The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,
TRUSTS WILL FURNISH THE PLAN.
Philadelnhia Times

TRUSTS WILL FURNISH THE PLAN.
Philadelphia Times.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech at Green
castle, Ind, an Saturday referring TO the
Republican plan of governing the Philip-
pine Islands, said, Republicans. vour
President has no plan, your Cabinet has
no plan, your Congress has no plan. your
orators have no plan, your editors haze
no plan, you have no plan. Search YOUR
heads, search your hearts. you know Won
have no plan which you would even dare
tell your neighbors.'
Mr.. Bryan might truthfuIly have gone
further and have told his Creencastle
hearers that the reason that the Presi-
dent, his Cabinet and Congress and the
Republican orators and editars have no
plan is that they represent the trusts and
not themselves or the people, The trusts
are not yet ready to disclose their plans
They want to get possession by purchase
grant or seizure of the natural resources
of the Philippines, of the timber. mineral
and rich agricultural lands included with
in the archipelago. They want to do this
in a quiet way while the country is under
military control. When they have done
this representatives of the sugar. cord
age, lumber and other trusts will get to-
gether and decide upon the form of gov
ernment'they want for the Philippines and
notify Congress to furnish it. They will
expect it to be furnished without serious
question or protest.
To prepare the way for this the inter
csted trusts will have their direct rep
resentatives in both branches of Congress-
A ,ta4i Of ho Inn, hor in
interested in a lumber company now OPP
Grating in the Philippines is already a
member of the House Committee on Mil
tary Affairs, and enough attorneys of the
sugar, cordage and other trusts already
hold seats in the two branches of Con-
gress to constitute an influential and for
midable working force for the passage of
any desired bill embodying the trust idea
of colonial government. When the
trust form of government has been evolv
ed President Mckinley, if reelected, his
entire Cabinet, the Republican members
of both branches of Congress and the
Republican orators and editors, who
voice not their own but their employers
sentiments, will turn their backs on the
Declaration of independence and the Con-
stitution and meeky accept and try to
carry Out the trust plans LOT the govern
ment of our colonial possessions.
Having already practically repudiated
the old constitutional restrictions upon
the proper government of our territories,
the Republican leaders are simply await
ing orders from their trust bosses. Fear
ing that it would not be popular to ex-
pose the trust plan during the present
campaign, and not having as yet secured
possession of quite all that is worth hav-
ing in the Philippines, the trusts are fur
nishing the money to elect a Republican
President Congress and withholding their
plan for the government of the islands.
They are doing this, too, in serene conf
dence that when the proper time comes
the trust plan will be accepted as the Re-
publican plan and that every Republican
in either branch of Congress will support
it. And they are quite as serenely conf
dent that the to be colonial government
will give them absolute control of every
natural resource and every profitable in
dustry in the Philippines.