Willmar tribune., 1900-09-12
UNDSGUlSED GREED

ONE OF THE CONVERTS TO
THE REPUBLICAN, Cos
PEI OF GREED.
The Awful Anarchist Plot-Re-
publican Anti-Imperialists.
General Apathy Will Be the
Explanation-The lndepend-
ent Republican Governor of
Wisconsin-Other Odds and
Ends.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 8. 1900.
Charles Denby, ex-minister to China,
Is being paraded in the Republican
press ~ recent convert to the McKin-
icy cause. A convert, indeedl Mr..
OeaLy was made a member Of Mr.. Nc
kinley's first Philippine commission
because he was known to be an impe-
rallst. Since that time he has been
engaged in writing Of the advantages
of imperial dominion. He is, as the
Chicago Chronicle says, an imperialist
OF tho most sordid kind, with no ad.
mixture Of religion, humanity, benevo-
lent assimilation or anything but pure
and blind greed. Witness this extract
from an article which he wrote for
The Forum, and which was printed in
that magazine in the number for Feb
ruary, 1899:
1.-The hard, practical question alone
remains: Will the possession Of these
islands benefit US as nation? If it will
not set them free tomorrow and let
their people, if they please, cut each
others throats or cut what pranks
they please.'
The Chronicle offers this pertinent
comment:
ut will be seen that there is no
Christianity or humanity or duty or
destiny nonsense about that. There is
no fear that 1.-The world would laugh at
us'' or that some vulture nation would
swoop down and make q meal of the
islands if we should ''haul down the
flag" and ''sail away"
''Denby's policy Immediately the SUBJ
jugation enterprise was openly entered
upon more than year and half ago
was the most cold -blooded "scuttle pol
ICY" His policy was: Keep the Phil
ippines regardless Of the wishes Of their
ten millions Of people if you can make
It pay. II you cannot make it pay turn
them loose and let the people cut each
other throats or go to the devil any
other way. You are out for the stuff,
and all talk of humanity or duty is
mere stufang for sentimental ears"
Every body is now laughing at that
awful plot to assassinate President Nc
Kinley, which was reported to have
been Matched by Italian anarchists and
which was recently unearthed by the
chief Of our government secret service.
The prompt arrest Of two of the desper-
ate anarchists on their arrival in New
York from Naples was expected to re-
suit in some terrible revelations and
create q sentimental regard for the
president whose life had thus been
providentially saved But the thing
has fallen fat.
The real facts appear to be these:
Natalie Moresca. one of the men arrest
ed on suspicion of having been sent to
this country by the Italian anarchists
with orders to assassinate President
Mckinley, was q poor laborer in Ma
pies. He wanted to marry girl, who
also was courted by another lover.
Moresca was the favored suitor. He
decided to go to America in hopes of
making some money. and it was under.
stood that tho wedding would take
place on his return to Naples. He Sc
cured situation as waiter on the
Kaiser Wilhelm and sailed for New
York. His rival wrote an Anonymous
letter to Mr.. Byington, the United
States consul at Naples, denouncing
Moresca and another man, Guida, who
also sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm. as
anarchists who were going to the
United States for the purpose of mur-
dering the president. The consul wired
the startling news to New York and
the two men were arrested imme-
diately on their arrival.
This appears to be the whole truth
regarding the awful tragedy which was
averted by the courage and skill Of the
detectives in the secret service Of our
government.
There was a time when John Hay,
the present premier of the Mckinley
government. believed what would be
rank treason in one Of the latter-day
Republicans. In his book, "Castillian
Days." he says:
There are those who think the
Spaniards are not fit for freedom.
believe that no people are fit for any.
thing else.
Charles Sumner, one Of the greatest
Of Republicans in his time, said in q
speech on the acquisition Of Alaska:
Il cannot disguise my anxiety that
every stage in our predestined future
shall be by natural process, without
war, and, may add, even without pur-
chase. There is no territorial aggran-
dizement which is worth the price of
blood"
Another old fashioned Republican,
John Sherman. said in a speech at a
soldiers reunion in Mansfield, O., Aug.
26, 1899:
Il am and always have been opposed
to war in the Philippines. We have
no business there, and hope they will
soon be left alone to govern themselves.
shall be glad to welcome the day
when the soldier boys shall be called
home from the Philippines. We shall
then again be the same great family as
we have been heretofore. The war is