The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-10

until the people have been prepared for 1t;
ali this backed by the necessary force 10
execute it; this outline OF government the
situation demands as soon as tranquility
is established. Until then, military gov
eminent is advisable
We cannot adopt the Dutch method In
Java nor the English method in the Malay
states, because both of those systems rest
on and operate through the existing gov
ernments of hereditary princes, with Dutcn
or English residents as advisers, But In
the Philippines there are not such heredi-
tary rulers, no such established govern
ments. There is no native machinery OF
administration except that of the villages
The people have been deprived or the ad-
vantages of hereditary native princes. and
yet not instructed in any form or regular,
just and orderly government. Neither Is
protectorate practicable. If a protectorate
leaves the natives to their own methods
more than would our direct administra-
ton of their government, Ii would permit
the very evils which it is our duty to pre-
vent If, on the other hand, under a pro-
tectorate we interfere to prevent those
evils, we govern much as If we directly
administer the government; but without
system or constructive purpose. In either
alternative we incur all the responsibility
of directly governing them ourselves,
without any of the benefits TO us. to them,
or to the archipelago, which our direct
administration or government throughout
KIND OF OFFICIALS NECESSARY.
Even the elemental plan l have outlined
will fail in the hands of any but ideal ad-
ministrators Spain did not utterly fail
in devising-many of her plans were ex-
cellent; she failed in administering. Her
officials, as q class, were corrupt INDECENT,
cruel, immoral. They were selected to
please a faction in Spain, to placate MEM
bers of the Cortes, to bride those whom the
government feared. They were seldom Sc
lected for their fitness. They were the
spawn of government favor.
The men we send to administer civilized
government in the Philippines must be
themselves the highest examples of our
civilization. / use the word examples, Tor
examples they must be in that word
most absolute sense. They must be men
of the world and of affairs, students OF
their fellow-men, not theorists nor dream
ers. They must be brave men, physically
as we'll morally. They must be as IN
corruptible as honor, as stainless as purity,
men whom no force can frighten, no In
fuence coerce, no money buy. Such men
come high, even here in America. But they
must be had. Better pure military occupa-
ton for years than government by any
other quality of administration. Better
abandon this priceless possession, admit
ourselves incompetent to do our part in
the Notwithstanding work of our imperial
race; better now haul down the nag or
arduous deeds for civilization and run up
the flag of reaction and decay than to
apply academic notions of self-government
to these children or attempt their govern
ment by any but the most perfect admin
istrators our country can produce. assert
that such administrators can be found.
There is one in Cuba now, who, with the
words, Money is not everything" refused
$500 a year president of a corporation
that he might continue the work of our
in 10 Santiago and
thus announced and typifed the new ideal
of the Republic which pessimists declared
had become sordid and base. And among
our So 900 900 we have thousands like him.
Necessity will produce them. Let no one
fear that our party workers Will seek
to fill these places without regard TO mt
ness. know we'll this most maligned and
most valuable class OF American citizens.
the precinct committeeman and party
workers in the country districts of the
Republic. and If we truthfully. bravely
state the situation at the outset, these
very politicians will insist most strenu-
ously of all on the highest possible qualifi-
cation in the administration of our posses
sions.
MUST BE EXAMPLES.
1 repeat that our government and our
administrators must be examples. You can
not teach the Filipino by precept. An OBJ
ject lesson is the only lesson he compre-
hends He has no conception of pure, or
derby, equal, impartial government, under
equal laws justly administered, because he
has never seen such a government He
| must be shown the simplest results of good
government by actual example in order
| that he may begin to understand its most
elementary principles.
Such a government will have its effects
upon us here in America, too. Model adj
ministration there will be example
created by ourselves for model administra-
ton here; and our own example is the only
| one Americans ever heed. tits not true that
| charity begins at home. SelfiShness begins
| there; but charity begins abroad and ends
| in its full glory in the home. 1t is not true
that perfect government must be achieved
at home before administering 1t abroad
its exercise abroad is a suggestion, an ex-
ample and a stimulus for the best govern.
ment at home. 1t is as If we projected our;
selves upon a.living screen and beheld our
| selves at work England to-day Is the home
of ideal municipal governments. England
administration of Bombay did not divert
attention from Glasgow, and Glasgow Is
| to-day the model for all students of NUM-
| cipal problems. Englands sanitary regen
| Grafton of fifty Calcutta made IL clearer
| that Birmingham must be regenerated
| too. and to-day Birmingham is the munic
| pal admiration of all instructed men. Eng
| lands miracle in Egypt, SURPRISING th'
| ancient one of turning rods into serpent:
because the modern miracle turns serpent.
| into men, deserts into gardens, famine into
| plenty, England's work in the land of tn,
| Sphinx has solved its profound riddle ex
allied not England only, but all the world. by
| it's noble example, and thrilled to the SOU
every citizen of Great Britain with civic
| pride in the achievements of the creates
civilzng empire of the world Cast thy
bread upon the waters and after many
/ days it shall return unto you. witt
| what measure we meet, IL shall be meteC
| to you again"
| DOMINANT NOTES.
| Mr.. President, self-government and In
ternal development have been the domi
| nant notes of our first century; administra
| ton and the development OF other land
| will be the dominant notes of our seconc
| century And administration is higl
| and holy function self-government
| lust as the care of a trust estate is as sa
cred an obligation as the management o
our own concerns Cain was the first t,
| violate the divine law of human society
| which makes of US our brothers keeper
| And administration OF good government Il
the first lesson in self-government, tina
| exalted estate toward which all civilization
tends Administration of good government
| is not denial of liberty. For what is liber
| ty? II is not savagery. 1t is not the ex
| ercise of individual will. IL Is not dicta
| torship. 1t involves government, but no
| necessarily self-government. 1t means law
| First of all, IL is common rule OF actor
applying equally to all within its limits
| Liberty means protection of property an
life without price, free speech without i'm
timidation, justice without purchase or de
Law. government without favor or favorites
| What will best give all this to the peopl
of the Philippines? American administra
ton developing them gradually toward self