The times., 1899-10-10
The voice of Na.sochuse.ts.

The Voice of Massachusetts.
There is a good deal more of Hoar than
Of Lodge in the Massachusetts, Republican
platforms deliverance on the Philippines"
sententiously observes Aguinaldo's princi-
pal American organ, the New York Even
ing Post "It is impossible" it says, Ito
read it and not see that its trainers recog-
nized the existence Of a powerful anti
imperial sentiment in the State, and were
anxious not to antagonize it. In their
anxiety they have come very near to re-
buking the Presidents policy
Contractionists and seditionists must in
deed be in desperate straits to find grounds
for claiming that their propaganda Of moral
/ treason has either influenced Americans to
/ conspire against the flag, or has frightened
anybody. If they can cite nothing more
convincing than the text of the Bay State
+ Republican platform in the way Of proof!
The Evening Post" argues that the Hoar
Atkinson crusade against our arms and
honor in the Philippines must have made
great inroads upon the patriotic sentiment
of New England, or there would have been
more definite and ringing utterance from
( the convention hall than the following:
Under the treaty with Spain, the law Of na-
/ tons put upon the United States the response
! bihty for peace and security of life and
] property, the Wei being and the future govern
4 meat Of the Philippine Islands Accepting this
/ responsibility, it is eur profound trust that the
] present hosziIitics be brought to an early
4 termination, and thai Congress, guided by wise
aud patriotic administration, viii establish and
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tyranny, government as free, as liberal, and as
! progressive own, in accordance with the
] sacred principles Of liberty and seii-government
! upon which the American Republic SO securely
( resss
! It would dignity silly contention on the
part of Mr. Godkin to discuss the terms of
this ~deIiverance.' If the language does
net mean as plainly as perfectly gram
natical English can state it, that the con-
veltion meant to endorse the national pur-
+ pose not to consider the impossi5ility of
Filipino independence, but to establish
+ and maintain in these islands, hitherto the
home of tyranny, a government as free, as
/ liberal, and as progressive as our own,' it
means nothing at ali. What the plat
/ form declares is what all expansionists
believe in and preach The sovereignty Of
/ the United States must be acknowledged
z and submitted to. When that has been
done, the comparatively small tribe now
alcne ia rebellion and the other fifty odd
tribes in the Philippines viii be given all
the freedom and self government they
may be capable Of enjoying and engaging
in with safety to American interests and
their own greatest good. Admiral Dewey,
by whom the contractionists we're swearing
up 10 ten days ago, asserts that none Of the
natives is fitted for self-government today
and that it Will take time and education
TO effect a change in that respect. But,
when it has been effected, whether that
shall be resultant of days, months. years,
or generations OF honest and friendly ef-
fort On the part Of cur Government and
people, the Filipino will have all the rights,
liberties, and political opportunities that
his own progress in civilization and good
citizenship shall entitle him to-
1t would be well for cur AguiaaIdo con
temporary to compare the Philippine plank
OF this years Massachusetts, Republican
platform, written at time when George
F. IIoar was justly in disgrace with MS
party, with the boneIess and cowardly
Philippine plank of the 1898 platform,
written under the direct inspiration OF ii
not actually by that Atkinsonian political
outcast- II read:
The people OF Massachusetts, do not propose to
sbaIdoa the ancieTt doctrines Of rt -bcan liberty
upon which the Commonwealth and the country
are huiided What they enjoy them
selves they desire shall be enjoyed by all other
peoples, especially by those whom the valor OF
our soldiers and sailors has wrcsted from SPAIN
and whose destiny mnst now be determined by
the United States alone. While we would not
interfere with the diplomatic negotiations now
in progress desire that they be 50 conducted
and terminated To secure to the Philippine
1 Islands and 10 Cuba the blessings OF liberty and
I aelf-governmenl.
Assurediy. there was "a good deal more
CT Hoar than of Lodge in that confection;
and we are entitled to conclude that in the
present declaration, there is good deal
more Of Lodge than of Hoar There is
good deal more Of everything else than of
Hear. in any decent connection. these
days.