The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-18
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i. M Citizen or subject.
\ II you want to sell to a people you have
got to have live people. Therefore the
Republicans cannot remove the Flliplnos or
they would destroy their trade argument.
A Filipino has got to live and II he lives
he has got to have a status. II he lives
under our nag he must either be a citizen
or q subject. II he is citizen then he
must ultimately share with us In the
destiny Of this naticn. II he Is to be q
citizen we have then to have states over
ehere. We have got to have representa-
Elves In congress and senators and presi-
Dental electors. You are not willing that
they shall be citizens. The Republican
party does not propose that they shall be
citizens. No Republican of prominence
has suggested that they shall be citizens.
The McEnery resolution expressly declares
that they shall not be citizens. Then
what? II they are to be ours and not citi-
gems they are to be subjects. I deny that
there is one foot OF ground under the
American flag upcn which subject can
stand. (Great applause and cheers).
A republic can have no subjects. And
you Republicans who have been led
into the support OF this Filipino pol
Icy want you to ask yourselves whether
you can afford to change your form OF
government in order to hold subjects un-
der the American hagl Look at you nag
It not only has a history but 1t has
meaning. The white stands for the pur-
ity OF our nations purposes. And we call
our nations purposes pure because 1t dif'
fers SO much from the purpose OF the
monarchical countries of the old world
The red indicates the blood that has been
shed to secure the rights which we en-
Joy and the stars represent the states.
What is there In that flag to represent
q subject? You want the subject to say.
he loves Il. What does he see In 1t that
stands for hlm2 He has on place In that
Dag. And am not willing that that
dag shall ever float over subject as
long as this nation lasts. Uong con-
tinued applause and cheers.)
A Mighty Minority.
II he is to be a citizen, II he cannot be
q subject, then what? Let him have his
own government. Why. the president said
the other day In his letter that the only
opposition that we had over there came
from a part OF one tribe. Well, my friends,
that is too high a compliment to pay to
that cne part Of that one tribe. To say
that small fraction Of people over there
could keep In subjecton all the rest OF
900 American soldiers at bay, too, Is say
ing too much. It reminds me very much
OF the arguments that were made In Eng
land Just before the Boer war commenced
Do you know why they went to war with
the Beers? Why, they said that there
were three times as many people dowr
there who were not Beers as there were
OF the Beers. Eng!and's cstensible reason
for undertaking a war with the Boer re-
public was to help three men get theil
rights from one man. Well. / wondered
at the time why the three would not take
care of themselves as against the one
But when the war commenced we neve
heard OF the three at all. but we heard o
the one all the time. (Laughter)
Where were the three men who wer'
being trampled upon by the one manY
guess they enlisted In the Boer army
Where were those men for whose right
the English began the fight? They disap
peared. Now isn't It strange that II ,
majority of the people In the Philippin
Islands wanted our rule, isn't II strang
that they haven't helped us3 The onl
portion Of tn Philippines which has Of
Ifered to help US In the Mohamedan poi
tion. saw It stated that the Mohame
Can has volunteered to fight under on
Dag to exterminate the Christian portio
\ in the Philippine Islands. My friend:
II these people who are fighting US or
small part OF that race OF people have In
telligence enough according to the Re
publican idea to like our form OF govern
ment, why haven't we intelligence enoug
to have that form OF government owe
there? II a majority of the Filipinos M
good people. and according to Republl
cans they are good II they are not fight
ing against lis, II a majority OF them ar
good people, then why not risk these pee
pie to have their own government
Tha Same Old story.
Oh, my friends. 1t is that same stor
wants to conquer another 1t always docs
for benevolence. 1t Is always for the goo
of that people who are to be conquered
for the good of the people who are to
governed an, the people who resist tt
authority are always denounced as ver
bad people. ] want to tell you that &C
never made q race OF people SO far dow
in the scale of intelligence that that pee
pie would welcome foreign master I
matter what his color or where he can
from. (Great applauseN The Filipino
will never welcome a foreign master I
matter what his color or where he CONF
from. (Great applause). The Filipino
will never welcome our rule. We can VIII
the Filipinos / have no doubt about 1t.
cannot tell how long 1t will take or no
much It will cost or how often 1t will hay
to be repeated but my friends you nev'
can by force make a people love you Ye
can with an army keep people from NAL
ing faces at you while 1t is daytime. b'
they will pray for night that they ma
!, make faces at you in the dark. (Applaul
and laughter.)
Destiny Defined.
want to ask you what Is your idt
of this nations position In the worl'
Republicans talk a great deal about Il
nations destiny. Now destiny is not
matter OF chance. 1t Is matter
choice. Destiny Is not thing that bal
pens to man. 1t is a thing that he mu
achieve. denounce this doctrine OF de-
tiny that makes the individual weak ar
helpless In the hands OF circumstance. I.
Circumstances cannot make man
he wants to be good. Circumstan