Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-27

AnH AnOh AMEfS1NAN1SMs
The situation in the Philippines evil
IDENTIFY had disturbing effect upon the
Fourteenth street, whose editorial page
the day after Merry Christmas is de-
voted mainly to wild reproaches leveled
at the Democratic party of the United
States, which our neighbor holds re-
sponsible. This is no joke. The In
telligencer charges up to the Democracy
the fight of the 100000 people of the
Philippines for independence from for
eign domination-a fight they had pre-
viously waged-father and son-fOr
more than a century against Spain
whose shackles they finally burst with
the aid of Dewey, who recognized their
independent government and in official
dispatches to the United States govern
ment declared the F'ilipinos to be better
fitted for self-government than the Gu
bans to whom we have promised it.
To reinforce its un-American attitude
the Fourteenth street organ quotes any
thing that comes handy in the way OF
demagogy and yellow journalism. But
it passes over in silence that speaks
louder than its loudest demagogy, the
utterances on the same subject of able
Republican statesmen. who are not
demagogues and at whose knees the
Intelligencer in its saner moments has
been content to sit and drink in words
of wisdom and patriotism.
These with much disdain and derision
it now calls "Aunties!" All Of the for
mer leaders of its party and molders Of
Republican thought, who made the Re-
publican party, not what it is, but what
it was when it was really great
American party, are now dubbed by the
Intelligencer and it's fellow organs by
this term intended to be especially de-
risive and cutting.
Organs of Imperialism such as our
neighbor have had to throw away all Of
their former cyclopedias, textbooks and
gazetteers of politics and start anew
lest they inadvertently get the Republl-
canism of Lincoln. Grant, Garfield,
Blaine and their contemporaries mixed
up with the Imperialism of the Nc
Hanna administration. Even the great
est constitutional lawyer among Repub-
lican statesmen is barred from the In
telligencer's columns these days. We
refer to ex-senator Edmunds, whose
views among scores of other Republi-
can "aunties" have, never been put into
type by our neighbor. Ex-senator Ed
munds recently called attention to the
fact that the United States government,
three-quarters of century ago, assist
ed the people of Central and South
America toward national independence,
and he inferentially drew a strong
contrast between the Americanism Of
those days and that brand of Ameri-
canism now represented by the McKin-
ley administration.
But the opinions Of such leading Re-
publican statesmen are no longer quo
ted by the organ. Mr.. Edmunds and
every other upholder of the Constitu-
ton and of the Americanism of Wash
ington and of Jefferson-who was a
true expansionist, not an imperialist-
are now "aunties."
There would have been far more
legitimate excuse for the annexation
of the countries Of which Mr.. Edmunds
spoke than could possibly arise in the
case of the Philippines 10000 miles dis
tant in the Old World. But true
Americanism prevailed at Washington
then and consequently those countries
are now free and independent, although
within scope of the Monroe Doctrine,
parts of the American continent and
legitimate subjects for annexation, as
is Cuba-to which, however, we anon
alously promise independence
Verify, the change of American pol
icy under the administration of En-
peror William of Canton is radical.
wasn't tho r1oorrioct hr;c ty ~,