The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
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tuOuSu last week WdOiiuoy "CCN
and most Of the natio legislators
mad gone home to SD the week
with their families, re was much
of interest transng at the
national capitol. TtPresident on
his return from hisOuthern trip
found plenty Of w cut out for
him. While he wasay preaching
harmony and tryiny 10 get popular
approval. The mems of his party
were mixing things in Washing
ton, and Secretar3liss was bolt.
ing from the cabin
The retirement Secretary Bliss
causes the fifth bT in the Presi-
dents council sinche beginning Of
the present adhistration. Of
course, SecretarPliss is retiring
for personal anrivate reasons
We all understarthat. And the
Republican pres loudly disclaims
any friction or sension in party
ranks as a CAV for retirement.
They protest a tile too much for
anybody to belle that everything
is harmonious. Nell, the president
has got a new s~retary of the In
terror and he ifs bett-r. The new
man also come n f, r''personal and
private , ID" which we are
going to eXpla. He won't have
any record toke down. Then too,
no politician any prominence on
the Republlca side vans to spoil
his future bytiug Unidentified with
the things tn are going to happen
to the preSei cabinet in the next
year. There re only four of the
original CADET left, Secretaries
Gage, Alger4 long and Wilson.
Our t. ~rririal possessions are
not yieldingp such a lot of rev.
enue, are ,B? The first official
report Of the eceipts from customs
duties at Mila, gives the total
from the til we took possession
until Nov. J as 1915, 595. The
report state that we arn't getting
any revenue from any place in the
Philippines except Manila. But
1915, 595 puldntt pay for the
shoulder SIPS Of the troops we will
have TO ser there if we own all of
the islands Yet the Republicans
are %pretening that we want all the
Philippine , We may get them,
but We'll ish we hadn't when we
see the it years budget Of expen-
ses.
The Rpublicans grudginyly ad,
nit thaBryan did much during his
Washing on visit to harmonic the
Democrtic feeling. But they de.
liberatg misquote his attitude on
the quStion of the Philippines and
then ~ so sorry "that he has es.
trangd himself from the Democrat.
ic paty.'
Bran only proposes for the Phil.
ippies, what it is understood we
are going to do for Cupa; that is
proect the native people in thei,
effrts to form an independent gov
eminent. He gave this as his per
sqal opinion and didn't ask any
bdy to take it as on official declar
aion of Democratic policy.
Just the same, prominent Demo
rats are much pleased with hi!
,osition ana consider his logic sound
He has put the situation in a nut
'he|l. A small proportion of thu
7ilipinos are semi-civifized. The.
IAN probably manage all the prim
tive government they need, j
hey are protected by US from thu
onslaught of rapacious foreigl
powers. This is too simple ant
1one st a solution Of the problem 70
he Republicans. They pretend t.
to be so sorry that Bryan ha
misunderstood the sentiment of tn
and the feeling OF his owI
When the Republicans TAX
commiseration tone abou
Bryan, we know perfectly we'll tia
they are winching under the know
ledge that he has pricked the'
bubble of expansion an
imperialism and annexation. Th
Democratic leaders think he sal
the right thing at the right time.
While we are about it, let's VI
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