Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-09

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published in the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"Aguinaldo will have to behave him
self The country will take no back
ward step. The Spaniards have hint
ed that we are dealing with people
that will have to be exterminated to
keep them from making trouble.
Well we cannot stop now, even at ex-
termination.
This paper Is now talking about the
consent of the governed" and in
stead of exterminating the Filpinos it
is trying to exterminate President Nc.
Klnley.
The New York Journal said:
"Aguinaldo's men are now attempt
ing to carry out a programme of saw
agery. They are making war by in
cendiarsm and assassination, and If
they could gain possession of Manila
carnival of slaughter, rapine and
confagration would horrify the world
We must crush the band of incendiar-
les and assassins once for all. Aguin-
aldo and his followers are simply In
dians and must he dealt with as we
would deal with a tribe of renegade
Apaches"
To this paper. the ablest Democratic
organ in the United States, Aguinaldo
and his Indians have become the
George Washington and his patriots of
the Orient"
Richard Croker, the great Tammany
leader. gave out a statement, publish
ed in all the papers, in which he said.
| 81 believe in holding whatever we
have gained by annexation, purchase
or war. # If the great coun-
try west of the Rocky Mountains were
filled with wild Indians. how long
would it take us to suppress them and
make them respect our laws and Con
stitution? The same thing applies to
the Philippines and any other country
that may fall into our hands by the
providence Of peace or war"
Other quotations from leading Dem
ocratic newspapers and Democratic
leaders might be made to the same eff
feet, almost without number But
these are enough to show that our
: Democratic friends not only Joined us
in ratifying the treaty and acquiring
> the PHILIPPINES and assuming the re-
sponsibility of government there. but
also advised the President to adop,
and pursue in the discharge of his
duties precisely the policy for which
they now arraign him, except only
that the policies of determination
renegade Apaches" and wild In.
dians' which they advise, were fal
mere bloody and imperialistic than the
policy of the President.
Why this change? Is it easily ex
planned They spoke as patriots then
they speak as partisans now Thei
= inconsistency is so manifest that Mr.
Bryan seeks to justify himself for ad
i visng a ratification of the treaty an,
now condemning the Presidents poll
cy on the ground that he expected tn
President, as soon as the treaty wa
his followers, Notwithstanding the,
were in arms against us, that he pre-
posed as soon as he had established ;
stable government, to give them thei
> independence under an American pro
tectorate. Mr.. Bryan forgets. H,
could not have expected any sucl
thing; because, in the first place, wa
> with the Filipinos had already com
menced before the treaty was ratified
and every act of the President was
: declaration that until the insurrectior
' was ended nothing else was in order
: and in the second place, Mr.. Bryal
was aware that the President had al
ready announced his policy by proc
!, lamation promulgated by General Otii
in the previous December.
This proclamation set forth libera
and generous plan of government, ent
declared that our flag and government
would be upheld throughout the Phil
ippine Islands until Congress coulC
. have opportunity to legslate. This ex
plcit declaration was not only made
but it met the approval of Democrat:
as well as Republicans. The New
York Journal said of it:
president McKinley's proclamation
to the people of the Philippine
through General Otis, ought to secure
the hearty cooperation in our work G
regeneration. The President promise.
them all they hoped to win in their re-
volt against Spain. President McKin
ley promises that civil and municipa
government shall be carried on as fal
as practicable by officers chosen from
the inhabitants of the island, and if
in performing this work of civiliza'
tion, American blood should be shed
! the position Of our Anti-EXpansionists
would not be enyiabe. The first sho
fired against the American flag woult
make domestic opposition to the meas
ures of our government overt trea
SON"
IL. I.