New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-15

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sound constatlonal pFooeaEe IN 1893 what F gTs
ciseiy President McKiney's Philippine policy In
State hf fh eR peoes n Status so 70 be determined
by Congress. and. in the mean time I'M sn,lssted
without any reference 70 the costitusiorns BUt
OF 1858 is denounced by the Kansas City platform
as dangerous to our form of government; any
But there may be fair minded men Who r %hGS
s saes 5 Take "nd h a9a the to
govern them as dspendsnt Ter err sttnon i'm
poses upon the Union in its relations with TIE ser for
bos Tese yet %ar fe Of Aff the Oq Nation
whelming to be assumed and vagne g,,gbt have
been adopted or me still be g While IT, the o
m the aernatTe policy 0F to Which these
thoughtful and PATRIOTS cszens bnt at least at
tachedd their hopes. -. ..,o ira mot In
formed R of Ph HEns eondons policy
seductive than that OF turning over the philippines
m t n npRo' who arc hS Fpnos they
not single nation they tr aFe an speakg
languages. and representing all stages OF civiiza,
Tagalogs who are not the most numerous triht
is o es by to Of many the 0 tribes
the Nisayans. And II was Nisay9ns ana me mTS S
people Of the island Of Negros. who, as far back
as the spring Of 1892 voluntarily raised ne amer III
Gf of the peoe o edueaon and
The masses are ignorant. superstitious and cred
to play upon them but i is SIN a fact that the
vast majority of them either ac9ueSre IN AneT
to the question of independence As one or mem y.
be Sq e me alone end to S be snre Of their rice and
AS Il government they have little interest IN II.
AS TO THE FILIPINOS.
Now when it is proposed to turn the ,PhilipPtnes
which of the Filipnos it is intended make rulers
followers
murderers? But why should you favor the assas-
not require it. for out Of SooOoo5 Fiiipino only
% are And ag% eoad aR Rdu RsT Rou are
shame and dishonor, leave the Filpinos who have
svensng y2g a pos ali of
the archipelago who have supported American au5
Negroes; the Moros and, other tribes Of MndaaIna9
and S b and he y S5 the nah these
you are bound by the ties OF honor and or good
you to break No; we cannot get out of the archi-
TO the Philippine people. because there is no Philip
pine people but only medley OF different races
s sa nd made oa head OF the
nent, rebellion and anarchy would follow in,ms-
Do hear complsns that the woTk i Of Paeile;s
tiers, And, indeed. the progress made since last
November has been not only encouraging but
OF country north and south of Manila less than
% 81 fnf the f miles auare es
Of the island of Luzon; and. Of the numerous
apart from the island of Negros nothing but four
or five towns. WHICH covered at most few square
I.uz9n north Of Msnila excepting u, two Tagaiog
Cebu, Bohol and other visayan islands are quiet
under the American fas and the vast island Of
MndanaO and the Sulu Archipelago are held in Sc
curity by the agreements We have made with their
chieftains. The work Of pacihcation has gone on
/ visited these Islands about a year ago. And
you will re-clcct him in November. General Mac
arthur. who has already done SO 9rilliantiE VAL
Insurgents. who are fed on the most outrageous
is their friend. and they drink Hfr Bryan's health
with that Of AguiQaldo If you bury Mr.. Bryan by
coffin the remains of the Tagalog instruction. But
whether shorter or longer time be necessary the
Philippine Islands is Imperative and unavoidabio.
il bv It's own sense Of honor and dtv The law Of
nations and the interest and welfare of the Philip
pine peoples.
WIT FROM MR.. WISE.
John S. Wise was introduced as an ex-Confed-
crate soldier Of Virginia who had sent his
three sons torthe against Spain. He con-
vulsed the audience by witty references to MIR.
Bryan. and stirred up much enthusiasm by his
remarks on the silver heresy. He said In part:
Americans delight to bestow geological and ornith-
oT an u asnb upTn ths men We Earo
Cocks and fafnons II &c time tbat Fr1-e Uu ;9 9
! be given some fitting appellation. such as is be-
shall the title be? A meme occurs 10 me. and. II
1 mistake not Il has rot been pre-empted. Why
not call him William Camel Bryan? Let con-
sefr ali 1iS dP ana creation none o,o
camel TO exist for indefinite period without visi
| Bile sUstenanoe. Without food without water the
desert Just as rya has ' cea afS
10 exist on wind and talk forever upon nothing. He
appeared =. political beast Of b5rden with a
protubersnce then You could not ride al ali That
was in his political nfoncy He was then but a
we ind in Egypt and Assyria But TIE hack CIV wai
After short IaDse ~ int eTye l,y 5e on la ,.
! hard experience he reappaared This time hs
turretted camel Of the desert. The old hump o.
l6 TO IS there it is true but he has grown another
he assures us Is paramount, and between these In
tbat them s or pair Of mounts we are toll
old Democratic backbone, to which those unable
70 ride. on either mount may slide safe in tn
gentle depression between the two from the DANCE
| OF falling off the back Of reconstructed Democ
the candidate of he Voting trust the sef-consti
! tuted guardian Of the labor trust; his campaign
ton trust and his treasury resp!endent from the lc
against trusts and his party which has neve
passed an antitrust measure. denounces the Re
ones upon the statute books: laws which although
enacted before Democratic administration cam
olney, Democratic Attorney-C;eneral. and were We
found vital and effective when the Republican
Mr. BRYAN speaks of the possibility Of legslativ
| suppression of trusts as II he had discovered tn
idea Educated men who Informed on the sub
tect know that II is idea, ana that II hi
hope for curbine trusts lies ~oleiy in such legisa
| ton as he may devise enact his remedy, ike al
| the other experiments in his list. is worthless i
| HIS latest utterance Mr. Bryan is quoted on IN
| subject Of trusts saying that any man VIII
speaks OF good trusts and bad trusts IS like on
| who speaks OF good kings and bad kings and h
caps the climax by exclairning II hate kings of a
| kinds Aye, there is the rub. hate! There
| the inherent and insuperable obstacle Brya
becoming President of nation where love is in tn
| majority over hate Every element Of followin
which he possesses is based upon some hate whic
Is dominant in the groups which he leads. HI
candidacy is founded upon the combining of thes
several hates. and his administration would b
hssed mpon the qualification OF these diverse re