Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-09-20
Thursday, Sept. 20, 1900.

80 ".
rs II $50
! 80 --------s
lnu 7rrs'day, Sept. 20, 1900.
n 500 $500 --.
i to another power, which IS without expert
4 ence or training. or the ability to maintain 4
stable government at home and absolutely
i helpless to perform Its international obliga-
Il lions with the rest Of the world s rs s<
ny !, - Z, 6 5.5 sS
~ III III defend Our Title.
i To this we are opnosed We shoDld MT
yield our title while our obligations last
i In the language Of our platform, Our au-
/ thority should not be less than our responsi-
i bility.', and our present responsibility Is ia
i establish our authority in every part of tho
i islands ~ &s 80
4 No government can so certainly preserve
the peace, restore public order, establish
i law. Justice. and stable conditions az ours f
4 Neither Congress- nor the EXECUTIVE can es.
itabIish q stable government in these islands
! except under our. right Of sovereignty. onr
/ inc. = -, =. zi ~
1 we could not do 1t as a protectorat tie power
50 completely or 50 successfuIly as We arc
! can Initiate actinn and shane means "a ends
j and guide the FiIfpinos to selfSdeyelonment
and Self, government. q .s 15is IA rs I5<
As protectorafe power we could not ini-
low and ,nbn1n pc
vat 10 ao Safnnn" tI p WI ~ ~, 80.
fect batb IN tne one we eaH pro
1Ian inroiWaS ~ ana
in lie other we could NOT nrotect, even ths
Ti;ninns lnn+ii 81. ~ noe esen sne
tnelf trouDle 5had come.
Consent of the Governed ~ ESfs.2
pas,aos - -
th " gur Own Wltnout me consent OF
W. the sua IS oua upponents contend
no,t ~e ttau.,lo asm stole
,r;tho LIE haliho image ours pro.ectorate
~. 20 tAe anu Helther me
- tHe n1i horlty OF the
neup;e ~ " teu US - assume y. we
~. nf the eororned Wt.n
.ne consen. od tne goIefned Wuhont giving
prVvccaeioh LOT connect ana possibly costly
WIS ,s. :, u,,+ -. =, ! ~, !.
e.o1 - tne ntppanes arr noW iFeo
81 IN omr n,.esent raIatinns any Thay M
~ ~ ~ oui piesenl leiattons uey M0uiu ny
!, not give up our own to guarantee another
| sovereignty. g,
/ Our title is good. Our peace commission
ers believed they We're receiving a good title
when they concluded the treaty. The execu-
submitted NJ TO the Senate or the United
States fOr It's ratlncatlOn. The Senate be-
Elieved 1t was q good title when they gave 1t
their constitutional assent, and the Con-
i gress seems not to have doubted its COM
pleteness when they appropriated S2O.oo0,0oo
provided Dy the treaty ~ '-.E3 IT,
I - $50, 80 es..s.'-
:. II any VINO FAVORED It's ratlncatlon believed
gatv US !. pau ,itie tney We're NOT sincere.
Uu5 ute Is practl na Identical with that
unaef Whicn we hold our TERRITORY acquired
since Tue beginning 81 the sovernment, ana
oroien+y nnd steh HIre exercised iui SOY
tlGiguty anu estaohsheu government 1of the
ih 80 =; y, ~ 30; -. III
the United States Iisnntes The fn,Iness and
integrity of@the cession What, then, is the
real issue on this subject? Whether it Is
paramount to any other or not, it is whether
I we shall be responsible for the government
i Of the Philippines, with the sovereignty and
authority which enables us to guide them to
! regulated liberty. law, safety and progress.
4 or whether we shall be responsible for the
forcible and arbitrary government of mi
nority, without sovereignty and authority
on our part, and with only the embarrass-
ment of a protectorate which draws MS into
ing them. -
II Oh1;,,+;ors IF w,r
rhooro ,-oro +,oso .,,,,o 49, ,,oo'.,
.Ihere were those VINO Two years ago were
rusninng US on to war with Spain who are
unMal,ns now 10 accept It's clear conse-
H I. q. .neie aie tnose "IonS 70 VIZ
but now ar al its ago
lions: Natlons when go TO war must De
! prepared TO accept It's resultant oDNgat3ons,
4 anu Wnen they make tfeatles must Keep
tnem
nose S WHO proiess TO oistinst tae nperas
anu anu noi it purposes ., tpe aanln.stra
not justified imperiaiism has no place in
its creed or conduct. Freedom is a rock up
on which the Republican party was builded
and now rests Liberty is the great Republi-
can doctrine for which the people went to
war and for which a million lives were Of
fered and billions of dollars expended to
make it a lawful legacy of all without the
!. consent of master or slave. @
\ Strain of HyDocrisy
Tbaro &c c+roin ne ~ oonooo1ed hvnocr,.~
IN tho ,n,iefv 70 70 extnnS Tho nonct;tttsnn:,
. anorontaas - TIC naonIo ~ tbo ph;,;rntna.
h;io tbo;r n,,'1t;oppt;nn is ~ onnn,r aaInna+sS
vt heme Our nnnanent nav distr"st than.
se,1as hut thov RRone ~ ria,+ - d;sa-eds+
~ srnod az fo,tI .,,a e+ro+is ~ tha ,aior
itv Sc tha nenn1a ~ bo az onnosod r. H.,
Thew NAV nav Fear the worst form OF imneriai.
ism wifi i; The haInlees FiI;ninos IN their
Wv 49, 20 e. ~, ~ - :, hnIo,,s ~ hn
nartaG Win tho Snrt ana faith ~ ny tnth
ers ond hove lot PIa vrii;+H re- +ba fnnn1sr.
: Of the nartv whicl, ihev nrofeSs to renresent'
{ The RennhIican1 NAVY doesn't have to.as.
: sert its devotion to the Declaration OF indie
pendence.: mat immortal instrument OF the
fathers remained qne1 ,e,, until the peo-
pie, under tne fiea0 OF the hepuDllcan party
, IN the awful clash OF Dattles turned Its prom
Uses INTO Iqinllment; It wrote INTO the Con-
5 stitutlon the amendments guaranteelns po-
: iitical equality to American citizenship, ana
, II mas never broken tnem or connseiied otn.
/ ers ~ nreaklns them. 1T Will NOT ne gu1oeo
{ IN its conduct by one set OF principles at