The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-11
SPIRIT OF The PRESS.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS By EDW. ATKINSON.
III tho Editor of The World
Oh, what tangled web we weave

10 the EQltor Oh lie NoIlu.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first practice to deceive!
The lingo directors of the Administration plan
ned the capture OF Cuba and Porto Rico me
English saying is SAME you S} ths scT e snts aiso
went for the Philippine Islands sce the irstruc-
lions first given to Commodore Dewey by lgduy
Roosevelt, acting Secretary OF the Navy, !hes
have got Porto Rico and now .heS wish they
hadn't They have been trying to get the Phllp,
pine islands, but are beginning TO hesitate ana
viii presently be trying to lind out now TO get
rid of them.
Mr. Richard Olney thinks we cant get out,
but shows in the clearest manner what an ldotlc
thing it to get in; Mr. WhitclaW helu III
his speech in Boston begins to show the most
solid and substantial reasons why We should s
get rid of the Philippine Islands w'hle rroi'
Schurman proposes to complete bchcVoi9h' :s
,imilation'' by giving the people OF ne fn,lii1
pine Islands the same constitution und'V Fhlch
they were thoroughly organized and were con
Quoting orderly system OF government @Licd a
the President of the United Stat To- 81 Gen
lawton and hundreds OF Others IN an attack Jl
what it is now admitted by his spokesman ought
TO have been let alone. nj,
ippine Islanders the complete control OF their own
affairs, with one exception, namely, the laii no,
except the tariff" Why EXCEPT the 5aI w.
else will the gang find worth lighting Tor IN
the Philippines except to control the tarjh
Prof. Schurman is too honest. lie has exp9scd
the Philippine Islands is as stepplns.tonc y,
China. Prof Schurman proposes to cut en- all
communication with China by shutting out the
Chinese from the Philippines, who are the only
industrious and honest people Who keep falth
in matters of trade or who thrive in the tropics.
Queer open-door to China that would be.
When will President Mckinley send in his
next message to Congress proving that Mr.. Rich
ard Olney is wrong, and that To- every posi-
BILE reason, especially on account Of the dread
ful condition of troops in hospital III the PEl!lp-
nine Islands ought q withdraw at the ear
lest possible day in order to save the inisfor-
tune of decision of the Supreme Court II inc
United States by which the. constitutional rights
of all persons within the jurisdiction OF the coun-
try will be saved?
Is there not sufficient material for debate
in the Senate to keep the Senate in session until,
we will say, the early part of September, thus
giving time for the voters in the close Congrs'
sionaf districts to make up their minds whom
TO vote for and also giving them instruction
from the reading of the debates? y great deaf
of time will be required for the supporters CT
the Administration and for the President him-
self to find out what they do mean and wh$t
they want. Assuredly, they can never 20 10 tpe
country asking support unless they have n'adc
it plain what they propose to do and what thcy
wish to be supported in. Mr.. WhltelaN htld
and Others are beginning to make 1t 2laln that
they want to be instructed the right way OF
getting out of the hobble in which he AM me
other Peace Commissioners have put the coJntry
by the treaty with Spain.
Two or three inquiries ought to be made III
Congress:
Piston the Cannon bill. which appropriates
the duties collected by the United States or in
ports from Porto Rico-about S2,O0G, GO,'--to the
! relief of the people of Porto Rico 1t IS Hnder
stood that all these duties have been p2id upuer
protest and will probably be recovered bI the
| importers under decision of the Supreme Court
| that trade is free with Porto RICO SINCE u
came within the jurisdiction OF the United
| States there being Il statute to that cii2ct rs
follow s:
Equal Rights Under the laval persons
| within the jurisdiction of the United States
| shall have the right in every State and
| Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue;
| be parties, give evidence and to the full and
! equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the
security of persons and property as IS enjoyed
! by white citizens, and shall be subject to like
punishment pains, taxes, licenses and exac,
| lions of every kind, and TO no other. (Revised
Statutes u. s., title "A, 1,97k)
Second-Another interesting question ought TO
| be the subject OF Investigation. The ports OF
| the Philippine Islands have been opened and
| closed several times, each time giving chance
| for an enormous speculation in Manila hemp;
| Who had the previous notice and who has pied
| in the profits ON this vacillation in the control
| Of the commerce of the Philippine Islands
| EDWARD ATKINSON