The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-07-27

dian by retaining them under our direct
Jurisdiction and by giving them such a
government q,er %s ~~~ -,
Under Our Auspices. z
as they are capable Of dlsesting and mt to
use and enjoy There can be but three
courses to pursue:' Total abandonment,
which would lead to foreign seizure or
suicide. and would be dishonorable before
God and man; a protectorate. which, be-
cause OF the interest and desires of other
nations and the peculiar character and
status OF the people of the islands and
their environment, would be more bur-
densome and a more difficult task than
having direct charge Of the people and
providing them a suitable government;
and third. pacihcation and the establish
ment Of suitable government. under the
direct auspices and supervision Of the
United States. The latter is the plan and
purpose of the Republican party. One
or the other Of the two other plans
abandonment or protectorate-must be
the Democratic plan, II they have any
plan. and this Is the gist of their anti
imperialism.
"The Democracy will find it difficult to
make a hero Of Aguinaldo. They can
hardly be serious when they compare him
with George washington and Simon Boil
var. He stands before the world as a
double traitor. He was a traitor to the
Spaniards when, after having abandoned
his people and voluntarily expatriated
himself for q pecuniary consideration, he
again returned to Manila to join In a
war on the Spaniards. He was a traitor
to the United States when, after having
returned to Manila by the permission of
Dewey to aid in the expulsion of the
Spantards. he organized an instruction
against the authority of the United
States. 1t was the presence OF Dewey
and our forces at Manila that made it
possible for him to return and to organize
his army. He came there under the pro-
! lection of the American flag. He was not
invited by Dewey to foment an insur-
rection or set up a hostile government
And what was there Of his so-called Philip
pine republic? It was a mere military
oligarchy, organized by Aguinaldo and a
| few Of his Tagal chiefs, and such as it
was it has already been scattered to the
four winds. The instruction has, in the
main, spent its force and subsidized into a
| petty guerrilla warfare by small isolated
bands In remote hills. swamps and for
ests, who live by plumber. find protec-
tion In the rainy season, and fondly hope
| for Democratic success.
I'm the meantime our authorities are
maintaining peace and order, protecting
| life and property, and establishing local
civil governments under the auspices and
~ no
appointed by the president. And by the
time. the toes of November roll around,
the insurrection will be only a saga
mere relic Of history, and Jaw and order
will prevail in Luzon. and the Tagals will
awake to the fact-which tAey have beer
slow to realize-that there Is n in.-
mense difference between tho admin st, d
ton of Spain and f The Cnited States,
and that our people will give them far
better and more iib.~.'l government than
the Spaniards, or than they themselves
could have secured through their
So-called Philippine. Republic.
To-day we can see-as we crull never
see before-how the Philippine islands not
only give us vast commercial ADVANTAGES
In the East. together with the control of
the open door. but also place us within
easier reach than any other power save
Japan to stretch out protecting hand
to our diplomatic and consular representa-.
tivcs and to our missionaries and !her
American citizens in China. Long tfnre
Germany can have an army and navy
on hand to averge the death of her min
lister. American nlen-ofwar and American
soldiers from nearby Manila are ~ !,nd
to safeguard and protect the lives of
American citizens.
What progress and what history
we have made .ln:e t c Maine Wa; sunk
I'm the harbor Of Havana. And all this
grand progress and grand history the
Democratic party calls imperialism.
1.-THE Revolutionary war, the Civil war,
and the Spanish war are the three great
| epochs in our history. The frs. gave
birth to the republic the second estab-
lished its vitality. and the third extended
! its blessings to distant climes and distant
| peoples The Revolutionary war had its
! George Washington. the Civil war is
| Lincoln. and :Se Spanish war its Ms
| kinley. The t:sk Of our president has
been Herculean, but he has acquitted him.
| self OF the same as giant among the
foremost statesmen of the world. He has
| acquitted himself of the same in the
| spirit Of our great republic and as became
| Its foremost citizen. There were men
that were blind and could not see in
the days Of George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln. as there are to-day,
but the record made will stand, for the
present as for the past, an imperishable
monument to the American people and
their great statesmen.
Next to their love for free silver and
their dread of imperialism the Demo-
Gratis claim is their hostility to trusts,
ruonopolies and unlawful combinations.
They not only assume to be the great
antitrust party, but they charge US with
undue friendship for the trusts. Unfor-
tunately for the Democratic party, the
facts fail to support their contention
There are but three acts in our federal
statutes that relate in any way to trusts,
nonopolies and unlawful combinations
The first of these Is the so-called inter-
state commerce law Of 1SS7-passed by a
Democratic house and Republican SEN
ate In the nature of the case. it's anti
trust provisions are limited to common
carriers engaged in interstate commerce.
Then there is the provision in the Demo-
cratic tariff act Of 1894 prohibiting COM
binations between importers and others
In respect to imports. or prices Of the
same: and this was the limit Of Demo-
cratic legislation, though they had con-
troll of all departments of the govern
ment. But the principal and only general
| ard
Comprehensive Antitrust Law.
| is the act of 1890. commonly called the
| Sherman law, passed by a Republican
congress- AS interpreted by the supreme
court of the United States. through a
Democratic chief justice and other judges
Of the court. this law is good and valid