The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-31
imperialiet, as he cannot accept
Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines
a. equal States in the American Union.


. a. equal States in the American CnioI
MKISLEY CHIEFLY RESPONSIBLE.
one conclusion i deducible froI
the facts OF history. our occupatio
OF the Philippine Islands, and III
war and blood incident OF that occu
patton, are due, and due solely, L
the policy and doings OF Pre2ideu
Mckinley. and for which he. first an,
( chiefly L. responsible. That policy h
will pursue until he j. reversed by tn,
people. irrespective ofparty alliances
II j. a vain hope that the republi
can party. Dis an organization. cal
reverse the policy Of the president
The hope i a. vain as was the hope.
/ 1SGl-lS63, that the Democratic
party. d an organization, would aid
in the abolition Of slavery.
Again, it Is claimed that trade fol-
lows the flag This is true when the
flag i the herald OF peace, hut the
saying is false, utterly false, when the
flag j. transformed into a menace OF
war.
II, in 1898. We had acted in good
faith; if we had encouraged the IN
habitants OF the Philippines in their
efforts 70 establish an independent
our increase in exports
TO the islands would not have been
limited 10 the pernicious trade in
alcoholic liquors. Nor, on the other
hand, would the users of hemp in the
United Stated been taxed 100 per
per cent for the benefit of importers,
and TO the injury alike OF the people
Of the nited States and OF the Phil |
ppine Islands War is the enemy OF |
commercial trade. and trade does
not follow the flag when the flag is
he emblem of war
Peace and friendship are the certain |
md constant promoters Oftrade and |
II every other business pursuit
REPUBLICS LIFE IN PERIL.
The policy of tie conqueror has
Ilways been gilded by one pretext;
The conquered are to be we'll govern
d. Such was President Mckinlev's
romise to the Filipinos. We began
lvil government i'll Porto Rico by
reating the inhabitants as alien sub
ects, and the trade regulations pro
eed upon the theory that we are to
nlOy the markets of Porto Rico. and
hat Il duty is to be levied upon
be products of Porto Rico
hen brought into the United States.
We are setting up ii civil govern |
tent which is as absolute as could
E devised. Thus do we violate our
romises, and prove the iniquity of
1e preteXts that we have rendered r
} the country and to our victims in
le islands.
In the days of reconstruction. car
was an unprecedented I
'ndltlon OF affairs. 1t was abolish :,
at an early day, and by a general
ncurehce OF opinion. We have
a carpet-bag system for =,
orto RlcO, and upon the basis of =,
rpetuity. The first fruits of this
stem have been gathered already
Cuba
In four years the doctrine OF the L
sht OF self government has been re- st
dated in Washington. and an nj
oval OF the doctrine is a hazard ce
5 experiment for a member of the T
publican party. The downfall of
me, as described by De Vertot. was te
more rapid than the change that I
taken place in the capital city of &C
lerica. RI
DICTATOR ALREADY HERE. OF
n the year 1895 or 1896 a man NJ
erged from the obscurity OF unrec- to
nlzed citizenship, and in the inter dc
ing time he has advanced himself l..
the head OF the republican party. tn
/ without delay he became the an or
'ent director of its policy. He Oh
most largely to the nom Pc
ton and election of President re;
kinley. p,
Following the Inauguration. he st,
ured seat in the senate by the sp
Orced retirement of a srarasnar
., in an experience of 40 years.
never yielded 10 the menaces OF
Sc III power. nor been misled by Ha'
n promises. During the three 70
rs now ended this man. so recent EFT
unknown has stood -. - ext