Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-21
CONGRESS MUST SAY.

AZ Two different occasions President
Mckinley h1B definitely stated thr pol.
lry thD government To- now following oul
il tho Philippine. AZ Ocean Grove
~. ). az q Methodist camp meeting D.,
said Coz part.
peace nHU thon. with charity f5r
nllt establish ~ government OF law and
ORDER protecting life. property. and
occupation, Tor the wcli-bclug NJ the
people, o. government ln which thoy
SHAH participate under tho Stars and
stripes"
a. piitahurr speaking 20 returning
P,unaylyunil volunteers. he said!
"The first blow was struck by tho lu.
HurEontH our kindness wlB ryUiuru.
Gated with cruelty our mercy with "a
MsuHor The nuE NJ truce was Invoked
only 60 he dlHhouorrI our soldiers
were shot down when minlHtofing 90 tho
wounded rluplnos our humanity was
Interpreted uH weakness. our furbotra
HupU HH tuWHfdiCt. They uHalllpd our
sovereignty and ihnrs win Doc mo- useless
rufl0y pause until the luHurruCti1u
o. suppressed ana American author
lty Acknowledged ana established
'lpuCO BROUGHT uH The Philippines. hy
treaty DnHHlur from Spain The Senate
~ the United States rItInrl tho treaty.
Every rtrp tHkUu was lu obedience Co
thU requirements ri tho Constitution. 10
became our territory and is ours. as
much n7 The louisiana purchase, or
TOHus, or Alaska
in thus stating tho determination Of
the government that peace must Hrst be-
established iu tho Philippines. the
pretty general sentiment OF the Amcr.
can people il expressed. n la UNDER
stood that tho war with spain madr Il
necessary 10 destroy tho spanish Pa
clnc squadron. which might have mon-
acod our western coast. But the doa-
tfuctlon Of that part m the enomy'a
sea powor forced upon the United
States the responsibility Tor tho muin-
tonance Of peace and order In the f1r-
mcr spanish Islands. II gave foreign
nations a r.ght 10 look to tho United
States for the protection Of thDlr aub-
jrcts ana interests there, and unlosa
our government had assumed that roe
rponsibIlliy other powers would not
have been backward 10 step In and nll
the vacancy
II DO obviously Incorrect 20 assume
that tho Flilplnos would have obtained
relf-govornment but for tho Interior
cncp Of the United States. n b.. of
course. always difficult 90 argue about
what might have been, but q ~ snfo 10
judge from European proceedings IN
Eastern Asia. that tho existence OF
AEulnnldu and his band would not have
f.Y.g.ftf.N .tF.U.rs.s. F.. fH.. f.....
~ not under the protecting folds ~ tho
naF tho insurgents nrc trying 90 tear
down Hence 20 is wel understood that
our mission "a tho Philippines viii not
be ended until peace and order orc the
rule there,
Hut tho statements OF the President
as 10 the present policy leave Cor future
confederation the question what must
bg done after peace 8hall have been ys-
tnhllshod, That ia q matter for Com
grcfs 90 determine, To that body. and
not 10 the executive belongs the duty TO
decide what form VI government
shall be- given 20 tho people or whether
thyy rhnll be- cast udrlft 90 fhIft FOR
themselves. with or without the aid of
their llhoratorH.
a great lfsuc is before the country.
To be decided by lts representative
Tho sohurman commission may not
have boom O. success boz negotiating with
thr iusurEeuls. but the facts the come
WIsHlonyri have observed, the opinions
thuy have formed aud the knowledge
off details they have acquired VIII b"
valuable iu the debates that are euro
Goo come and to oll who desire 10 form
l Judgment na Co tho merits OF tho
Philippine question,