The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-30

They vindicate the wisdom of holding those
possessions unless the United states Is 10
recede 10 the shores of the American con-
tinent, become herself little emma. can
eel herself as a factor In the great ciNihz-
ing and commercial change in the Asiatic
Orient, event fully as important as the
discovery of America by Columbus.
imperialism is not the paramount issue
OF the campaign ana cannot be mace 80.
The adjustment of any question as 10 the
philippines is 10 be considered aiter re-
ity of the United States has been put
down. The paramount issues this year are
financial and economic snail the anti
protection party of l6 TO be put IN power
To advance its principles by the enormous
lowers of executive influence in case Mr.
Bryan is elected. and win the first engage
ment in a campaign the next battle OF
which will be for the control OF both houses
of Congress?
1.-The question for the plain people is.
do they wish. with the instructions OF a
bitter experience fresh and deep IN their
memories, To change or submit TO the
change OF that abounding prosperity Whlch
came with the election OF President Nc hil-
ley-a prosperity which no Democratc
platform or speaker denies nor dare not
rejoice in or even allude to? Aguinaido
can wait until the American people take
"a bond of fate" If necessary. by annihilat-
ing for the preservation OF their own ao-
mestic interests the political combination
which is at the same time their enemy
and the alder and abettor of the Tagal
rebels.
OUR IMMEDIATE DUTY.
1.-THE immediate duty of this government
as TO the Philippines is to maintain its SOW
ereignty and to crush rebellion against it.
What it's constitutional power and limita-
tions are can be more prohtably discussed
and considered after the authority of the
United States shall have been firmly es-
tablished.
Ch ant taif y1-ifh
sion of this bugbear of militarism. We are
crippled to-day by inadequacy of our mill
tary force in performing our manifest
duties as TO our people in China. The
events in that empire demonstrate. as did
our unprepared condition at the beginning
of the Spanish war. how suddenly and un-
expectedly crises may arise which Will call
for the exercise of our military power and
find it entirely lacking. A nation OF sew
enty-fve millions of free people, vast in
extent, need have no fear that an empire
will be erected upon the ruins of the Re-
public by the scattered forces OF an army
of one hundred thousand men. But II an
increased army leads 10 militarism, so does
an increased navy, and yet we hear no
word of protest from the Democratic party
against that, because such a protest would
be carrying the argument too far. and yet
a navy, in the establishment Of militarism
or Imperialism, could reduce our, coast
cities, could attack Washington. could hold
the arsenals and strategic points on all our
shores and do as much as and possibly
more than an army could toward the over
throw of this government or the change OF
its form.
''If the existence of the Republican party
should be closed to-day its history would
be that of the Union saved, of protective
system under which the United States has
become the greatest manufacturing nation
in the world of a general industrial devel-
opment which sustains 75.000.000 of people
of financial system which has created an
Al
which civilization can confer upon hu-
manity. But its existence will not end this
year, nor for many years to come. Its
august mission is not yet performed. Sc
long as IL represents, as ii does now. the
rational prosperity and honor, national