The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-04-28

bonds. Thus the bant Sill be permitted
90 draw interest upon the bonds and "a the
same time use the money covered hy the
bonds. a privilege denild 10 ivory other
class "a the community.
'-Te dcmocratlc party Will continue It's
attack upon tLe principle 81 monopoly
wherever !t appears whether Ia the sand
ard money trust. the Iapfr money trust or
the Industrial trust. Instead ~ making its
antitrust plank narrow enough 10 suit
those who are alarmed af tns soap trust.
but cb.ivlons ~ the danger of a money
trust it Will invite AN who Will oppos- mo-
nopo'y 10 stand upon a platform broad
enough % attack the principle wherever
manifested.
n need not refer TO the subject Of mill
tarism and assure you that have found no
disposition among the democrats 10 permit
the maintenance of large standing army
Even the republican party. with aii iis ten
dency toward Capitalization. and as lisre-
gard Of the taxpayers. did not care 20 in
corporate IN its last platform demand for
an increase in the army. a temporary in
crease such as the democrats N congress
consented 10 can Ne justified. but this in
crease must be limited 20 the setteme nj
n the questions which made the temporary
increase necessary.
Tho opposition 20 Imperialism has grown
80 rapidly that the president was con-
strained 20 deny any purpose 10 enter upon
such course. But the denial Is OF little
-vaiue when the purpose upon the part OF
the administration Is so apparent The
proc iamation issued 10 the F!ipinos plain
ly indicates a purpose TO govern them with
out their consent and 10 tax them 10 suit
our purposes rather than their own. Ac-
cor.ing TO the plan thus far outlined, the
constitutional guarantees which protect the
people 81 the United States will not be ex-
tended 70 the Fiiipinos: our people viii
govern themselves. the Fiiiplnos will he
governed fv the aNecrfffya through Off
GERS appointed by him. In this country we
shall have a republic in the Philippines
despotism. A dsspotism IS not relieved
OF its name because Of its benevoence.
On Government of FiIipinos.
"A government wherein authority rests
upon force. and where the people have no
voice IN making md executing the laws un-
der which ;hry live. Is desporic in its form.
when We pleaded FOR independence for the
Filipiros. We pleaded for our own people.
rather than for them We believe in the
doctrine of government. and are not
only unwilling 20 deny II 10 alien races but
we fear that a denial Of & IN one part OF
the nation will lead TO the aba ndonmeut
Of n entirely The moment force Is raised
above reason. the moment might IS suhsti-
tuted for right in the government OF any
part 81 this country. that moment decay
attacks the fundamental principles OF the
republic II the people become sufficiently
Indifferent 70 the doctrine OF self-govern-
mert to permit its abandonment in the
orient they will not long defend Il here.
II Is a significant fact that those who IN
lss6 We're willing 10 borrow "A financial svs-
I'm from England are now foremost among
ne people who would borrow a colonial poll
Icy from England. How long before they
would be willing TO borrow the laws OF
entail and primogeniture and the splendors
OF royal court and titied nobility?''