Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-07-13

m-nt. Nov that Is what everybody
,ays, that is, they cannot be permanent
subjects. The platform goes on 20 say
that il iAvors IAN immediate declaration
Of the nations purpose TO give 10 the
Filpinos. first. a stable form Of govern
mrut." Amt that Just exactly what
the administration is assuming Ia do
NOW Does the platform assume To
eliminate the element Of force from the
formation Of stable government if its
exercise shall become necessary: But
upon the democratic theory they have no
right to give the Filipinos any form of
government. They creating and giving
TO a people a government and creating
powers among them which should come
from the consent of the governed :
80 that it is difficult tn see why the new
platform isn't doing just what it don't
believe in and precisely what the admin
istration is doing and what it believes
in. Now the second step in this plat
form is that they would follow such
government so given or provided with
independence" That's exactly what
the present administration has designed
from the beginning rs We understand it.
Now the present administration has been
criticised somewhat severely for the lack
of announcement of some definite policy
AS To when and under what circumstances
the Filipinos We're to become entitled to
independence, also because it declared
such indefinite time as when they should
become competent for self-gevernment
with no impartial person TO Judge when
that should occur. We have thought
such criticism we'll founded. But the
democratic party are asking us to give
them power to give those people indie
pendence without single qualifying
word as to how, when, or under what
conditions they propose to do 1t. Now
it is quite evident unless We mistake the
Sagacity of the American people that the
latter will be inclined to favor the
present administration carrying ont this
work. notwithstanding its fallacies, in
preference to turning it over to some
body who simply says he will do 1t
without single suggestion as to the
manner in which he will accomplish it.
Having dealt with the first and second
points of issue of this feature of the
platform we come now to the third.
which for downright hollow sounds
were never more than equalled even in
the days of mythical literature in caves
and rocks Listen. They will give the
Filipinos "protection from outside inter
ference such as has been given for nearly
century to the republics of Central and
South America" Who in Gods world
ever thought of doing anything else
And what put it into anyhody's head to
declare with so much lofty and high
sounding language that the democratic
party, if put in power, would do just
exactly what if neglected to be done 10y
any party would subject it to the con-
demnation of the whole civilized world
The democratic party has observed
that there is difference of opinion
among republicans AS to the policy which
should be pursued in respect to the
| Filipinos, and it reaches for votes out of
that difference of opinion. But it
reaches awkwardly and as if it was
scooping up fools. For to get the vote
of any intelligent, honest republican
who does not believe in the policy OF
the administration i'll this respect some
thing better must be substituted fol
that which Isl much less will he be in,
duced when he is offered in exchange fol
what he has something which is not
simply uncertain but amounts simply to
nothing.