The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-24

ty that any question will be settles! cor
rectly
"A colonial policy would so occupy the
people with the consideration OF the nn-
TOMS foreign policy that domestic ques-
tons would be neglected Who will
haul down the flag. or stand by the
President" would be prompt response to
every criticism of the Administration and
corruption and special privilege would
thrive under the cover of patriotism.
at is not strange that the Pnpulists
should oppose militarism and imperialism
for both are antagonstic TO the prin-
questions Looking a questions from the
Standpoint OF the producers of wealth.
rather than from the standpoint of the
speculator the Popuist recognizes IN mill
tarisn a constant and increasing bur
den The army-worm, which occasional-
ly destroys fed of wheat is not nearly
so dangerous an enemy to the farmer a
large standing army which invades every
field Of industry and exncts toll from
every crop.
COLONIAL POLICY.
''If 10000 men are withdrawn from the
ranks Of the producers and placed as a
burden on the backs of those who remain,
it must mean longer hours, harder work,
and greater sacrifices for those who toll
and the farmer, while he pays more than
his share OF the expense of the army, has
no part in army contracts or in develop
ing companies, and his sons nre less
likely 10 fill the life positions in the army
than the sons of those, who by reason Of
wenlth or political prominence exert in
tluence at Washington
soon after the Republican leaders be-
gan to suggest the propriety of a colonial
policy the papers published an interview
given out from San Francisco by foreign
consul residing at Manila. He declared
that the people Of the United States owed
it to themselves to other nations and to
the Filipinos to hold the Philippine Isl
unds permanently. At the conclusion of
the interview there appeared the very
significant statement that the gentleman
was visiting the United States for the pur-
pose of organizing company for the
development of the Philippine Islands A
few days later on his way East, he gave
out another interview in which he ex-
planned that the company which he in
tended to organize would establish banks
at Manila and ut other places throughout
the islands and build electric-light plants
water plants, street-car lines railroads
factories. etc. 1t seemed that the pan
of his syndicate was TO do 4ll the develop
ing and leave the rest of the American
people nothing to do IN the matter except
to furnish an army sufficient to hold the
FilipinOs in subsection while they were
beng developed
at the present rats we will spend annu-
ally upon the army approximately half as
much as we spend for education in the
United States, and this immense sum is
wrung from the taxpayers by systems of
taxation which overburden the poor man
and undertax the rich man. In the pre-
senca of such an issue as militarisnl it is
impossible that any Populist should hest
tate as to his duty.
IMPERIALISM
'But the question OF 1nilitarism is but
part Of the question Of Imperialism. The
policy cont mplated by the Republican
party Gullifies every principle set forth
in the Declaration Of independence; strikes
a blow at popular government, and robs
the nation of its moral prestige. Air a4dy
the more advanced supporters of the colo
NAL idea point to the economy OF a system
of government which entrusts all power
to an executive, and does away with the
necessity for legislation The Army and
Navy Journal, in its issue OF August 18th,
comments the English system, and
declares that as d result OF this system
a fifth OF the worlds area, containing a
fourth Of its population, is ruled with an
administrative economy which is an
administrative marvel, and adds:
g One million two hundred thousand
dollars spent in London is the price Of
administrative order over q colonial rule
whose total budgets aggregate ST. 1124, 3355l $751;
or 50 per csnt more than our total of Fed
eral, State, county and village expenditure
for every possible purpose for which taxes
are levied. In contrast to the rule of this
system of executive administration the fact
is cited that the American Congress has
spent an entire winter wrestling with the
tariff, the taxation, the administration and
the personal rights of two little islands
The English Executive is an imperial
executive The British Parliament is an
English legislature. To the same system
we are coming by the decree of circum-
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