Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-22

~~Iat.,r s,snr.ntr, tk.sss
pieuse concerning tne"'
Alaska ana Porto hico'
There will be popular .acquiescence N
tne demand tor nome RUE; ahd A. .e INA
pnrsa BIN p,nn VI o,h ara a,,,a,sd 10 local
ry ~ n,uv. Dotn aie ,,rasart, lion in
congyess anu 's'''''
eo"sfess' rrn,
The recognition contained In both the
democratic and rcpupncan pi aas o VI
the right ~ the CuDqns 70 indepenuencs;
removes we geheIai p!incIpe .,i,,co 4,
Iro maine the dGm m. o. ar ennsid e Whether
me accompnsnment OF TINS phti,Po nn mar, v".,
be safely intrusted 10 the repup,chn Dill
~ after " mas yielded 70 'ne n,.u,ei he
OF uhe coionai iaea, unu ao anS 'nai,eno
ea,ner imitn IN .ne h"'u'a' anu '""''s
able rights OF man.
Reclamation OF ARID Lnnds'
The time is ripe for n systematic and
extended EFFORT 10 reclaim the arid lands
and m Their, for actual settlers The last
ngriculttrai report estimates that homes
can thus be provided for many millions
o. people. ihe impounums AN .nr,ng
.ne Wa's s Mnien are ma n,stss wiis
thrifty IIf PiSteilirent and Industrious cit
,, neS, s To- III ,ro mroJmcis NJ Inc fac
,nriss anal, nsrcentsIe ~ the money
s sU. q, a s ,,,ar nonm,'sst wauld provide
Spcmr ~, ona bah,a.tion for more peo-
ogeupa,on m,I ia sor snean ~, rosISance IN
p Ie uhah wVuu ever Sem f's'ue"Se :"
'o'o"'e' "..'' '"e
Foreign Alliances.
The reasons given by Washington. JEFF
ferson and the other statesmen OF the
early days In support Of the doctrine that
we should maintain friendly relations
with AL nations. but enter Into entan-
ert0-day than they were hundred years
ago. Our commerce Is rapidly increas-
ing. and we are brought Into constant
communication with ali parts of the
world Even II we deNlred 70 do so. we
could not AFFORD to ALLEVIATE many nations
BY cultivating unnecessary Intimacy with
q few Our strength and standing ara
such that Il Is less necessary than ever
before TO lean for aid upon the friendll-
ness Of foreign power.
We cannot connect ourselves with Eu-
ropean nations, and share In their jeal-
ousies and ambitions, without losing the
peculiar advantage which our location.
our character and our institutions give
us In the worlds affairs
M,n.o. noctriue.
-, a. So, .s
Inc doctrine enumerated by MonIov, amu
appr,0yed oy ,s sacc weifnEa az the Tinted
states Inc comments OF Nor.n a n
south America are deulcAIeu 10 1ne ae
ve,opment Oh lIee sSserhms S,iis,ad
Pubic aIter anotner mas , peeh n hars,w =
until To-Day monarchIaI ,9ea mas o"'eA'
foothold In the new world
While II ishot the policy OF TINS coun-
try to interfere where amicaple Ielauons
exist between european countr,es anu anu
their dependencies In America, our peo-
pie would look with disfavor upon any
attempt on me part Oh EurUpsan ~ ,orc.
ments to maintain an unwilling OF lorc-
ible sovereignty over the people hVihs ON
tnls SIDE OF .ne .siahtic: ,,. r.n,h,,,an
Inc position taken py .he repu .,h a..
leaders, and more recently set iorth py
the republican candidate Tor the pres
idency, VIE; That we cannot proteSt y
nation from outside interference wuinods
exercising sovereignty over It's people is
an assault upon the Monroe doctrine. i9r
while this argument Is at this TIME al
rected against the proposition TO give 10
the Filipinos both INDEPENDENCE anu PRO.
tectiSm, II elua,y app nvape ,er,ca e
II this Government cannot lend It's
strength TO another republic without max
Ing subjects OF Its people then , we must ,ss
republics 10 the south OF us or absorb
them, Under the same plea. that the
guardian nation must exert an authority
equal TO Its responsibility. European ma
wards, and Il is a significant fact that the
repubiican marty should accept the Eu-
ropean Idea OF a protectorate, at the same
time that il adopts European colonial
Motley. There is no excuse Tor this aban-
donment of the American idea. We have
mainained the Monroe doctrine for three
Quarters of n century. The expense 70 us
has been practically nothing. but the pro-
lection has been beyond value TO our sis
Ter renublics' n FilipIno republic Is
e,ted upon the ruins OF Spanish tyran-
ny, its protection by us will be neither
difficult nor expensive: No European ma
ton would De Wiling LOT any o.heI EuIo
pean nation 70 nave the islah1s, ns ,,,
would any Eurnoean mauon " ~ nh
TO provoke war Win US IN oruer 70 op-
tain possession OF the ISLANDS; II we as
sert sovereignty over the FlIlplnos we
Will have to defend that sovereignty oy
force. and the t1ipinos VIII De our enc
mics; u we proteet tnem from vu,siue ia
reference. they VIII deITnu themselves
ana VIII be our friends II they SNOW US
much determination IN Opposing tne son
ereignty OF other nations as .ney n ,he
shown IN opposing our soveIeIshy, tney
VIII not require much assistance from U.s.
ExtrnvaERnce.
Tho repuhi,con Marty. drawing ms Il does
~, nrr,a,,, 40 ,nna,gn S;,nds from those who
~ ~ ''..,iI pr,siiara. 81 ,ha hands N