Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-03-03

and the party VIII present SoN0
front to their opponents,in the Spring
election.
The lists of American killed and
wounded in the Philippine islands
reach us with alarming regularity.
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The man that attends strictly to
his own business escapes many dill
hculties. The same rule applies t"
nations.
If the slaughter of the Fillirinos is
a. great as the correspondents repre-
sent it, they are people that stand
killing remarkably well.
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The FIllipinos call our soldiers
"malos Americanos," and hegin to
hate them as they hated the Span
iard,.
The sympsthiep of the American
people has always been aroused by
people fighting for independence,
unless they were fighting American
people.
The Staunton Spectator seems to be
much afraid of having MARX Hanna
and his aid society dictste to them
what ia best for them to do" Don't
be frightened. neighbor, Altgeldt,
Tillman and Jones will take care you.
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1t il now conceded that the
Fillipinos will fight fercsly for IN
dependence. 1t is also asserted that
it is only Devcy's fleet that prevents
the American army from being
swept into the sea, and the wal
promises to be long, sanguinary and
costly.
ono man, be he rich or poor, high
or low, who deserted the party i'll
1896 need expect TO get the nOmina-
tion next year. "-Sta'0'tO" Spectator.
That's very hard on the men who
deserted the democracy in 1896, and
went over to the populiSts. How
willing these fellows who ought to be
ashamed of themselves are to cry
stop thief"
1t is by no means certain that VIC
will get through the Cuban affair
without q war with the natives. They
are becoming exceedingly ugly. If
we should succeed in avoiding trouble
with Cuba, Porto Rico, and Hiwaii,
pacify the Filipinos and escape com
plicatiOns with the more powerful
European nations, it will be still
evident that the long range humani-
tarisnism, so greatly laudcd twelve
months ago, is nothing but an empty
delusion.
The Staunton Spectator says Il
democratic party would be tie
laughing stock of the nation il It
nominated Whitney, Watterson,
Flower, or any of the few who three
years ago, boltcd the Chicago nomi-
nees."
That would be no new position for
it to occupy. The populists made it
the laughing stock" in 1896, and
many Jealous converts seem anxious
that It shall continue to occupy the
same position.
We are old enough to remember
hearing all this rot about, "desertcrs, !
&C. applied to the men who refused
to desert democratic principles and I
vote for Horace Greeley, prominent
republican, and We also remember
that that same democratic party
never did win until they put up
man who stood scuarey upon demo-
cratic principles and WAS not afraid
TO do his duty, fearlessly and patri- l
officially, in spite Of all the penny-a
liners and traducers in his own party 1
The democratic party hiss never sue Il
ceeded when it deserted ils own
principles aud endcAvored to win by d
wearing the thresdbsre garments Of
republicans, populists or any other Q
party, and it il almost certain that it Q
never will, until it nominates some
true democrat ike Samuel J. Tilden, I
William G. Whitney, or Grover
Cleveland.
The NATIONAL Democratic Com
,,;,tse ia organizing u,on the free sill