Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-04
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HERES TREASON GALORE.

HERES TREASON GALOhE
There is so much of what our i'm
Derialistic friends call treason in
the air these days that one meets it
at every turn. And the botheration OF
it is it comes mostly, not from Ed
ward Atkinson, or some eastern col
lege professor, or even from wicked
Democratic editors, but from the gal
liant boys in blue returning home from
their arduous campaign in the Phil
ippines. For example, Lieutenant
Colonel Eager, of the returned Ne
braska regiment says:
They 1.-THE Filipinosl are learning to
fight better every day. Aguinaldo was
practically in possession of the entire arch
inelago when the Americans captured Ma
Mia from the Spaniards. He had estab-
lished a government, elected a congress
and abolished many of the barbarous prac-
tices adopted by the Spaniards. l believe
the F1lipinos are capable of establishing a
government suitable to the people of those
islands. Because of the Filipino character
laws such as govern the American people
would not be suitable to govern then. l
believe they should at least be given a
chance to govern themselves. They had
practically accomplished independence be-
fore the Americans occupied Manila"
This is simply awful! It's the
rRnkest treason! The only trouble is
comes from a conspicuously gallant
Isoldier, who served his country most
Z faithfully and bravely, and of course
it is sort of awkward to charge him
nonitb treason. But his remarks would
llicly denounced as the rankest
: ltfSaSA by the whole imperialistic
press If they had been made by some
college president or some villainous
Democratic editor. Colonel Eager au-
daciously continues on the same trea-
sonable lines:
Il believe the commercial advantages to
this country would have accrued to just
the same extent or even greater under an
independent Filipino government"
An officer, whose name is sup
pressed because he is still within the
jurisdiction of General Otis, writes
declaring if our government ex-
poets to accomplish anything in the
way of subduing the Filipinos that
100000 soldiers should be there and
ready for action by the end of the
rainy season, and that numerous re-
serves must be constantly held in
readiness, as our men can not remain
in that climate and engage in a hard
campaign more than year at
stretch.
This comes close to rank insubordi-
as reasonable as the Nebraska col
onel or as General Funston, of Kan
sas, when he says
THE 100000 people of the Philippines
are as highly civilized as the l2,0OO000 of
Mexico. If the American people will mag
Inc the United States to have acquired
Mexico against her will and to be engaged
In an attempt to put down universal re-
bellion of Mexicans with 10000 troops they
will have a duplicate picture at close
range of the situation in the Philippines
with the exception that the climate of the
Philippines is from ten to fifteen degrees
more tropical than that of Mexico"
This officer adds insult to his trea-
Eonab.e utterances by recalling the
fact that our flag, once raised over
the capital Of Mexico when the people
of that country were less highly civ
ilized than at present, was afterwards
hauled down by the government, and
the act was not regarded as humilar-
ing, but rather as noble vindication
of the principle of freedom underly-
ing our Declaration of independence.
It is particularly reasonable because
hot shot at the administration,
which apparently has forgotten all
about the Declaration CT Independ-
ence.
Verify, something will have to be
done to stop the mouths of these re-
turning soldiers, or they will stam-
pede the country with their treason
able utterances and knock all the
wind out of the second term BOOM
Il is even affecting the loyalty of
such good Republican senator's as Bur-
rows Of Michigan, He has not be-
come quite as outspokenly traitcrous
az H0ar and Housweu and Edmunds.
but he ssesAs to be rapidly getting