The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-20


coEardice. Miles got no command
Merritt got no command Sbafter, Of
Michigan, was made, OF attempted 70 be
made, the hero OF Santiago.
Sampson OF the navy was put over
Schley, who was superior in rank on
the naval list. But the valor Of the
soldier won at Santiago and Providence
gave Schley the victory over Cevera's
feet. Dewey SEXES Manila bay and
scatters Montejo's feet He took with
him from Hong Kong ore Aguinaldo,
the commander Of the Filipino insur-
gents, and arms and cannon were given
him. He was our ally in the eity's in
vestment BY land. Doubtless at this
time pledges OF some sort were made
the insurgents.
Our army at length arrives and Man
liza is taken with the assistance Of the
insurgents who held the outer defenses
Of the belesRured city.
Now a word on the treatment Of
allies. Lafayette, the French feet IN
der command Of Count Rochambesu,
and George Washington captured Corn
wallis at Yorktown. Re-read American
history and you will End that they
we're joint actors in the ceremonies Of
the surrender.
How was it at Santiago7 Shsfter
forgot military courtesy to Garcia and
the old patriot mOped of to the woods
in suIlen silence. Afterwards he came
to Washington to see the president
about treatment Of the Cubans and
there dies OF pneumonia and disgust.
AguinaldO and the insurgents in the
Philippines receive similar treatment,
although allies.
A commission is sent to the Philip
pines, but the arbitrary policy of Gen.
Otis prevented good work on their
part. He demanded that insurgents
disarm, who we're allies, please remem-
Der. Finally the Filipinos, weary with
waiting q word from the president,
and insulted by OILS, elashed with their
former friends.
The reading public will remember
the Roosevelt round robin about the
condition and treatment Of the sol
diers, the Miles investigation, the Egan
court martial, and the round robin Of
the principal correspondents at Manila
Of the great American dailies. Otis is
still in command in the Philippines,
Miles was eensured By the findings Of
the investigating committee. Both
Miles and Merritt are still without any
important command, and the war in
the Philippines drags on, and Cuba is
under military rule.
This is a brief history Of the McRin-
ley administration, and from the past
what have We to look for in the future.
Partisanship extensively displayed in
both army and navy, slowness and hes
itsncy in dealing with great questions
involving the nation in a fratrfcidal
war that might, with little diplomacy,
have been prevented, characterizes his
administration. The president is tour
ing the states on, practically, a politi-
cal campaign, and in the meantime
treasure and blood is being poured
out. Nero fddled while Rome burned,
but Mr.. Mckinley makes speeches.
The presidents speech, quoted alb
owe, read between the lines is a fling at
those Of opposite political persuasion
and in effect accusing them Of desiring
to snatch the laurel from the soldiers
brow, and to ilch the jewel from the
crown Of American achievement.
Patriotism knows no political party.
The late war proved this. He assumes
that patriotism rises and sets with the
ascendency of the republican party,
and that critics Of William McKinley's
administration are traitors. He is a
very small man in a very large place.
"But pigmies are pigmies still, though
perched on alps, and pyramids are (stiIl)
pyramids (though) in Wales"
POpulists and democrats as well as
republicans, are in favor of upholding
the national honor and authority in
the Philippine islands, but reason and
conscience demand that the form Of
government to be there established
should be in accord with the genius Of
our political institutions. In other
words, that q republican form Of gov
eminent be established at the earliest
practical moment.
Mr.. McKinley's speech is keyed to
the tone Of the words Of the French
monarch: "Ce'st le empire" lam the
empireI I am the republiel His bump
Of self-esteem seems to be in a state of
chronic inflammation.
Under the Mckinley administration
the Filipino messenger coming to
Washington to see the president has
to fee the country to save his life, and