Cañon City record., 1900-09-20


nations residing In the Philippines. -
well ~ for the injuries suffered by
law-abiding Filipinos themselves. by
reason Of raobs. riots. insurrections or
any OF the multitudinous violence liza
BILE to be perpetrated under any affecta-
tion OF government which Aguinaldo
and his followers would have set up
there
'Mr. Bryan has entirely ignored
these obligations and liabilities"
Bryan Becomes Ridis1ious.
What do you think about Mr.. Bry-
ans statement that the consent OF
the people should have been procured
hrst7"
The. practice OF the United States
has been to take possession Of the ter
ritories which have come under our
Jurisdiction in the conndencs that We
may secure the consent OF their oc-
cupants by extending to them our In
stitutions and the projections Of our
government.
How would Mr. Bryan proceed to
obtain the consent OF these multifar-
ious tribes, OF different races and OF
igins. and speaking so many different
languages. and with SO dwarfed and
undeveloped q capacity for political
intelligencef
There are about 1000. 900 members
Of tho visayan tribe upon the island
OF Luzon. and about 1000. 900 Of the
same tribe upon other islands. They
are hostile to the Tagais. Would Mr..
Bryan indicate to which OF these two
Tribes the government Of these islands
should be surrendered? Shall 1t be
given to Aguinaldo. who melted the in
surrection. and brought on the blood-
shed, or shall II be surrendered to the
Visayans. who are equally intelligent.
equally numerous. almost entirely
friendly toward our government. and
peaceful. or shall II be surrendered to
the Moros. who are almost a. numer-
Gus and much more savage and war
like! And when the management and
government OF these islands u sur
rendered, and the United States troops
are withdrawn. what tribe viii pre-
vail. what government and Institutions
will be established. and what will be
the condition Of asccndancy. subordi-
nation or equality of the ffty or more
tribes who are not In rebellion!
Consent of 0ovsrnsd.
"One Of the two largest islands OF
the Philippines Is M!ndanao. II IL
governed by an accomplished savage
named Datto Mandy. He IL the head
of the Moros and has unquestioned
powers Of life and death. Recently q
-.
island expressed a wish to see him In
the attitude OF striking down an enc
my. and when he was made to under
stand the wish he had sword
brought to him. tokether with one OF
his servants. and was only prevented
BY way of exhibiting his martial ca
pacity. from cleayirR the skull Of his
subject. by the Intervention OF an
American officer. who was present In
obtaining the consent OF this portion
OF the Philippines. would II be the
wish Of Mr.. Bryan to hnve the con-
sent of Datto Mandy. or OF the slave
whose skull he was about to split for
amusement q few days ago. or do we
understand him to gay that now that
the Unisad States has taken these is-
lands by conquest and by trca;y.
which he himself advised. that the op-
portunity Of ameliorating suffering. re-
licving the helpless from the brutal,
and establishing the Institutions OF
civilization and Christianity among
these people. shouid be abandoned and
thrown away. while Datto MANDY and
his like sacrifice the live. of their de-
pendent subjects At their will.
Bryas ig.srss Tr~sh.
''Mr. Bfyan may ignore the condition
Of things which prevails In the Philip
pines and declare what the great party
which he has coma to speak fss. In 30
singularly controlling = manner. shall
believe on this subject. but to leave
the mass Of snesc people In the hands
OF these haif-eiviliIed. scmi-barbaric
and barbaric rulers seems to palmer
minds simple cruelty. or. ns Mr.. Bryan
would probably say. brutality
THE Ameracon commissioners have
certified to tbs American people that
the people OF those islands are incapa-
BILE OF seIf-govcrnmcnt. The American
commissioners who speak concerning
facts coming under their immediate
observation. II superior In moral and
logical force to the differences OF poll
ticians speaking forth political docu-
mens for campaign purposes.
We have been dealing for n1y years
with the Orientals. and to-day n
myriad Of tho Chinese race surround
our honorcd and beloved represents
uves and fellow-Americans In Pekin,
ciamor,ng and thirstsng for their blood.
1t is not charity. and there Is no OBJ
lisntion upon US. to deal with these
people or with those who are In an
analogous condition. by either leaving
them alone in their barbarian, or BY
attempting to deal with them upon the
supposition that they are civilized and
capable OF self-governmcnt until we
have evidence that they are 20. 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 tie
safety OF It's own citizens. and Of all
lay abidi,s citizens OF the Filipinos
themselves. In every square foot Of the
Philippine archipelasS. His plan
ignores and denies all nstisnni re-
sponsibility and obligation.
Mr.. Bryan makes statemsnts about
the government taking away the free