The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-23
SEATTLE. FRIDAY, MARCH 23.
Those Obstinate Jurors.

Those Obstinate Jurors.
The attitude Of the American r'!lipinos
IL irresistibly suggestive of the temper
ate and fair-minded gentleman who de-
ciared that the jury on which he was
serving could have reached q verdict
without difficulty II 1t had not been for
the stupid obstinacy OF the other eleven
members. They have never been near
the Philippines They know nothing.
except by hearsay. Of the people or the
practical conditions OF those islands.
But they assume without modesty and
without hesitation 10 know better what
ought TO be done than any number IF
men who have studied the question on
the spot.
A fair-minded man needs little else
to determine him than the remarkable
fact that no one has yet gone to the
ton with an open mind and failed to
return an expanslonist. No matter how
doubtful ne was before Of the propreiy
Of the administrators policy, no mat
ter how f1rmly fixed his belief that there
should be either n withdrawal OF our
forces or n promise of Independence TO
the Filipinos. or both, he comes hack
with two propositions fixed firmly in
his mind: that the United States must
retain the Philippines. and that the ma
tives are In no wise ready for any more
radical experiment in self-government
than the grant of local home rule
This was true of Prof. Worcester. and
schurman. 1t is illustrated again in the
case OF Bishop Potter Before his de-
parture he expressed himself clearly as
unfavorable TO the policy outlined by
the Republican party. Since his return
he has stated that we have no option.
We alone can and must maintain order
and administer government In the Phil
ippines. Every general OF the army and
every officer OF the navy who has seen
eeryice In the Philippines, every man In
public life who has visited the islands,
and every private citizen who he's gone
there though with mind strongly pref
udiced. has reached one conclusion. To
minds not ohstinately closed 20 fact or
reason. such unanimity Of opinion,
brought about solely by personal ob.
servetion. is finally conclusive
Not so with the Anti-ImperlRlist
League. AIR. Irving wluslow has not
left the hallowed precincts OF Boston
Mr.. Garrison shuts himself In his H.
brary ana eomposcs sonnets 70 the n
iustrious but now invisible Agulnaldo,
Alr Atkinson stirs not from New Eng
land. where the circulation Of treason
able pamphlets occupies his entire at
tention. hut they wave behind them
with the ease and hnallty OF Mr. Pod
snap tbs opinions Of men who have been
upon the ground and the facts which
they have acquired, We have positive
reasons FOR knowing" says Mr. Wins
low. that the admirable" gentlemen
who aided Awlinaido in an sssauit upon
the American forces. are vhvre they
could be rvsssemhleA at a word Only
four days. be remarks cutttBgly 10
Blsnop Potter. were spcu, BY that prsl-
ate 30 investigAtlons How absurd 90
suppose that "a man could learn more
about the Philippines In four days an
the spot than he could know BY virtue
q lifelong residence In Boston
This spirit hiss been characteristic
frona the arst 81 the opposi,loa 10 sae
Republican palley in the Philippines II
is In contempt Of facts and a denial cg
reason. II nnds na weight IN evidence
either Of numbers ar % authority IL
meets avery demonstration % the falslty
and ahsHrdity % its position with the
parrut like iteration Of Brother Jasper.
The sun do move We can Under
stand. even thoush we do not respect
this In Democrats, because they cum
eeive u 20 be necessary to their par;S's
success We can understand while We
desplse It Ia the little co;erie q craa>s
who having once taken a false pos ton,
are determined 70 maintain Il at any
cost. But let no man deceive himself
by supposlng that the American people
VIII tolerate H. An unerring instinct
lad than from the beginning to take