The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-09
TALL TALK FROM COLORADO.

TALL TALK FROM COLORADO.
! 1t would be interesting to know what
! Gov. Thomas Of Colorado is going 10 10
! If the President doesn't order the Colo
RADIO volunteers home right away. He
says that he has tried quiet, peaceable
means 10 get them home and mas failed
to accomplish his purpose. and that now
/ he VIII be Obliged TO resort to something
more forcible. What Is that he purpos
TO do? Does he intend to call out the
! gtat9 troops ana put ex-Gov. Bloody BH-
| die Waite i'm command Of them, and move
on Washington? II that is not his pur-
pose. what is il? And if he should attempt
anything forcible does he think he would
have The fun and hearty support Of the
people of Colorado? If the great meeting
| held in Chicago Sunday night expressed
the sentiments Of the West in respect to
the Philippine situation he would not find
a very ready response from the people Of
Colorado to any forcible means he might
propose.
Gov. Thomas Is talking for effect. He
admits as much when he says that he does
not desire 10 take any steps that will
unjustly hamper the administration" If
he doesn't desire to do that, what does
his talk about using forcible means TO
get the Colorado volunteers mustered out
mean? Does he not know that talk like his
hampers the administration and strength
ems the insurgents in their determination
TO resist our government.
He objects, he says, to seeing the vol
unteers Of Colorado lighting and dying
in the Philippines in defense of the policy
which is actuating those in charge of the
| movements of our armies abroad" The
inference is that he does not object to the
| Colorado boys fighting and dying in the
Philippines. but he objects to the policy
for which they are fighting and dying. In
other words. Gov. Thomas is talking pol
itcs.
But what would he have? If he had the
power would he withdraw our forces from
the Philippines at once and let the insurg-
| ents run riot over the country? Would
he let them sack and burn Manila? Would
he haul down our flag in the Philippines
and admit that we were unequal to the
| job we had undertaken? Would he have
the nation disgraced in the eyes of the
whole civilized world? If he does not
mean these things, what does he mean?
AS for the policy of those who are di-
| recting the movement of our armies
abroad, what does he know about it? What
does anybody know about it? AS
far as we are able to see, the aim of the
administration just now is to bring about
peace in the Philippines by compelling the
| Filiplnos to recognize our authority. 1t
will be for Congress TO say what our pol
icy in respect to the Philippines shall be.
| 1t is pretty safe TO assume that Congress
| win aim to do what it thinks the major
ity of the people want done. A Presi-
Dental campaign is close at hand, and
neither the administration nor Congress
will undertake to pursue a policy in the
Philippines opposed by majority of the
people.
We don't know, OF course, what the pol
icy of Congress will be in respect to the
Philippines, but as far as we are concern
ed we shall oppose any policy looking to
| permanent pOSSSSSiph vi TIC lSiduuS we
think the Filipinos should have their in
dependence just as soon as they are fit
ted for self-government. And before they
are given their independence they ought
to have as great control of their own po-
litical affairs as is consistent with the
best interests of the islands. The ques-
ton of a policy for the Philippines will
come when the Fnpinos acknowledge our
| authority. Gov. Thomas is largely in the
minority, even in Colorado, when he in
sists that the Colorado boys must be sent
| home at once unless his policy for the
| Philippines is adopted.
Ii is true that the term for which the
Colorado volunteers enlisted has expired
and that they are entitled to be mustered
out, but the administration is not to blame
for not having troops in the Philippines
to take their places. Congress is to blame
for not passing the army bin sooner, so
that troops could be provided to take the
places of the volunteers. Still, all of this
is foreign to the threat of Gov. Thomas
to use force to get the Colorado volun-
teeers out of Uncle Sans service The
country waits for the boom of Thomas
guns.
HANNA DID 1T.