The Forrest City times., 1899-04-21

bonds Thus the bank viii be permitted
to draw interest upon the bonds and at the
same time use the money covered py the
bonds. a privilege denied to every other
class in the community.
'sTe democratic party will continue US
attack upon the principe OF mohopois
wherever II appears, whether in the stand
ard money trust the paper money trust, or
the industrial trust. Instead of making It's
antitrust plank narrow enough 10 suit
those who are alarmed at the soap trust,
but Obvious of the dangers OF . money
trust. 1t will invite all who Will oppose mo-
nopoy to stand upon platform broad
enough to attack the principle Wherever
manifested.
II need not refer to the subject of mill
tarism and assure you that have found no
disposition among the democrats to permit
the maintenance of large standing army
Even the republican party. with al It's ten
dency toward Capitalization. and its disre-
gard of the taxpayers. did not care 10 in
corporate in it's last platform demand for
an Increase in the army. temporary In
crease such as the democrats in congress
consented to can be justified. but this IN
crease must be limited TO the settlement
of the questions which made the temporary
increase necessary.
THE opposition to Imperialism has grown
so rapidly that the president was con-
strained 10 deny any purpose to enter upon
such a course But the denial is of little
value when the purpose upon the part or
the administration is so apparent. the
proclamation issued to the Filipinos plain
~ indicates purpose to govern them with
out their consent and to tax them TO suit
our purposes rather than their own. Ac-
cording to the plan thus far outlined the
constitutional guarantees which protect the
people of the United States Will not be ex-
tended to the Filipinos; our people VIII
govern themselves: the Fi!ipiros Will be
governed by the executive through off,
GERS appointed by him. In this country we
shall have republic in the Philippines
despotism. despotism is not relieved
Of it's name because of its benevolence.
On Government of FiIipinOs.
"A government wherein authority rests
upon force. and where the people have no
voice in making and executing the laws un-
der which they live, is despotic In its form.
When we pleaded for independence for the
Filipinos. we pleaded for our own people.
rather than for them. We believe in the
doctrine of self-government. and are not
only unwilling to deny 1t to alien races. but
we fear that denial of it in one part OF
the nation will lead to the abandonment
of IL entirely. The moment force is raised
| above reason, the moment might is substi-
tuted for right in the government OF any
part of this country, that moment decay
attacks the fundamental principles of the
republic. II the people become sufficiently
| indifferent 10 the doctrine of sef-govern-
ment to permit it's abandonment In the
orient. they will not long defend IL here.
1t is a significant fact that those who in
1896 were willing TO borrow a financial sys-
tenn from England are now foremost among
the people who would borrow colonial pol
icy from England. How long before they
would be willing to borrow the laws of
entail and primogeniture and the splendors
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