Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-09-27

nave Il serious I4ce p!OUleni nov an ouI
country anu am i!Ol III IANor o1 sauulug
10 OH domestic luo.ic = n.oIsrel popu.u.
! lioA tot tA!s ehafacterJ. o.. uuAstIlu
/ t4o!i makes no PROVISIONS tor u eUiUniai
| ESTABLISHMENT. ANY territorial govern
iae!4t We Ni!Snt Establish wUulu LeIess:.r!-
o4ISarcHy, which WOULD nave u. be SUP
potlcu ", afIued soloIers. ct Muil II -
now been ith!4eAeG ana ner delegates N..vs
sat IN inc national cunVenlloi4s VI the
Two great pa1l!es. The ieafs thea eN-
presseu IA ie!Atoa ~ an ''olisurchy''
ana armed soldiers" are not low Sc
Yet they are precisely the oDjectloI!i
urged against lne Acquisition OF me
..ra W. At TINS ye:y moment. We
not taxing e single step winch IN any
Way aiiects our institutions or our tYa-
u ..- t1:,!, policies. FROM the beginning
81 seIi-so' etAmene To the ui11erenl ter-
14lof4ts. slccor0ins to their needs
The simple truth is that there is moth
ING even remotely resembling 'imperl;,l-
,sm or hil!4tafism lnvoited IN Tue
paiAsloil winch mas been part vi The Ls-
toIE "i America from lAe gay When sns
became !. nation. The words mean ap-
so!ulciy nothing as applied To our pres
eAs poiley III the Pnlnpplnes; 1or this
puAcy rs only imperlaIlsilc ln the sense
lhat Jeiiersons po4lcy IN Louisiana was
lMperla!lstic. oM4y military IN me sense
.ia 1acs>sens tN.sy p,"ara the Sem
1Aoles Or Custer coward the Sioux
embodied Aal!4tarlsn; and there is no
Ll nome AoW than there was OF lts IN
lerIerlAs WiIh freedom under jefferson
or Jacnson, OF III The DAYS Ut the II.u4s1II
wars GA ti4e plans. Our army is rr,;Atly.-
" not as iaiec as 1t Was IN tine GAYS OF
Wayne; We have not one regula: for
every lnousana Inhabitants. There is no
more CaAser oi Draft IMAM There is OF
INC rs-4Atioduction OF slavery
When We expanded over New Msyico
ana California We secured Tree governs
nleht 20 these territories ana prevented
d 0letAtors4np like tAar OF santa An.a.
OF The lmpeIiaNsm" OF a real empire. IN
inc Gays o. -MaA!inllliail. We put u stop
TO lnperi;allSl.1 ia MEXICO az soon as 1nt,
ci'!! war c.osed. we made d great anu
lInper!AIls1lc stride When We drove lne
opanlaros from Porto Rico and the Phli-
sround In these islands Tor That grauua!4y
INCREASING measure OF se!l-yuyerum.nr
tor whlcA their Populations are severally
hsteu. Cuba Is being neipeu along ll4s
own citizens are content that IISy snould
so. VI course the presence OF truyys IN
me-, me tPhll!pplnss DURING the lag<,i lnsur-
rectlun has no more To do with 1ntIl-
tarlsiA or imperialism than had tn.Ir
presence IN tho Dakotas, Minnesota and
!oih.ns uurng the many years when
elapsed before the nnal outbreaks of me
sioux We're definitely put uoMu. There
IS no more nliitu'ism or Imperialism
M o, sar'l son. Luzol until order is
ssndiiis souIers To South Dakota I'M lsyy
during the O5allalla outbreak Tne
reasoning wnlcn ]ustities our having
M>tue War against Sitting Bum also ,,,S
lI!.es our htri.g Checked INC outbreaks
vi 4Asuinaluo and his 1onomvrs, ulrect.u
as they We're. against klllplno ana .Anlur-
lean alike.
The only certain way Of RENDERING i,
necessary FOX our Republic to .,l.er w., =.
career VI mMillta:isln' would be To @D....-
1on the ph.nppnles to their own ,r..,,'s,
lee u stable government anon, la--e
TRIBES or To 8 ulr.tnice tneln asalllst vul.-',|-
!nte!lefence ~ Tar i.raer amy wour W
ger the American nag; wnlle the 49,
ehce Ok this flag on lnc islands is l,,...y
assresslo... Inc mnois a..u1n,,,1
against President Mckinney $ pu.l,y IN
ING rhiiippllAes becomes absurd w..,.,. N
is coAceueu ,hat we Should, 10 quo,c NC
language OF Inc Kansas City pl4.to.....
to slHe the Philippines first "a staD.e
form Oh government" II they are I.,,>
entitled 10 Independence, they are s.so
CT their government sha4l be stable or
unstable, clvillzed or savage, or Mnrll.. .
they shall have amy government a. a.,
While 1t is, OF course, eaually ,yluS.,'
that under such conditions VIC have 10
right whatever 10 guarantee them assam,
outside INTERFERENCE amy more th,su We
HAVE 70 make SuSN q guarantee t.!..
case of the BoXers (who are mercy the
analoyues Ut Aluln;.Iuu 5 to-
lowers. Ii VIC have a rignt TO rsts.b..s..
u stable government in the islands II i,.
cessarlly follows that it is not only ulIr
right but our duty To support thar e,,v-
until the natives gradually :s'.,,v
lit to sustain it themselves How .,sa
will it be stable? The minute We l.ay,
it. il ceases To be stable.
properly speaking, the onast;on il ,o,v
not Whether we Shall expal.d,-for W..
have already expanded,-but wh., tAer We,
shall contract. The Philippines are nov
ucr Them would be to surrender American
territory They must, of course. be gov
trned primarily in the interest oi ;nrir
own citizens. our first care must be Tor
the people of the islands which have com.
under our guardianship Us Z. result of
the most righteous foreign war that has
been wased within the memory OF the
present generation. They must be atinln.
lsteved IN the interests of their inhabi-
any question OF personal or partisan pot
tics in their administration must be en-
lirely eliminated. We must continue 10
put at the heads of affairs in the dig
tcrent islands such men as General Wont
Governor Allen and Judge Taft; and il
g a most fortunate thing that We are
able to illustrate what ought to be done
IN the way OF sending officers thlther by
pointing out what actuaily mas been |
zone. Inc minor places III their admin |
stratloll, where IL is Impossible to NIL |
lhem by natives, must be filled by the |
;trlc,est Application OF the merit system.
the merely ministerial
ana administrative OfilceS. where the |