Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-08-31
what A Raneher Say. About Bryan.

What A Rancher Says About Bryan.
Mr.. EDIroR:-
have read MI. Bryan's Indianapolis
speech and find It like his other
speeches, composed mostly of words.
There is no doubt but that Bryan likes
to talk. But it is a fact beyond dis.
pute that he has talked more and said
less in the last four years than any
other man who I'VE engaged in Ameri.
can politics. -Four years ago Bryan
would have told us that there could
be but one..question before the people.
See how he left that question alone
in his indianapolis speech.
Free silver 16 to / is no longer
attractive to the people and like all
enterprising entertainers, Bryan must
get up something new. He has found
it in the Philippine question. But
aside from being amusing and enter
tanning, his talks on the government
and its islands will amount to but
very ! little. Four years ago Bryan
was interested in the country's finance
and, after finding the country strong
financially. he propose to look after
her morals. He seems to think it
wrong for our government to correct
and keep in order the Philippine
Islands just now but does not think
it a crime heretofore. Our government
has been guilty of these crimes before
and Bryan does not propose to remedy
them. Let us notice.::his remedy for
the present situation. He proposes
to set the Filipinos free, . that they
have a stable government and then
watch over them that no stranger i'm.
pose upon them. He hints that it
won't cost anything to do that. Now
the question is, how much better is
that plan than the one now in opera
ton? What will be the difference in
end to our country? If we keep the
is lands then no foreigner would think
of making trouble with them unless
he was willing to settle with Uncle
Sam. If they are freed and we pledge
selves to :protect them, they may
at any time quarrel with any nation
and our government must engage in
the trouble or prove falseto o%urpledge.
Why, it's plain enough that the whole
scheme is as wild as a dream. Bryan
talks about the government shooting
education into the Filipinos. This
government has not shown the least
anxiety to hurt a Filipino. If it had
it could easily have wiped out the
whole tribe in a short time. 1t has
kept up a show of military power and
for the most! part has been trying to
make the inhabitants believe in our
government while they are yet alive.
The government does not want dead
Filipinos, it wants live ones.
Bryan. ,.argues that if we keep the
islands, we will be compelled to keep
Va large army. He says it is SO because
it always has been so with empires.
Bryan must remember that this is a
republic and does things after the
manner of a republic. When this
government was in its cradle, empires
said it would not live. They argued
that things must be. done al empires
do them and that arepublic which could
not DO it so must die. Now Bryan ar
gues..that we cannot own the P%hilippin-
es unless we deal with them as Spain
dealt with them. This is not at all
reasonable. There is better way.
This way will be developed as fast as
events will permit. Bryan says that
white people cannot live SO near the
equator and sites us to The Neither
lands and Spain, both of which have
made but little progress in settling
equatorial islands. l will site Mr.
Bryan to the same nations and their
progress incorporate North America
At one time Spain owned most of tn,
western continent but she did no
keep her flag where once it is planted
aud to-day she is but a babe and with
out admirers.
So when these nations failed in
temperate cline, is it any argumen
because they failed in a torrid cline
Bryan has much to say just no,
about freedom and self government,
He seems to think that no person o
set-of persons should be under re
straint to others. Upon this theor
he says turn the Philippines loose
Now suppose we did and the part tina
is o fighting should set up a go,
eminent not suited to the part no,
rec onciled to our government and the
should rebel. Would Bryan max
Aguinaldo and his party grant the1
their precious liberty? II not VIVA
would he do? 1t would never do
check a craving for liberty. He speak
of Patrick Henry saying, "Give m
liberty or give me DEATH" That wa