The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

with = populatson OF ave hundred ihous-
and people Dad the cries az humanity.
the groans OF taxed millions and the err
tIcIsua OF so-ealled civilization stop for
q moment these people IN the progress
Of the world. and. Triumphant march Of
commerce7 Nay. eommeres demanded
extensions. The law Of export and iul-
port ruled. The balance Of trade. east.
west. north and south, was the star to-
ward which every eye was turned, PHI
osophy. science. state craft and hnmsni-
ty were forced In the Background until
the title was settled and the taxes lev
led. and then Gladstone composed him
self 10 write q thesis on the Christian
religion and prove TO the world the nesh
and the devil that English misrule was
lncomparabiy better than any other. sys-
tenn of government.
The United States colonial purchased
possessions a. compared to the mon
| archlal lareenies are not ny speck on
q ceiling. We purchased our holdings
| and paid for them History may be
ransacked to ind q parallel 10 the pur-
chase OF the Philippines by victor, af-
ter his foe was at his feet. As to expan-
self, the question x no longer expansion.
but governmental policy. We have ex-
| panded. When a man buys farm. pays
for It, and gets the deed. he has ex-
panded. He may desire to sell. but un-
/ til he sells. he owns that land and he
will have to rent It, farm q or let Il
| ego to the dogs" This Is our condi-
ton at Manila. and the people are 20
decide what we are to do with the Phil
| ippines.
In the water surrounding the Philip
pines are other colonial possessionns as
follows: Formosa with a population OF
| 3.OO0.Ooe. lies north, 20 miles.
North Borneo CBritishl. southwest 50
miles. 300 square miles and l5o.OOo popu-
lation.
Borneo. GNetheriands) 100000 people
and 10000 square miles,
Cebbes. CNetherlands) T2o0o square
miles and 2.OOo.OO population. Java ST.
900 square miles and 100000 population.
New Guinea $4,000 square miles ana
10000 population. sumatra. 10000 square
miles and 100000 population To the
south. Australia (Britssh) with a.oO0,o0o
square miles and 100000 people.
In the Philippine waters. European
\ countries own an area Of land eQuai to
the United States. with a population Of
fifty millions. Our possessions In the Pa
cific waters are Hawaii. the Philippines.
| Sulus. Carollnes, Guam. n total area OF
one hundred and sixty thousand square
miles and a total population OF l0O0o.0OO.
II our possessions break the force of Eng
land. Holland and France. and neutra-
| Lies their governments and give US Q
standing. a 'say So in the East. Tor as
we say It. in the far Vest would Il not
be sacrificing common sense In govern
ment, to mawkish sentiment to Call 10
take advantage OF the situation. This Is
for the voter TO decide. To abandon
these possessions would be an act Of gov
ernmental ''hurakara" 60 prove % the
world that we were ready 20 sacrifice
for the sake Of a mere sentiment A
| sentiment inspired by an impulse. IN the
heat OF blood. without any elaboration
No foreign power would for a moment,
| consider such a sacrifice; the antagonis-
tic sentiment abroad n inspired by q
| knowledge that the United States IN the
Pacific means that all future proceedings
| in this water must have our consent:
hence the European anxiety is the senti-
ment Of Foreign powers. that the SOW
ereignty OF the United States IL a dIf-
ferent sovereignty than Spain 10 deal
with In those waters.
No American will admit that we will
not give the Philippines. as good. If not
| better, rule than the Spanish. II they
are fitted for seIf-government. they may
become a state. n not they Will not lose
anything by a change OF sovereignty.
The commerce Of che Philippines view
ed as a trade problem. the United States
have a new buyer. and new merchant.
In 1881 the Philippines imported from
| Spaln's merchandise 90 the value Of tll.-
0O0O00 and exported merchandise to the
| value OF Sis-0o0.eo0. In 1889. total exports
90. In 1881 total exports SO ooo Ooo
This was Spanish trade. In 1897 the
United States sent 10 the Philippines
merchandise 10 the amount Of tR4.00 and
purchased from them. merchandise 20 the
amount OF q. 5s4.000. This entire trade
should be ours and n we use sense. Il
will be ours. In the opinion OF the writer
the New England opposition Is not from
a humanitarian view: Exactly what mo-
tive Is responsible is hard to guess. II.
however. the Philippines we're tributary
TO Boston and the boot and shoe export
trade would be augmented. In the opin-
ion Of the writer. Boston would favor
immediate annexation.
The present administration was goaded
into this war. The Democratic party as
a unit ''hOWledr' for war. come for one
reason and some for another. The writer
favored II. The full consequences could
not be foreseen. but once undertaken.
there was no alternative but 70 push on
to the end.
The writer Is not an administration
man. but he IL an American. ane a be-
llever in Decaturs toast; My country.
may II ever be in the rigsyt but my coBn-
try. right or wrong a believer I'm the
| doctrine that when the people q the
| United States raise Up "a Goses "a lsHder
and executive for a deanste perf051 that
the people IN all things wherein our en-
non country Is concerned a. against
| foreign interference and msddIing. should
| Be the Aaron 70 uphold his habea
D.ssensions az home. paraiyEs a ma
| tons faculties more than an armed foe
I abroad Personally I an aware that I
| could run the thing letter. but I am
not called TO Do the running act and !
! conceive q my dusy 20 support the pre-
| ssnt Moses tn the Philippines question.
By every corsiSsrzfioo Of rational
honor, patriotic EnSsfves an6 prsas ws
| want the aAE 20 stay where our array
/ nay put 81. u1sn the people 90 THIS eosn-
try By : ma51rity VOTE say ~Pzll q