Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07
Heavily Handicapped.


Watch0saH The miser-
able management oil the War De
partment which resulted in decI'
mating, through sickness and
death, in camps Of instru etion, the
grandest volunteer army that the
world has ever known, is fresh IN
the memory Of all. The emoalmed
beef scandals, the rotten canned
beet pulp deal with the beef trust,
the virtual promotion OF Commis-
sary General Eagan by the Presi-
dent as the penalty OF conviction
by a court martial, the scandals
connected with the purchase OF
transports, and the placing oi the
health OF soldiers in camp under
the supervision Of horse doctors,
have not been forgotten. The
people are not yet resigned to the
code Of morals OF the confidence
man and the highwayman which
was practiced upon Aguinaldo and
his soldiers who were invited to
aid us in procuring their deliver
ance from oppression and treated
as allies until the enemy was dis
placed, after which we turned upon
him and with the power Of the
mightiest nation Of the world are
hunting his people down and
shooting them as criminals upon
their native islands because they
claim the God given right to be
free.
The people have not forgotten
the words of President Mckinley
when he said lorcible annexation
could not be thought Of because
under our code OF morals it would
be criminal aggression. Neither
have they forgotten how he stated
the case OF Porto Rico to Congress,
pointing out the path Of plain
duty" They have not forgotten
the speeches made in various por-
tions OF the country by President
Mckinley when he referred to the
American aag and stated that it
brought freedom to all beneath its
folds wherever it might go.
The people heard the patriotic,
moral sentiments expressed by the
President with gladness and JOY,
only to learn later in the bitterness
OF their souls that he was using the
army and navy, wealth and re-
sources Of the United States in fur
therance Of a policy Of criminal ag-
gression, that the people who well
coined our flag to their shores and
hailed our soldiers as deliverers,
receiving them with rejoicing
and loud acclaim have been de.
MED citizenship or Constitutional
rights Of any kind under our flag,
that Porto Rico is made into vas
sal State to be governed by tor
eign irresponsible ruler, that its
governor and other administrative
officers, together with the upper
Legislative branch, is to be ap
pointed by the President and may
be composed of non.residents, and
that the President reserves to him
self final veto power over all leg
islation on that island whose people
are denied by law the right to call
themselves Americans.
The people have not forgotten
that President Mckinley in his in
augural address called attention to
the growth OF monopoltes, the ten
dency OF which was to stifle com
petition and plunder the people,
pledging the Administration to
restrain this baneiul evil, only to
find that he has used the powers
OF the Government to foster and
create trusts and monopolies which
have fourished under his Admin
istration hundred told more than
ever before, until practically every
industry of the people has passed
under their control. They have
not forgotten President McKin-
ley's arraignment OF Cleveland Tor
lending the aid OF the Government
to the money lenders, and it is
fresh in their minds that he has
dsed the power Of the Government
to put upon the statute books law
creating a banking and money
trust which is the most dangerous
and menacing Of all trusts.
The people remember that the
corporations and m onopolies con.
tributed an enormous corruption
fund to carry the election OF 800,
and they are we'll advised that the
power OF the Government was
pledged to them to secure legisla-
ton that would enable them to re-
imburse themselves bY plunderine
the people.
The people now understand that
the sole reliance OF The Renublican