The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17

been done in the Philippines by the
administration has been authorized by
congress and has met its approval, and
the approval of the people. Congress
authoized the increase of the army to
100, 600 men for the space of two years
that the president might be able to
ouell the instruction and bring about
order in the islands. He knows fur
Their, for he is supposed to be possessed
of ordinary intelligence, that stable
government cannot be formed there
until order is brought about. And he
knows still further that when order is
brought about in those islands, that
government just as free and liberal as
any now existing in any state or ter
ritory in this country will be establish
ed there.
But if Mr.. Bryan would do as he
says, if elected, why did he lend his
influence to get the treaty ratified, for
more than any one man is he respon-
sible for the trouble he says we are now
in. He attempts to excuse him
self for this by saying that he thought
it safer to trust the American people
to give independence to the Filipino
than to trust the accomplishment of
that purpose to Others This is an al
mighty small hole for Mr. Bryan to
attempt now to crawl out of. If indie
pendence of the Philippines was what
was wanted it could have been much
more easily accomplished by revising
the treaty than by paying $50, 900, OoO
to be thrown away, and Mr.. Bryan
knows this is well as anyone. His
Judgment and discretion in this re-
spect, if he is honest, has been most
awfully poor, and not such as the peo-
pie want in man for their chief eX-
ecutive
But Mr. Bryan knows as well as any
one knows that the Filipinos are not
fit for self-government. He knows
that that is the consensus of opinion
of nine-tenths of conservative men who
have visited the islands. He knows
that with the different tribes there
peace could not exist that they could
not agree, and no tribe would be sub
ject to another.
And the Free Press does not believe
that Mr.. Bryan greatly cares. He
wants to be president, and he is will
ing to present any picture that will
get him votes. He tells of the great
calamity that is sure to overtake the
people if he is not elected president
this year just as he made predictions
in 1896, all of which never came true.
Does Mr.. Bryan believe that he is more
patriotic than is Mr.. Mckinley, who
shouldered his gun and bore the brunt
of battle for four years that the iber-
ties of this nation might be preserved?
Judged as between the addresses of ac-
ceptance of the two men, Mr.. McKin-
ley shows himeslf to be for the safest,
the broadcast, and the ablest man to
guide the destinies of this nation and
we believe that the people of this coun-
try will so decide next November.
We are not rushing toward imperial
ism. That is a myth. The people Of
this nation are supreme and William
Mckinley during the past three and
a half years has proved himself to be
their trusted and faithful servant.
The dangers of imperialism do not
Turk in his pathway, but on the con-
trary Mr.. Bryan has on many occa-
sions exhibited very dictatorial
spirit, and his address yesterday shows
that in every respect he is the dan
gerous man that leading men of the
Democratic party have pointed him
out to be and consequently protest his
election