The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-16
EIoar and Mckinley.


ing behind q subterfuge, he
has come around at last to
acceptance of the presidents
Philippine policy. Speaking at Worces-
ter last week, he pledged his loyal sup
port" and hearty approval" to the
doings and platform of the recent Mas
sachusetts Republican convention, thus
indorsing the following plank in that
platform:
Under the treaty with Spain, the law
of nations put upon the United states
the responsibility for peace and security
of life and property, the well-being, ana
the future government of the Phiipplne
Islands; accepting this responsibility 1t
is our profound trust that the present
hostilities can be brought to an early ter
mination, and that congress, guided by a
wise and patriotic administration, will
establish and maintain in those islands,
hitherto the home Of tyrants, "A govern
ment as free, as liberal, and as progress
sive as our own, in accordance with the
sacred principles of liberty and self-gov-
ernment upon which the American repub-
lie so securely rests"
This plank expresses fully the policy
and purpose of the president and the
Republican party, otherwise set forth
in President McKinley's Minneapolis
speech in these words: "The future OF
these new possessions is in the keep
ing of congress and congress is the
servant of the people, That they VIII
be retained under the benign SOW
ereignty of the United States, I do
not permit myself to doubt. That
they will prove a rich and invaluable
heritage, l feel assured. That con-
gress will provide for them a govern
ment which will bring them blessings,
which will promote their material in
terests, as well as advance the people
in the path of civilization and intelli-
gence, confidently believe. They will
not be governed as vassals or serfs
or slaves-they will be given gov
| ernment of liberty, regulated by law,
| honestly administered without oppres-
sion taxation without tyranny, justice
without bribe, education without dis
| tinction of social conditions, freedom
of religious worship and protection in
life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap
piness."
Substantially the same sentiment APP
peared in the eloquent address of Bos-
tons Democratic Mayor quincy on
Saturday in welcome to Admiral
Dewey on an occasion pronounced by
Dewey the grandest ovation that liv-
ing man has ever seen. Mayor Quin-
cy, addressing the admiral, said:
"Our people love you as an example ot
great devotion to high duty; they be
lieve that as that has been your guiding
star in the past, so it will be in the fu
ture; that whatever may be the work t.
which you are called, whether in war q
i'm peace, whether naval or civil, you will
not be found unmindful of any obliga
tions which the confidence reposed in yol
! by your fellow countrymen may still la,
upon you. prolonged cheers. In ou
national perpleXity arising out of III
strange and trying situation which con
fronts us in the Philippines, we turl
to you, who know the conditions S
well, for counsel, for guidance and TO
| further service. Your fame was won a
Manila and there it should be secure
and perpetuated. The work which you
fleet began was work of liberation, no
of conquest, of civilization, not of en-
slavement. However dark may be tn
present situation in those now distract
ed islands i'm the eastern seas, the tru
intentions of the American people mus
in the end, make themselves felt and rec
Ognzed alike at Washington and /
LuZon; when peace is restored, when tn
wise and statesmanlike counScls so assC
ciated with your own name again asset
themselves, we may be sure that the Fill
| pinos, who accepted you as their frien
and have never learned TO regard you 6
| an enemy, will be given the fullest Ill
erty which they are capable of enjOyin
When that happy time shall come, whe
: | the American flag shall mean in tho.
! | islands as ii does at home, peace, orde
, | education, prosperity, then will be rea
ized the promise of greater security al
larger liberty which the report of yol
? | guns carried that morning to the liste
. ing ears of oppressed millions. Then W
come the time when the statue of Geors
Dewey shall be erected in the chi
square of Manila and when the nativ
themselves shall write beneath his nan
p the single word, the proudest title tn
can be borne by mortal man, Liber
tor
r According TO the Scranton Time
4 both Mayor quincy and Admiral Dewe
u who applauded him, must be among Il
q 'sanctimonious old hypocrites who pr
tend to see the hand of Goo in Il
c steal"