Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-27
Pennsylvania Ex-Governor Says
Uncle Sam Must Retain Them,
NO IMPERIALISM IN IT,


chicago. sept g5-"My duty as 900
American ,.uzrn command my support
uf my ,luuryH President at this june
turc.' said former Governor Robert D..
rutuHon. OFF Pennsylvania, ut the Great
Northern iiojei when tho plHii0ut
aaid iu hIH rluHbug speech chat che
Philippine uelo as much American
roii ua Texas or Aiaal,a. Doc spoke the
TRUTH
''rhy islands ate ours by title OF tl.l-
49, nud We hive nu uun Co Luul .aHa
or Alaska except that confirmed Ly
treaty As they are ulrs. wo ure bound
Co .U" tN.m lH..u'lt tu soc uu IHW ANA
order iu th.lf midst This d. our uHt
duty. N Do u national duty, and p.uu-
Dliin uu4 Republicans alike ur. bound
tl ueip i.lNU ,Elt duty Tho immediate
uhJyrt '0uirHuNng uH Dr. tuv reduction
ui uly rhuupiu,H Co ORDER ami DO Boz
NDlu uI 10 b. WRONG tH speculate about
what $50 shall do with them Ur what
uurt uf government $50 shall HUt uu
OF how much self government wu HhuIi
extend tu thU natives Until We have
solved the Immediate question. TO take
trouble about these ultimate matters
wu,n un immediate matter threatens
lH In impractical uH % Do uu-AmutlgHu.
"a have uu doubt the American people
VII readily consent Co erect around
th,m q ring ut sclf-govgrniuE republics
once they uuH convinced thU rGHuuptiNu
peoples are capable uf autonomy HUT
! have no doubt that the American flag
VIII iluut Whg. Yer it De- now planted
until such tiuH uH there A. no doubt
that fro0 ANA orderly government
can De- established ana exercised by
these people, We have stepped lu
and our paramount luty superior 60 ull
others, D. Co uuurd protection Co those
lands and to the individuals aud the
trade lu those lands We cannot with
draw. Withdrawal would wound our
honor aud would invite the invasion Uf
other nations into tho uuuiu OF those
islands. Whatever br our state now.
Withdrawal would make uur llHt stage
Tar worto than our nut
AS Co what our establishment Iu tho
Philippines may lead uH into in the fu-
turr, there De- uu occasion Co speak.
Sufficient unto the day d. the wi thgrr-
Of and no bridge should De- crossed uu.
~ We come Co g."
Former Governor Patterson declared
De was out NJ pulldcs, had been Tor
three years. und knew nothing uf what
hr read IN the newspapers. Finally he
consented Co say.
In the East we think the radical
wing Of the Democracy iH Htll ln power.
II looks Co uH us if the chicago plat
form were 20 De ru.UuHCtyl and uH r.
Democrat u the majority want d. 1
say let uH have g. The majority 10
rule. that Ii the great Democratic prln-
eiplc. However, the Democratic party
has been conservative party and this
triumph Of udicaliam IN lta counHols
VIII pass. The party VIII come 20 ita
own again and after 1900 possibly the
old traditions and principles win be
again asserted The English govern.
mcnt ~ the most conservative on earth
| and Il makes few blunderH. We may
we'll cmulatcd such conservatism. Rad.
icaliam docs not even cure the evils Il
RACES against and Il ~ ruol Democratic
doctrine 20 let things alone, trusting TO
time and the natural operation OF
events 10 mend all the tears.
Now, there n the matter 81 trusts.
The trusts viii break Of their own
weight. They viii cure themselves.
Always give plenty Of rope n you want
"a thing hanged Besides there IL mo-
legislation which can Doe devised which
VIII regulate or crush them Ho long las
no overwhelming public sentiment oxs
lists To demand their extinction. No law
over OF itself accomplished remedy.
What works the cure ~ the public viii.
which onforcos "a law. Take railway
rebates and drawbacks. Laws forbid
ding thcm adurn every statute book.
but rebates flourish because in reality
people want them, Uuul tho people
want trusts restrained, no law viii a..
compliHh anything, However the trusts
can BE- safely LETT 20 themselves 10
cure their own evils"
Former Governor pattlaon smoke
last night az the dinner Of the Under
writer's at the Union League club.