The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-29

ODlkS tn ON


LOOKS TRE son
Anyone who vii take the trouble
l'to honestly study fine & hill ipplness
qtlestion from its inception M the
/ present d me, keeping iirview every
important circumsta ance connected
with il, cannot help but suspect SER
ions and al11lest Grim ii1al lack ofslrl=
| eqesity on the part of the Democratic
party, party We do not mean by this the
pemeeratie voters, Or common paoi
ple.gif you please are eriminallyy In
Esiaeefe1 the eharge is against their
leaders, the ohiefof Whomlis Vim.
Bryan Let Us sit down and reason
Ithissthing out together. It Is e
wei sstta b shed rule i;s;ssess III
patriotic citizens that whenever
their ernment is ,at war with III any Ery
I1other poWen they shaIllll, be unit until 1
the common enemy is destroyed
When war iss actually il progress,
or when a serious rebellion has fully
hdeveloped, and all the powers of
government aresdirected 10 destroy
| the foreign enemy Of the country or
suppress the iawless element with
ia itself, then it is the imperative
duty ofevery good citizen to stand
.ssquarely and firmly with his own
government. This rule is so well
established that any citizen who
assumes a different attitude is, just
" obnoxious to the charge Of treas
Lon. Keeping this in view, let us
trace the important steps in con-
|nection with the conduct Of this
4 government in its relations to the
Philippine question. After Dewey
had destroyed the Spanish fleet in
Manila Harbor, and Sampson had
SUNK and stranded the naval forces
Of Spain off the coast Of Cuba, and
/ our land forces had been equally
successful, the Spanish government
/ sued for peace: An 1 arrangement
d.
4 was entered into, called the protocol
j by.whichsthere was to be a .cessa-
ton Of ,hostilities pending negotia'
tions for peace. The President pt
the United States sent; t;an American
commission to meet with a similar
sE Spanisha commission rim Paris afe
there q treaty of peace was con.
! GUIDED. This treaty, however, die
not become binding on the Govern
:,ment Of the United STAGES or on th'
s Government Of Spain until it hae
]. lbeen ratified blythe United State
Senate and the Spanish, Cortes
Now mark this closely when the
Z treaty was laid before the Senate q
! the United States, a number q
prominent and influential Senator
opposed its ratification s on thl
grounds that to- extend the soyer
i I.eignty Of this government, owe
z Oriental territory would be, detri
!, mental to the welfare Of four people
fer. want Of a better 4e + nam name they call
Il ed this contemplate extension g
sovereignty, mperialisrai, am
I then, and there was eminently tn
proper place to raise opposition t
s imperialism Such men as Senate
i Hoar Of Massachusetts, and Senate
kl Mason Of Illinois exerted all thei
influence and e1oquence to preyen
i 7Iratifeatien of the treaty. The,
Il were acting consistently and, n
"a doubt, scientlouslys " the.
I n could have prevented the ratifca
Il 4ion Of the treaty the whole CUES
: ! ton Of Imperialism would have bee
s settled right there's the Unite
1. States forces in the Philippine
: would have been Immediately will
!, drawn and the Filipinos left t
zzTaI work OUT their own destinies will
: out the least interference by tn
g. government. That was, as befol
n said, the proper time and place
\ which to raise the question of in
e perialism and combat it; then TO
n SO involved nothing akin to treasol
Il the representatives of the States