New-York tribune., 1900-09-23

nrt y a that the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and RI Fii-
ssPth 6of Sne.t a aPRRR 2Sy &ay
sos r19 ~ Y ReS s. q 4ai 15s T. j. tG s. 5sP sP White
and black migrating to nd this NC otbeT
as white oao mig ond fT0m 0Tevenys eEe
Land land csg GitzensshigRl E g gls5 ana 'ns' a'O"'
Hence, unless Congress confers ci5snsh9; Cau-
Easdiag fnniagaton laws while Mongolians and Malays
sUn, be Of eReap a6oT viii mpe the
of American workmen
NO FREE TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES.
stxth-The Republican policy in the Philippines is
anfofm asG taT CAUSE a in the Constitution But there
no provision IN the ire treaty on ' The 2onstituton
and do not operate ex proprio vgorG hence
gated to Congress If 1T makes operative the Con
stution and Dinghy tar fhey aTacts w se new tsri
aRs those ay aWs will prevail IT, however Congress
revenue laws and under the decisions of the Su;
as foreign until they established domestic by
These principles have been applied on several oc-
casions in history Florida was Geded to US in
1879 After had taken possession 1t was decided
by the Treasury Department that gOods g @ lpTgteG %@ %@
from Florida before Congress n had @ MADE our laws
said Chief Justice Taney. although F3rda had by
and was in our possession yet under our revenue
laws its potts ust De TegaEeeG dS hy rt ~ Tn S
gress es 70 How SD.
IN iSio the MeHcan HIate GO OF iita@v ana civil
rule therein, and prior 70 the treaty Of peace in
vessel cleared from Tampico. upon whose cargo
Suites were sTfcted as from & ad hee
was no act of Congress establishing custom house
coecor The o' regulations the GoectoT adopted
I m not his hofe of 6 nam The
permit and coastng manifest granted by an oticer
authority, could be recognized in any port Of
Re from G9teq he psyen o dao oW ss Com
menting generally upon this and other instances
THE Treasury Department. in no instance that we
are aware of since the establishment OF the Coz COY
acquired country as domestic port unless 1t nad
principle thus adopted and acted upon by the Ex
sSUve Of the eC9ong ths
| court and the circuit courts whenever h1 tne
o Ra 9ndeT our laws every
port is REGARDED as foreign one nnieSs IL tne within
collection district established by act or CONGRESS
their functions under the authority Of the laws of
the United States q How S5 bs governed with
out becoming subject to the tariff provisions Sf our e
products Of the Philippines and Ladrones VIII not
be admitted duty free unless and UNTIL congress
DEMOCRATIC POLICY CONDEMNED
What solution does the Democratic party offer
for these momentous problems? AS staten u! , in
be % e. for the nhab
tants and 60 protection from outside interference.
,abored in Wsshington and Dewey and Otis and
Macarthur in the Philippines if not to suppress re-
| heIlion and establish stable government for
months we have governed more tlnplh1s @ Igad G,aii
Years; and the struggle is still maintaned with
| Wandering and irresponsible Tasals and FilipinoS
| Spain does not suit us. There is and can be no
issue this point Both parties agree The re He
the Democrats say they want it. .,., pu,.o., or5
But what Of the future: asks G9oHet bLya' am
/ Independent State said the Supreme Court Is one
| another q Dali 657) A protected independence
decided Chief Justice Marshall, is no Independents
thus nuIiy an Independent Filipino government.
The Republican platform claims that oHr % @ aHthoT &
| the Democratic party demands that we divorce au-
! more tribes asgregating ten million mi-barbarous
Tagals and MSSys ans2iGte iLeeGoia e' f6r sr
| government Murder. anarchy. corruption-an the
| crimes and vices OF the Malay world might pre-
| vail to our shame and the scandal of the nations
We would be responsible, yet We wouid nave no no
natives work out their own destiny. In their for
gH relations they eSgd insult Ja9aa n hgG
and yet We would be compelled TO remain quiesGent
our duty would simply be to defend whxe the IN IN
pinos would have unlimited power to offend ,S S1ch
r5 t Tsns woU9 be- worse than anarchy And
yet such is only solution offered by the De-
never have been stamped with the dignity OF a
party policy.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS UNCoNsTITU-
TIONAL.
The Democratic party is coniuring up legal Cor
gons and political HydTas. Like Don QuixGote, it
sees wndmills and eXeaims MonstroHs us sS9eS nrent
and cries imperialism, Imperialism, But there
there O is no Imperiaiism The party is all wrong.
1t is wrong on acquisition wrong on government.
on the Declaration of Independence, wrong on the
OF the governed on citizenship on suolects
on immigration. on tariH-fundamentaliy ana neon con
testably wrong every expansion issue II con-
the portentous figures of Jefferson and Jackson
promising expansIonists- they hQrl male
the party policy that added more lustre than any
other to the Democratic name; ana theX warn s9 ne
has overtaken every party that got in front OF
with its legal bubbles and overruled decisions
will go down 70 dfstruction II II persiSS b 10 p Op
| expansion of seventy-fve million enlightened SOW
eregns.
FUTURE REPUBLICAN POLICY.
In conclusion. Colonel Bryan demands that Re-
his letter of acceptance President Mckinley said
1T is our purpose 70 establish in the Fhlippines
; ditions of the inhabitants; to prepare them
for G.T a Tsad TO d Ey them The McHe
resolution adopted by the Republican Senate. re-
wants and conditions Of the Fiiipnos to prepare
them for sef-government, and in due time TO make
Interests of the Sit,zens Of the United mite states snt
the INHABITANTS OF the islsnds M ana the Eepuo
ure of self-goyernment consistent with their wei
Sr Repnbiican Senate and the Republican party
} thus promise the Fiipnos self-government con
Give? It is ali we have ourselves It is all oul
Revolutionary fathers demanded from England
The policies of the party not chmerieal. They
are wise and conservative They are supported
pines the right to govern m them them the right to with
hold the 3eb e to 5es9S{e Se ezen
MaiaysGthe right to do these and all other act
With the principles OF American civilization, w
hold the islands by perfect title, no other nator
7 can conceive no legal constitutional grounC