New-York tribune., 1900-09-08

man. he hesitated few momsnts and then fairly h,
whether Bryan MCKINLEY would be elected this this
there th we Was olsq no possibility q Brysn being elected
would certainly vote the straight RepuohcGn
F1I1PINos DEPENDING ON BRYAN
'I cannot understand how our own country
should do much to encourage the b a0a
know that the army Of insurrectos and guerillas
is kept alive by people at home Bryans csmpaSn ca n
men Who oppose expansion and IN doing SO praise
the Filipino brayey Struggling for hs and dGIsEg Iss1ggd
as circulars. From ntelligent prisoner the
a hfr an ay opS b ehe eeesd and that ships
would be Withdrawn. and the massacre OF Ameri, 5l.
this THIS wish % You Nv Would see their barbaTo9s mQtila
ton N Of the r. and TIa and his
cannot make their campaign without such acts
in time of war 1t would be more generous and
noble to hold their opinions in absyancs until we we
feated. and the country gives the Administration
thf ought eFea sgRpqc oss o e and Without
great punishment to the natives tbc ts,srds 1.
now practically on a sef-sustaning basis and the
municipal affairs are manased by the nagSs Ine mn
Sere heTeS within few months We made expedi:
Sn last to fne hes hed BY
nd neoe Of we're horrible beyond de-
scription. Their crime was living In town pro
which thew We're treated was equal to the sort in
fiicted by our Indians in their worst days Their
prisoners with stocks or making @ them sit d9M1 avn
on live Goals of Fs he
this island Geytel for about year and half be-
to the we highest cash Bidder and each purchaser
sold the Offices under T hin him In IKE anes Na ae
gTa the most bsots Ev pSyff Sa the a5e best eses
win become capable Of an an Intelligent administra-
uIG Now Ut With these extracts in your mind 1 wish
you to remember that our opponents proposition
is is at bd Te Ssnd of thoe who have been stng Us
the men, women and children who have been been
and power. It seems to me difficult to stigmatize
The Tqch prop9oon is 10 give the Filipino bandits who
have been ghag & us The gft 10 WORK bo fsS baYe
been friendly to us. Such an act would be not
of the basest trcachery and inhumanity
MAssACRES DELIBERATELY PLANNED.
I have IN my possession letters from George F.
Booker the geoogist who was out in the Philip
nss aTss par 9T OF the me acted staff oce to
Jams gSe B dPos en- Fnf m the % island and
of Neeros under the escort Of some Caitornia
savage fight ensued and the Insurgents were re-
pulsed their leader, General Vtncente Ornedo;
Fiiiplnos who We're 10 be killed by the insurgents if
The En- list OF h nfs wf c4oy of s
gentleman, at whose ranch they had Just spent
stance W of the assassination Of friendly natives by
common than outraees against the Americans, al
though 1, need not recall to you that on February
M & in enera o repor an for the
massacre of all Americans and Europeans in
have spoken above of General Bell. In one, of
ma! Incompetence of the Frplnos for self govern
ment is much more apparent lnoW than 1t was
fairly competent White observer in the islands who
or to protect the persons and property of foreign
Their lack of appreciation of the Idea of free
trated by astoundinely arbitrary and cruel de-
crees which We're put :nt0 i2rce SO lar as praG
one of their ablest generals"
the name Of liberty would be the merest travesty
on the principles Of right BIT No men can profess the
Philippines without being speedily lured into po-
The extremists among them of every grade have
actually been attacking the President for what he
had the wild folly to state that the Boxer outbreak
Ts spen GIe 70 gene@a enf night oL s I exacty
rs welf have stated that our occupation OF the
Saturn: 1t is noteworthy that the first result of
the miitarism complalned oi, IN me ,phuippineSS
in protecting our Ministers and our, our missionaries
most--the cool headed moderation with which the
refnsed to allow this country to take vndiciSe
attitude, to do more than exact justice, or. on
resolution With which he is insisting that this
Ny fellow citizens, the truth as regards the pres
ent situation is simply and clearly that the Amer
they WIZ play the part of a great nation noby and
well. It is with the nation with the individual.
None of us respect the man whose aim in life is
TO avoid every difficulty and danger, and stay in
the shelter Of his own home, there to bring up
children unable to face the rOughneSS of the world.
We respect the man who goes out TO do a mans
work to front difficulties and overcome them and
to train his children to do likewise So 1t is
with, the Nation. To decline to do our duty is
simply to sink China has sunk. If are
continue to hold our heads high Americans we
must bravely. soberly and resolutely front each
particular duty 1t arises. and it is because of
the great truth contained in this principle that
appeal to man, NOrtherner and Southerner.
FASTENER and Westerner, whether his father
fought under Grant under Lee, whatever pouti-
cal party he may have belonged to in the past to
stand with now. when ask that the hands
of President Mckinley be upheld, and that this
Nation, instead Of shrinking in unmanlV terror
from its duty, shall stride forward to its giant
strength for the upholdng of our honor and the
interests of mankind in doing that part of the
world work which Providence has allotted TO us