Hutchinson gazette., 1900-06-21
Itcns Of Interest from the Capital
City on Current Events OF
Political Import.
REPUBLICAN, ADMINISTRATION BLUNOERS
The RuIe Of Gen. otis In the Phiiip-
pines Rank FaiIuTe-corruption
Uncnrthed by New CiviI oommiH-
SloH-congrcSa 10 lie WhitcwnAhed
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insurrection In the islands and left
everything on peace footing,
His ignorance Of the situation may
he pardoned from the fact that he con-
ductcd his campaign from the depths
Of his armchair In the palace AZ Manila
His mind appears 20 he not oltogeth-
or easy us 10 the quality Of the pence
that he left behind, because he nd
mltted, reluctantly, that we could not
spare any Of our 10000 from the Is
lands In case OF trouble with China,
because ian army Of suppression"
would be needed IN the Philippines for
several years 10 come,
Gen. Otis was received at the white
house with great cordlOllty, and he
ought 20 be, for has he not been the
faithful servant of the administration
all these months? Has he not done
what President Mckinley has ordered?
Has he not suppressed any news that
the administration thought Gisquct'
ing? Has he not censored theJcpoWs
so that II was impossible TO discover
how many lives were being sacrificed
and how much money was being spent
In this attempt to crush q people who
only desire nm opportunity TO govern
themselves IN their own way"
Indeed, Gen, Otis has been Il loyal
servant Of laundering adminstra-
ton, and the abuse which has some
times been hcapcd upon Otis should in
justice have been metod out. TO his
master In the white house who direct
ed the Philippine wnr, Now that Gen,
Otis Is back, his optimistic statements
viii be used by the republicans as cam
pnlgn material, That they are not
true will not matter 10 the republican
leaders, On their side the campaign is
to be prosecuted with promises for the
future and evasion and misrcprcsenta-
tion, in order to conceal anything
which might damage McKinley's
chances of reelection.
otis II Rank Failure.
In sharp contrast 10 Gen. OTIS self
sufficient claim OF having put down
the rebellion In the Philippines comes
the wall from the new civil commits
sion which recently landed IN the Is
lands. Judge Taft and hig colleagues
on the commission are assured by high
army officers that the present force in
the islands Is utterly inadequate TO
suppress the insurrection; that even
in the southern portion Of Lu2on the
insurgents are IN entire control,
Gen. Otis municipal governments
have been rank failure. They have
simply been used by the Filipnos as re-
cluiting stations for the insurgents.
The commission has been in Luzon
week and up TO this time not n single
Filipino has approached them with an
offer OF surrender or submission on
any terms.
The commission is simply amazed at
the conditions OF bribery, corruption
and general rnscality which prevail
wherever the Americans have left their
trail, The Cuban frauds are nothing
to the corruption which has been going
on in the Philippines.
The Filipinos have had so bitter an
experience with imperialism that they
propose to hold out at least until Hfter
the fall elections, IL Mckinley is re-
elected. they know they may expect n
icGndition rof"servitude worse than
Spain ever dared to impose, and they
-NSill keep up their guerrilla warfare
indefinitely. If Bryan is elected they
have some hope Of being allowed TO
govern themselves and receiving the
protection which should be given them
by country which processes respect
for the principles of liberty and inde-
pendence on which its own institutions
are founded.
The new civil commission is giving
the people II glimpse Of the facts. Otis
misrepresents everything, from the
condition Of the Filipnos to the cost
Of our war of determination.
General Corruption.
The more the Cuban affair is probed
the more clear it becomes that the pos
tai frauds are only small part of the
general corruption which has become
rampant under military control Of the
island.
The administration is looking sur
prised and grieved and ordering
prompt investigation and retrench-
ment in the postal department, hoping
by that ruse to keep the country in ig-
norance of the frauds in other direc-
tions.
If there could be searching investl-
cation into the amount Of money dis
bursed by the military authorities. un-
der the preteXt of administering Ha-
vana and improving the sanitary con-
dition, the result would shock the aver
age voter. While the administration
and its2 henchmen pretend to know
nothing Of the Irregularities in various
directions in Cuba yet information
comes from those on the ground indi-
eating that the postal frauds are
mere bagatelle compared TO what has
been looted in other directions.
President McKinley's oft-repeated
aphorism about being the instrument
ofProvidence is paraphrased by certain
officials in Cuba to read: providence
is in it, we're in 1t and there's money