
short time and our troops could will
draw without laying dow their arms
the face of an enemy. Furthermore,
believe if we had come out with such a
announcement in the beginning the We
would never have occurred. / am m
unaware that a few haif-nearted effor
have been made in that direction fro
time to time, but they were made in sue
a way as to raise strong questions
their sincerity.
Compared with the charges of Grimm.
aggression, heretofore preferred again.
the government of the United States b
Colonel Bryan and his fellow anti-expai
s~lonists, the foregoing seem almost 10y;
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