Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-08-02
THE EXAMINER,
MoIatpelier. idaho.
Montpelier, Idaho. August ., 1899.
4 PRESEPPOSER.

Under the heaG Of Impossible" !
the Salt Lake Tribune puts out
following;
Mr. Bryan is reported to have said
ia Chicago: 'The Fillipinos should not
only'b given independence, but pro
tected;from outside interference while
they work out their destiny
Surelytthat must have been remark
without a thought on his part. Sup
pose it were to be tried, and the brown
men should decide to coriiscate the
property of the Spanish and Chinese in
the,islands, what then? Suppose they
should determine to make treaties with
foreign nations, treaties favorable say
to Spain and Prahce, but rot at all
favorable to Great Britain and the
United States, would Mr.. Bryan expect
our country to keep peace there us
against the luarrels of outsiders? Sup
pose they should establish church and
forbid worship of any other kind in the
islandsl
Again, suppose sfter forming a crazy
government they should decide that
they did not desireathe presence of the
United States soldiers or ships, what
then? Under such an arrangement
what would be the status of our people
and our authority'in the Islands? We
would have no respect from the Fill
pinos and none from foreign powers.
When there is talk about 2 people es
tablishing an Independent state, it is
presupposed that they are capable to
form and conduct government. All
the evidence from the Philippines goes
to establish that they have not that in
telligence Hence, the very basis Of Mr..
Bryan's idea falls to the ground, and
WAIST he proposes is chimeEical.
This is a sample of the Tribune's
Argument. 1t "presupposes" that
the Filipinos are not capable Of
self government, and yet it is said
tthate6 per cent Of them can read
and write. They at least are as
capable of SELF government as the
Haytians, and these latter have a
government that even the United
States might get a few pointere
from, as for instance, their income
tax law, their governmental con
troll Of public utilities, etc.
But this isn't what 4ye started
out to comment on. The Trib-saYs
that suppose" the brown men
should decide to confscate Spanish
and Chinese property? Well, they
might, and yet not do any more
than more enlightened nations
have done. But why should they
Undoubtedly they would welcome
allkinds of business to the Islands
and give one classaas good chanc,
as another.
Again it 'supposes" that thu
Filipinos might make treaties t.
: the detriment of the United States
Well, they might, but if the mer
chants and manufacturers Of thi'
country could show where they
hal better inducements to offe
than anyone,else, it's idle to pre-
sumo that the "brown men" woulC
not take advantage Of it.
Again it "supposes" that th
Filipinos might not desire tn
presence ofiU. S. troops and SHIPS
and would order them away. /
they did order them away ltha
wouldn't keep Uncle Sam from
doing what Mr. Bryansays he ough
to, "protect them from the out
/, side" etc. He does the same thin
for all the South American coun-
tries, and yet he doesn't have +
have ships and men down there t
do it. His worlds enough.
"Our status" would be to keeI
our nose out Of the mess as n.ucl
as possible, and let the Filipino
alone in their glory. The Unite'
States isn't, or ought not be, NTH
business of subjugating people 70
the manillarrope trust, the .suga
trust, and other gigantic CORPORA
tions, they being tie only peopl
who can do business there, at tn
expense of thousands of America
lives and hundreds of millions {
the peoples good money.
Anyway give them trial, an
we viii suppose" they succeed i
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