The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-12

their purposes have been concealed from
the public. They have never laid the
matter candidly before the public They
nave never considered what their actions
would lead to and what the consequences
would be. No one has had chance to
object to their policy The freedom of
choice has been denied and withdrawal
made difficult.
with this very object in view there
has been the most impudent and dis
honorable censorship of the press in the
Philippines that has ever been known
IN the history Of this country. Dispatch
es nave been CARRIED and suppressed, the
people have been kept in ignorance of
the true state of affairs and President
Mckinley has been responsible for it all.
L have no doubt that he has directed that
1t be done. [ cannot imagine how the
American people have submitted to it as
patiently as they have. If there is any
glory in the spilling OF blood in the Phil
1ppines, in the building up of a great navy
and army and in burdening the people
with unjust taxation, then President Nc
Knlev is entitled to that glory.
81 believe that President Mckinley at
first intended that the United States
should only hold a coaling station in the
Philippines and that Spain should with
draw, leaving the FilipjnCs in full pos
session of their Independence This. L
think, was the programme until the presi-
dent, in his weakness, gave way to the
men who saw in the possession of the
Philippines an opportunity to acquire
great Wealth-the same men who sue
ceeded in securing the annexation of Ha-
wall. Then at President Mckinney s
command there was inserted in the treaty
of peace a provision for the cession of
the entire territory and the payment of
$20, 100000 to Spain. What the result of
this and the course afterwards followed
by the administration has been is evident
now to everyone. We have a war on
our hands in the Philippines which is
not only great injustice to the natives
of the islands, but to the people of this
country as we'll We are sacrificing
every day valuable lives with no hope
of ever receiving anything in return.
1T only needs a little moral courage
to enable the administration to take the
proper step. There is not a nation
in the world which does not Know that
the United States could put an army in
the Philippines which could wipe out the
insurgents there. If we should with
draw-and there are many honorable
means of doing so-no country coul .
trUthfully say that we had been defeated
AS an individual can retrace his teps if
he finds he is in the wrong, so can a ma
ton. We started the war against Spain
for the purpose of freeing Cuba; we arc
doing now to the people of the Philip
pines what Spain has for years done
with the Cubans and also with the Phil
ippines.'
''You have a regiment on its way home
frcm the Philippines. These men enlisted
to help Cuba to her freedom: they have
been used to prevent another equally
| downtrodden people from securing their
freedom. Their place in the Philippines
is being taken by volunteer regiments
with no community behind them. Pres
ident Mckinley is getting what he wants
the soldier who must know nothing eX-
cept to obey orders and to kill, the
soldier who does not hail from any state
and who cannot therefore appeal to any
state
Mr.. Johnson is in Minneapolis in search
of improvement in his physical condition
Since the last session of congress he has
resided in ST. Louis, Mo, where he will
begin the practice of law upon his return
in two or three weeks