The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-10


WHAT THE OPPOSITION DESIRES.
opponents to yield the sovereignty Of the
United States in the Philippines to a small
out Of eighty or more inhabting ' the ar riI
pelago, faction which wantonly attacked
rightful possession under the protocol
with Spain, awaiting the ratification of the
treaty of peace by the. senate and which
has since been in active, open rebellion
against the United States. We are asked
to transfer our sovereignty to a small mi
nority in the islands without consulting
the majority and to abandon the largest
portion of the population. which has been
rilla insurgent bands. More than this. we
are asked to protect this minority in es-
tablishing. government and to this end
repress all opposition of the majority. We
are required to set up a stable government
in the interest of those Who have assailed
our sovereignty and fired upon our sol
diers and then maintain it at any cost or
sacrihce against its enemies within and
against those having ambitious designs
without
This would require an army and navy
Philippines and still more in excess of
what viii be necessary with the full recog-
milton or our sovereignty. military sup
port of authority not our own as thus
proposed is the very essence of militarism
which our opponents in their platform, op-
pose, but which by their policy would of
necessity be established in its most often
WILL ASSERT HIS RESPONSIBILITY.
The American people will not make the
T mpurdererS OF our soldiers the agents -, OF
erty and order in the Philippines. They
will not make them the. builders of the
new commonwealth Such a course would
be betrayal of our sacred obligations to
the peaceful Fflipinos and would place at
the mercy of dangerous Adventures the
lives and property of the natives and
foreigners. 1t would make possible and
easy the commission of such atrocities
as was secretly planned to be executed on
the 22nd of February, 1892 in the city of
Manila when only the vigilance of our
q n a ccf re-
our soldiers and all foreigners and destroy
the city and its surroundings. In short,
to continue ali the obiigations in the Phil
ippineS which now rest upon the govern
ms;nt;; only cha,nging the relation from
surety. Our responsibility is to remain,
but our power is to be diminished. Our
obligation is to be no less, but our title is
to be surrendered to another power, which
is without experience or training or the
ability to maintain a stable government at
home and absolutely helpless to perform
its International obligations with the rest
of the world. To this we are opposed We
lions last. In the language of our plat
form, our authority should not be less
responsibility is to establish our author
ity in every part of the islands.
WAVES THE FLAG A LITTLE.
No government can SO certainly preserve
the peace, restore public order, establish
law, justice and stable conditions as ours.
establish a stable government in those IS
lands except under our right of sove-
reignty. our authority and our flag. And
this we are doing.
We could not do it as a protectorate
power SO completely or SO successfully as
power we can initiate action and shape
means to ends and guide the Ftlipinos to
protectorate power we could not initiate
action, but would be compelled to follow
go alone. In the one case we can teach