Arizona republican., 1899-09-06
MEANS WHATH HESAYS
Mckinley in Earnest Regard
 ing Philippines Policy
Outlined in Ills PIifsbura Speech. Supported by Sentiment Of inc
 Country - Aggressive Fight to Be r1ade on Anti-ExpanSiOniSfS

| Kinley evidently means that the
 course of his administrator shall be
 an aggressive one. judge he doss not
 believe that reply is necessary to
 every criticism or attack that may be
 made upon his Philippine policy, but
 rather that the people who for politi-
 cal or other reasons are antagOnizing
 that policy should be on the defensive ! in explaining ileir course. While
 his pGlSlic utterarces are 70 be
 looked to as the guide to his
 opinions and his purposes, it is possi-
 ble to supplement this utterance by
 the personal impressions gathered dur ing half an hours talk without violat- ing the proprieties.
 The. president does not seek to con-
 ceal his satisfaction aC the raCblic re
 spcnse to his speech to the Tenth
 Pennsylvania regiment in Pittsburg
 the other day. He had foreshadowed
 it briefly at .Plattsburg and at Long
 Branch, and had received evidences
 that those brief addresses were touch
 ing the popular chord. It would not
 be saying too much to state that the
 president has been sensitive to the
 criticism to which he has been sub
 jected during the last few months for
 indefiniteness in his Philippine policy,
 when all the time the acts of the ad-
 ministratiCn, to his mind, were 8 sufficient indication of the determina- a1I- <1f ernment to establish the supremacy of the American authority first and settle collateral questions afterward.
 Believing that acting was more inn portant than talking, he was content
 to go forward and wait for the occsi sion for speaking without seeking to force it. The opportunity came when the Pennsylvania volunteers raturned to the United States, and then the president spoke.
 Months ago he had given conditional promises of taking part in the welcome of the troops returning to Minnesota and other states, but he will be un able to fulfill his intention in that re- spect. So the president spoke through 1 the Pennsylvania volunteers to inc volunteers from all the states and to i the whole country. The Pittsburg ad- | dress was his message to the Ameri- | can people Probably he will make no | further declaration of policy until his | goes to congress. Officially | and through the war department. he had been acting that speech for sev- eral months
 He is satisfied that the country now his Philippine policy and will support it. infer that cam Daign Of education regarding the in- 1ustrial and commercial resources of he islands is to follow, with view 10 demonstrating the value of these possessions of the United States to the lar east. The main point, however, is hat the national administration will lenceforth take aggressive measures n carrying out the presidents policy, md that every challenge of the oppo- ition will be met. No party issue is considered involved, but the Mckinley administration will stand for the com l if American authority in the Philip ines, and to that extent for expan- ion.
 Those who support it will not be miss in describing themselves as eX ansionists. The opponents of the { residents policy who have raised the uestion in the various state cam aigns will be met on their own round. The administration is willing hat the issue of the Philippines shall e put as a vote of confidence ill the administration by the various states mich hold elections in November. Il Ohio where party oap1tal is l ought by the democrats and where ( resident Mckinley has a special in E crest in the result, instead of attack I lg, the democrats will be attacked in \ le position they have taken. Recent I 7 the president was in consultation q ith George K. Nash, the republican i lndidate for governor, and Represent T. i've Dick, the chairman of the state lecutive committee. He gave them q. any suggestions and his advice of an /. ygressiVe campaign will undoubtedly ? followed.
 While the Philippine policy has been early indicated and while the presi- ent's Pittsburg speech will be the text 'ok, I infer that there is a definite v lrpose to keep clear of all entangling - dances. The Philippine question is ? le solely for the United States, be- s use the responsibility devolved sole
 upon the United States. To the sug- .stion that an effort is making to lr up the Germans against the ad R inistration because of the lack of al- u noes, the president invariably asks. G