Cañon City record., 1900-10-11

and b. the aid and dco-opsrukfoa At ths
Cubans We are ensagsd In the s6ort
Of establjshing dc novo = stable gov
errment there. Had AguinAldo andl
his chiefs followed the example Of
Gomez and his chiefs We should before
this have been long On the way to-,
wards establishing stable govern
ment In the Philippines. Under the
circumstances we have not. a. Mr..
Bryan contends, been dilatory in es-'
tablishing such . government In,
1846 our armed forces took possession
Of California, and continued to hold III
pending the Mexican war. the ratinca-.
tion Of the treaty of peace, and until
It became a state in 1880. California
never had q territorial form Of gov
ernment. but remained under the COM
troll OF the amy from 1S46 until It be-
came state. There was no insurrec-
tion in California; and yet. for upwards
OF two years after the treaty Of peace.
1t was governed through the military.
department Of the government. and
this was held by our supreme court
TO be a valid and constitutional gov
ernment, nor we're we accused OF be-
ing diiatory In giving California
state government But 1t is asserted
that the Filipinos are entitled TO abso-l
lutte independence. and that we have
no right to govern them without their
consent.
Our Duty = Sacred One
II this Is true, what right have We
to imposee any form OF government
upon thomf
They may insist that they have the
right to establish just such a form of
government as they see ft and that
It is not our business to establish any
form for them. What then! Are we
to abandon the scheme or arc we to
watch. wait and pray for their con-
sent. or are we TO go on regardless of
It. And in case we do go on to estzb-
lish stable government without their
consent, and they see fit 20 resist and
to 60 into m insurrection-as they
are now doing-against our present
efforts to establish a stable govern
ment, and we resort to arms to repress
such resistance and insurrection-as
they are now doing-against our pres
ent efforts to establish a stable gov
ernment, and We resort to arms to
repress such resistance and insurrec-
ton and insist upon establishing .
stable government at the point of the
bayonet. will not this bring uz back
into the slough of Imperialism with
the ghost of n standing army In tho
background There is only one sure
escape from such n gloomy outcome
It is to leave Il to the Fiiipinos 10 say
what constitutes n stable form OF gov
ernment. But II we do that there Il
really no occasion for our giving any
consideration at all to their form
OF government. There In no need of
giving them any form OF government
ut all. That should be ieft wholly to
themselves.
AZ - . Prossessra~.
Having given the FIlIpinos a stable
form of government, Mr. Bryan vonld
give them their absolute Independence
and then protect them from the inter-
ference OF other nations. II 1; is our.
duty to establish stable form OF gov
ernmenf. II follows that IL In our
duty TO see that such n form Of gov
ernment In maintained. for without
1t. we cannot AFFORD them adequate
protection against other nations- II
we assume a protcctorate over the
isiands, foreign governments would
expect and require. and would hare q
right to expect and reauirc that we
maintain n stable government there
A government that would protect tho
life. property and commerce Of for
eigners to the same extent as amosg
the civilized nations OF tho world.
without such n government we
would. before the world. have no more
right to say In foreign nations. you
must keep out OF tho Philippines.
than we have to say to foreign ua-
tions ut this time. that you must keep
out Of China.
The Professionals Mamsux.
II We were to assume a protectorats
over China It would be our duty 10 soc
that China accorded ample protection
to the lives. property and business of
foreigners. And recent events have
demonstrated what task this would
be- And the Filipinos. in all their
entirety. with their more than eighty
different tribes and their varied and
inferior degrees of civilization, are far
Icas fitted for seif-rovernmcnt than
the Chinese. who have maintained an
organized government for centuries.
Aguinaldo and his chiefs represent
the most civilized and intelligent clc-
mcnt OF the native races. and yet we
know 1t was their purpose to burn.
sack and loot Manila and TO slaughter
all foreigners In the city. The inde-
pcndcnce the Filipinos would enjoy
under such leaders MS Aguinnldo md
his chiefs would be such independence
as the people OF Haiti and santo Do
mingo enjoy-brutc iawlessness. part
ly restrained by brute force, and rcvo-
lution succeeding revolution"