The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-18
C0NTRADICTED BY HIS OWN
WORDS.

In it's issue of Thursday morning
the News and Observer made the fol-
lowing charges against j. w. Bailey,
editor of the Biblical Recorder, who
was threatening to bolt Bryan if the
negro issue waa brought into the no
tional campaign in this State:
/. That he was an advocate of I'm
perialism.
2. That he was a defender of Trusts.
3. That he favored the Gold Stand
ard.
4. That he was an upholder of Cor
poration Rule.
Replying to these charges, by a
card in these columns, Mr.. Bailey yes
terday solemnly declared:
Il regret that you saw fit in your
editorial to say some things of me
which | must deny. | do not advo-
cate the measures that you say | do,
and why you should say so in the
light of my course, which is an open
book to at least 10000 honest men and
women, L cannot understand
The News and Observer has no de-
sire to do any man an injustice or
wrong. 1t has therefore consulted
the files of the Biblical Recorder
Mr.. Bailey's ''open boob"-to find
what his course and his views have
really beer, and whether this paper
was justified in making the above
charges, of Mr.. Bailey in denying
them.
Here are few of the many things
we find, and from them the reader
can make up his own verdict:
1. That Imperialism is inevitable"
and worthy of our nation"
2. That every reasonable man will
justify McKinley's present policy
that there is nothing else to be done.
3. That to surrender the Philippines
''would be flying in the face of Prov
idence.''
4. That in the partition OF China
we receive a share; that it bears di-
rectly upon our interests"
5. That we shall grab 1.-THE whole
market of China
6. That national honor human
welfare" and common sense" com
bine to confirm the wisdom of our nii-
tion's policy in the Philippines"
Z. That England is right in fighting
to rob the Beers of their homes.
In reviewing McKinley's message,
under date of December 14th, '9S, in
highly eulogistic review he says the
President readily accepts the newt
able policy of expansion After
thus endorsing Imperialism as ''inev-
liable" he follows it on January 18th,
1899, with this side-swipe at the T.
100000 anti-imperialists:
''And as for imperialism, that is a
spectre born of the over-wrought
imagination of speech makers. In
no possible way is it reasonable to ar
que that the possession of the Philip
pines or the policy of expansion is
conditioned upon imperialism
Referring to our keeping posses
sion of the Philippines he said on the
2gth of March, 1899:
This policy is worthy of our ma
ton. No one can object to it. For
our country to do less would be
shameful We may be sure that those
who so persistently criticize our Phil
ippine policy, saying our country is
going into Imperialism-in the face
of these express declarations to the
contrary, are doing so for political
purposes.
In April following he refused to be-
lieye any anti-imperialist was reason
able as this shows:
at is hard to fight a people fight
ing for freedom. But there is NO
REASONABLE NAN BUT WILL.
JUSTIFY THE ATTITUDE OF OUR
NATION"
In it's issue of July 18th, writing of
the Philippine Islands, he reiterates
his Republican position:
'.We may hold them because
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO BE
DONE"
In it's issue of July goth, '9S, after
saying that certain public men and
many newspapers are denouncing
what they choose to call the program
of Imperialism" he says it is too soon
to say what disposition will be made of
the conquered territory and adds:
eff the United States should back
down from the responsibility so sud