Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-21


lsFsb. lA says int III :wis present u
tie intSrs lev between VA 1miral dewey Sant
the nluegent leader, and th1t In this Inter
EyiseM Adnirsl DeMey mads sas promise Y
.sHe ASninaldo] asked ne II M gsvsrA
nasht war EoinE ~ recognissS MI Sovsfn
msnt. I8 anarsred that "a was there simply
ms military capa city: that could not ac
t g, q
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Would not our adysrsari es /, have I. se q
Dewey sS 6eet 10 Manila to pture and de
PatchiHg III there, would they hare With
~ deet and III the| latter, whIthsr woull
he asy ares sa. t. "a Sa;
opened ens 3 it has pof' ~ 01'sns Nv
81 our adyesrs aries Hi Z, condemn liz espedi
3tion unfer the command Ofs General 4eSrit,
Dexsy ne distant essas
which nation We were AT war? .sNRa4 AZ not
/ onr& highest duty 70 strike Spain q every
yulnerable polnt, that the var might p
the earliest prae
Ask for Honest Opiuiou. y,
! q And was it mot our duty to protect thu
lives and property Of those who came swlthiI
our control by the fortunes OF war? Could
We nave. come away ~ 5an y time petWeeI
May ana sstQeSC0uGluEIQu pSACS
without ! stain upon our good name? Gould
we have come away ithOut disfonor az g =!
time after the rati neat OF the renee treaty
BY the Senate Of the United States
tion Is the eneny's zee. when M could q
should have left the Philipplne archlpe lag0
After the treaty OF peace was ratified nc
power but Congress could surrende der ON
esy ha. SSs e
seen At to do the one Or the other, and the
President had no auth ority to do either.
he had been 90 inclined, which he was not. S.s
il the dutyof tSs saee esf Mhoe n s
may be. to uphold that soyerei mtg. and II 4
be attacked 10 snppre1s it, 'assailants. Woult
our pollti adver saries do less
M Begun by Insnr n s.8iss,
\ It has been asserted that there would have
Egress had declared Its purpose TO give indie
surgents did not whit for the action OF Con
gresss They assumed the offensive, the!
Those who assert our responsibility FOL
the beginning of the conflict have forgotten
that before the treaty was ratified In the
Senate, and while It was being debated II
was under discussion, on Feb. q, 1899, til.
insurgents attacked the American army
after being previously advised that tht
American forces were under orders not K
spers found In the recently captured archives
OF the insurgents dem onatrRte that this Mt
tack had been carefully planned for weeks
,hcfore 1t occurred. 3%s. Sa "
Only me Course Open. .s s,sf
H Their unnrovoked assault upon our sol
diers ut a time when the Senate was delib
Grating upon the treaty shows that no nc
ton on our part exceptSsurrender and ahcn
5donment would have prevented the Sighting
and leaves no doubt In any fair mind where
the resp nsibility rests for the shedding 81
American blood. 4s 5 5s; 5&. ii
n with all *the exaggerated phrasemakine
of this electoral contest; we are In danger o1
being diverted from the real contention. We
are In agreement with all :of those who sup
ported the war with Spain, and also Will
those who counseled the ratification OF the
treat OF peace. Upon these two great co
senfial steps there can be no issue, and out
OF these came all OF our aresponsibilitfes.Sl1
others would sshirk the oblig ations Imposed
pby the. war and the treat We must decline
to act further With them, and here the Issue
DC Is our, purpose 10 ESTABLISH In the Philip
pines II government suit able ITO The WANT
and condit i0ns Of Sthe lnhab ftants, and III
prepare them for sell. government, and Il
give them self. governmentw when they arr
ready for It, and 40 rapidly AZ Il they Qrt
ready for IT.. That am aiming TO do under
my constitutional authority, and Will con
1inue to: do until Congress- shall determine
the political status Of the Inhabitants Of TIL
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