The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-09

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ernment. All property should be
taxed, and money invested in public
warrants being property should not
escape.
| IMPERIALISM EXPLAINED.
During the recent campaign in the
eight Missouri congressional district
Congressman Vandiver delivered a
speech at Versailles. arraigning the
Administrations war policy in rather
forcible terms and explaining its inn
peralistic tendencies. We quote the
folloving from Mr.. Vandiver's ad-
dress. whicn will probably furnish
/ food for reflection to those who at.
tempt to justify the Philippine war:
1T was said in England and in
! France that the American colonists
were not capable of self government.
The pubiican imperialists of today
tell US the Tagals are not capable of
! self-government. II fact, this is the
old plea that ambitious tyrants in all
ages have used to justify themselves
| in subjugating other peoples and
F.. races. 1t is the 'holier than thou sort
| of ieligion. George III salved his con-
| cience with the same JUNCTION which
William Mckinley now aplies to his.
! They both pretend to be waging war
! to establish order and good govern
ment. 1t is the same excuse that the
British lords once made for their ef-
forts to subjugate American colonists
and their successors are now making
to sub]ugate the Beers in South
Africa.
"But what is all this war about?
What is it for? How did it come
about? The constant and persistent
effort of republican papers and bosses
has been to make it appear that Is is
a part of the Spanish war. The author
of this falsehood deserves to rank with
the father of liars Congress de.
clared war against the Spaniards.
Mckinley is carrying on war against
the Tagals. He tells US that the Phil
ippine Islands came to us as the direct
result of the war with Spain. He
knows that the Spaniards never had
control of these islands. They occr-
pied a few towns on the coast; they
held the town of Manila, but their
authority never extended twenty miles
beyond the city limits.
AFTER Aguinaldo and his followers
helped Dewey to drive the Spaniards
out of Manila Tor Dewey helped them
to do SOL care not which way you
put it), and after peace with Spain had
been declared. and while the peace
commissioners were considering the
terms of treaty, Mr.. Mckinley,
ignoring the former declaration as
surfing the world that we only intended
to wage war for the rights of humanity
and not for conquest, and that for
chile annexation would be criminal
aggression all at once faced about
and demanded possession of the is
lands in the name of the United States |
government.
''The Filipinos have been fighting
the Spaniards at different times for |
300 years, and never had submitted to
them. They now thought they had
achieved their independence, but all
at once discovered that they were only
to have change of masters. This
they refused to agree to. and Mckinley
ordered General Otis to make war
upon them. This is the whole story
in a nutshell. When the FiliDinos
showed a willingness to argue the
question and reason over it and ask
what kind OF government they were to
nave, what was McKinley's reply?
Submit to our authority and then we'll
ell you.' Absolute submission was
he demand upon them, and when he
inally sent commissioners to treat
,osed?
"Now 1 invite you to consider i'm
'erialism at it's high-water mark. {
What were his terms? What was the ,
orm of government offered them? /
"'First, said he, I'VE will appoint a
overnor general, with military power I
D control your people, Secondly, 7
his military dictator is to name his 7
wn cabinet and all subordinate Of
GERS Thirdly, 'on his recommends
on, courts will be established and
ldges, marshals and other necessary
ffice-s will be appointed from Wash 4
,gton. You may only elect a com.
Iittee to wait upon the governor gen. d
ral and petition for what you want +,
his was the substance of his propo- ii
tion to them. In other words, they o.
ere to consent for their country to NJ
ecome field for the fattening of m
arasites'-political camp followers, 81
,pudiated and out of employment ct al
)me, are to be sent out as governors, pt
ayors, judges and marshals to adEin. pl
ter the affairs of people ten thous. tb
i'd miles away OF
inere Is no nlnt or any form OF A
government in all of this scheme ia
political and military machinery ed
is simply military dictatorship of NO
9 most absolute kind. There never a
IS time even when a Roman pr
Iperor proposed more absolute tn
for the government of
1quored province. But McKinley's wr
sndship for the royolists of Great 8
itain was not only shown by ap- VIII
nting representatives at govern a d
ut expense to go over and hob mob has
b royalty in celebrating the Queens no,
lice; he seems to have adopted the cha
,en's fashion and aspires to an the
al dignity with her. She appoints inn
royal governor for India, and he peo