The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-31

THAT WAS THE POLICY
That Had Been Decided Upon Before
tho Philippines Were Secured.
DESTINY
20 MANIFEST

In Plot to Make This the Sreates' '''
tary Government on Earth The
Republican Position Clearly
Defined Before Santiago
or Manila Fell.
That the policy of Imperialism was
not manifest destiny" nor "in the prov
idence of God" is capable OF proof and
the chairman of the Republican COM
mittee in Ohio, who is also secretary of
the national Republican committee is
the authority. Long before Manila
was taken or Santiago had fallen, the
polio, of Imperialism had been decided
upon by the Republican national COM
mittee, or that portion of it that is rep
resented by Chairman Hanna and Sec
retary Dick, which is the whole thing.
No matter what the rank and file may
think about it now nor how much they
claim that it is merely incidental to the
war with Spain the fact remains that
Chairman Dick, of Ohio, who is secre-
tary Dick Of the national committee,
knew all about it before it happened.
The authority is indisputable. Mr.. Dick
ippines became ours "by solemn treaty"
that they would become the property of
this country and that this country
was about to become the great
est military power on the face of
the earth. Every member of the Eighth
Ohio regiment knows John Rohrer. He
was connected with the hospital de-
,-tt ND f1a AIt,In 10
served with the regiment in Cuba and
did valiant service and assisted to min
lister to the wants of the boys. They all
know him and respect him. He is now
employed by the United States Express
company, in this city. In an interview
he tells the News-Democrat what he
heard Col. Dick say long time before
Judge Day signed the treaty of peace
that gave this country the land on
which the Filipinos are located, or
rather on which the soldiers of this gov
ernment are trying to locate them.
That the policy of the president was
shaped by the national committee,
which is Hanna and Dick, cannot be
disbelieved. That the position of the
government in the Philippines is the
work Of designing men, cannot be de-
MED. Mr.. Rohrer says Of the conversa-
tion that he heard:
When the Eighth Ohio was station
ed at Camp Alger, a few miles from
Washington, 1 drove the ambulance,
being attached to the hospital corps.
There was little need of the vehicle in
the service for which it was intended so
1t was used as conveyance for Off
GERS who desired to make the trip about
the camp or to the depot to catch a
train for Washington. 1t was about a
twenty minute drive from Camp Alger
to Falls Church and have frequently
hauled dignitaries from the depot to
the camp and from the camp to the de-
pot. One day l was taking Lieutenant
Colonel Dick to the train, as he was 60
ing back to Washington. He was act
ing as escort to the wife of a prominent
officer, who was also going to Washing
ton. AS they were being driven to the
train they engaged in conversation and
l overheard great deal that they said,
though i made no attempt to hear all.
What did hear 1 could not help hear
ing. The lady, who resides in Canton,
said that her husband an officer of the
NNt6Hth' was tanning Oh SenulnB their
boy to military school and she said
she opposed 1t. Lieut. Col. Dick said
that she was foolish to oppose it, as
this nation was destined to be the
greatest military nation in the world.
If had a dozen boys they would
all go to. military school, said the
lieutenant colonel.
Then he went on to lay bare some
OF the plans. He said that this nation
would be a great military nation, and
would reach out and take everything
in sight.
After we are done with Cuba said
he, we will take the Philippines and
we VIII hold them. Then we will go
after Mexico for sympathizing with
spain and for sending mules and other
supplies to Cuba to help the Spaniards
We are going to get control of all the
country around us and make it one big
United States. We are going to build
the largest nation in the world and
have the largest standing army the
world has ever seen. We will take the
philippines or some other group of is
lands somewhere and trade them to
England for Canada, and then with
the South American governments an
nexed we will have the greatest mill
tary nation on the earth. BY all means
your boy should be sent to military
school,
Dick was In Washington a great
portion Of the time while we were in
camp at Camp Alger. He would leave
Monday remain in Washington all
week, and then come out to the regl-
ment, unless something unusual were
going to happen, and then he would
come out during the week. This all
happened before we left for Cuba, be-
fore Santiago had been surrendered or
the feet OF ceryera had been destroy
ed.'