The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-11-01
AGAINST IMPERIALISM
D. mocratic Candidate Would Issue Paper Money by the Government Would Prevent Militarism - Would Permit Self Government For Filipinos.
By LOUIS K. PRATT.

The present administration IS respon- sible for the financial bill lately passed by congress- The prominent features of the bill are the establishment of the single gold standard, the inauguration of system which will result, in a few years, in the .xtinguishnent of paper money issued directly by Be govern ment, and the putting into She hands of national bankers the power of issuing all paper money that is used as a circu- lating medium, except coin serti ticates, which are nOw-and which always will be-but a small part of the paper money in use.
 The national banking law bases the circulating medium on the bonded in- deotedness of the United States and the perpetuity of the natior;l banking system depends upon large and ever increasing public debt.
 A mortgage on the farm is not good thing for the individual; neither is national interest bearing . sbt for the nation.
 The national bankers havepbeen given too much pow'r They we're able to cause the bankers pani& of '93- just for ''an object lesson" land what wont they do now, when tlieir power has been added to hundfed tin es over?
 The administrator policy in the Philippines and Porto Rico ls radically wrong. The chief menace. to the strength and integrity of our form of government is now, and has always been, the diversity of imato condi- -sioEs and of :iie peopie W rSTr'n.iauit tlie different parts of the Union, and the diversity of their call:ngs and interests. These differences were the underlying causes of the war of the rebellion.
 The attempt to make the Philippines and Porto Rico part of the United States, or to govern themselves as sub feet colonies, is a suicidal mistake. In matters of political, religious or social intercourse, the brown people and the white people never have-and never will-assimilate.
 The administration does not say that it is the purpose of the republican par ty to make citizens out of the ten mil lion Porto Ricans, carve out states from the territory of the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico and concede them rights to representation in con- gress, and thus put in active comreti- tion with the white laborers and pro- ducers of the United States eleven mil lions of brown and black people. The exigencies of the situation have driven the powers that be in that party to take the position that the constitution of the United States is not appliable to these islands, but that the President, as con = mander-in-chief of the army and navy, and congress, have plenty power to make all laws and appoint all officers considered necessary for the govern ment of these people. As matter of fact the President has been the execu- tive, legislative and judicial authority in these islands since the treaty with Spain, except that the last congress did pass bills making some general pro- visions for both the Philippines and Porto Rico, but the President appoint ed the officers to execute the laws, an'i the natives have had nothing to do, either with tire making or execution of the laws by which they are governed. This is government without repre- sentation and without the consent oi ,, the governed.
 The treatment accorded the Filipi- nos and Porto Ricans by the admins tration would have been perfectly legit- innate and natural in the case of a monarchy, but is utterly inconsistent with he principles upon which this re- public is based. It is distinct de- parture from all our fundamentals o1 government and is most dangerous ir :. its tendency. One of the inevitable results of hold , ing the Philippines and Porto Rico Il whether states or colonies, will be ar increasing military establishment. Int brown people are an eruptive race ant
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