Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1899-05-27
SENATOR PETER IS A REPUBLICAN

Ex-United States Senator w. a.
PETER has renowned Populism and
returned to the Republican party.
Mr.. PETER made public his future po-
Iitical plans May IS. He said: II have
always been Republican except on
one main question. the money ques-
tion. That seems to have settled it
self apparently now. The Populist
party has been eliminated nationally
by the Democrats, so those of us who
don't want to flop by ourselves will
have to vote our convictions as best
we can. The old simon pure Alliance
man who left the Republican party
never was headed for the Democracy
and he is not now. The middle-of-the-
readers are having little pow-wow
down at Kansas City just now, but
nothing will come of it. They have
nominated Wharton Barker for Presi-
dent in 1900, but they won't amount
to anything. Ny first vote was cast
in 1852, two years before there had
been an opportunity for the birth of
the Republican party. All of my peo-
pie were Democrats then, the old con-
stitutional Democrats. We were OPP
posed to slavery, but we thought that
the constitution stood in the way of
its abolition, and we thought it best
to let well enough alone and not agi-
tate the matter Then in 1854 came
the NebraSka-kanSaS controversy,
the Wing party went to pieces and
the Republican party was organized.
/ HDx-
cept on the money question.
NO MONEY ISSUE LEFT
81 have no sympathy with the DEM
ocratic party whatever. The Ques-
tion as to what will be the issue in
1900 is nebulous at present. Nothing
is troubling our Democratic brethren
so much as finding an issue. They
are between the devil and the deep
sea. There is no room to quarrel
with the money question now-the
mines have been so prolific that there
is abundance of gold, there is plenty
of money to carry on the business of
the country apparently. commerce is
active and the various forms of COM
mercial paper are as good as the
money itself, so that there is to be no
money question. That must be the
reason why the Democrats want to
get up an anti-eXpansion issue, but |
don't see how thev can do that. for
there are many eXpansionistS in their
own ranks. For instance, l notice
that there is talk of running Lieuten
ant Colonel Little for governor What
sort of a campaign could they make
on an anti-eXpansion issue with an
eXpansionisJ officer in an eXpansionist
army as their candidate for governor?
The Republican party will go into
the campaign upon its record of what
it has done and the Democrats will
founder. The Populist party has
been eliminated, except, of course,
locally.
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM.
1.-THE Philippine question in gem
eral has been forced upon US, not by
any concerted action, but in the same
manner that all great movements are
brought about without being planned
by human agencies. BY reason of
Dewey's victory we were substituted
in law as well as in fact in place of
the Spaniards, and we instantly as
sumed the international obligations
which had rested upon the Spaniards
before. 1t is a part of the common
law of all civilized peoples. as well as
the creed of nations. that order must
be maintained in some way. There
are many different nationalities in
the French and Ger
mans, and English, and Chinese, and
Others as well as the natives. y state
of war was existing when Dewey won
his victory. As soon as the Spanish
authority was broken it was our duty
to protect these various interests
from outlaws and rioters. As to the
Filipino as a man, we don't know him.
except as a disturber of the peace.
He has rights the same as any one
else. While some of them claim to
want independence, they had no gov
ernment, they were not known among
the people of their own islands. or
had no national or international ac-
quaintance Go inspire confidence in
them. Aguinaldo is simply disturb
er and rioter, and we can not treat