Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-10-11
Bro. Price Answered.


recent issue of the MESSAGE a let
ter from my old-time friend. D..
M. Price, who, writing from Bon
ner, Montana, deplores the lack of
interest in Sunday school work
and says, "Be not deceived; God
is not Knocked. Whatsoever man
sows that shall he also reap" Then
in the next paragraph he express
ed himself as being highly graft
fled to find, Unexpectedly, in that
community large Mckinley ele-
ment. He speaks of the prosperi-
ty of the West and intimates that
Mckinley is the author of it, 10
noring the fact that Mckinley is
just as much of Dictator for
Missouri as for Montana. And
just why he did not expect to find
the miners for Mckinley he does
not explain. And how he can
couple such a Biblical warning
with prayer for Republican sue
cess is astonishing. Why did Bro.
Prices children emigrate to the
West during a Republican admin
istration! Prosperity had evident
ly failed to reach them here. Why
has the Mormon Church in its
general convention endorsed Me-
kinley7 Because Mckinley has
III his treaty with the Chief of the
Sulu Islands endorsed polygamy as
well as slavery. Mr.. Price endors-
es Mckinley's policy of conquest
and subjugatiOn of a people who
have fought three hundred years
for independence and to whom I
pray that God may grant endur-
ance to hold out another three
hundred years against all usurpers
of the Godgiven birthright of
Human Freedom.
Mckinley hypocrisy is becoming
proverbial. He held out the hope
to these people Of the Philippines
that they should be free, until they
helped him capture the Span;ards,
and since that time has refused to
treat with them on any other terms
than complete subjugation. These
are facts which do bring shame to
the face of every liberty-loving
American citizen. The man is
sacrificed for the sake of the dol
lar. COmmercialism is on the
rampage, and even the sturdy sons
of God are falling at the feet of
Baal.
Mckinley had the Secretary of
the Navy telegraph to Admiral
Dewey: "The President desires
to receive from you any important
information you may have of the
Philippines-the desirability of
the several islands; the character
of their population; coal and other
mineral deposits; their harborS
and other commercial advantages;
and in a naval and commercial
sense, which would be the most
advantageous"
Was this inquiry made in the
interests of humanity and civilza-
ton? Does it sound that way to
anybody? Certainly not. And
twenty million dollars were paid
for the lands and all personal
rights of people who have made
the most heroic struggle for liber-
ty of which we have any record,
and that too against a nation that
upheld and enforced all the hor-
rors of the Inquisition against this
brave people. Don't sneer at the
word brave. Take our records,
hundreds of the enemy killed in
almost every battle, but still they |
fight. Ignorant, are they! Are
we to become sponsors for the
Worlds ignorant? Dewey said
they were better fitted for self
government than the Cubans. The
fight they have put up entities
them to some credit for intelli-
gence. Their addresses to people
of other lands does not display
very much ignorance. Pretty well
advanced in civilization consider
ing the iron hand of Spain rested
ever upon them rs the sword of
Domocles.
Bro. Price, of course, endorses