Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-07-28
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the giving up ami turning over 10 Tie
mercy IT the red hand III anarchism
our Oriental Possessions acquired in
the mar With Spain Il almost t-yond
reasonable comprehension, and were IL
not that TIE American people well un-
thstaHd the motive 81 such deinago-s
gstea the a,,ti-e flA.Slsi.si.is;a of today
snuld he Stunned and denounced as
were tho hrnedict Arnolds Ut Wash
inxinn's time.
An incident o! the late war with
Spain has brought us into rightfui ami
undisputed possession Of the Oriental
territory over which the question Of
expansion has since arisen. 4 little
more than one year ago the foremost
American patriot, In a naval engage
fnent that commanded ttc admiration
IL the world on account of its brilliant
s;:.....ss.sssss destroyed the mailed hand o!
Tyranny which had for centuries
s!atehrsi the threats ag helpless peo-
pie upon n group uf fertile isianeia.
That this brilliant naval engagement
forever destroyed the tyraunicai power
of spain In these islands, more viii
gain1ay. From the moment that this
power sas destroyed the United States
assumed - sspral obligation 10 protect
III. helpless E...s'l. . isa inhabited the
islands. dnty 1. .hlrk which Wot,ld
have mrritcd condemnation by the
whole christian civilized wor!,..
Out ~ the chaos wrought by the
hand III tyranny aTnsa seii-eonstitut-
II isadcr with il few ragged followers.
and .s,;*.;sa .ow before the here who
delivered his people, expressed his
gratitude and pledged nndying friend.
ship toward the government which
had ~ maatmnimously come To their
assistance. This sclf-constitutcd lead
er was received with open arms, and
he and his people were fed, clothed
aud armed. Such treatment for one
who had never known but the life of "a
hnnsiit was too much like gift from
heaven 10 fully appreciate the gener-
ariiy ~ his benciaciars. and the re-
salt WAS the awakening Of an arrogant
spirit NJ selfish and full Of conceit that
his gratitude WAS soon smotherai hy a
desire for self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
We next hear II the Migrate having
taken oticnse ON account of an imagiu-
uy Insult offered by this government
Ia refusing 4. make him supreme dice
iator over his people. Next his fuA
lowers We're called forth from Dewe, Is
hospitals where they had been nufSed
in sickness, and from the eonnliisaarics
where the hungry had been fed and
ths naked clothed, and with tnele
sans guns Jili IN their possession,
they We. gresped. tegether and
A1uinaidos ingratit,ld. took ftrn,in
IN attack upon his benefactnrN
inls government IL Just as RESPONSE.
hle tsstass fe the protection and vel.
fare ~ ,hose lsllpines who desire Ia
pursue ti.eir various ayr-a,iuns in
brace ~ IL WAS on the day SPANS
power over the islands was laid loyx.
AEl,lnaldo has. proven himself unfit
and irresponsible In the extreme 1.
govern anything. and has given every
evidence Of his inability "a protect
iawahding people from the rayages OF
aisarrhiSn. ~ much for the human
,is AIDE ~ this question ami unci,
SANS rcsonsibilit, Ia the matter.
Hut there II another phase ~ thl,
question besides humanity and respou
sahiiltg. A>a people who iirc on ,.ui :,
meat favored and rvsourvef,il snil ans
imhued b, nature with desire Ia ex
es.l the American nation Is strlvlns
onward toward commercial supremar,
afs the ~nrld. ana With thi. end Ii
slsN sysn fet-af'prd Ia overlook the nj
santag-s offered hs the retention o
the Philippines The var with >palt
isss proven big item ~ esnat.e ant
Tan INCIDENT ~ 'ha, strife can b
a>esf 10 tighten the bunien III our Yeo
pie. such incident must moi I've over
sssskri. The Trading powers III Europe
sium whom We has. l~en Va time
~ - 7festt ses.f w tAt4tNt Hfafttffs ffANl
teen s.es seeking "a gain advantage
s.srr each ether IN Asiatir commerce.
Tiw brilliant ssr,Aw N iar~ry IN Man
slla hay lass given IA an advantage
from commercial Iselnt q. View, ase
all the lcadla. powers ~ Engule NH
~nald gladly ~eieome oar rellaa,sGsi
sswnt ~ the Philippines.
fsae manufacturing industr, ha
a1ssds Esssiand the sresiitor nation q
issr world; she has ieas ise%n ss.snlla
lsf wares 10 every ..mn,r, On th
slos~. Her oal. reaIl, aangersatsra,,
istiior today IN the American natlo,
which has many advantages In Il,
way ~ hume Resources over her. III
NC mlst seek a market ahr,xad fnr d,
ssrcA aud O.. best .iiss Il sex