New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

| a system of revenue that would enable them 70
meet the expenses that must be incurred Al
ready good results everywhere manifest Where
| business has commenced, employment is being
found and the people are beginning 70 &C conaile ae
such conditions. but we rapidly supplying d gal all
perty will soon be within the reach OF ALL
AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES.
! Consider now he Philippines. There was a diff diff
ference Of opinion as to Whether her we Snan Should
nqush her s9yeregny& & there the If Fpnos iG fRe
selves said thatf we s' simply drove spain out and
came away they would fall into tne beeanse of
the divisions that would would Be Sos worse
tn sRs he cdn4o @ Tns Sy wa" 6S sS
family reached tht conclusion for ne snc ACTIONS
The treaty Of peace provided, and the SENATE IA
ed 5h Il the a6S hs Of 4eseyed e
votes because Mr. Bryan and large rt NUMBER aSHissd
! and advocated the ratification. But before the
| It was the duty of the President under the pro
tocol then in force to suppress it and preserve cor or
gress had adjourned without legisiating on .t bhe
Country. as he is in charge Of all other territory
over which our jurisdiction extends 1t It tT Ts' ,sDS his
to mantain authority and to use al neSes5dpy eSy
ess If he had n done ons there might
euse for talking about d a61sg h. OF pnG pGTe now hs about
Of nstead ba 0rsed 9 5psdh pcy
as Mr. BFJam is noM eoPosng Pa # he Would
have been branded as weak betrayer Of his trust
ton. If You have any doubt about this you have
UavSsnenere ne and Democratic leaders at the time
when our trouble in the Philippines commenced to
haang gh9 dow yneI the ag giving the Fpnos nde
Se6 and and 2" and
tyrannical indicated by the advice @ they gave; S
them to be. Here is an extract from an editorial
of that time published in The Cincinnati In
'Aguinaldo will have to behave himself. The
iards have hlnted that we are dealing with people
hT T havf TO e W Ms nc
even at exterminaton.'
the qh RaPsTd Is nd Of the
Ros he i m Rg 90 JoGPna sa NC
"Aguinados men are now attempting to carry
war by incendiarism and assassnation' and II they
could gain possession OF Manila mia iI GaTnSaI S9 OF
the world We must crush this band OF incend-
Followers air are Simply indians and must be dealt
with as we would deal with tribe of renegade
Rs the abest De- ;g 9rgsn in the
become the George Washington and his patriots of
Richard Croker. the great Tammany leader gave
out statement, published in all the papers. in
Il believe in holding whatever we have gained by
West Of fhs R@ck % Mountains we're ed
with wild Indians, how long would It take US to
and Constitution? The same thing applies to the
Philippines and any other country that may fall
Other quotations from leading Democratic news
papers and Democratic leaders might be made to
enough to show that our Democratic friends
quirng the Philippines and assuming the response
bility of government there. but also advised the
his duties precisely the policy for which they
Tf 1SsP rehgade ay Apacnas and wd md
ians" which they advise were far bloody and
imperialistc than the policy of the President.
PATRIOTS THEN AND PARTIsANs NOW
Why this change? 1t is easily explained. They
spoke as patriots then; they speak as partiSanS
BPyan seeks o sy 6me IS 80 P adTng @ r m
hCation of the treaty and now condemning the
the President as soon as the treaty was ratified to
annoHnce to Aguinaido and his followers n9tWith h
proposed as soon as he had established a stable
3 SSe Hr S BSh9 ose H
could not have expected any such thing, because.
ready commenced before the treaty was ratified.
that until the insurrection ended nothing else
WAS WAS an That h4 the IN s had 3afe fea f h @
hope of avoiding any clash with the F1ipnos an
bG egera iiS OTIS IN t9e PREVIOUS Deeember
This proclamation set forth al liberal and gener-
and Government would be upheld throughout the
portunity to legslate This explicit declaration was
not only made, but i met the approval of Demo
President McKiniey's proclamation to the people
secure the hearty % cooperation in our work of re-
hoped to win in their revolt against Spain Pres-
dent Mckinley promises that civil and municipal
by officers chosen from the inha Of the ISL
blood be shed Re POSITION 5 Of o
antl-eXpansionists would not be enviable The first
shot hred against the American flag would make
domestic opposition to the measures of our Govern
If it was overt treason for those who were op-
posed TO the treaty to oppose the policy of suppress
ing the nsurrection before legislating how are we
to characterize the action OF those who advised
ratification and now oppose that policy? II there
has been any Imperialism IL in accepting our
title to the Philippines and the assertion of our
authority and power there in the first instance and
all that had the approval of Mr.. Bryan Since this
than to prosecute it with vigor It it was right TO
undertake the suppression OF the insurrection il
surely is right to finish the work: and II we are
according to Mr.. Bryan's programme to establish
& stable government n IN the Philippine Islands be-
surely we must first end the war; and I do not
half than he has already done by the amnesty
proclamation which he has issued, promising nerdoy
to all who have been engaged in the ins1rrection ion
President has no authority to go beyond this
cation, and Congress has had two wears Of onnor oo
tunity to speak but has refused or at least failed
10 make any such promise.
WHAT WOULD MR. BRYAN DO?
Mr. Mr. Bryan recognizes that he would not have a.
surrender the country an inducement 70 oeera i
au InereIore II Is that he announces that he viii
GGoHNehe congress in extra session as soon as he e
1naugurated But what would Mr. BRYAN do If If
Tnen mus convened refused to adopt his
aIe @ az least would do? Would he then haul down
our G nag and withdraw our troops anyhow or wouId
ne 20 forward with Army and Navy as PresiSent
mckinley is doing, to enforce peace and tbaraaTtar
for him unless authorized BY CONFESS n0t De possible
any, other policy than that which President Nc
try there slightest danger Of FOR his !ng secfd c8Hn
mat such is the case for that policy viii stand tbs
Ihe President has defined that policy in his last
annual tt message better than any other man can
The future government Of the Philippines rests