The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-09-20

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analogous condition. by either leaving
them alone in their barbarisn1. or by
attempting to deal with them upon the
supposition that they are civilized and
capable of self-government until We
have evidence that they are So And
the United States ought never to give
up the control which it has acquired
over the Philippines, by conquest and
treaty, until it can be assured OF the
safety of its own citizens. and OF all
law-abiding citizens of the Fiiipinos
themselves. in every square foot o. the
Philippine archipelago His plan
ignores and denies all national re-
sponsibility and obligation.
Mr. Bryan makes statements about
the government taking away the free
dom of those people Those peopse
were never free They do not know
what freedom means. Our freedom
consists of free institutions They
never had them and they cannot have
them now. except by American aid and
all intelligent Americans certainly
know that this is true
Bryan Really for sIcrxinley.s Policy
what do you think of Mr.. Bryan's
declaration that the F'ilipinos ought
to have stable government"
1T is a be1ated promise The Presi-
dent. in February of 1889. declared
that:
" 1t is our duty to emancipate and
redeem them and set them in the path
way of the worlds civilization
The treaty now commits the free and
unfranchised Filipinos to the guiding
hand and 1iberalizing influence. the
generous sympathies, the uplifting
education, not of their American mas
tiers. but of their American emancipa-
tors
ratified by the Senate on the 14th OF
February, 1899, the Senate declared
that,
"'It is the intention of the United
States to establish said islands
government suitable to the wants and
conditions of the inhabitants OF said
islands, to prepare them for local self
government
You understand what 1 mean, then.
by saying that Mr. Bryans promise
and the promise of the Democratic
platform are be1ated- They are only
promises, and they are promises made
a year and a half later than better
promises made by the President and
the Senate.
Besides, the President is well on
the way toward establishing a stable
government in the Philippines. and is
supplementing his promises and the
promises of the Senate by perform
ance, not only in the Philippines, but
in Cuba, where the administration il
rapidly preparing the people to live
a
vice, which will give to them complete
self-government.''
Bryan and Democracy.
do you think Mr.. Bryan really rep
resents the Democracy of the coun-
try?'
We'll he undoubtedly represents
what remains of the pro-slavery Demo-
Gratis and the PopuIized Democracy.
which he has created I very
overworked, and had no time to ex-
anime carefully the financial question
in 1896. L supposed at that time. in
company with multItudes of Republic
cans, as we'll as Democrats that the
platform of 1896 represented what
would have been best for the country
You will remember that the RepubH-
can Oklahoma platform of that year
declared for the free coinage of silver,
and most of the Oklahoma Republi-
cans strenuously advocated that plat
form, but when prosperity forthwith
began to come Immediately upon the
defeat OF Mr.. Bryan, and. his proph ecies
were all refuted and prosperity came,
L investigated the subject more closely,
and concluded that the old leaders
of the Democratic party were right
and that the proposition of 16 to 1,
announced by Mr. Bryan, was only a
disturbing element in the business of
the country.
Il made up my mind that the in
fuences which could throw ali OF those
men overheard and take for leaders in
their places the small fry that now
surround Bryan, and Mr. Bryan did
not come out of a party to which L
owed any allegiance whatever. and
that, having mis1ed me in the cam
paign of 1896, these men should not
mislead me again; nor do / believe
that the people of this country, who
must know with almost practical
unanimity that those people misled
them on the money question in 1896,
would think them any more likely to
be right now than they were then,
any better qualified for wise and pru-
dent leadership now than they were
then The rank and file of a great
party, such the Democratic party
was, have the right to demand OF those
who seek prominence and secure con
troll of the influences of the party that
they shall lead them right. and know