The Lamar register., 1900-01-24
sToP THE FooLlsHNEss.


sition to the administration policy in
the Philippines has its humorous side,
and IL Is from thar side that 1t has been
treated generally in the press of the
country. Ii Is high time, however, tnat
the serious view should be considered
and tha, the opponents Of the admins
tration should be called upon TO forIna-
late their policy in positive state
ment That the speeches Of Senator
Hoar and others. teleEraphed to Hong
Kong and thence 90 Manila, encour-
aged Aguinaldo and his followers, and
that the continuanee Of the insurrec-
ton. and the blood Of General Lawton
and maay others Is directly charseah bic
10 these reasonable eucOura EeTnents OF
the armed enemies Of our country, has
been put beyond A doaot- II IS time
now to stop the fo-olIshness.
The so-caIied anti-iuITeEEalists differ
among themselves As 10 the policy to
be pursued but ore thing all Of them
apparently are united oa: that the
United States. VIXEN il abaadens the
Philippines 70 AEulBa3ia and the
Hong Kong Eunta. slaH guarantee that
10 other nation sazn put i stop TO the
anarchy which v7oEld naturally result
from The v-lrlz3razrsl @: the United
States re-ces. o. take possession Of the
Islands or any Farr thsTe0t- Tor the
time Of ten years - Beast- THIS Is the
most definite proposition uFs01 which
all the anti Irll llpeTiaElsts aVPear TO D.
uniIs-i- This i a policy which can
only be characterized as dOE-in-the-
manager policy. Dpss any cne imagine
who has any seusa that the other Ha-
tons who would be glad TO get pos
session OF the islands would acEuoWl'
edge for a u4gTuCut Jbc right Of the
United States 70 withdraw from them.
and At the same time aUunuBCc TO the
world that no other nation should take
them? So long as we hold the Islands,
other nations acknowledge our right 70
do So: hut the moment we withdraw,
and allow the natives to aIaEe war on
each other undtsrur5ed, 10 violate the
rights Of traders. to Pillagc and mas
sacre at their will, other nations are
bound to see that the rights Of their
subjects are protected, and they VIII
do so. and Il We should undertake 10
prevent them we should have on our
hands a world wide war.
The guaranty which the anti-imperi-
aIiSts propose. therefore, Is a guaranty
or var with England and Germany and
Russia and probably France, all in the
interests Of peace a more absurd
prUposItiou was never formulated by
a man insane
There is not a single autl-imforiallsi.
SO far as their utteTances disclose, who
would have this country simply with,
draw from the philippines and leave
them 10 their fate. Every one wants
the United states 30 guarantee them
from interference 10y any ether power
Such 4 guaranty involves all the re
sponsIhllities and none Of the bcue0ts
which wouid come from Hn occupa-
tion BY this country. That the FiH-
piuos would have under Our govern
ment larger measure Of individual
freedom. n better administration Of
Justice, and a better chance TO life.
liberty and the pa-ssuit OF happiness"
than under the dictatorship Of an
AguinaIdO, is not worth arguing The
question Is whether this country, hav.
ing undertaken a responsibility, shall
funk IL. There is bat one answer to
such a question that can he given
by the American people. and II Mr..
Bryan and the majority Of the Demo
Gratis in their next national convention
shall declare that this country ought
TO adopt any such course as is now
proposed by the Democratic leaders
who seem to have most influence in the
party, the popular verdict in the next
election win be SO overwhelming that
the party Will need a quarter OF
century more TO recruit its shattered
forces enough TO make respectable
contest.