Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-10

with trade advantages? Reports give
the amount already spent in subjugatng
the Philippines as more than $500 100000
And the islands are not yet subjugatet.
1t is to be hoped that they never will &c,
for "subjuga,ing" means making the
people subjects, and our republic should
know no subjects. There is vast DIT.
ference between "subj .ct" who is gov
erned by power 1000 miles away, and
"citzen" who is an integral part of the
government with all the privileges be.
longing thereto.
But Republicans do not want to dis
cuss imperialism. The reason is plain
Their position is untenable, They can
not advance one good argument to sus
tain their position. They say Our flag
must never be hauled down when once
1t is raised over a country" This is the
doctrine of Might. as against Right. 1t
is brutal. 1t is the argument Of the thug
and the hold up who meets you and
says, "Stand and deliver!" You ask him
by what right and his answer is blud.
geon. Strength-brute, strength is the
argument.
The Fillpnoes have asked with equal
pertinence: "By what right do you as
sumo 10 govern US without our consent ?
We are 100000 people, more than
five times the number of your Revou-
tionary sires WIN they declared their in
dependence And the only answer we
can give is: "We bought you along
with the islands on which you live. BY
the right of purchase"
"Bu, deny your right to purchase me
or the right of Spain to sell me" says the
Filipino.
"Well, what are you going to do about
it?' we ask.
81 will rebel, just as your forefathers
did," replies the Filipino.
"Then we will shoot you! We have
raised our flag upon these islands: We
have paid our $4,000 900 for them, and
we intend to keep them"
The Filipino rebels, and we proceed
to shoot him into subsection. "Insur
re clion" is more agreeable term for US
to use, for that word implies rebellion
against just authority. 1t soothes our
consciences and makes US feel better
OF course there can be no doubt of the
final result. But have we any need OF
colonies? Can we as a republic hold
colonies without sacrificing our honor
Was the Monroe doctrine ever so be.
trayed and spit upon as 1t has been dur.
ing this administrations Even Cleve-
land respected that doctrine, and forced
England to recognize it, How unanl.
mously the people sustained his posi-
ton on that question! We believed ii
then, and were willing to maintain Ii at
the cost of war. Shall We discard it at
the behest of imperialists?
Shall we cast aside one of the tradl-
tons of our nation, a doctrine that has
commanded the respect of the world1 A
doctrine that conserved liberty in the
western hemisphere, and afforded pro
lection to our struggling sister republics?
Are all the trade advantages" which
the Philippines could offer in ten thou
sand years to be compared with the
honor Of our country? Have we reached
such an advanced stage of civillz alton as
to place the dollar above the man1
President Mckinley in his message to
congress conceived it to be "our plain
duty" TO admit the products of Porto
Rico free of duties into this country.
This was right 1t placed the man be-
fore the dollar. This was our "pain
duty" But the tobacco and the sugar
trusts said, mo, our plain duty is IS per
cent tariff, Mr. PRESIDENT" and Mr. Nc
K,nley revised his figures and substituted
a IS per cent tariff.
Imagine old Andrew Jackson being
dictated to by the sugar trust or the to-
bacco trust. He was of the people and
for the people, and "By the Eternal he
always placed the MAN above the dol.
lar. What contrast between that
staunch old PATROL and the present weak,
vacillatlng man in the presidential chair
And yet Mark Hanna says. "There Ar
no truSts!" Ye god! Oh :uncev. YOU
must take back seat for a greater
joker than you has dazzled the count,y
with his wit! Hear what he says, and
then hold your sides with laughter:
There are no trusts
Now what are The facts? Since Janu
AIRY rst, 1898, more than $50 trusts have
been organized in New Jersey alone, with
a capitalization of over three billions OF
dollars, three-fourths OF the stock watered,
md upon which the common people
are paying dividends, in many cases az
high as 80 per cent upon the watered