Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-08-09

should In the future. as In the past. place
Its dependence upon the volunteers who
come from all occupations At their coun-
try's call and return to productive labor
WS sh are Waen NJ the en esunt h
hesds lighters ind work when the coun-
! try needs workers.
/ "A Pertinent Question.
/ The republican platform assumes that
the Philippine islands will be retained UNI.
der American soveretgnts, and we we , have d
risht TO demand T. me relubiicam leaders ,s
Filipino, is he TO be a citizen OF a sub
iectg Are we to bring. into the. body
polite eight or ten. million Aslatics. so
| that amalgamation is impossible? Are
they to share with us In masng the laws
and shaping the destiny Of this nation Ion.
4 NO republican 6f prominence has been
/ bold enuugh to advocate such II PROPOSE
ton. The MciInery resolution, adopted
by the senate Immediately after the rati-
4 licatlon of the treaty. expressly negatives
this idea, The democratic platform de-
s Sc, res, the situation when II says that
,s,n,da,ngerins our civilization Who will
J Dispute it9 And what is the alternative?
1 " the Filipino is not to be citizen, shall
tion the democratic platform speaks With
i emphasis. 1t declares that the Filipino
cannot be q subject without cndangerine
have no subjects. A subject IS possible
4 only IN government resting upon
force; he. is unknown in government
! deriving It's Just powers from the consent
of the governed. The republican platform
says that THE largest measure of self
government consistent with their welfare
Ghe l'ilipinos) by law This Is. a strange
doctrine for n government which owes Its
very ecxistence to the men who offered
their lives as protest against govern
ment without consent and taxation with
nut representation. In what respect does
the position of the republican party diff
Tny fr.,t l,,,
gllsh government In 1916? Did not the
English government promise good gov
ernment to the colonists? What king
people? Did not the English government
promise that the colonists should have
lhs LARGEST m, measure sure, of government
glish dutics' Did not the Spanish gov
ernmcnt promise to give the Cubans the
largest measure of self-government con.
s.islent. with their welfare and Spanish du
ties? The whole difference between re-
publ" and II monarchy may be summed
Hp IN l., me sentence ,, Ia monarchy the
the people secure for themselves what
They belieye to be a good government.
European idea and planted itself ulen
the ground taken by George III and by
every ruler who distrusts the capacity of
the people for self-goVernment or denies |
them a voice in their own affairs.
Mckinley ns Dictator.
The republican platform promises that
some measure of self-government is to
be given to the Filipinos by law; but even
teen months elapsed after the ratification
of the treaty before the adjournment of
,,ani last June and vet no law was
alton. The will of the president has been
the only law In the Philippine islands
wherever VIE, Yer, American Nm, authority extends
TO legisate upon the. Philippine question: |
Because law would disclose the radical
departure from history and precedent
contemplated by those who control the !
which greeted the Porto Rican bin was
an Indication of what may be expected /
face TO face with legislation upon this |
subject III the Porto Ricans who well
come anneNation, are to be denied thu
to be the lot of the Tfllipnos, who resisted
our authority? If secret Influences could |
ep ph r,snv gaaae Of onr plain duty tow
shores, what treatment will these same
Influences provide for unfriendly people /
7,Gp ~, miles Hes away? ~ IN this country,
republican leaders dare not take the side
Of the. people against the great monopo-
lies sl which have grown up within the last
protect the I'ilipinos from the corpora
]! lions which are waiting to exploit the
is the sunlight of full citizenship to be
enjoyed by the people Of the United
s1,. and the twilight OF semi ettizen-
while The thick darkness OF pcrp9Iuaai
Nassalage covers the Philippines2 The
Porto ltican tariff law asserts that the
To the forty-tlve states. The Democratic
party disputes this doctrine and de-
n"ances H. us re l,. to both the let
There Is y" place in our system of gov
ernmcnt for the desput of arbitrary and
power That the leaders of
dent or congress the right TO treat mil
Hons OF people as mere "possessons'' and
leal with them unreslrained by the CON
far We have already departed from the
ancient landmarks, and Indicates what
may be expected II this nation deliberate
territorial form of government is tcmpo-
tary and predatory, and the chief sccur-
Nv u citizen OF II territory has is found in
tuti"nnl guarantees, and is subject no tho
same general laws as II citizen of a state.
Take away, this security and his rights
will be violated and his interests sacri-
feed ut the demand of those VINO have
political influence. This is the evil Of the
colonial system. no matter by what ma
ton IL Is applied
Mh.,a Is Our Titlca
~ DO v W" hod S them 'hf by h treH or
conquest? Did we buy them or or did Id we we
a 2 them ,l Did we purchase the pcople7
We're they. thrown in with the land9 Viii
The republicans say that inanimate earth
mas n; VI, Nalu " and when that earth Is nodded
likeness of the Creator 1t becomes a nix
llrc and passes with the soil? III govern
nents derive their lust powers from the
" purchase. We could ext tim ISL
5pain.s tllle by treaty, but il we hold IT,
'lstent with our ideas of government
When We. made allies of the lilipinos
md armed them TO fight against Spain,
We disputed Spain's title. ii we buy
span's title we are not innocent purchas-
RS. But even II we had not disputed
span,s title, she could transfer no
Vas based upon force alone. We cannot
lefend such Il title, but. as Spain gave us
, quit claim deed, We can honorably turn
he property over to the party in posses
ion. Whether amy American official gave
he Filipinos formal assurance of inde-
dem%, i in. not material There can be
he services of the l'ilipinos. and that
yhen We did so we had full Knowledge |
nat they We're lighting for their own In
furnishes no example of turptude baser
nan ours II we now substitute our yoke
or the Spanish yoke.
Which have been given In support of an
,lain duty to hold the Philippine Islands
5ut duty Is not an argument; 1t is a con-
fusion. To ascertain what our duty is.
n any emergency, we must apply we'll
ettled and generally accepted principles
t is our duty to avoid stealing no mat
er whether the thing TO be stolen is of
'reat or little value 1t Is our duty to
void killing q human being, no matter
where the human being lives or to what
acc or class he belongs. Everyone rec
gnizes the obligations imposed upon in
iNiduals to observe both the human
iaH hI1t |
he application of those laws to nations,
may not be out Of place to quote the