Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-09-11
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
The GlamOr OF imperialism Does not
Mislead the LeveI Headed
American.


Mislead the Level Headed
American.
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson
has returned from a prolonged tour
OF the wet, and cheers the heart of
the imperialist by announcing that he
did not find an anti west Of Chica-
go" There is no explanation given
OF how he managed to pass through
80 many Of the western States with
out finding an anti @west of Chicago"
because expressions of anti. imperial
ism have been heard clear to the At
lantic. We do not for a moment
doubt that the Secretary's statement
is correct, and therefore 1t is the more
wonderful. 1t was a remarkable
feat.
That his experience was unique
may be judged from an extensive in
quiry by the Farm and Home, an ag-
ricultural paper published at SPRING
field, Mass, and Chicago. The pa
per is circulated i'll the farming re-
gions of the west and south. On the
the LIST OF May that journal PROFOUND
ed to its readers series Of ten ques-
tions, all OF them bearing upon our
new national problems, except one
as to whether the United States Sen
ators should be elected by the people,
asking them to put their replies on
postal card. 1t recently published a
summary of the $1,000 replies receiv-
ed. Of this large number about ten
per cent were from New England, %
from the Middle States, nearly 40
from the central west. and the rest
almost equally from the south and
Pacific coast. The first question was
"Should the Philipiros be held in
subsection to the United States, or
should they be allowed to form an in
dependent governments" The an.
swers from each of the five sections
we're largely in favor of indepen-
dence, the totals footing up 1880 for
independence, to 8,416 for subsection.
The majority was still greater for the
Cuban INSTRUMENTATION, as
against 1852 for annexation. On the
other hand large proportion favor
the annexation Of Porto Rico to the
United States-11 ,S97, as against
6,0O4 for its independence. and 1,749
for it annexation to Cuba.
The greatest unanim1ty and en- pha-
sis was noted on the mpreheneive
question: @In general, should the
United States adhere to or depart
from its former policy Of nor-inter-
fenence with the nations beyond
either ocean, There we're 1924 in
favor OF adherence as again st 1887 in
favor OF new departure.
That, bear in mind, was a vote TAX
en- in May, when every dispatch from
the Philippines brought the cheering
news that the trouble would be over
In few days. 1t was months before
it was admitted that the Philippine
war was really serious; before the
protest OF the war correspondents
was made against the censorship.
showing that affairs in the Philip.
pines was 80 bad they feared TO let
the American people know the truth;
before the administration got rid Of
the incompetent Alger and drafted
the energetic Root into the cabinet;
before it confessed that 100000 troops
we're needed to cope withAgurnaldo's
forces; before the organs Of imperial
ism began to admit that the course in
the Philippines was mistake from
the beginning, Then the majority
against imperialism was pretty large,
although the project had not lost its
original luster. What would the ma.
1ority be today, now that the bad
mess that affairs are in is becoming
apparent2 What will it be noxt No.
vemberH What in November, 1oOOP
These are practical questions to those
whose only chart and compass ia non.