Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-02-02

that he was n favor OF annexing Il Q
Philippines. whether The inhabiiaIis
Iof the island were willing or NOT.
Then. nesuming his argument for The
bill, be annonneed that the size Of the
army should be lefi for the president
10 determine The ruler OF no cons3i-
sutional monarchy in Europe has snch
power
Mr.. Marsh said he violated no con-
fdence when he said the president was
! in sympathy with The plan TO make
him lthe presidenn the sole judge Of
what the size of the army should be.
with absolute authority to increase and
decrease ii al will To be sure. the
maximum strength should be loo. .0O0.
but il the administrator has enough
influence 10 make the president the
sole judge of what the size OF The army
shall be. ii has enough influence TO
confer authority upon him 10 say what
the maximum shall be Mr. Marsh
stated that he had the presidents word
for ii that not man more than was
actually needed would be enlisted.
That kiad of talk Is an insult 10 the
common sense of the people The
country is not ready TO make the army
q private annex TO the White house.
Mr.. Grosvenor was even more pro-
nonnced In defending The army scheme
of the administration He said The or
dering OF United States troops 10 Chi
cago was the most commendable act of
CleEeland's administration, and be
hkened il TO the sending OF troops to
the south in 1861 to snblngafe the peo-
pie of these states From these two
events he concludes the right OF the
president 10 employ the army against
the people whenever he thinks it should
be sent against Them Furthermore.
he sees no difference between the
southern rebellion and The effort of the
Filipinos 70 be free and Independent
people. But The most startling of
GrosvenDris assertions was that the
Teller amendment 10 The declaration
Of war, that ..the people of Cubs were.
and of right ought 10 be. free and in
dependent vas an absurd pr0vis-
ion" Voicing the administration. rs
Grosvenor always does. it Is plain the
president does not believe that the
people Of Cuba are entitled TO inde-
pendence, and that it would be .-ab-
snrdn TO permit them TO establish ana
enjoy a government of their oSn,
which means that Cuba Is TO be for
Americans and not for Cubans-
Mr.. Grosvenor takes the high ground
that If The Filipinos have TO be snbju-
gated By force OF arms, the blood that
shall fjoE wiz be upon the heads of
the anfi-expa1sionists, including those
who oppose the beads Of the anti-ex-
pansionists. including those zhO OPP
pose the presidents purpose in general
or in particular He admits that
Aguinaldo was Americas ally durlng
the Spanish-American war. but that he
Is a Benedict Arnold now because be
viii not overthrow the Philippine re-
public and help extend Americas
Sovereignty over bis people and their
country Messrs. Marsh and Grower
~ a~a ir sAa o.~Ea--nn ~ e.
dent. and what they say may be relied
upon as voicing his wishes Three
things they make perfectly clear The
president wants full authority 10 say
how large the army shall be. and re-
ernif il TO the desired strength al his
own will and pleasure; be regards the
declaration by congress that ..tbe peo-
pie Of Cuba are, and of right ought 10
be. free and independent, an absurd
provision, I" which should be disregard
ed. He contends that ihe Filipinos
stand In the same relation TO the gov
eminent that the people of The south
did in 1861. and their snbingaiion must
be made complete and lasting This
il the FIRST time since the protocol Was
signed tha: Representatives of the ad-
IN congress have publicly
and officially declared that il is the
policy of the president 10 refuse inde-
penderce to the Cubans and Filipinos.
and use their islands 10 build the de-
sired American colonial empire The
country Is now fully advised Is 20 the
present and ultimate purpose of the
republican party, as voiced by lis
leaders--K. c. Times.
The weather man seems to have The
.-open door craze.