Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-26

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poaicy Of the republican adminis-
q 81 on and press had been one ofde-
g ION IAN attempt to set up 4
81 tious problem that Of expansion,
4 ~ i the real question, the vital one.
~ imperialism. Tie question was.
n4eone Q: internal growth and ma
tiSnex xpansion. The conditions un-
dSf which Lonisiana, Florida, Texas,
California and Alaska came into the
union "a we're different from the con-
ditions nov. Each Of those tracts
cafne to US under treaty, With the
good will Of the inhabitants, treaties
which promised them self govern
ment, promised them citizenship.
Bnt the Filipiuos were not promised
tIese things: No wonder venerable
republicans like Senator Hoar, John
Sherman, Tom Reed, ex. Senator
:Bohthwell, ex-senator Henderson,
eH President Harrison, and: many
q 1hers, were aghast at the policy the
g administration was following. The
Ett1aatritory previously taken in was
Contiguous, or on this continent
NpWAit is proposed that wego thous.
ahds Of miles away into the colonial
b1sihess and put our government
Otto pc: pie by brute force.
The speaker Clearly showed how at
the time the Spanish treaty was rati-
fed, and long before, Spain had not
an inch of soil in the Philippines.
Wth the exception OF Manila, the
Fllipir3,s b gere in full possession. Yet
tnp pre9dent, before the ratification,
bsfore he had a right to do anything
uader the treaty, directed General
Otis to ext, nd military rule over all
tie islands. General Otis knew this
meant war, and tried to soften the
ptoclama tion by changing it. But
tie original was given out by General
Miller, and the mischief was done
The war was clearly precipiuated by
t@ president. Mr.. Altgeld made =
Striking point when he said that it
hid been charged that Senator
Hoar's speech against the treaty
cansed the Fflipinos to rebel Ac-
cdrding to the republican press the
sHeech was cab'ed at great expense
til Manila, translated into the Fill
pInp languages, printed in all tue
j.. I;aaaa .s aaa apefa reaa
by the :.densely ignorant - eight or
ten millions. thus melting them to
strike for independence. Yet we are
told these people. are too densely
ignorant for intelligent govern
mental management. Governor
Altgeld read telegrams by Admiral
Dewey in which it was said that the
Filipinos were filter for self-gOvern-
ment than the Cubans. He read ex-
tracts from reports by naval officers
giving the Filipinos credit for high
intellectual powers and great capa-
bilities. The administration senators,
voted down the Bacon resolution
promising the Filipinos ultimate in-
dependence whenever we should Judge
the proper time had arrived. This
showed a desire to thrust our gov
ernment by brute force upon people
who didn't want it. Our title was in
buying those people, bnt no nation
could justly sell or buy human
beings. ~.
Thespeaker spoke OF the presidents
tender care over the Suits an of Sulu,
who had graciously allowed the flag
to float over his tarems and slave
dens, in consideration Of being put,
with all his family, on Uncle Sans
pay roll. That which once had stain
ed the FLAG, was now to flourish under
it. The speaker showed how the in-
fiuence of England governed the
administration and how Mckinley,
who at first wanted no islands, had
under the persuasion OF Great Britain
gone to the extreme.
In speaking OF a great standing
army as a necessary adjunct OF im-
perialism, Mr.. Altgeld paid attribute
to Governor Lind for hisremark that
the volunteer carried a conscience as
we'll as a gun. Whatwas the need of
a standing army? Volunteers won
the Revolutionary war, volunteers
whipped the British in 1912, the
Mexicans in 1848, and volunteers
po,,,,h% %ho c.vook o;u;l or.on1 thu