The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-19
is HE A coPPERHEADq

Administration parasites have a great
deal to say about "copperhesds" these
DAYS They are ready TO apply the cpl
tibet wherever it will please the powers
that be, but especially anxious are they
to fasten it to the name of some Dem
ocratic leaders. Whoever opposes a war
of conquest, whoever says that I'VE
must avoid the evil Of territorial ag-
gression," whoever holds that forcible
annexation of territory or the forcible
retention of people whom we are COM
PEELED to subjugate and rule, if at all,
without their consent is a copper
head ard "a brake upon the wheels of
progress
But who is doing these things? Who
he's said that we must avoid the evil
of territorial aggression? Before Mark
Hanna outlined his policy of mani
fest destiny William Mckinley was
Of this opinion. He is the author of
that expression. That is one Of the
many pledges. expressed and implied,
which he has broken. But there are
other leaders Of the Republican party,
living and dead. who are on record in
opposition to wars OF conquest and po-
licies Of forcible government. Tom
Reed is emphatically opposed to the
presidents policy. or drift, in the Phil
ippines. Senator Foraker. who favored
il al first, announces that he is sick and
tired Of the ceaseless, causeless and
purposeless slaughter of people who
cannot understand our ways, and
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Henderson, the next speaker of the Re
publican house, is against expansion a
Ia Spanish. One Of the most scathing
arrangements OF the presidents treat
ment OF the Filipinos on record is the
speech OF Congressman Johnson, the
Republican fire-eater from Indiana. 1t
is well worth reperusing now that the
president has verified every prediction.
justified every suspicion and richly
merited every lash the eloquent Re-
publican statesman applied to him.
Mr.. President" he said, and the
earnest thrill OF that voice once heard
can never be forgotten.
You are mistaken, sadly mistaken. The
fnlippne people are capable of seif-soy-
eminent Take your mailed hand from
AuSAt lHipdeS. Sir ana give tNS1I a chance
10 demonstrate this fact still further
&c Sc sending our brave soldiers 10 meet
aeaSh in an lgnoble war. What right have
YOU 10 demand such a sacrifice as ts1is2
Stop wasting our national resources in an
effort 10 belle all the professions of SYM
pathy which we have made in time past
Tor the cowntrodden and oppressed. You
are 1na1igninS the national character. You
are bringing reproach upon the greatest
republic Of modern times. There is Sc
rsoi1s danger ahead, too, il YOU do not de-
1faFn
Paragraph OF our consul generals COM
nfunicatlon, which 1 have just read, that
the t1iipinos were spirited people, and
that they would not be deferred by over
whelnhnE odds from resisting any nation
which might assail their independence as
brayeiy as they resisted Spain. and yet
You insisted on undertaking the expert
ment You have gotten Us into our diff
culties- Now. sir. you must do your full
share in extricating us from them.
Stand back, Mr.. President. and accord
TO these people who by their valor have
earned TIE right to be free the privilege
OF establishing such form Of government
as they themselves prefer. IL viii not.
Z OF course be nearly so perfect a
government as ours, for they are OF an
inferior race 10 our own. But though il
may be somewhat crude. especially at the
outset. il viii answer al their needs well
enough. and wiz bring to them peace and
happiness.
The cause of the insurgents he pre-
scented in glowing colors. he was not
extrsyagant He didn't try to describe
it as Infinitely higher" than that in
which our revolutionary forefathers
were engaged, but he sought to make
it plain and to do the people justice
He said: III
Mr.. Chairman, our treatment Of the FL
1psDos is among the saddeSt and most dis
graceful Incidents Of ali our national his
tory. II is incapable of defense though
not yet thank heaven, beyond our power
ct cenaration- This people have been cru