The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-15
our POLICY.

to cfiticising the Filipino ideas
advanced BY our Democratic friends.
Now that sort of thing is legitimate,
Of course, but after we have pointed
out so many Of the faiiacies and abb
surdities Of the opposition, il is
time that we should expound our
own doctrine, in order that they
may have a chance to criticise. It
must be clear to every thinking
man and woman that what the
Democrats propose to do in the
Philippines never can be done. 1t
is not necessary to prove this state
mellt at this time, in fact we have
already proved it innunerable
times.
Now, then, we shall undertake
to explain what the Republicans
propose to do. First, we are going
to make the inhabitants of the Phil
ippine Islands behave themselves;
we are going to make them lay
down their arms and take up the
implements of peaceful industry;
we are going to make them recog-
1ize the fact that they must submit
to just and equal laws and respect
legal authority. After we have
hown to them thatepis sor their
own good to recognize law and
maintain order, we are going to do
a great many other things for their
good in a governmental way. We
are going to show them clearly
that it is cheaper and more sensible
to settle public controversies with
paper ballots than with bolos and
rifles. When they understand that
they will have made a long stride
in civil government, Then we are
going to establish a public school
system in their midst. Not the
kind of a school system they now
have, which, though it looks we'll
on paper, when described by Ag-
riinaldo's friends, is not any system
at all; for notwithstanding the fact
that they have hundreds OF social
ed schools, they virtually have no
school houses, no trained teachers,
no regular text books, no system of
grading, in short no system at all.
We are going to change all that
and build school houses for them in
every locality where there are fifty
children Of school age; we are going
to give them some Of Americas best
trained teachers, and American
teachers are the best in the world;
we are going to give them graded
schools, the latest and best text
books and all the furniture and par
aphernalia that can be found in the
most advanced public schools in this
country We are going to teach
them, first, the English language,
English literature, the history Of
the United States, the genius o.
our people and institutions, and ali
things necessary to give them a
clear understanding of civilization
and good government. Ofcourse,
we will mix in some mathematics,
good deal of hygiene, a little Of
physiology, some music and paint,
ing and various other accomplish,
ments; but our best efforts shall fol
a number of years be directed tc
teaching them the substantial
things they ought to know They
have at present considerable of the
elegant and superficial in education
but they lack the substantialities
Together with these scholastic at
tainments, we shall give them thor,
ough course in modern agriculture
They have down there the most
fruitful soil on earth, but it does
not yield to them as much as the
barren plains of this country under
our treatment. Their method o
tilling the soil is very crude ane
those who have investigated the
subject declare that they do not get
from the cultivation of the soil one
quarter of what the soil is capable
iof yielding. We propose to teach
them better farming than that, and