Arizona republican., 1899-12-06
PHGNIx, DECEMBER 6. 1889.

We present elsewhere in this number of The Republican a comprehensive
 synopsis of the presi-
 A dents message. deliv-
 STRONG cred yesterday to the
 MESSAGE. congress. It is the kind
 of message the public was prepared for-concise, business like, abounding in wise suggestions. Every friend of the gold standard will agree with the president that the cur rency laws should be so changed that the endless chain by which the gold re- serve may be depleted should be done away with. Greenbacks once redeemed should not be permitted to stand as a menace to the gold reserve. The bill proposed by the republican joint con- gressional committee recognizes this fact in the provision that notes and cer- tificates exchanged at the treasury for gold shall be held as a part of the re- serve and shall not be withdrawn therefrom or disbursed except in ex change for an equivalent amount of the coin in which they were redeemed.
 The presidents recommendation that national banks be authorized to organ ize with a capital of s25,OOO ought to appeal to the people of the west, where capital is urgently needed.
 There can be no doubt as to the pres ident's attitude toward the Philip pines. No language could be plainer or breathe more patriotic fervor than that which he employs to emphasize his conviction that the insurrection must be put down and the islands maintained as the property of the United States. Ut is not to be conceived" he declares, that any American would have sane toned the surrender of Manila to the insurgents" What a wholesome re- buke to the Atkinsons and Roars and Schurzs and the rest of the little Americans. in the above declaration, and also in the following: '"The islands lie under the shelter of our flag; they are ours by every title of law and equity; they cannot be abandoned: if we desert them We leave them at once to anarchy and barbarism. The sug- gestion to renounce our authority over them is not worthy of serious attention. When peace shall be restored it will be the duty of congress to construct a plan of government which shall estab- fish and maintain freedom, order and peace In the Philippines"
 There you have it. The Philippines must be retained. Our authority there, legalized by treaty with Spain, must be paramount. No sentiment born of weak spines and general namby-pam- byism will be permitted to stand in the way of the thorough enjoyment by the United States of the magnificent em- pire in the orient purchased from Spain and now being cleared of rebels and anarchists. There isn't the slightest doubt that the congress will endorse the views Of the president re- garding the Philippines, and make wise provision for the future government of the islands. Every person on the Pacific slope ought to feel grateful to the president for his stand on this question-if not through motives of pa triotism, then through purely selfish ones. for the expansion of the United States in the Pacific means increased prosperity in all the coast regions.
 What the president says about Cuba and Porto Rico and Hawaii is timely and will be favorably considered by the congress. Mir. Mckinley has pro- duced strong message and it will ap- peal to the good sense and patriotism of the country.