The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-10

Il wv MINDS W EMO&HAIS.
While some noisy Democratic leaders
like Mr.. Bryan. who would much rather be
President than right. are trying to COM
nit the party to the policy of opposing the
| of the more intelligent ones are outspoken
in favor of supporting IT, Whether the lat
| ter are actuated by motives of patriotism
or of mere politics they are much wiser
| than the Bryanites Looking at the matter
broadly. 1t is the duty of every American.
| irrespective Of party. to stand by the gov
| eminent on a question of foreign policy in
volving the honor OF the flag. When some
person interrupted Governor Roosevelt dur
| ing one of his speeches recently with the
question, Are you In favor of holding the
| Philippines?' he retorted quick as fash,
| "Are you in favor Of Withdrawing the flag
before armed enemies?" That puts the
case In a nutshell. To oppose the suppress
| sion Of the instruction in the Philippines
| Is to advocate dragging the flag In the dust.
No American should be willing to occupy
does can win. 1t is bad politics as well as
bad patriotism. The Bryanites are very
! shortsighted in opposing the prosecution of
| a war which will be brought to success
| full conclusion before another general cleo
| ton. If there were the slightest prospect or
| reason to believe that the American cause
| In the Philippines would fail there might be
some political sense in opposing 1t, but there
| is no such prospect. The Bryanites and lit
4 Ia n lie
| take than the Democratic party did in 1864
when it declared the war for the suppress
| sion of the rebellion failure and demanded
| a cessation of hostilities. Things did look
somewhat dark at that time, and as the
war was sure to last beyond another gen.
eral election the peace Democrats might
| have hoped to win on an anti-war platform.
OF course they were badly mistaken, as an
American peace party in time of war always
| is but they were not as stupidity foolish
| as the Democrats of to-day who are de-
| claring against the prosecution of war the
/ end of which is already in sight and which
is sure to be brought to a successful con-
cluson before another election. BY this
| time next year the question of suppressing
the instruction I'm the Philippines will have
been settled, and those who are now so
determined to get on the wrong side of it
| will be trying to get rid of their records It
took the Democratic party long time to
! get over its anti-war record of 1s61-65-in
! fact, Ii never has.
| 1t is but fair to say that a great many
patriotic Democrats have no sympathy with
| the Bryan faction on this question. Thou
| sands of Democrats refused to vote with
their party on the peace platform of 1864 and
| other thousands will refuse to join in de-
mand for hauling down the flag in the Phil
| ippines. Such Democrats as Hon. w. f.
English. of this city. ex-Mayor Matthews.
of Boston. st. Clair McKelway. editor of
| the Brooklyn Eagle, Henry WattersOn of
| the Louisville Courier-Journal, Colonel
DENLY, of the United States Philippine COM
mission. Hon. John Barrett. formerly United
| States minister TO Siam and thousands of
others in all parts of the country will re-
| fuse to follow Mr.. Bryan i'm his opposition
to the government and the flag Captain
English in Fourth of July address in this
city said:
To-day there is but one duty before us in
| that relation, and that is to manfully sup
port the President of the United States in
his patriotic efforts to put down rebellion
| and enforce respect for the American flag
| and enforce obedience 10 the commands of
the American Nation through her regular
| ly accredited representatives For myself. /
| do not hesitate to say that / have SYM
| pathy with the Boston conspirators of the
Atkinson ilk and their followers. who are
the rear while their savage enemies are fir
| ing upon them in the front
Mr.. McKelway. in address delivered on
the same day, closed a review of the WI
and of the situation in the Philippines by
| saying:
| ing King Georges work and that Aguinaldo
| Is doing Washingtons work: that our gov
eminent Is tyrant and our soldiers are in
cendiaries and murderers and butchers. for
| saving their lives and the property and the
nag or our Nation from barbarous, treach-
srous and murderous enemies-to read or to
hear these things strains patience and kim
dies retaliation s\s Events have cast
our troops. our ships and our flag where
1 nag and ships and troops signify for those
| there exactly what they signify to us here
regulated liberty. equal law and safety
dition of all other good possible in heaven
or on earth. Expansion is destiny
Destiny is duty. Duty is as inexorable in
It's demands as it is melting in it's calls and
rewarding In it's results And duty and des-
| tiny alike comprise the purpose of Jehoyah
| world.
Ex-Mayor Matthews. in a patriotic adj
dress at Boston. said:
The American people never yet have
| failed on great occasions. They will not
| now They will not permit the foreign poll
cy or the country to be determined by con-
| sideratfonS based selfishness or fear
They will not shirk the duties nor lose the
opportunities which Providence has placed
before them. They will cross the Pacific.
| when there, may they act so wisely and
SO Justly by all the great interests COM
mitted TO their care that in after ages the
chief anniversaries TO be celebrated by the
regenerated and grateful populations OF
| Oceanica and China will be those of the hat
\ tie or Manila and the Fourth of July
Gallant old General Wheeler, who helped
to drive the Spaniards out of Cuba and who
Is about to start for the Philippines to as
sist In upholding the flag there, says: IT
am glad to be able to lend my aid to the
government at this time. when it is I'm need
of support" These expressions voice the
sentiments of a host of Democrats who
place country above party and patriotism
above politics When 1t comes to a show of