El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-07

WIN sdSeO.
"We hold that the constitution fol-
lows the hag'-s doctrine that has
been re peatsdly aud con sistently denied
by the supremacy court of the United
States. The civil war had good deal
to do with settling that matter, which
was. brought into prominence by the
struggles in Kansas and Missouri In
the early days over slavery.
The plank abous Porto Rico is SO full
of Measurements that it is hard to pick
out a sentence or two for an example.
1t lie enough to say that the Porto Ri
cans gladly accepted the sovereignty IF
the United States, and the taxation"
consists of customs duties, which are
| all to be devoted to the island itself,
whether collected In this country or in
Porto Rico. Moreover, the Porto Ri
cans have the right st any time to
change the form of government and
taxation as soon as they are ready to
organize a stable local governmen s that
| will provide means for, carrying on the
affairs of the island. The fullest oppor-
tunity 10 open to the islanders tie rule
themselves whenever they get ready.
The demand about Cuba is exactly in
line with the whole policy and practice
of the repu blican administration. Gan
eral Wood voiced the intention of the
administration the other day upon the
inaugur alton of the mayor of Havana
when he said that every effort would
be made to organize stable govern
ment and turn the island over to the
Cubans as soon as possible, in accord
ance with the solemn pledge
made before the beginning of the
war.
The policy of the administration in
the Philippines that the platform so
rounely denounces Is nothing more nor
less than putting down armed insurrsc-
ton against the authority Of the
United States. The United States
lands through q treaty which the
democrats helped to ratify, and after
the ownership of the islands and the
responsibility for their welfare passed |
to US q few rebels rose in rebellion.
The first policy Is to put down the
rebellion. The next is to provide . |
stable government with the fullest
measure of independence possible.
Through the civilian commission
now at work in the islands the work of
OWL reorganization Is now going on
in connection with the military opera
tions. In General Mao Arthur we have
one of the most competent aud safest
military commanders in tbe world. AL
ready proclamation of general an
nesty has been issued, and peace pro-
posals are under consideration. It il
hard to see how Bryan could do any
better with the problem than McKin
ley is doing. The statement that the
Filipipos were ever allies of our army
or had been promised anything has
been denied over and over by repus-
able, men, including Admiral Dewey,
General Otis, General Lawton, and
the administration at WashinR ton.
The platform simply denounces all
as liars.
Thesdeliverance about the Monroe
doctrine is inconsistent. In one par
agrsph the platform recommends that
citing the Central and
South American republics as
precedents. 1t Is hard to see how this
plan comedies with the original Monroe
doctrine, which hardly contemplated
going over the Pacific to protect any
body.
The militarism plank is quite OBJ
SQUIRE. What is meant by the danger ,
Of "conscription?" The prattle Ia 90
Idiotic that it hardly needs mention .
ing. There are thousands of men in !
The country now 80 anxious to get into :
the army that they want to go to
China as volunteers. The regular
army Of IS 600 and the volunteer army ,
Of IS, 600 are both recruited up to their 9
full strength, and thousands Of recruits :
IRE rejected every month. Plans are
sven now making to recall the volun- :
,eers in the Philippines. There are
none elsewhere.
The charge that the republican !
party is responsible for the trusts 10 6
'alse In view of the incontrovertible 1
'act that the democrats, in the Wilson /
bill, repealed the antitrust provisions
If the Mckinley bill, and q few weeks
sgo the democrats defeated the repub- !
loan measure for amending the con- ,
which 10 the only way to reach ,
;he trust problem by national leRisla- &
ion; also, can it besaid that the repub- ,
lean party created the trusts in Eng
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