Cañon City record., 1900-09-13
His arguments in Platform and Speech
Taken up in Light Of Reason.
THEY ARE FULL OF sELF.coN1RADIcTIoN.
An Able and Exhaustive Analysis Of Democratic Proposals
and Policies by the Conservative Editor Of The Aneri
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islands. II is our opinion, from all we
can learn. that there has been even a
little too much eagerDess to thrust
home rule upon the Filipino communi-
ties In advance Of their preparation to
govern fhf mseiyes efficiently. After all.
government Is as much a means as IL Is
an end In itself. Safety, good order,
justice between man aud man. the OPP
portunity to worship In ones own way.
the right and the chance to give suit
able education to ones children; free
dom to work and 10 enjoy. without fear
or danger. the fruits Of ones toll
these are the things that government
ought TO accomplish Where races OF
men have capacity for progress, there
must come time iE their evolution
when the best government for them is
essentially popular and Democratic.
But when communities. for reasons
either temporary or OF a more perrna-
nent nature. could not possibly manage
successfully TO gain for themselves the
true ends OF government by democratic
means. II would he both stupid and
cruel to turn them loose upon them
selves Thus Mr.. Bryan is right In his
first proposition that II is somebody
else's business. and not that OF the
Fiiipinos. at the outset. to stablish In
the Philippine islands stable form of
government. This Is exactly what every
practical statesman. II In power. would
feel that he was compelled 10 attempt:
and Mr.. Bryan. in power. would doubt
less act like a practical statesman. But
all his preambles AS to the right OF the
FiliplDos TO stablisb their own kind OF
government. stable or unstable, good,
bad or Indifferent. would have gone
glimmering.
what Does Phiiippiss Iad~p>adeac~ ne<an,
Mr.. Brynn's second proposition Is TO
give Independence to the Filipinos
But this does not really mean any
thing. because II Is snndwiched In be-
tween two other propositions. both OF
which are OF the nature of radical Nm
itations upon Independence. To begin
with. Mr. Bryan's Independence II not
to be accorded until stable govern
ment has been created. He pre~cril,es
no time for the accomplishment Of this
task aud there Is no renson to suppose
that he could possibly achieve II in a
four years term He would. therefore.
have to turn Il over to his successor In
office: and thus the realization Of Phil
ippine Independence might be indefin-
itely postponed. like the English evac-
uation OF Egypt. The second and great
est limitation upon Philippine indie
pendence. however. lies In Mr. Bryan's
third practical proposal; namely. Ito
protect the I'ilIpiDos from outside In
reference while they work out their
destiny" Thie. OF course. means a per-
petunl proteciorate. and Il means the
assumption 10y us Of entire rcspcnsi-
bility for good government In the
PhiiippiD. isis snds toward all other ma
tious OF the world. For the Philippines
a. 80. ft.f. III
and TO the residence OF well bcha we'd
foreigners. and we should. by Mr..
Bryan's program. be held responsible
under all circumstances for the con-
duct of n people whom. i,aradoxically.
We ourselves had recognized as an in
dependent and sovereign member Of
the family OF nations. MIR. Bryan's
program. then. would have us take a
coaling station 10 keep for our own.
with the understanding that n stable
government that We ourselves had cs-
tab'sshed there presumably by force.
for In no other way would an outside
nation establish stable government
In those islands--would. under moral
durcss. consent TO the permanent loss
OF an Important harhor.
some Logical Conclusions
II we have the right to establish "A
pines. II obviously devolves upon us to
decide what constitutes such govern
meut. and the right TO establish IL un-
auestionabiy would involve the right
OF subsequent interference for Its
This right OF subsequent
Interference. moreover, Is unqucstion-
ably involved in the duty we should
assume to protect the Philippines
against all outside Interference. for II
protracted misgovrrnmrnto or anarchicnl
should prevail In the islands
than which nothing could I've more
likely under Mr.. Brynn's program-the
moral sentiment OF the whole civilized
world would compel us to Interfere
and restore order. or else to abandon
our pretensc OF protecting the Philip
pines from the Interference OF others
In short. by MIR. Bryan's program. our
policy In the Philippines is the mainte-
nance on our part OF perpetual respon-
sibillty toward the world at large. The
on the other hand. would
say that We have to deal only with the
present and early future. In the pres
ent they are doing Just what Mr.. Bry-
nm advocates: namely. trying their best
to establish n stable government As
for the second proposition. which Mr..
Bryan calls the granting OF independ-
cncc, the Republicans would claim that
they are aiming to give the Filipipos
local autonomy. or self f-govcrnmenf, In
their own affairs, without endcavoring
10 set the islands adrift without chart
or compass us a new ship OF state.
Some Cicse D,aslncssons.
II In hard to sec what difference there
is, for really practical purposes. be-
tween that higher authority over the
Philippines that Mr.. Bryan would ex-
ercisc under the guise of a protcctorHte
aud that responsibility which we
should more openly and directly as
sume under ,ie theory that. for pur-
poses Of International recognition. the
sovereignty Of the Philippines and ad-
jacent waters was under the stars and
stripes. Ii Il not true that. doing away
the Fillpinos are just M independent
under ONE method M they are under