Morris tribune., 1900-09-08
maintained an. organized government tor

maintained an organized government TO
centuries.
Aguinaldo and his chiefs represent tn,
most civilized and intelligent element O.
the native races, and yet we know 1t was
their purpose to burn, sack and loot Ma.
Mia, and to slaughter all foreigners II
the city. The independence the FfIipinos
would enjoy under such leaders as Aguf-
naldo and his chiefs would be such inde-
pendence as the people Of Haiti and Santo
Domingo enjoy-brute lawlessness, partly
restrained by brute force, and revolution
4 succeeding revolution.
To re1inquish our title ana SOW
| ereignty to the FiIipinos, and then
! continue to- maintain stable gov
eminent there, and to protect them
| against the inroads of foreign ma
tions, would make our task more
d1fhcult and more burdensome than
! ever.
We should still, owing to. the great dis
tance and the character of the people, be
Obliged to maintain a naval station. q
fleet and an army in the archipelago.
| And docs not such proteetorate with
! all that appertains to it., SAVIOR of imperi-
alism of the most noxious kind? If we
relinquish our title and sovereignty, what
our maintaining stable government and
exercising a protectorate there, directly
or indirectly, by armed forces, as we
needs must, for we cannot hope to do. it
by moral suasion? For the purpose of
establishing such protectorate, with
such burdens, over such a people and
with such am environment. Mr.. Bryan
would call a special session of congress-.
iof aJiY Il
abortive as 16 to T.
REPUBLICAN PE4NN.
The programme of the Republican party
is just, plain, and safe, and far less bur-
densomc and predetermined. In. brief it is
this: Suppress the insurrection as rapidly
as possible; then establish a, stable gov
ernment. giving the Fflipinos as great a
degree Of self-government as they are ca
pable Of exercising and enjoying. And
who are more capable of Judging of this
than the American people--the' world's
masters of the science of free govern
ment? To be able to- give them a stable
and free self-government, and to main
tain such a government, it is essential
that we retain the paramount soWer signty
in the islands. Tt is only by retaining
such sovereignty, that we can be in a.
condition to establish and maintain such
government. To relinquish our soNer--
eighty would be, to- deprive. us of this
power.
No better, safer or less expensive
prOtectOrate can be given than by a.
stable and free government under
the auspices of the United States.
No foreign power cOudd. evade or es-
cape such q prOtectOrate..
And with a good frhe and, sfahla. COW.
ernment established in the islands under
the American flag, few troops would be
required to maintain order. Tyrannical,
and oppressive as, the Spanish govern
ment was, still it never maintained a,
large army in the islands. AS soon as,
the Filipinos can, get fair opportunity
to enjoy free government under Aneri-
can auspices, and can fully realize. the
great difference between Spanish and
American rule, they will become peaceful
and law abiding and a. very small army
not over 10000, more likely not over 5000
will be ample to maintain peace. law
and order. And surely there can be, noth--
ing alarming in a standing; army of such
numbers With peace and, good govern
ment. Manila and the Philippine islands
will become the great commercial center
or the 1arl East, ana aIIord US al SEeaI
field for American enterprise and trade;
such as we never had before and. such as
no other nation cam boast Of. From this
vantage ground we can dominate the
commerce, and by our near presence be
instrumental in maintaining the peace of
the East at less outlay and less exertion
than any other nation.
AS a subs stftute for such a. progremme
and such results, all that Mr.. Bryan can
offer is a burdensome, expensive and
protectorates not warranted
by the Constitution, and in its essence sa-
voring more of imperialism than the
course pursued by the Republican, panty.