The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-27
PARTISAN OR HYPOCRlTE2

The Deseret Evening News deplores
the craftsmanship of partisan newspa-
pers. II is deplorable. But party pa
pers have this to their credit. They do |
not wear the mask of neutrality. They /
do not walIow in the filthy mire of pol
tiles with the robes of church authority |
on their backs. Partisan papers mag |
be jealous for the cause they represent, |
they may take every advantage o. the !
opposition possible, but they ere not /
hypocrites. They DO not fight from am
bush. They do not hide behind a church |
door or a pulpit when they fire upon
the opposition.
But what sort of an example does the |
'holier than thou" News set to the So
called partisan press, whose methods
occasion it so much annoyance? It at
tempts TO state the position of The Her
aid on the Philippine question as fol-
lows:
Any newspaper that advocates the i'm
mediate withdrawal of American troops
from the Philippines: that would leave
those islands open to invasion and con-
. quest by European and ASiatlc powers:
that would delight in seeing the Tagals
slaughter the friars and making short
work of all the white inhabitants cf Luz
zOn; that would rejoice over a conflict
between the followers of AguinaldO and
the opposing tribes. which would breed
anarchy and slaug lJer among the Fill
pinOS. that would undo the work of pacit-
icatiOn which has made considerable pro-
gress: that would ignore the prevailing
sentiment throughout the United States,
which calls for the establishment of law
and order in the Philippines first, the eX-
tension of government to the people
next. according TO their manifest
abilities to maintain it, and the eStab-
lishment, last, of independence in such
form as shall, finally, be considered most
conducive TO the permanent welfare OF
the natives, with due regard to the inter-
ests of other residents of the Islands:
such newspaper is delivered over TO the
deepest demagOgism Of this time OF poht-
ical trickery and is Oblivious to the march
OF events. the duty of this nation, and
the true spirit of that liberty which is
regulated by righteous law.
There never was a more dishonest
statement of an adversary's position
put in print In all the United States
we doubt if there is a Hanna organ so
lost to shame and decency that it would
pervert the language and misstate the
position of The Herald so willfully.
The Herald has never advocated the
withdrawal of troops from the Philip
pines until order is restored.
The Herald has never advocated the
abandonment Of those islands until they
are capable of standing alone.
The Herald has always maintained
that order could have been restored and
peace preserved by treating the Tagals
as we have treated the Cubans. and
holding out to them the same induce
ments.
The work of paciication, according to
Major Richard w. Young, has made no
progress. and the end is as far away.
apparently. as ever.
The sentiment of the people of the
United States is in full accord with the
traditions of this government and the
Declaration of Independence. which we
fear our contemporary has studied from
Lord North's side of the controversy
rather than from Washington's side.
But what is the use of wasting time
or space on a church organ that not
only enters the campaign in disguise,
but persists in continually deceiving its
leaders as to the position of the DEM
OGIdLlC party III lllE 0AollN anu NAHUM
The Democratic contention is based
on certain imperishable truths affirmed
in the Declaration of Independence to
be "seIf-evident'-
"That all men are created equal; that
they are endowed, by their Creator,
with certain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. That. to secure
these rights, governments are instituted
among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed"
We went to war with Spain with this
declaration in view We went TO battle
with the solemn assertion that "the
people of the island of Cuba are. and of
right ought to be. free and independ-
ent," accompanied by the pledge
THAT the United States hereby dis
claims any disposition or intention TO
exercise sovereignty. jurisdiction or
control over said island except for the
pacification thereof. and asserts its de-
termination when that is completed to
leave the government and control of the
island TO its people"
Chance made it possible for us to as
sist the Filipinos at the same time. In
what does their case differ from that
of the Cubans. who were free and in
dependent" when we went 20 var with
Spain? Admiral Dewey says the Fill
pinOs are more capable Of self-govern-
ment than the Cubans are. SO why
should we make FISH of one and flesh
of the other?
President Mckinley has outlined his
policy. II is that the Philippines are
ours and we propose to hold them -
The Democratic position has been stat
ed time and again. 1t is as follows:
First. a stable form of government;
second, independence, and, third. pro-
lection from outside interference. as it
has for nearly a century given protec-
ton to the republics Of Central and
South America"
There is the policy advocated by The