Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-30

| One is this: There is but too much
ground for believing that the party in
| power is largely controlled by strong
and graspinS interests trying TO ex
/ plot the Government for their profit.
and inclined To make the American
| flag in the characteristic phrase of the
| famous Cecil Rhodes. ~ first-class
I commercial asset" Such interests
have not yet thrown large financial
means into our dependencies for
! speculative venture. But if our pres
ent rulers be continued in power, spec
ulatiNe moncycd syndicates-cXtenSi
settlement of thoS tropical countries
! by Americans being out of the ques
tion-will be much encouraged to so
there relying upon their influence with
the Government for the furtherancc of
tfTCIr opera tiGnS-- as soon as their
money is largely engaged ihere we
shall witness attempts by them 10 con-
troll the Government in its different
branches. in comparison with which
the influence exercised by railroad and
other corporations over State Legsla-
lures, with we know from obserVa-
ton. will pale into insignilicancc. The
efforts TO break the impcralistic policy
will then have to meet Il power the
resources and Skill Of which VIII i'm
menscly increase the difficulties TO be
overcome.
The second reason against postpone
the awful business OF establishing or
/ der" as it is called, by Strengthening
people because they continue 10 StruS
I gle for their freedom and independence.
/ We read terrible stories. such as of
more than eighty FilipinoS having been
lindiscriminately shot down because two
of our soldiers had been killed in shop
! near by. or of Il whole wedding party
being put ia death because there were
one or two "inSurgent$' among them.
I Ia. .-s.
not been contradictcd Let us hope
that they may be. But you will re-
member the reports III the papers con-
stantly recurring for many months.
! that there have been fights in the Phii-
! ippines. i'm which most frequently one
or two American soldiers We're killed
and four or five wounded, while the
number of Filipinos killed amounted to
Toe. or l50, or 200, and village or TWO
! burned down, the aggregate oil the dead
computed TO largely oyerrun 5000 We
( certainly dcplore with sincere feeling
the death OF American soldiers But
no one having the slightest knowledge
! of warfare. even of guerriiia warfare,
/ can fail to understand what mat
means. 1t means the gradual cXter-
mination OF the weaker PARTY. This is
Notwithstanding horrible. considering
] The way ii began. And this, my coun-
/ trymen, is done under the flag OF The
republic of Washington and Lincoln
I II seems to me no civilized nation car
afford to postpone the stopping of IL
not only for four years, but for q day
Follow citizens. have given TO this
matter many days and nights of an1
ious thought. much troubled by the
+ pcrplexirg alternative before us in The
impending election. The moro think
OF IT,. the more does every drop of my
blood revolt at the monstrous WRONG
we have done ana continue to do: and
the more clearly does my reason tel
me that the policy of Imperialism has
brought upon our Republic the grea test
peril to the integrity of It's free ipsti-
tutions its peace. its honor Sand its
true greatness, that has ever befallen