The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-08

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in power, the Filipinos are naturally a
triae wary and lay great stress upon
the civil service 10 be given them in
the event Of a surrender. President
Schurman Of the insulSr commission
said dpon his return from Manila: Il
was often asked in the Philippines if
our civil service was better than that
of Spain. Here is a point where the
Fnipinos fear and suspect Us. We
must allay their anxiety and suspicion
by a splendid Philippine eiv1 service.
believe we shall. It IS absolutely
necessary. But there VIII be no harder
task in connection with our govern
ment OF the archipelago.
When the commissioners met with
the emissaries OF Aguinaldo, the insur-
gent spOkesmen said: The Filipino
people DO not wish to continue the
fighting We have no army contractors.
We have no business men making prof
its from the maintenance Of our army.
There is nothing in il for US, nor are
our salaries large enough to keep Us
lighting for money and position"
Evidently they had read in some Re
publican journal-perhaps it was the
salt Lake Tribune Of May 10, 1S9S-that
the foe more TO be feared than the
Spaniard is a policy Of catering TO con-
tractors. planning for bond issues and
wearing out the heart OF the country
and of the troops by uncertainty and
bungling delays"
For an administration which would
treat its own people and soldiers in
that way would certainly hesitate at
nothing when inficting its power upon
an alien people.
Besides, it has been generally ac-
knowledged by Republican organs OF
national prominence printed in all
parts of the Union that President Nc
Kmley is a foe TO civil service" The
national civil service league. composed
of eminent members OF both parties,
passed resolutions some time ago de-
nouncing President Mckinley as "the
worst enemy to civil service who ever
occupied the White House"
The Providence Journal, a staunch
Republican newspaper, said: Friends
of President McKinley-real friends.
not those who are friends merely for
the favors they can get out of him-as
well as all friends Of honesty and eff
cheney in the public service, will be
panied by his surrender TO the spoils-
men,
The Portland Oregonian, which prob
ably enjoys as great a circulation
among the Tag4ls as any other paper,
except our local contemporary, fur
nished them the following information:
The triumph of the spoilsmen in this
matter is not remarkable. What is re-
markable is that the president should
have thought a formal order of this
kind at all necessary. He must be
supposed informed as to the shameless
and fragrant violation of the civil SER
vice law in Oregon, as elsewhere, all
over the country"
Other Republican journals arraigned
him for violating his sacred pledges
and disgracing the position TO which
he was elected. So. why shouldn't the
Filipinos feel the least bit aTprehen-
sive about entrusting their liberties to
q notorious viOlator of sacred pledges,
tool of Infamous c0rTlptionists, a
spokesman and a patriot for partisan
purposes?
we must allay their anxiety" to be
sure; but how is it going to be done
WREN the chief executive of this re-
public is throwing down the civil ser
vice bars for the benefit Of ward heel
ers?
What assurance can be given in the
light shed by these Republican jour
nails upon the character and conduct
of the politicians in power? When so
little consideration is shown citizens,
what have subjects to expect? When
the safeguards the people have erected
around the public service here at home
are destroyed in the interest of place
hunters, how can we assure the natives
OF distant islands that the carpetbag
rule to which they are expected to
submit Indefinitely win not be worse
than that which the south endured af-
/ ter the civil war?
Some assurance Of self-government.
of protection from carpetbag rule. Of
immunity from the wei known meth
DDS Of the syndicate running the ad-
ministration ought 10 be given, but
who viii give it? The president? He
gave such an assurance in 1896 and
went back on it. Who could believe
him2
The return of peace, the restoration
of order, the end Of sacrifices depend
upon more honor in dealing with these
islanders than the president has main
tanned in his dealings with his neigh
bors and fellow countrymen.