The Republican journal., 1899-03-23

ZIG cHloI executive at the Home Market
Club banquet. ''If 1 understand his
Words he went on to say, che meant
delicately, with an anchor to wind ward. to
imply he was no longer responsible for
what might happen, and that with an
guish in his heart he had thrown it upon
Congress. Where is Congress?" the
speaker asked. sit is time Congress was
assembled
scarcely worthy of serious answer; for
as General Aguinaldo and his tribes have
made war upon us it is necessary, sad as
it may seem, to fight for those islands
and, as l stated in my second paper, to
restore order, peace, security and right
eous laws there. Instead of criticising
our President day by day, why don't our
opponents suggest some practicable and
honorable way to surrender those islands
in the archipelago. The President does
not propose to bind himself to any policy
until the Philippine commission makes it's
report, and our next Congress assemblies,
which will then get at the facts for a
foundation of our future policy in the
Orient. His reply to the charges that we
are violating any of the principles of the
Federal Constitution is indeed able, and
commend his eloquent words to the read
ers of The Journal as he spoke of the
government sat the Boston reception
every present obligation has been met
and fulfilled in the expulsion of Spanish
sovereignty from their islands, and while
the war that destroyed it was in progress
we could not ask their the Filpinos
view. Nor can we now ask their consent
Indeed, can any one tell me in what form
it could be marshaled and ascertained
until peace and order, so necessary TO the
reign of reason, shall be secured and
established? A reign of terror is not the
kind of rule under which right action and
deliberate judgment are possible. 1t is
not good time for the liberator to sub
| init important questions concerning liberty
and government to the liberated, while
they are engaged in shooting down their
rescuers."
President Mckinley is one of the most
conservative and clear headed Presidents
we have had since the days of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Lincoln. His high
glory is not only in bringing to suffering
people prosperity and plenty, but in up
holding with answering fidelity those
principles of liberty and justice so dear
to the hearts of all true American citizens,
and in the skill and ability with which he
has conducted the affairs of this great
nation for the past two years. In the
coming years this land of tropical fruits
and sunshine, under the American system
of government, will establish the first
Republic in the far east and become the
richest and most fertile Island in the
world.
Statistics already show that the value
of the commerce of the Philippine Islands
is about S3S, 900, 900 yearly. About 60 per
cent of this commerce, as far as | can
learn, is exports and the rest imports
The chief items of imports are wines
| 1000, 600 worth yearly wheat flour,
canned foods pork, bacon and lard; while
the exports consist of sugar, tobacco,
hemp, copra, coffee, oils, dyes and per-
fumes. The above facts only go to
prove that the Filipinos when they come
in contact with a truely modern civiliza-
ton will then work peacefully in occupa-
lions directed by superior races. l claim
that what American rule has done on this
continent within the century in which we
live, and which was languishing under
Spanish rule, the same American suprem-
acy may do for the archipelago now under
the shelter of the Stars and Stripes