Cañon City record., 1900-10-11

norance OF the Americans. thStr CHAR
acter and system Of government; and
fear Of Aguinaldo. his junta and armed
followers. Is It not plain to any un-
biased mind, after studying the record
Of Aguinaldo and his Junta ever since
the insurrection OF 1896. that 1t is as
much our moral duty to relieve the
Filipino people from tho. incubus and
tyranny of this military oligarchy as
of Spanish rule? It would be a greater
misfortune and greater calamity to
hand the Filipino people over to the
mercies OF such government than to
have left them in the hands OF the
Spaniards. Is 1t not our moral as
well as our legal duty to suppress. first
of all. this insurrection. started under
such false pretenses. with such treach-
cry and under such auspices and lead
ership as this Tagai rebellion In Lu-
zon?
Bryan Endorsed Administrations
We acquired the islands fairly by
conquest. ratified and confirmed by a
treaty. which had the Endorsement Of
Mr.. Bryan. He was at Washington on
the eve OF Its ratification and urged his
party to join in ratifying the treaty.
The insurrection OF 1898 would never
have had an inception nor fourished
but for the fact that our flag was in
the Islands. and permitted Aguinaldo
and his chiefs to land.
Coming into the islands under our
flag. our protection, and our assist
ance. as they did. Aguinaldo and his
chiefs had no more legal or moral
right to set up claim or title hostile
to the United States than a tenant.
coming Into possession by the pcrmis-
sion of his landlord. has the right to
question OF set up a hostile title to the
latter. We acquired. by conquest and
treaty. as complete a title to the Phil
lppine Islands as to Porto Rico. and we
have taken no more steps to obtain
the consent of the Porto Ricans than
OF the Filipinos. The government we
have established for the Porto Ricans
is government we have given them.
and not government they have given
themselves.
Merely . Tagni AFFAIR.
According to the most conservative
data. the Philippine group embrace an
area OF about 120. 900 square miles and
a population of 1000 900. Luzon has
little more than one-third OF this area
and little less than one-half OF this
population. There are three different
races and over eighty different tribes.
of various degrees of civilization, In
the group. Most OF the people belong
TO the Malayan race: less than onc-hnlf
million belong to the other two races.
The principal tribe is the visayas. oc-
cupying the vIsaya group Of islands.
situate between Luxon on the north
and Mindanao on the south. The WIS.,
nyas occupy an area OF 5000 square
miles. number about 1900. 900 and are
as civilized and Intelligent as the Ta-
gals. The next tribe. in numbers. is
the Tagals. who occupy Luzon. and
number 1.e64 .ooo-about one-half Of
the population Of this island.
The insurrection is Tagai insur-
rection. and the insurrectionary gov
ernment is Tagal government. The
other tribes and the people OF the other
islands had no voice and were not rep
resented in the formation or manage
ment OF this government. The TagaI
government OF Aguinaido in Ln1on
originated in and rests wholly upon
military force. and hns not. even in
Luzon. to say nothing about the many
other important islands. come into ex-
istence or continued by the free choice
or voluntary consent OF the people
sought 10 be governed. Its scope and
authority is limited TO the territory oc-
cupied by Its armed bands and detaeh-
ments In Luzon. The consent of tho
governed Ia neither asked. sought nor
expected. Tho great mass OF the peo-
pie are as helpless and where within
reach of the Tagal government under
rs abjest subjugation under AguinaI-
dos military oligarchy as they ever
were under the Spaniards In the years
that are past.
bryan Would Haul Down Old GLORY.
1t is to such an insurrection and to
such a government that our adversa-
ries would have us lay down our arms
and surrender our control and author
ity. II Is this insurrection and this
government that we should have en-
eouraged and set up MS n permanent
ESTABLISHMENT anu nave maue our
selves the protectors Of II is to this
government OF Aguinaldo's that we
should retrocede the title and authority
we acquired from Spain.
When We ratified the treaty we
should have given assurance OF all
this, and then all would have been
well. 1t is because we have failed to
do all this and because we aro sup-
pressing the insurrection. bringing or
der out of chaos and attempting to
give the Filipinos Just. safe and lib
eral government-superio to any
they have ever had or possibly could
acquire through Aguinaldo and his
chicfs-that we are guilty OF imperi-
aiism and guilty OF threatening the
liberties of our own people by an In
creased standing army.
Brysn's Imperialism.
BUT 1T is ONLY ON HIS CRITf-
CISMS THAT MR.. BRYAN is LOFTY
AND SCARS TO IdPERfAL
HEIGHTS. WHEN HE COMES TO
LAY DOWN A PROGRAM OF HIS
OWN HE is LESS ELUSIVE. LESS