Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-08

newspapers and Democratic leaders at
the time when our trouble In the Phil
ippines commenced. 90 learn that these
men who are now talking about haul
Ing down the nag giving the Filipinos
independence and making peace on any
terms, were then more imperiallstc
and blOOdthirsty ana tyrannical, as IN
dicated by the advice they gave, than
President Mckinley has ever even
been charged by them TO be. Here Is
an extract from an editorial Of that
time. published IN the Cincinnati In
QuireT.
"Agunaldo win have to behave him
self The country viii take no back
ward step The Spaniards have hlniei
that We are dealing with people that VIII
have 10 be oXtermlnatel 20 keep them
from making trouble. Well, we cannot
stop now. even at determination
This paper is now talking about the
consent of the governed" and instead
OF eXtermnating the FiliDinos 1t Is try
ing to eNterminatesP president Mckinley
The New York Journal said:
"Aguinaldo's men are uH
10 carry out a program OF savagery
They are making war by lncendlarlsm
and assassination and II they could
gain possession OF Manila a carnival
Of slaughter. rapine and conilqgratlon
would horrify the world We must
crush this band OF lncendlarles ana
assassins once for an, Agulnaldo ana
his followers are simply Indians ana
must be dealt with as We would deal
with q tribe Of renegade Apaches.
To this paper. the lblpsf Democratic
organ In the United States. Aguinaldo
and his Indians have become The
George Washington and his patriots ot
the Orient
Richard Croker tht great Tammany
leader gave out a statement, published
IN an the papers. In which DE said
81 believe IN holding whatever we
have gained by annexation, purchase or
war. II the great country
west OF the Rocky Mountains were
filled with wild Indians how long would
n take us 10 suppress them and make
them respect our laws and Constitu-
tion2 The same thing applies TO the
Philippines and any other country thtt
may fan into our hands by the provi-
dence OF peace or war
other quotations from leading Demo-
cratic newspapers and Democratic
leaders might be made 70 the same ef'
feet almost without number, But
these are enough 20 show that our
Democratic friends not only iolned ms
IN ratifylng the treaty and acquiring
the Philippines and assuming the re-
sr0nsIbility Of government there. but
also advised the President TO adopt and
pursue in the discharge OF his duties
precisely the policy for which they now
arraisn him, except only that the poll
cles OF determination renegade
A..obl.u ora 0y,fia ypdIoren which
they advised, were far more bloody and
mperalistIc than the policy OF the
President.
WHY THE CHANGE.
why this change? II is easily eN-
plained. They spoke as patriots them
they speak as partsans now, Their in-
consistency Is so manifest that Mr.
Bryan seeks TO justify himself for adj
vising a ratification Of the treaty and
Is now condemnlnF the Presidents poll
icy on the ground that he expected the
President. az soon as the treaty was
ratified. 10 announce 20 AguinaidO ana
his followers, Notwithstanding they
were IN arms against US, that he pro-
posed as soon as he had established
stable government 10 give them their
independence under an American pro-
teCtorate. Mr.. Bryan forgets. ne coOid
not have expected any such thing; be-
cause. in the first place war with the
Fllipinos had already commenced be-
fore the treaty was ratified. and every
act Of the President was a declaration
that until the insurrectIon was ended
nothing else was In order. and IN the
second place Mr.. Bryan was aware
that the President had already, In the
hope OF avoiding any clash with the
Flipinos, announced his policy by a
proclamation promulgated by General
Otis IN the previous December
Senator Foraker was followed by
Chauncey NJ Depew.