Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-05-18
a CAUSEL 1888 WAR.

ty or patriotism of any American cit
IL IN TINT he protests against the
scheme which is beng engineered 10y
the pre- cent trust bound ad,nmlstra.
ton t." acquire and govern jhe PHI.
ippiDes. Such dissent does not imy.ly
tint the di-senters are against the
VOLUNTEERS or regulars who are serv-
ing III Tint far Oft country. The men
who volunteered were animated by
the ofues' p ltriotism when they en-
listed Ia hsht against that country
with which our oNn was then at VA /.
They went forth to tight against
Spaniar'l>, no. Filipiros, because tile
former were then ami their countrN's
enemy. thence, criticism of the pol
icy m the adminlsi ration cannot
reasonably he construed to mean that
thnI" II ilo riticise are iniuiical to the
soldiers or ''e Government itself
The people If the United >tat es
we brii,.ve are not 10 fl, or nE AuUIu-
ing Il people OF an inferior ivlliz ton
and governing them 10y n,rce of arru.
To- q" :" wouih he contrary to the let
ter and 8, irit Of our constitution. b.
side, in orr war with SPAN we were
led tn believe that oar arms wore. VIC
torions and that Spain was vauqu ~
ed In the Philippines we hell Md
n.la Ba, aud Tue City of Manila and
later purchased of Span sJmeth ng
WIN III ~ut iii not have to sell, name
ly. Tie sovereignty over the Phli,'-
pines Spa w;rs Ihere us lie often
elDle sovereign power, nithOu. n IFS Il
ma. ter OF fat, she hal no control or
do nlnlUn o |er the peup.r. The PEI
PIE WHO II Ihe gUl trust aduInlstra-
bon Ii. ut the rate Of Lwo dollar. IL
head, were IN absolute PISS sion Of
ne lrly all HE important paris of the
islands. they had broken SPANS
p rwer and I've lie we'd that they had IL
right tn life and liberty 10 their . u
co mtry md III their own way. They
Wa . in u sense allies Of the United
Suites up 10 the close of the War with
Spain. they became enemies OF this
country only when the admrnistra-
ton be .an +" use the military and ua-
val forces of this country to- wage a
war of conquest and br,ng the Fiji
pn0! into suhjrctiun. They were
call ID traitor ; yet they were not be-
can+e they had never sworn Hllpgi
ance to the United States And shey
were dub td rebrl-. That term is
more appropriate became they had
rebelled and successfully re isteI
Spanish rule. But they could not I've
rebels against the power nnd auohor-
ity "f the United States, he III Use
that over and authority had not
been shown and exercised.
The American citiz ms who con
denim the policy al the present al
minstra1on are even more patri tic
than those who uph0l that pnlic,
S' bSh' many W bIeUl-tDHI
the ultimate purpose Of the GOLD trust
Ed nnstrnu"n is to annex the Philip.
pines sud govern them as Il colony.
and hat as II nation we have no NOR
al or leg II light to d.. IT, is d ,ss b e
that Tie scheme may fall through, but
II 80 It will be be ause OF tho pro
tests OF the Iine't y ! wing people of
the UnItrd st ties and not berau 81
the gold. plated trust owned admin
lst'a1on docs not want to subj ct the
ten million human beings to ii vass al
axe, in ease the burdens of taxa ION
III "ur own country and add nightly
W the already mighty power of the
trusts and symdicates which are fast
m'hop liz ng every Industry that
shonI give employment to tho tot .
ers "t ",if own c"untry-Utah State
Journal.