Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-25

.uuU fryturn approve Of this permanent
holding IN the orient Lot him not pin
his faith too securely to ;ae sordid
interests which ciamor 20 loudly In his
hearing. II be- will but quiet the noisy
thtOng which surrounds him long
enough to put his ear 10 the ground
and listen. he viii distinguish the pre-
monitions ~ the coming storm. DE- VIII
hear the steady tread. not ot the 100000
men whom h. demands for a crusade
against liberty. but Of u mighty army
of free people who are beginning 70
move In defense Of their cherished ira
ditions aud their violated honor.
DEwEYs IMPORTANTLY.
I'VE have been told. further. that
the President yielded ~ his tirst blush
Impressions ~ the Importantly Of Ad-
mirai Dewey. VINO urged that the phil-
iprlucu should be- retained. SIR. chair
man. the chief executive cannot
screen himself behind tho gold lace 81
tho hero uf Manila. 80 one can honor
more profoundly than I do the officers
~ our regular army aud navy. hut
their predictions are naturally for
arms. They have imbihcd. OF course,
the prciudicss and the preferences OF
their calling We cannot blame them
Tor desiring to magnify the sic and
Importance ~ the army and navy, Tor
advocating cNp1nai0n ana taking ON Of
colonial policy
Again. we have boon assured that
the demand Of our peace commission
ers NJ Paris 60 hold the Philippines II
what induced the President to yield.
So Ear aH one % the commissioners "
concerned. we know that this " false.
iiut even n this statement were true.
the constitutional power &C. negotiate q
TREATY was his. not the commissioners.
Thcy were simply his instruments, app
a q. H. al M 10
Chairman. this plea. like all the others.
will not avail Tho truth h. that these
commissioners rot thuir Inspiration
and thler instructions from the white
House. Those Instructions once
changed. the action Of the commits.
wrong swus with the chief executive,
He and he alone " ruHpOuaiblc.
PULL OF THE CAPITALIST.
'Mr Chairman. In my humble opln-
ion. the reason Tot the change In the
presidential policy war hir concession
to the selfish capitalists 81 the country.
his surrender o. their demands These
arc the gentlemen who furnished the
money Tor fia nomination and election
ana who. I doubt not. nave pledged
him "a denomination ana reelection.
These nrc the gentlemen who are al
ready SELLING uflun valuable franchises
IN china, In connection with the Eng
lish ayndlcntcH with a member 81 Par.
llnmout from wales At It's head. These
are the gentlemen whom Lord Heres.
ford has In mind In his cordial. hut
not wholly diHlntcrested. invitation to
an alliance In china with Great nfi.
tain. Germany and Japan. against
Russia and France. the old-time cns-
niles ~ his country, and the old-time
friends " ourr. These az" the gentle.
~.
special privileges In the Philippines. In
cuba and In Porto Rico.
III wan, I Imagine, for their especial
benefit that the PRECEDENT created his
advisory board 10 the war department
comrogcd of three american citizens
tl'.sir object being 10 farm out valuable
privileges and immuniiieH which be-.
long 10 the people 81 those Islands
Themselves and In whose disposition
they should have voice. II their gov.
eminent " to BE- free aud their rights
maintained. I have no fault 60 mud
with the spirit ~ legitimate American
commerce Ny contention ~ against
the spirit Of American greed. which
cares nothing for the spirit of Amcri-
can liberty
SOME OF THEIR SCHEMES.
And what do these gentlemen pro-
poHcf To Imuss colossal fortunes Ia
the islands by virtue OF their fran
ehisca ana upon the cheap labor OF the
native population. not one dollar Of
which VIII ever ma IT. lodging-plncc
Ia the pockets Of the American people.
TO enable them 60 do this our
whole population u Co purchase their
hcld operations Tor them IN the Philip
pines Tor the ransom ~ $50, OO0, 600 and
h 10 be taxed intcrminabiy and cx-
cesslNcly IN the creation and maintcn-
unce nf a great army and navy which
iH 10 conquer and hold THE Fillpinoa Ia
subsection ana defend the islands after
they have been extensively fortified
against the assaults Uf the great Euro.
pcan nations, with which our new for
vlgn policy VIII be- certain 10 bring Us
Into frequent contention.
What else N upon the program OF
these gentlemen The open door In
the Philippines, making II totally i'm.
POI iblc forever To discriminate IN tar.
~ duties there In favor OF the products
OF the American farm and the Amerl-
can shop.
what Is the other sacrifice that Is
requlredl That the annexation OF
cuba. Porto Rico ana the Philippines.
absolutely sure TO come AZ an early
day, Tor they have registered IL Ia
their vows, shall proclpltatc tho sugar,
tobacco, hemp and other cheap pro.
duets 81 these Islands and Hawaii upon
the American market In free and unre.
atflctcd competition with the agrlcul-
tural and laboring elements OF our
country.
This policy. sir. would have been
FREQ trade In william Jennings Bryan.
What II IL In William Mckinney"
The House had been keyed to a high
hitch OF excitement during Mr.. John
sons speech. but there had been no In.
terruptions.
SETTLE MAKES a SPEECH.
Mr.. Settle dem. K) followed Mr..
Johnson with a speech against impc-
rlnliHm, tho eloquence OF which az.
tracted attention, SiN months ago, he
said, no one could have made him be,
llevo he could ever have been brought
20 vote Tor $4,000 900 Indemnity To
Spain, Yet the change OF conditions
had rendered IL incumbent that he
should vote for IL, Just as II was nec-
csFary that he should vote for the
pending bill. The government ocou-
pied certain attitude before the
world, He would stand by Il, right or
wrong.
hut his action In support OF the gov.
oiinlcnt did not moan that he gave his
assent 10 the administrations policy OF
imperialism. lie urgued that We rec-
ognlzed the Fillpinos as beligerenta
against Spain and were not morally
stopped from seeking 10 place them
under our dominion. We occupy the
cruel, heartless position 81 accepting
the island Of those natives and from
the hour of victory leaving him In
the lurch We must either turn the
FillplnoH loose or aubjugate them.
In conclusion, he charged that dc.