The Republican., 1900-09-13

Ing the policy announced by the Dem
ocratic candidate himself at Indian.
apolis, The Journal Is now loud and
constant in its denunciation of 'impe,
rialism" and is doing its utmost te
assist in electing the man who has de
clared that his first act as president
would be to call congress together fol
the purpose of Withdrawing our forces
and hauling down our flag in the Phil
ippines.
Mr..Bryan's Inconsistencies in regaro
TO the Philippine question have been
frequently pointed out, and 1t is in or.
der now to point out the corresponding
Inconsistencies Of his organ, the New
York Journal. This can be done very
readily and without the slightest diff.
flculty by quoting from the editorial
pages of The Journal during 1898 and
1899 The following editorial opinions
Of The Journal are extracted verbatim
from the files of that paper and serve
to show what its present opinions are
worth. No comments are appended.
No comments are necessary. The pub.
lie will make its own comments:
"stuDid Opposition to Annexation"
New York Journal, June g. 1881
We remember that Jefferson bought
Louisiana, but the names of the consti.
tutional lawyers who opposed the pur.
chase are buried with their empty
skulls. We shall always identify An
drew Jackson with Florida, Sam Hous.
ton with Texas and Seward with Alas
ka, but to find the names of the men
who opposed these extensions of the
sovereignty of the republic we must
turn to encyclopedias or dusty archives
New York Journal, June H. 1898.
They (the Ladrones), together with
the Carolines, should be ours. They
lie midway between Hawaii and the
Philippines and In our possession, to-
ðer with the Hawaiian group, would
give us chain of naval stations clear
to Asia. Hawaii the Ladrones, the
Carollnes and the Philippines will in
sure us strategic and commercial SUI.
premacy in the Pacific.
"Tbe BOEy of Impe FfaIism.'
New York Journal, June 10. 1881
IL is hastily assumed that any car.
rying of the flag away from home
means imperialism. That is q mistake
To conquer and col0nize distant lands
for the sake of glory and profit is one
thing; to secure outposts, the possess
sion of which will better enable us to
preserve peace and be more efficient
for attack when war does come, is an
other
New York Journal, June 2s, 1881
The final disposition of the Philip
pines should be Of nature to augment
our strength as great power, to adj
vantage our commerce and to advance
the ideas in government for which this
republic, founded on human liberty,
stands. Is there anything imperialis-
tic about that?
New York Journal, June 2s 1926
Perhaps, proceeding still slowly, Mr.
Bryan may find that his first eager
conclusion that we should surrender
the Philippines will not stand the tests
Of time and thought.
New York Journal, July l. 1891
Men who use their brains to think
with are not to be bullied by phrases.
imperialism" for instance That word
comes down like portcullls before a
good many minds, and the blows Of
fact and argument beat against 1t In
vain The Philippines are in point. A
splendid naval victory has made us
masters there Should we keep them
Oh give them up? An imperialism"
which means the spread of American
power, free institutions and human hap
piness Is not an imperialism" to be
feared by anybody who has faith in
the vitality Of this republic and con-
ddence in the democratic principles on
which 1t Is founded.
Never Haul Down the Flag,
New York Journal, July 80, $685.
Keep the flag flying In the Philip.
pines! Dewey has raised it there, and
there every American worthy to be q
citizen Of the great republic should de.
nand that it shall remain, a memorial
OF victory and a pledge Of freedom to
the people rescued from the robber
clutches of murderous and benighted
Spain.
New York Journal, July 81, 1881
AS practical people we must not be
so imbecile as to relinquish the mill
tary and commercial advantages that
have come to US and our posterity
through Dewey's immortal victory.
Duty and interest go hand In hand.
Hold on to the Philippines!
New York Journal, Aug. g, 1881
The Philippines are ours. The flag
waves over the Islands. Nail the flag
to the mast!
No Backing Out.
New York Journal. Aug. Q, 1905.
But how If we take the Philippinesl
IL that not going out OF our traditional