Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-17
pprsIDExTrAL FLOPPING.

o,,oin ON The Philippines question:
-. no are most significant signs
,ho, no IL We say flop back again. ~
:. "a, no recalled that shortly before MI
AfcKinley took his Omaha trip ]" w"'
rounced through what were
accented as inspired channels '"''
v,as opposed 10 annexation On MS
.,,,,,,o around. however. after series
-, ,,anoeuyres, designed to WORK
-. nrol,c sentiment in favor of annexa-
a., he practically and as squarely as
{. so.,ns possible for him to do anything
eouarely that involves policy aiigheu nm
self with the out-and-out lmperiai's's'
rnuediatcly all OF the recosnizeu pei
-, organs of the President, which, as
. rule had either kept silent, remaiheu
ON the fence. or thimble-rigged WIN '"e
,ss,,a came out unequivocally for impe-
r,at,sr and great satisfaction was eX-
pressed by what we may term ,he ,'iue
pendent expansion papers. Empoiue,u
bv this support, the President Oh i,''
sopthern tour went further even thah "e
had zone on his western junket, ana 'hei'
"a froeb outburst Of advocacy OF
We Hdu q iA's'
| the grab-all policy.
Rut Presto change. In the last
| DAVIS some Of the more cautious
| Presidents personal organs nav" I'm
rnenced TO hedge, other have soihe'
oo,nnletely and there is gloom IN INC
,o1orendent edltorial-room. Anu az
nc ,,nnarts weight to the internai e'i-
dence that Senator Foraker III MS 80
,,onal utterances regarding the F"'i'p
mines was the messenger OF the rieS'
| dent
Tho cbicago-Times HeRld is admil'eo
A. forerost western organ Of MT
Mckinley. Its editor bears 'ne cioS09'
PERSONAL relations to the President II
- never failed 70 adjust, more or less
ou,cklv. its policy TO that or the riesi-
dent Before the western swing arou"u'
ord while the President wobbled as 10
the disposition of the philippines '"e
rriues- Herald wobbed with him. anu
u,ben the President fell on the anti-anheN-
alton side of the fence, the liiiie9
Herald began TO climb down to Keep nm
comnanv. After the Omaha trip our Chi'
cago contemporary became violent eN-
nansionist. but. 10 and behold on '"'
morning of the same day that forakei
made his anti-annexation declarations
entirely reversed its attitude In al
evfra loaded editorial headed, "AnneHa
ton Of the Philippines Not Contemplat
ed" this organ Of the Presidents saio'
"The Times Herald has no more use 10
annexation of the Philippines, 10 iiioi
. sympathy with the Incorporation vi mn
1iors of ignorant islanders into our ma
, o,,,,or, Of alien races without their con
Sent than Senator Hoer, Carl Schurz, O
, any If the men who are kicking agalhs
tho phjlippine pricks. II is opposed !
tho annexation Of the Sulu archipeiag
IA the United States just as firmly as
- would oppose the annexation OF porto
20 tbe African Continent inhabited b
Zuus"
And, again:
can our traditions, interests, and II
o,inations forbid the thought of annex'
ton or permanent occupation. we al
{ ,ot en- the business Of colonization or te
r ritorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT. But In the Pm
: ,nnines we stay until we see our way cle'
: 20 Getting rid Of them by transferring OF
" sovereignty to some Power, native
D foreign capable of its exercise and T
q sponsibility.'
e Gould there be a more fat-footed r
n nunciation of Imperialism than is i
l. volved in the words of our Chicago co
" temporary?
he But the evidence that the President
~ preparing TO "fop back again is II
r confined TO the confidential circle.
ne crops out in various ways outside OF q
I'd personal organs. The Boston Heral
er which after vigorously antagonizing il
We perialism for some week, fervently el
s. braced IT. shows alarm by asserting IN
k Mr. Mckinley has comUtted himself
ed far in favor Of the permanent acquisiti
d. Of the Philippines--by his duty and d'
as tiny" speeches, his question about ha
he ing down the flag, and his Treaty W
ITS spain-that a retreat by him at this pc
Is unthnkable. Yet at the same time
,as Heralds Washington correspondent
NJ &c an ardent Imperialist writes that
nd Mckinley would probably not OBJECT
I'VE a declaration in the ratification reso
IN tion in favor Of ultimate self-governm
the for the philippines, or Of meeting the
.es sires of the Filpinos in that respect.
this adds the correspondent may be d
the as n compromise which would SAT-
M, ,ho exnansionists as well as the anti
Ion ransionists The New York Times,
i've other leading Independent anneXa
non noper. expresses the conviction That
II raker's speech was clearly inspired,
Fif- must be taken as semi-oihcial' anu
IA tirely trustworthy" and the New \
,nts Journal the greatest Imperialism shri'
,eld IN the country, perhaps, calls upon
and President not TO prove a coward.
les New York Herald. imperiaiisuc' pr
re- two very noteworthy Washington
sif- matches bearing on the question III
disfussion, and editorally accepts
the fact that Imperialism is In danger.
nth Of these dispatches says that there
the a proposition being considered behind
the scenes looking to the adoption OF c
TOR pronise resolution or declaration to
here effect that upon the ratification or
nks treaty the United States pledge II
law selves TO recognize the independence
nall the Filipinos when they demonst
i'm their ability TO set up and maintain
nate Independent government" The other
tors nounces that "the President will sci
our commission to the Pnillppme ISLANDS
.tion only for the purpose of making a :
the of conditions there and reccmnen