The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-09-20
NINA ton OF THE REPUBL lC An PARTY, SEPT. 3

Hsb 10 1909 that he .ss
view Admiral Dewey made no promises |
He tAguInaldo5 asked me if my govern
men5 snseeFei 3haf 'H Vas there Simply
IN af Ss espasE mat soned h had NC
authority to do So
Easy Find Fault.
Would rot our adyersariss have sent
stroy the spanish sea power there. or dis
ara wn t after the destruction Of the Span,
i ish hees; and If the dateT onId
it have gomez What port in the Orient was
Do our adversaries condemn the expedi.
TO strensthen Dewey in, the distant ocean
and "a assist tn, in our triumph oyeF sPain, With
algRssf duty strike Spain At every =
successfully concluded ar the earliest prac-
Asks for Honest Opinion.
And vas It not our duty to pro5ees fhe
onr co onn By tie forpunes of vars Could
We have come away at any time between
without stain upon our good namec Could
afeer the
by 5ee s sa e OF the t 'sh fee
ton Of the enemys Asst When we G9gid or
After the treaty of peace was ra5ined no
ssoverefgnty or aiienate a foot of the terri
sesg thus % 4b The ne Ana f6e
President had no authority to do either. If
So long as the sovereignty remains In us ut IT
may be to uphold that sovereignaty and I If Il
be attacked to SUPPRESS itS assailants- Would
Begun by Insurgents.
1t has been asserted that there would have
s ssss Ia deeIaFed its PURPOSE give inde
to n ra Wa for th Of
gPess They They assumed the offensive they
Those. who assert our. responsibility for
that before the treaty was ratified in the
hat sog and and h mhe e saeon
was under discussion. on Feb 4, 1899 the
! after being previously advised that the
IRE upon pom them hens except in defense TIE pa
pers found in the recently captured archives sia
tack had been carefully planned for weeks
Only one Course Open.
Their un2royoSed assault upon our aa sol
Grating upon the treaty shows that no
dom on the ana
and leaves no doubt in any fair mind where
American blood
hih m ths con @ ARE IN Of
being diverted from the real al e9ntenti9n , We
ported The war With Spain and t,a also with tn
treaty Of peace Upon these two, two great , es-
of these came ali of our ponsibiiities. If
others would shirk the obIiga lions imposed
to act further with them, and here the issue
It is our purpose to establish in the Philip
pines NE Tbs &c re %dh6
prepare then for s and to
READY for for It, at as 6aPi@ as 70 fh do
my Constitutional authority, and viii con
| the political status Of the Inhabitants OF the
| archipelago
Plea for Consistency.
Are opponents against the treaty? If
SO, they must be reminded that 1T could not
assurance the senate when ratihed the
sanction by large appropriation COMPRISED
Senators ana Representatives, of the people
Would our opponents surrender to the in
to them If be not ths
evil result from the hopes raised by our
opponents in the minds of the F'iIipInos. that
there will be a withdrawal of our army and
the epfe of ahe
Log Peope m fh and 9dr the m of
archipelago conferred upon the Tagalog
4 ProIonss the Rebellion.
The effect tp of belief In the h minds of the
ready prolonged the rebellion and Increases
army, It is now delaying fuIi peace in the
governments. and has influenced many of
the Insurgents against accepting the liberal
under my direction But for these false
ben had in our military esfa bishment u in the
an on thf be rea at Of
The American people are asked by OPP
| United states in the Philippines to a small
fraction of the population. single tribe
of eighty or more inhabiting the archipelago.
in Maniig whe e
full possession under the protocol with
| Spain, awaiting the ratification O
of peace by the Senate, and which has since
n aakea fs dee
fsiands WITHOUT eonsuting the a5orttR tn and
to abandon the largest portion of the popu-
| cruelties of the guerrilla insurgent bands
/ Demands Cannot BE Met.
he c4-z1
this minority in establishing government,
| and to this end repress all opposition e
| ajority- We required a
Bile government in the interest of those who
have assailed our sovereignty and fred upon
| our soldiers. and then maintain 1t any
cost or sacrifice against its enemies within
| and against those having ambitious designs
| from without
| This would require army navy far
| larger than Is maintained the Philip
| pines and still more in excess what will
| be necessary with the full recognition of
| sovereignty A military support of
| ity not our own as thus proposed, Is the very
essence of militarfsm, which opponents
j in their nlatform OnpOSe- hy heir.