The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-14
THE UIPDCRITE.

In his speech of acceptance Of 'hc
Republican nomination for President,
delivered at Canton last Thursday. Mr..
Mckinley spoke clopucntly of the recent
Achievements of his administration in the
Philippines. resulting In the liberation
of la.uGo.00o of tie human family from
the yoke of Imperialism"
This would be a noble thought for lib
erty-lovinC Americans. were il based on
fact. 1t was for just such an achieve
mcnt that .nO.OOO of these liberiy-loving
Americans sprang 10 arms in 1S9S i'll
response 10 the Presidents call for
volunteers for the war with Spain. That
war WAS declared for the express pur-
pose Of freeing the Cubans. Ii made
an irresistible appeal to all true Ameri-
cans. 1t promised TO present to the
world the grand spectacle of :: mighty
Republic rushing 10 the rescue of a lit
tie people oppressed by tyranny and,
having freed them, straightway lifting
them 10 a national independence of their
own
Two years have passed since This
these 100000 liberry-loving Americans
We're SO proud TO volunteer. WAS fought
and won. In those two years Mr.. Me
kinlcy's administration has found time
and opportunity 10 do many things, hut
il has not found time TO free Cuba. II
has. instead. established a carpethaG
government i'll Cuba which has devoted
- f,. ,f fsa- MI l,
sorely afflicted island 1t has used. and
is still using. all its influence TO brin.
about the annexation of Cuba 10 the
United States. 1t declared in 1875 that
the Cuban people We're then. and Of
right should be. Il free and independent
people. 1t says now that they are not
ii; for freedom.
In Porto Rico there is an even more
shameful score charged up against Mr..
Mckinley and his imperial administra-
ton. The Porto Ricans welcomed with
open arms our army of invasion under
General Miles. They accepted with i'm
plicit and pathetic faith that officers
solemn pledge that they should enjoy
all the blessings of American citizen
their towns of Ponce. of Giayama, of
Arroyo. of Santa Ysabel, with a pride
almost childlike in its ingenuousncss,
calling themselves 'Americanos." They
celebrated in their churches and cathe-
dralS the signing: of the Peace Protocol
of August l., 1885, which placed them
under the sovereignty Of the American
nag. And in return we have denied TO
them their constitutional rights as
American citizens and have levied in
famous tribute upon them for the fur
Their enrichment of our syndicates.
When the. people of the Philippines
were fighting against the tyranny of
Spain we hailed their every victory over
the Spanish arms as a victory of pa
triots enlisted In n holy war for free
dom. We treated them as allies in our
operations against Manila, and We
pr0fited by their military cooperation
with our forces at that time. But the
moment the full temptation offered by
the opportunity for the footing of their
country was realized by us the Filipino
soldiers ceased to be patriots and be-
came bandits, savage Malays, cannibal
Hunters. Later, when the recog-
nizcd fact of our determination to trick
them out of the freedom they had won
from Spain became apparent to them
and forced them TO turn on us. we
classed them under the general name of
rebels. 1t WAS as rebels that we began
killing them, and it is as rebels that We
are killing them To this day.
This is how President McKinley's adj
ministration has ''iiberateh' the Fill
p!nos and the Porto Ricans and the
Cubans. This is how the Republican
party of to-day maintains itself as the
emancipation party, mot of profession.
but of performance" as Mr.. Mckinley
expresses it. For shame, Mr.. President,
for shame. You would be amazed and
appalled, IL you knew how your hypoc-
risy angers the American people.