Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-26
PECULIAR PROPOSITION
FILIPINO pROTECTORATE.

The reports from the Taft commits
sicn in the Philippine Islands. are
rfat the war is over with the exception
+ the sinister influence that the Bryan
~,"ties are exerting still causing few
--errilla assasssinations. The people
of the United States ought to inquire
c9cefully into this business of Bryan's
promise proclaimed and we might as
well add threatened, protectorate. 1t
= absolutely necessary for the Ameri-
can voters to ascertain what Mr.. Bryan
means by his protectorate. Who Is 1t
and what is it that he is gcing to pro-
tect and how long is he going to be a
protector, and what is he going to pro-
tect anything with? Under what flag
T. the protectorate to be? Is it the
s.ars and stripes or is it the yellow
= --on? We invite the attention of the
american people to the point that Mr..
Bryan has ceased to say anything on
tLe subject. He is making speeches
continually. He is bounding from
state to state talking. and saying moth
ing about his protectorate, nothing
about his paramount issue. nothing
about his partner in the Philippines;
nothing about the chief Of the Taga-
logs; nothing about the chief of the
Tammanies; nothing about anything
people care to hear from him concern
ing.
Why is itthat the sound of the trum-
pet is not echOing from the mountains
of West Virginia or the plains of the
Cakotas. or the fertile fields CT pros
perity, when according to Bryan in SO
they Should have been in the clutch of
rhe bony hands of poverty. Why is it
hat the golden cross is allowed to
stand up and shine in the sun over
t.ppy land and be neglected for par
amount issue in the Philippines and the
aIthcr of things paramount silent?
Has Richard Croker got a paddock on
his mouth? Croker don't need one for
ulS OWN luOutH. ne HdS Il NATURAL
paddock that works with a spring latch.
E"yan hasn't. but he don't talk out of
tie corner of his mouth now that he
used to four years ago, and he don't
yGeak any more out of the corner of it
mat he employed at Indianapolis The
people cannot permit this mystery.
They must see to it that Bryan talks
shOut the paramount thing that at In
diarapolis he declared was 1.-THE it
of the campaign. We all want to
EHow about it.
Most seriously, the tri-party candi-
de fer president must have beheld
.upendous vista. He must have con-
ed over the two hemispheres of the
g.obe. The policy that he declared in
official shape had an extraordinary
session Of congress, as soon as he was
inaugurated president heading the
procession. A Filipino policy was pro-
claimed as the first duty of congress, !
of government-nothing Republican
CT Democratic about it, but the form
must have stability. That is the first
touch of footsteps leading up or down
to monarchy. Then independence
a regular declaration of independence
for the Filiplnos so far as they would
tn tho OF b1a
Then the protectorate, which was to
defend the Independent and stable
form of government from outsiders.
If the Philippines were Independent
under a stable form OF government.
wouldn't they be outsiders? 1t doesn't
seem so according to Bryan. He has
Cuba in his eye. We must do every
thing in the Philippines according to
the policy Of Cuba. Mr.. Bryan is arb-
t"ary about that. The difference be-
tween Cuban conditions and Philip
ire condltionspine conditions are as
great as the distance between Havana
ard Manila, but ii will ruin Mr.. Bryan
- lnllh ~. 1OTleullOuSly ne luhGS
20 Monroe doctrine and proclaims
tat his paramount act as president
Cd shall be the shelter of the Philip
pines under the Monroe doctrine, just
as in Cuba.
The fact that the Monroe doctrine is
an American doctrine and net an ASH
"a and that Cuba is American and the
Philippines are Asiatic makes no diff
ference to Mr.. Bryan. He has got a
paramount hobby horse and has
mounted it, and is going to ride it. OF
course he cant protect the Philippines
without the American army and the
American navy He is going to buck
against the allied powers of Europe
ca the Asiatic shores and seas. The
Europeans are the outsiders. There is
no mistaking that, but the Monroe doc
uine is glibly quoted as applying in
Asia just the same as in Central and
South America and Cuba. The pre-
liminary to this application of the doc