Cañon City record., 1900-09-20

nations roaiding In the Philippines. -
well ~ for the injuries suffered BY
law-abiding Fflipinos themselves. By
reason Of mobs. riots, insurrecticns or
any Of the ,nultitudlnous violence lia-
BILE to be perpetrated under any a6ecta-
tion OF government which Aguinaldo
and his followers would have - up
there.
"Mr. Bryan has entirely ignored
these obligations and liabilities"
Bryaa Bseomss Rsdisulous.
What do yoa think about Mr.. Bry-
ans statement that the consent OF
the people should have been procured
first7"
The practice of the United States
has besn to take possession Of the ter
ritories which have come under our
Jurisdiction in the conhdencs that We
may secure the consent OF their os-
cupants by extending to them our In
stitutions and the projections Of our
government.
How would Mr.. Bryan proceed to
obtain the consent OF these muitifar-
ious tribes. of different races and or
igins. and speaking 10 many different
languages. and with 30 dwarfed and
undeveioped . capacity for political
intelligencef
There are about 1000. 900 members
Of the visayan tribe upon the island
Of Luzon. and about 1000 900 Of the
same tribe upon other islands. They
are hostile to the TagAls. Would Mr..
Bryan indicate to which OF these two
Tribes the government Of these Islands
should be surrsnderedf Shall It BE-
given to Aguinaldo. who melted the in
surrection. and brought on the blooA-
shed. or shall Il be surrendered TO the
visayans. who are equally Intelligent.
equally numerous. almost entirely
friendly toward our government. and
peaceful. or shall It be surrendered to
the Moros. who are almost ~ numer-
Gus and much more savass and war
like? And when the management and
government OF these islands v sur
rendered. and the United States troops
are withdrawn. what tribe will pre-
vail. what government and Institutions
will Be established. and what will be
the condition OF ascendancy. subordi-
nation or equality Of the nfty or more
tribes Who are not In rebeliionf
Coassat sf 0evsrssd-
One Of the two LARGEST islands OF
the Philippines Is Mindanao. Il IL
governed by an accomplished savage
named Datto Mandy. He Is the head
Of the Moros and has unQuestioned
powers Of life and death. Recently .
newspaper man who was visiting the
island expressed a wish to see him In
the attitude OF striking down an enc
my. and when be was made to under
stand the wish he had sword
brought TO him. toxether with one Of
his servants. and was only prevented
By way Of exhibitins his martial ca
pacity. from cleavinx the skull Of his
subject. BY the Intervention Of an
American oflcer. who was present In
obtaining the consent Of this portion
Of the Philippines. woaid II be the
wish Of Mr.. Bryan TO have the con-
sent OF Datto Mandy. or Of the slave
whose skull he was about to split for
amusement = few days ago. or do ws
understand him to say that now that
the United States has taken these is-
lands by conquest and by treaty.
which he himself advised. that the op-
portunity Of ameiiorating suffering. re-
lieying the helpless from the brutal.
and establishing the Institutions OF
civilization and Christianity among
these people. should be abandoned and
thrown away. while Datto Mandy and
his like sacrifice the lives of their De-
pendent subjects At their win.
nsy.a Igssrss frusA.
a.
Of things which prevails In the Philip
pines and declare what the great party
which he has come TO speak for. In 10
singulariy controlling = manner. shall
believe on this subject. but to leave
the mass of these people In the hands
OF these half-civilised. semi-barbaric
and barbaric rulers seems to palmer
minds simple cruelty. or. as Mr.. Bryan
would probably say. brutality
THE Ameracon comm!esioners havs
certified to the American people that
the people Of those islands are incspa-
bile Of ssif-sovernment. The American
commissioners who speak concerning
facts coming under their immediate
excavation. Il superior In moral and
s,s cal force to the differences Of poll
ticians speaking forth political docu-
nsnts for campaign purposes.
We hnve been dealing for nfty years
with the orientais. and to-day a
myriad Of the Chinese race surround
our hoDored and betrsed represeHta-
tives and ellow-Americs..s in Pekin.
clamoring and thirsting for thsis e,ood.
It IL not charity. and there 10 no ae.
LEGATION upon Us. to deal with thsss
people or with those who are In an
analogous condition. by sither leaving
them alone In their barbarian. or By
attempting to deal with them upon the
supposition that they are civilized and
capable Of lf-government until We
have evidence that they are 90. And
the United States ought never 70 give
up the control which It has acquired
over the Philippines. by conquest and
treaty. until II can be assured Of tie
safety Of Its own citizens. and OF all
law-abiding citixens Of the Filipinos
themselves. in every square foot Of the
Philippine archipelago. His plan
ignores and denies all national re-
sponsibility and obligation.
Mr.. Bryan makes statements about
the government taking away the free