Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-02-02

Newt Dsplorss The Fact nat the
WhOls Country Is In a stHss Of
Irrstrisyabls Rain.

C~qrSpcn8ence q TIE L.sEk.
MEXICO, No, Feb. History Il
accommodating rapidly. Vague appre-
tensions Of the future an the breast
Of every patriot II Is the duty Of
every citizen p7ssessed OF an honest
couviction on any question Of public
70 cry aloud and spare not.
In the race for greed men stand and
view with indiffersucs the vortex
that whirls their nsiRhDors and
friends 10 irretrievable ruin
forgetting that the same forces will
return greatly augmented In due
season TO yisit upoa them and their
children the same dire cAlamiEiss.
Omens Of disaster INT 60 rapidly here
and there, fraud and corruption stalk
60 dehAntly abroad in the land, dere-
lictiOn, Incompetence and Indifference
IL 90 common in high places, that our
n8fion stands awe-stricken. For the
time IL seems, justice stands par
alyzed. ApAnie has seized tbs masses
and they join in the mad rush for
spofls. Men OF courage and con-
viction are overwhelmed and few can
be heard above the din and roar Of
the scramble. The people are con-
fused, and, Il st times q sense Of duty
would move them, they know not
which way to turn. Whom can they
trustg II they look q way, IL is the
cry Of thief, rObber, bossismi II they
look IN Q different direction, II ID the
same cry. Our Congress, legislatures
and courts are constantly investigat-
ing the records and acts OF those
under their several jurisdictions, but
the people have little faith In such in
vestigations; such methods have be-
come farcicAL TIE very men to be
investigated help to make the com
mittees Of investigation; witnesses
are bought up or put out of the way;
books are hidden or destroyed; wit
Desses refuse to answer; trivial ques-
tons are carried to the higher courts
and delayed until the work fails
through sheer exhaustion. There is
not q single great city in the United
States whose government is not
n~otoriously rotten from top to bot
tom, and known TO be 90; yet the
remedy IL not At hand. The military
departments of every great nation
on earth are reeking with corruption.
Reflections on thess conditions impel
me to contribute my mite toward
staying the red hand Of tyranny and
communism.
TIKI ADMINISTRATION Foley.
To-day everything would be quiet
and satisfactory in the Far East IL
Mckinley had any noble, weI-defined
purpose for the settlement OF the
Philippines question. Ten millions Of
People-inhsbitiBg q rich bat OPP
pressed land, fighting for years for
that priceless gem, liberty, c-o1secrat-
ing their cause by the blood Of thous-
ands, many treacberously betrayed
and tortured and slain-havs humbly
asked the privilege Of kissing the
hand that interviewed to stop the
work Of the eruel-bearted Spanisrds.
For months they have been held in
suspense. They have vainly pleaded
to know q representation 10
free or enslave them They are treat
ed as enemies without any rights in
their W country. They had control
Of four hfths Of their country before
Dewey sailed into Manila Bay; they
had municipal governments and al
system Of general government, which,
Of course, could not be perfect under
the conditions What kind Of a gov
eminent did our Revolutionary Faith
ere have in 1777-sf Ours could not be
considered very stable when one
week IT was found at Philadelphia,
the next week at Lansing and the
next at York, Reading or somewhere
else. These people have enlightened
representatives who are appealing to
Us to give them q generous solution of
the question. Our people are crying
out for justice for the FiliPtros. The
Democratic party lie asking for 1t,
many leading Republicans are desert
ing the corrupt Ship of State and
lending their powers for the right;
yet, with logged perseverance,, Nc
Kinley lie rushing to his doom. What
is the impeLling force? Watch closely
and yon viii coon discover. soulIess
and selfish interests are debating his
course Watch, on ye partisani Be-
hind all is a desp-laid scheme Of i'm
P~erialism and military aggrandize-
ment founded upon m~onarchciAl prin-
ciples.
In the ordinary Newspaper Aguinal-
do and bis representative in this c0un-
try, Agoncillo, held mp to ridicule.
What Arc the facts? They are both
statesmen. Every man who has read
and studied the papers presented BY
Agoncillo to our government viii tell
you that they embody the l~oftiest
and noblest principles of rrue states
manship. And yet Mckinley refuses
to have anything to do with him or
his government until they shall dis
band all their armies, crawl into their
holes and keep still, allowing an
archy to lay waste their lands, until
The spirit move our would.be Dicta-
Tor TO zeal their fate by word or act