The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-09
MCKINLEY, BRYAN AND THE
PHILIPPINES.

| Government OF COURSE MIR. Bryan says
we ought to establish them as a republic
and let Them go.
| We believe that THE Falipinos must be
rocked in THE cradle OF liberty and CilaS
| tised many a time 10y the mother-land
| of freedom. before they will be prepared
to establish and maintain a republic We
are glad that Mr.. BGyan's attitude juSt-
| fies the fighting since so many or has
| friends have seemed to think he does
| not The only difference between him
| and the President is III respect of o-m-
| ion as to the ultimate relation Cf the
| United States to these islands. Biblical
Recorder.
This is a pretty fair statement of the
case.-Winston Republican.
Mr.. Bryan and president Mckinley
will doubtless be surprised and gratiiied
to learn that after all they feel the same
way about it, 1t is very pretty and the
| only trouble is its variance with the
facts, despite which it would have been
suffered to pass unnoticed, as II matter
OF course, but for the acclaim from the
Jim4Crow gallery. With the Recorders
definition of liberty as being ''rocked in
a cradle and chastised MANY a time" we
have no quarrei. 1t lis, we believe,
pretty fair characterization of the inn
perialistic article. Most Americans who
have arrived at years OF discretion know
what liberty is and can take or leave
the cradle and spanking" brand as they
will
AS to the position of President Nc
Kinley and the position OF MIR. Bryan
with regard to the Philippines ard the
war now being waged there we do not
find that within the last few weeks"
either has taken the ground with which
he is credited by the Recorder. We pre-
fer to let each state his own position.
AT lima, Ohio, on Oct. 20 Mr.. Bryan
said:
'fSchley destroyed the Spanish feet
off Santiago and American blood was
shed at San juan Hill, but we went our
way on the promises to tuIms the island
over toNthe Cubans. The flag was raised
on MORO Castle and we have promised
to haul it DOWN when the Cubans say
So and it was glorious war waged
for freedom Why not do the same
thing for the Filipinos? Judge Day tells
us we purchased our title to the Phillip
pines, but Spain had no title except that
grounded in force and our Declaration OF
Independence does not recognize force
fApplause) and Republicans, you oaal-
NOT, dare not. say we own the millions
of Malays because Spain put them ON
the auction block and disposed of them
at 81 apiece
We do not frd here anything that
''justifes the fighting At Greeny.lle,
Ohio on October 10, Mr. Bryan said:
'gThey assert the right to be m the
Philippines by purchase and that too,
after having paid a less price for hui
man being than we pay for hogs.
Let God choose between this dennl-
item of the declaration of independence
and that which says all governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed.
1t will doubtless not he commended that
if Mr. Bryan holds, as ne clearly does
here, that we have no right to Zee in the
Philippines without the consent of the
Filipinos, that he would favor killing
the Filipions for failure to consent. Any
gladness springing from that hypothesis
would seem trife insecure.
AT Celina, Ohio, ON the 10Th of Octo-
Der, the Associated Press thus reports
Mr.. Bryan:
He denounced the preaching that
God had been the instrtmemtality OF our
presence i'm the Philippines and added
when God gets ready to speak to the
American people he will find somebody |
else than Mark HANNA as mouthpiece.
Mr.. Bryan did not believe that we could
shoot or dynamite our civilization into
the Fiihpinos NOR did he believe that in
the matter Of territorial acquisition we
should sink to the low level of European
nations, affirming that we should mot
trade the glory of a hundred years as
Republic for the doubtful glory of an
empire.
lat another time, Mr.. Bryan thus
states his position:
II do not favor the withdrawal of our
troops. What j do believe is that wc
should at once declare our purpose IN
w ltoFoILAht ehnt t'iN 1
Fil;pinos cannot doulst tito grart them
full and complete independence the mo
ment they have established a stable gov
ernnscnt.
So far as Mr. Bryan is concerned this
statement of his position would seem
sufficiently explicit. Whether the Re
corder has made it more clear is a matter |
easy enough to determine.
Now for President Mckinley. Al
Minneapolis, ON October II, he said OF
the future of the Philippines:
THAT they will prove rich and in
valuable heritage, / feel assured That
Congress will provide for them govern |
ment which will bring them blessings, |
which will promote their material inter
ests. as well as advance the people in the
path of civilization and intelligence.
confidently believe. They will not be
governed as yassals or serfs CIR slaves
they win be given a government of lber-
ty, regulated by law, honestly admins
tered without oppression, taxation with |
cut tyranny, justice without bride, edu-
cation without distinction of social cor~