The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-27
THE PHILIPPINE WAR.
AN UNHOLY AND MOST UNPOPuLA AR
ONE.
Signs of Dissatisfaction Daily Becom-
ing Tore Pronounced Throughout
the Country-SupposeW We Conquer
the Filipinos, at Fearful Cost in
American Lives and Money, What
Have We Gained?
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Islands for doing that which our fore
fathers did in 1916. and for which we
have sympathized by turns with
South Americans, with Greeks, with
Poles, with Hungarians. are daily be-
coming more wildly manifest. 1t is
a significant fact that all the volun-
teer regiments serving in the Philip
pines. with the exception of Ten
nessee and Pennsylvania. are from
far Western States - from Wash
inyton, Oregon, Wyoming. Idaho.
Montana. North and South Dakota,
California, Utah. Nebraska and Kan
sas- Yet it is precisely i'll these
States thai the 81 gns If increasing
i-satistactiDn with the conduct and
pr"longa'i"n uf the war are begin
ninG t" appear most pr ,noanced.
NeaTl y all Of these Western regiments
have seen longer and harder service
already than fell to the lot Of any Of
the volunteer regi imtnts that wer.
sent 10 Cuba or Porto Rico. They
nave earned. nanv of them, reputa
tlon Tor gal!antry equal to that of the
flower Of the regular army. But not
ever the glamor Of Victory has blind
ed their eyes. OF those of their friends
and relatives ut home, with whom
they correspond. to tbs repulsiye and
thankless nature If the task In which
they are engaged.
Letters from private soldiers serv-
ing III regiments from the Pacific
coast. strongly corroborative of this
fact. have been communicated to and
from time have appeared in the col
uruns Of the Sun. In a recent num-
ber Of the NewEngland Honeytead
Nj. Herbert Myrick, the well-known
writer on agricultural topics, gives
the result OF hi. personal obserya-
tions on a Journey he has just made
OF ten thousand miles through twenty
seven States. He writes: The un-
popularity OF the war in the Philip
pines increases in the West with each
Western boy who is killed or wound
ed in the attempt to conquer people
who are fighting for the American
! principle OF independence. This feel
! ing is intensified with each mail from
/ Manila, bringing as it does a mass of
confidential information that empha-
sizes the complexities brought Oh by
the un-American policy OF subj uga-
ton. This seriously illuminating
CORES pondence is never printed, but
| it is having none the less powerful
influence upon public opinion, e.pec-
tally in the Pacific coast States"
| a Republican paper, the World,
published in Lawrence, Kansas. re-
! ferring to the killing Of one citizen of
j that place and the serious wounding
! of another. in the Kansas regiment
which has particularly distinguished
itself in the Philippines, says: Again
! the horrors OF war have been brought
home to our people. Are the possi-
/ blities worth the cost? The people
Of Lawrence as one man would an
swer that they are not. This sense
less war with the Philippine Islands
is doing damage to the homes and
hearts of our people, and yet there is
no good end in prospect. Suppose
we subdue them. which we certainly
will do in time, what have we then
A lot OF nsurrectionary savages on
our hands" From the Kansas City
Times we quote editorially as follows
Five more Kansas boys were offered
up on the altar Of expansion on Sun
dav and eleven kansans were among
the wounded at Malabon. Thi:
makes twenty-eight dead and upward
Of sixty wounded in the Kansas regi.
ment in Luzon. a record that bring;
the issue close to home. Are the
island. worth it2 Twenty-eight Kan
sas mothers, their gray heads bowed
in grief. are not alone in believing
not. The relatives and friends o
every Kansas boy pierced by an in
surgent bullet are not the only ones
who believe not. Every Kansas boz
killed at Manila means five hundred
votes against impel ialism. and fiv'
hundred votes in favor Of the rugge,
American Democracy OF jefferson ant
Jackson.
II Colonel Funston and the brav;
bows of the Twentieth Kansas hav'
been among the heroes Of the war
the men of Nebraska have not beer
far behind them. and is was natura
that the Legislature OF that Stat
Il
First Nebraska regiment for its gal
lantrv. That resolution the Governo
of the State has just vetoed, and hi
veto has been sustained by the House
the more numerous and popula
branch OF the Legislature. not be
cause either the Governor or thos
who voted to sustain the veto did no
wish to do honor to the brave son
Of their State, but because Of tn
wording of the resolution. The resC
luton read in part as follows: Tina
we acknowledge with gratitude an
/ ioy the debt which the State owe
! them by reason Of the honor conierre
upon it By their yalor while defend
\ | ing in the Philippines the principle
| Of our government and adding ne
/ glory to our flag. The Governor /
his veto message said: Il cannC
stultify myself and the calm JUDI
ment Of the thinking people Of thi
Commonwealth by giving official al
! proyal 10 the strtement that the va
Of conquest now carried on in tn
Philippines is in defense Of the prir
ciples of our government and is al
ding new glory to our flag.
In letter just published, addres
= ed to a number Of prominent citizen
. of Boston. commencing the a'situd
] Senator Hoar in Congress upon tn
Philippine question. and inviting hi
; TO address them upon future da.
the Massachusetts Senator write
e Undoubtedly there should be, an
= there will be. many public meeting
e the country over to protest again