Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1900-09-14
PRESIDENT M'KISLEY'S LETTER
OF ACCEPTANCE.

President McKinley's letter Of &C.
cep;ance Is one 81 his best efforts.
II Is fairly we'll written. clear. tactful.
adroit and corciliatory. While he
declines to say which issue he re.
CARDS As most important and though
be begins with an elaborate discus.
sion OF financial topics. he deyutes
more than half o. the letter to the
Philippines AID Porto Rico. thus
tacitly admitting the prominence Of
tie lmperislist issue.
The Administration Eeens to
plume itsel; upon the fact that the
receipts OF the Government Tor the
isca! year ending in June last we're
nearly s5o.OO0,O00 in excess Of the cx-
pcnditures, though this merely shows
that the people were compelled 70
pay az excessive amount u. taxation.
No wonder the President remarks
that the next Congress may reduce
taxation.
While the letter condemns comb
nations Of capital which are -Obnox.
ions to the common law this does
not in reality touch the Trusts, winch
are not Combinations, but single
corporations which the Courts have
decided to lie beyond the reach Of
tI. rHnmnn Ian mud ,-Tf,l ,.l
ing short OF specific remedial legls!a-
tiOn can reach. The President fails
to explain the failure Of his Admins
fratIOn To enforce the Euti.trusts pro.
visions Of existing Laws. He sug-
ges;s -pruhibitory penal legislation"
for dangerous coG-pifac!cs,' well
knowing that such legislation can
never reach the Trusts, whose money
II pouring into the Hanna campaign
fund. No doubt there Is d chucxle
all along the Trust line over this
feature Of the letter.
Concerning the Philippines the let.
ter Is wordy, stuffed with long quota.
tIoDs from the records. but Is sophis-
teal and tainted with cant. II ia
Ovcrburdened with professions re-
gardIng the obligations u duty and
humanity the President stfiy ng to
make the public believe that the
policy OF holding the Philippines is
inspired 10y only the Hottest senti-
inents. with a noble regard for the
welfare OF the FilipIuOs and a gcner.
u devotion TO the advancement OF
civilization and the uplifting Of man
kind, so that tile blessings Of liberty
and free institutions may be spread
over all the earth. lle IL seemingly
IN love with his OWL trite expressions
regarding moral obligations" in his
regard, quoting freely from previous
dc]iiycrances.
The President would have the
people Of this country believe that
the TagnlOs Of LuZDn are solely re-
sponsible for the lighting in the
islands, since the overthrow Of the
Spanish authority. He declares that
"the vast minority 81 the population
welcome Il sovereignty and are op.
posed to the designing minority"
lilo refers Ia these "InsurgeDts" M
but ii small fraction OF the popula.
ton, = II single tribe ont Of eighty or
mara InlnllItnn Tho nl.1.z
" this TO true, how il il that the
other seventy nine tribes, wlo com.
pose -the vast majority" Of tho island. |
crB. do not suppress the one rebel.
liOnsN tribe from which the small
fraction" III Rebellion ~ recruited?
Tho President has overstated his |
case.
Tho letter declares tina, there wns
never any alliance with the Fllipinos,
laying upon them the sole rcHpJnsi. !
bility for tho fighting with American |
troops, mnd denOuncinR them as the
"murdercrs' ~ our aoldiors. II
utterly ignores the fact, admitted 10y
General Anderson IN tho North Amen.
can Iseviow Of February last, TINT ~
Tar back as two years before the
battle OF Manila BAY tho Filipinos
were IN revolution against Spain,
with the object Of setting up an mde.
pendent Government 81 their own.
In tho same article, General Ander.
son admits that
whether Admiral Dewey. CUnsula, |
Pratt. Wildman and Williams did or
did not give assurances To AguInald0
that a Filipino Government wOuld be
recognized, f. lLIrGNUS GER.
TAlNLY THOUGHT so, probably
infcfring this from their acts rather
than from their Rtatcmcnts-
Aud Admiral Dewey himself
cnblcd 10 tho Secretary Of tho Navy
on July 90, 1895:
THE PEOPLE EXPECT INDIE.
PENDENCE.-
lie did not say "a small minority
tho Tagalos-one Of tho eighty tribes