El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-17
AID NOT
THE ENEMY
Patriots Of Ell Paso Express
Themselves Freely
AMERICA is AT WAR

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AMERICA is AT WAR
And 1t Is Incumbent Upon ALI Citizens
Who Love Their Country TO Abb
stain From Giving Encouragement
And Moral Support To the Enemy.
The Government Has No Inten-
ton OF Enslaving the Filipinos.
The anti-American fever which has
hit the town has not yet spread to any
alarming extent and sober minded citi-
zeps who do not fly off at a tangent on
any and all occasions have not yet lost
their heads.
The leading democrats es well as re-
publicans are united in upholding the
government until the crisis is passed.
The war, they contend, was well fought
and we'll won from Spain, and if the
fortunes of war rendered it necessary
to protect lives and property and ee-
Ia blish stable government at Manila
we should not shirk the duty.
In order to gain q comprehensive
| idea Of how the question is regarded
by citizens of Ell PssO HERALD re-
porter requested q few of them to ex-
press themselves for publication.
All right minded men are of opinion
that the troops should not be with
drawn from the Philippines until
Aguinaldo is whipped; that this coun-
try should stand by the men in the
trenches and that the citizen owes it
as HE duty to his country to give at
are fighting his country's battles.
To encourage the enemy by denounc-
ing our soldiers or the commander in
chief would be treason, as ia admitted
by all.
A few of the little interviews obtain
ed with citizens follow:
NJ W. STANTON said: 1 am q jeff
ersonian Democrat ana Georgian and
was not In favor of taking the Philip
pines at all, but now we have got them
the troops should never be Withdrawn
| until q stable government is estab-
| lished.
Captain CHARLES DAVIS: 1 am most
emphatically an expansionist. Have
been democrat all my life. The ad-
ministration, oil must admit, has man
aged the war admirably and it is our
tration until the difficulties in the
Philippines are adjusted. L don't
want to see our country disgraced in
the eyes of the world. First whip the
rebels and then treat with them. The
administration and the soldiers deserve
the moral support of the country.
Editor j. 81. MCCUTCHEON: l favor
giving the rebels a good whipping and
am opposed to Withdrawing the troops
until the islanders are whipped. Am
opposed to expansion, but the rebels
must be conquered. American blood
has been split and it must be avenged.
After the rebels submit protectOrate
should be established over the islands.
j. T. SCHARF: 1 an not in favor of
expansion, but our troops must not be
withdrawn until the rebels are con-
now and l am in favor of holding them
and doing the best we can with them.
7. D. MCKEE: Put more troops in the
islands and crush the rebellion. How
ever we don't want the islands. This
country has had enough trouble with
'niggers" during the past 200
years.
ALDERMAN CLIFFORD: The war
in the islau1s must not be called off
until our troops are victorious. Hos
tilities migh cease for a time until
conference had been held to see what
would be done by way of settlement
but our army ought not to be forced
to retreat. The Philippines ought to
be free, but we've gone too far to show
the white feather now.
Major BILL Jewel was not found
yesterday, but he stated short time
ago that he was not in favor of the war
with Spain, but having been forced into
it, he thought this country should re-
tain the fruits of the victory.
JOHN p. O'CONNOR: am not in fav-
or of Withdrawing the troops and end
ing the war until the rebels are licked.
JAMES G. CONKLING: l am ready to
take up arms for my country whenever
there is pinch. 1 am not in favor of
enslav1ng any people nor am an expan-
sionist, but those Filipinos attacked
our soldiers and we had to fight them.
L say now give them a good licking be-
fore we stop. When We took the is
lands as one of the incidents of war we
assumed the obligation to protect life
and property there and we've got TO do
it. If we withdraw some other coun-
try would grab Manila the next day.
It's the duty of the people who stay at
home to back up the soldiers and not
discourage them.
Judge w. M. CoLDWELL: 1 am OPP
posed to 10 eking any public demopstra
tion against expansion. We should
not divide ourselves in the face of the
enemy. 1 do not say give up the is
lands, but at any rate let US show the
world and the enemy that we stand to-
gether while our country is at war.
The Woman Was Released