, 1900-09-13

raw dplhiiS FlliplHOo lleIHStlNcS. ny
reason OF mobs. riots. instructions or
any OF the multitudinous violence liza
BILE to be perpetrated under any affecta-
ton of government which Aguinaldo
and his followers would have set up
there.
"Mr. Bryan has entirely ignored
these obligations and liabilities"
Bryan Becomes Ridiculous,
"What do you think about Mr.. Bry-
ans statement that the consent of
the people should have been procured
frst7"
The practice of the United States
has been to take possession of the ter
ritories which have come under our
jurisdiction in the confidence that we
may secure the consent of their oc-
cupants by extending to them our in
situations and the projections of our
government.
How would Mr.. Bryan proceed to
obtain the consent of these multifar-
ious tribes, of different races and or
igins. and speaking so many different
languages. and with so dwarfed n
undeveloped a capacity for political
intelligence?
There are about 1000, 900 members
of. the Visayan tribe upon the Isl n
of Luzon. and about 1000. 900 of the
same tribe upon other islands. They
arc hostile to the Tagals. 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 1t be surrendered to the
Visayans, h are equally intelligent,
equally numerous, almost entirely
friendly toward our government, and
peaceful. or shall 1t be surrendered to
the Moros. who are almost as numer-
GUS n much more savage and war
like? And when the management and
government of these islands is sur
rendered, and the United States troops
are withdrawn. what tribe will pre-
vail, what government and Institutions
will be established. and what will be
the condition of ascenGancy. subordi-
nation or equality of the fifty or more
tribes who are not in rebellion?
Consent of Governed.
One of the two largest islands of
the Philippines is M.ndanao. 1t is
governed by an accomplished savage
named Datto Mandy. He is the head
of the Moros and has unquestioned
powers of life and death. Recently a
newspaper man who was visiting the
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 a sword
brought to him. together with n OF
his servants. and was only prevented
by way of exhibiting his martial Ca
pacity. from cleaving 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 1t be the
wish of Mr.. Bryan to have the con-
sent of Datto Mandy. or of the slave
whose skull he was about to split for
amusement a few days ago, or do we
understand him to say that now that
the United States has taken these is
lands by %conuues and by treaty,
which he himself advised. that the op-
portunity Of ameliorating suffering, re-
lieving the helpless from the brutal,
and establishing the institutions of
civilization and Christianity among
these people. should be abandoned and
thrown away. while Datto Mandy and
his like sacrifice the lives of their de-
pendent subjects at their will.
Bryan Ignores Truth.
Mr.. Bryan may ignore the condition
of things which prevails in the Philip
pines and declare what the great party
which he has come to speak for, in so
s~ingularly controlling a manner, shall
believe on this subject. but to leave
the mass of these people in the hands
of these h~alf-civilized, semi-barbaric
and barbaric rulers seems to palmer
minds simple cruelty. or, as Mr.. Bryan
would probably say, brutality
THE Ameracon commissioners have
certified to the American people that
the people OF those Islands are incapa-
BILE of self-government. The American
commissioners who speak concerning
facts coming under their immediate
observation. is superior in moral and
logical force to the differences of poll
ticians speaking forth political docu-
ments for campaign purposes.
We have been dealing for fl ty years
with the O~rientals. and to-day a
myriad Of the Chinese race surround
our honored and beloved representa-
tives and fellow-Americans in Pekin,
clamoring and thirsting for their blood.
1t is not charity. and there is nc OBJ
legation upon us. to deal with these
people or with those who are in an
analogous condition, by either leaving
them alone in their barbarism. or by
attempting to deal with them upon the
supposition hat they are civilized n
capable of self-goyernment until we
have evidence that they are SO. And
the United States ought never to give
up the control which 1t has acquired
over the Philippines. by conquest n
treaty. until 1t can be assured of thu
safety of its own citizens. and of all
~law-abiding citizens of the Flipinos
themselves. in every square foot OF the
Philippine archipelago. His plan