The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-13
The Administration Policy.

Alr. Andrew Carnegie Is pleased to
commend the President for his Phil
ippine policy, now that he has an ink
ling OF what It Is to be. This NIL hap
pens after his fiery Scotch temper had
drawn him into the crusade against an
imaginary tendancy 70 Imperialism. Of
which Col. Bryan was the original ghost
Of warning.
Mr.. Carnegie. Mr.. Bryan and a host
OF others have all along been battering
at man Of straw. The President has
never in season or out Of season, led
the country to believe that 1t was the
intention of the administration to cxer-
else any other than temporary sover-
eighty over the Philippines. What he
has insisted on, and what Mr.. Bryan
himself has earnestly advocated, was
the carly ratification Of the peace treaty
without any discreditins or enfecbling
amendments. That being accomplished
we would then deal with the Filipinos
in the spirit that Is now being pursued,
that OF persuasion instead of powder
And. by the way. the only thing that
has frightened the Filipino and made
him distrustful of the United States
government has been inccssnnt howis
against imperialism :. of premature
orators In this country. Naturally such
agitation would arouse. the suspicion Of
a suspicious race. made so by the i'm
positions practlced upon 1t for so many
long and weary years by the Spanish
government. Having suffered so much,
and being within reach Of what they
had so bitterly commended for it is not
surprising that their confidence was
shaken by the interpretations the DEM
asosues Of this country placed on all
the acts Of the administration.
But the light is now shining, and 1t
was Senator Foraker's speech In the
Senate that opened the rift in the
clouds. that gentleman making the
strong assertion that "the acquisition
Of the Philippines was only temporary
in character" The record on the sub
jects says:
The return Of the Islands to Spain, re-
sumCd Mr.. Foraker. was therefore not
to be considered. Were they then to be
left to themselves? About the time this
question was confronting us I saw re-
peated newspaper statements from Agui-
naldo and his associates among the lnsur-
gents 10 the effect that all the countries
or Europe would be on their backs before
breakfast II the United States deserted
them at that juncture. We could not
leave the islands at the mercy OF other
countries Such a course would have
been cruel. We wisely decided against
both these courses. We decided TO take
least. until the people OF those islands
are ready and capable OF self-govcrnment
The assertion OF the temporary character
OF our possessions of the Philippines ere
ated stir In the chamber. Mr.. Foraker
reiterated It. =
The attitude OF the administration is
further clinched by subsequent period
in Mr.. Foraker's speech when. in reply
ing to, an interruption OF Mr.. Hoar, he
said: mo one desires to retain the
Philippines indefinitely" reiterated Mr..
Foraker again. THE President is as
much alover of liberty, truth and JUS
uce as is the senator from Massachu-
sets and his love of liberty goes out
to the people of the Philippines as un-
erring rs his"
This Is why Mr.. Carnegie is breathing
easier and losing less sleep of nights.
And we presume there are others who
have pleasanter dreams and sweeter re-
pose.