The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-26

as the people would have them. they will
discharge those agents and annul their
acts. The heart of the whole argument
on the constitutional power OF the govern.
the common people Of the republic: and
in that virtue and wisdom l believe, as
every man must: who believes in repuo
lie In the end. the Judgment OF the
masses is absolutely right. II this were
not so. progress would be impossible, since
only through the. people is progress
achieved. When I cease TO have faith
in the heart and mind of the American
millions. ] must, In honor. believe in and
advocate the government If kings.
Filipino Competition Impossible.
II the opposition leave the heights OF
moral appeal and enter upon the common
ground of campaign arguments, even
there We will meet them. IL they declare
that II we keep the Philippines the Amer
lean workingman will suffer by eompeu-
ton with Philippine labor, I answer that
one American viii do more in a single day
than a Filipino will do in a working week.
And. therefore. they cannot compete with
US, IL they would. But they produce what
we want and cannot so well produce We
produce what they need and cannot so
well produce. And. therefore. we are by
nature Industrial brothers. not industrial
foes and they would not compete with us
IL they could. Their products. their ell
mate and their soil are compliments, not
competitors. with ours. These possessions
make us a world TO and of ourselves.
If the opposition declare that Filipino
labor will come into competition with our
labor. because the constitution. following
the flag. already extends over the Phil
ippines, and with the constitution, unre-
stricted trade. / answer that the opposl-
ton Were in favor OF free trade with all
the world but yesterday, and declared
that free trade with all the world would
benefit. and not Cypress, American labor.
II they were right yesterday. then surely
free trade with an inferior race. peoping
a small part of the world. and that belong
ing TO the republic itself, cannot injure
American labor today.
Philippines Ours Forever.
The considerations of commerce. OF
civilization, of necessity. and of all the
elements from which sound judgment is
compounded. converge upon these words
OF destiny: 1.-THE Philippines are, ours,
and ours forever" We cannot shrren-
der them! We dare not surrender them!
We ought not to surrender them, Does
any man believe that the mass of the
Philippine people will not be better OFF
under American administration, con-
trolled by that most delicate national
conscience in the world, the conscience
OF the American people? Does any man
believe that the Philippine people will
not have freer speech, speedier justice,
more equal rights and more of all the
fruits of liberty under the Stars and
Stripes than under the flag of a Malay
oligarchy? Does any man believe that
American liberties VIII be lost because
we administer the substance of liberty to
those children Does any man believe
schools. which upholds the four corners
Of the republic, will be destroyed or Inn
paired because we plant free schools
throughout the Philippines? Does any
man believe that equal rights will be
impaired here because we establish equal
rights there?
war VIII Cease.
The opposition demands that the she'd
government. But blood will continue to
flow until American sympathy with the
Instruction is repudlated by the Amer
lean people: The Philippine people-aye.
the world--look upon this campaign a
trial before the American people of the
course of the American government In
the Philippines; and the election will
mean to them American Endorsement or
rebuke of the American government.
Since men in America began to hold out
TO the rebels in Luzon hope of success
through change In national administra-
tion; since the unappreciated efforts OF
our peace-loving president through the
civil commission to stop the war con-
WINGED the Malays that we feared them
planned and pursued with reference to
this election.
Nations Noble Leader.
The strong, wise tender-hearted man
who guides the nations destinies today,
and who resembles Lincoln more than any
president the republic ever had William
Mckinley, would have prevented bloodshed
II IT had been possible with honor. He
pose the Philippines, until the world
looked on amazed at his forbearance. He
has approved force with reluctance; and
only when the flag he had sworn TO de-
fend was hid by the battle smoke of hos
tile guns and torn at by the dark hands
of insurrection, only when anarchy
whirled aloft its torch and civilization
gasped Mt Aguinaldo's order of murder
and determination, only then, when
honor and humanity commanded, did our
great president, dauntless as he is merci-
flf draw he nations sword and William
Mckinley never draws the sword for
show or for parade. In the scabbard Is
the flag calls It forth, and then II should
leap like lightning, naked from its sheath.
and. like the lightning, strike. President
Mckinley, In the Philippine problem. mas
servative statesman that he has oeen
throughout this four years OF American
advance. Patient In the very hour OF ex-
ASPIRATION. conservative when all the at
mosphere was charged with impetuosity.
clear-eyed when flaming circumstance on
every hand Redeemed the vision OF the
calmest counsellors. steady when hurri-
canes of unprecedented events swept the
staunchest from their bearings-such Is
the president OF the American republic.
the most respected statesman in the world
today. and forever hxed as one OF the
foremost figures OF American history. He
has risen TO the greatness OF the hour:
The work that Washington began and
Lincoln continued. this wise president. in
our day OF destiny. has taken up and car
ried on toward that works great conSurn-
nation. As Washington prepared the
republic to enter the nineteenth century.
so Mckinley has prepared the republic TO
enter the twentieth century. And that Is
why hundreds OF thousands Of other par
ties than our own will t0in In making
that mighty majority which will name the
nations noble leader at the end Of the
nineteenth century, ms our leader stiil AT
the beginning OF the new century now
dawniug
Conflict Not Partisan.
Fellow Americans. this is no partisan
conflict II II no unprecedented struggle.
II IL the ever-old. ard yet the evcr-new
because the cycr-clemeutai contest be-
tween the forces Of growing nationality
and those who resist Il. between the
forces of extending dominion and those
who oppose r.. between the forces that
are making us the master people OF the
world and those who think that our &C
tivities should be confined TO this cont.
neut forever II r. the eternal duel be-