The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-07

washington democrats are much
pleased with the nomination of Hon.
John r. Mclean for governor, by the
Ohio democratic State convention.
not only because they believe him to
be strong candidate but because
they like the mar and think tie Ohio
democrats honored themselves in
honoring him.
Those who know what is going on
under the surface. in Washington, are
wondering whether Mr.. Mckinley is
going to be so unwise as to allow him.
self to be used by the little clique of
New York milionaires to increse the
value of their property in Santo Do
mingo, by putting his fingers in the
revolution now going on there. They
have had power enough to bring Sec.
retary Hay back to Washington two
weeks earlier than he was expected,
and it is understood to be at their re-
quest that Mr.. Mckinley will return
tomorrow, instead OF week later.
They are not asking much Only
that Mr.. Mckinley shall stop the re-
volution and declare a U. S. protec-
torate over Santo Domingo. A nice
mess that would be, with all the other
race troubles we already have on our
hands.
The rush for commissions in the
new volunteer regiments for the Philip
pines is greater now than it was for
those in the ten regiments recently
organized, but reports from the various
recruiting stations show that enlist
ments are much slower-so much
slower that the War Department has
notified all the recruiting officers that
they are expected to get more recruits
than they have been getting.
A prominent Boston business m an,
who was in Washington this week said
of the platform that will be adopted
by the Massachusetts, democratic State
Convention, which will meet Sept. 2I
at will reafiirm every plank of the
Chicago instrum ent, will roast the
trusts in singing English, denounce
the inhuman massacre of the liberty
loving Filipinos, and declare that the
imperialist policy Of Mckinley, If un-
checked, will be the death knell of the
republic The same man predicted
that Massachusetts would send a solid
Bryan delegation to the National Con-
vent ion.
In view of the promise made in the
official proclamation OF the Philippine
Commission, issued last April, that
"Local funds collected for local pur-
poses, shall not be diverted to other
ends," there is ground for the COM
plants at Manila, reported by uncen-
sored cablegrams, via Hong Kong, on
account of the action of Gen. Otis in
using funds collected as local taxes for
the support of the army. The country
was told that every effort would be
made by the administration to obtain
the confidence of the peaceable Flip
mos. Taking the taxes collected for
local benefit to help support an invad-
ing army will strike most persons as
very poor way to obtain the conf
dence of the peaceable Filipinos. 1t
was because OF broken promises that
they revolted against Spain. The
Mckinley administration has repeat
edly stated Its entire approval Of the
acts of Gen. Otis; it is therefore direct
ly responsible for this wrongful use of
money collected over there. 1t may
have been the knowledge that por-
tion of the expenses of the large army
in the Philippines was to be paic with
taxes collected from the natives which
prompted Secretary Gage to say that
neither additional war taxes nor more
bonds would be necessary to meet the
increased expenditures caused by the
increased army. The American
people, as whole, regardless of IN
dividual opinions as to the future of
the Philippines will never endorse a
national policy that includes deception
and oppression of weaker people.
Such policy will quickly wipe out
Mr.. McKinley's platitudes about the
Stars and Stripes standing for the
same thing in the Philippines that
they do in this country. The people
of this country would not allow such
imposition upon themselves, nor will
they stand for its being practiced up
on the people of any other country by
the government of the U. S. Fortu-
nately the days of reckoning with the
officials of our government are not so
far apart as they are in other countries,
So much has been written about
the better class of Cubans favoring