Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-07

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Atunaldo in LuFoa Sori Sinated isa5 Il ana
rests wholly upon niiltsry force. and M
not. even IN Lux6n. 70 say Eothing shout
The many other inpor mi \ tslands, SoIns
Into existence or ontinusd by \ tha -
choice Or voluntary consent ~ ths DeotSs
sought q 81 governed s|S$ III Spopss Gxd
authority II limited 10 the territory
cupied bys IT. armed bands and dekacts-
ments IA LuSon. Il The consent $of tho
governed is nstthsr asked. sought or a.
pected. The treat ilaass " 7sthss peoplS
are % helpless and y within SrsANls
OF the Tagal Sovsrnlnsnt undsr as abject
subjuga tion under n N uinaldo's military
:oliearchy - they ever ware under the
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sHch 9 goXeFnt Aent sthat CT aAveP-
saFles won1A hAve 40 lay ASWn SuR
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and thtS gOvernnent that WSs ShoHlA
have AnesaFassa $40 sst ~ as =
permanent establishment ana Aavo
Maads e1fse1vss the protectors VI ~.
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naldo's that we should retrooeae the
title and asthoFitys ~ n aeA1lsea
fr0M Spain. s74s Nm NJ N E "a si y XII ss$$
=. When W ratified tho treaty W should
have given assurances OF Ill this, ana
then Al would have been. we'll. VI It 30 be-
/ cause we have failed 10 do al this ana
because we are supervising this insur-
rection. bringing. order out OF chaos and
attempting to give the Filipinos just,
safe and liberal government superior. to
any they have ever had or. could possi-
bly, acquire through Aguinaldo ana his
chiefs-that We are guilty Of imperialism
and guilty Of threatening the liberties OF
our, own people BY an Increased standing
army. .$a f.; 4 n \ VT Nh J.. = ;
Bat 1t 10 only in his criticisms that
Mr.. Bryan In lofty and scars to Inn
perial heights. When he comes to
lay down q prOgramme Of his own
he 10 less elusive, less startling, and
approaches Republican ground
nearer than he apprehends.% VI ;'F.. r
In his Philippine programme he would.
first. establish stable form Of govern
ment. That is exactly what the Republic
can party aims to do But this implies
that there is no such government there
now, not even Aguinaldo'se government
What Mr.. Bryan admits by implication we
assert as positive fact. and we further
assert that the first step in the establish
ment of a stable form of government Is to
suppress the existing insurrection and in
surrectionary government, and that q sta
BILE form Of government can not well be
established before this is done. s,.t
DIFFERENT IN CASE OF CUBA.
Even this Mr.. Bryan admits by implica-
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done in Cuba. And what have we done
there? When our forces went to Cuba
there was a Cuban republic and q Cuban
army. There was no Filipino govern
ment nor Filipino army when Dewey en-
tered Manila bay. In Cuba. through our
efforts and aided by tho good sense Of
Gomez and his chiefs. the Cuban republic
has been permitted to expire and the Gu
ban army has long ago been disbanded.
and by the aid and cooperation Of tho
Cubans we are engaged in the effort OF
establishing de novo stable government
there. Had Aguinaldo and his chiefs fol-
lowed the example Of Gomez and his
chiefs we should before this have been
long on the way towards establishing a
stable government in the Philippines. I'm
der the circumstances we. have not, as
Mr.. Bryan contends. been dilatory In es-
tablishing such government. In 1840 our
armed forces took possession Of California
and continued to hold It pending the Mexi-
can war; the ratification Of the treaty Of
peace. and until 1t became state In 1850
California never had d territorial form of
government; but remained under the con-
troll OF the army from 1848 until 1t became
state. There was no instruction in
California, and yet. for upwards of two
years after the treaty of peace. 1t was
governed through the military department
OF the government, and this was held
by our supreme court to be valid and
constitutional government, nor were we
accused Of being dilatory In giving Call
fornia a state government. But 1t is as
serted that the Filipinos are entitled to
absolute Independence and that we have
no right to govern them without their
consent. - b. <
/ III this 10 true, what right have we
to Impose any form. even stable
TO RIM, of government upon theme
They may insist that they have the
right to establish just such form Of
government as they see fit and that 1t Is
not our business to establish any form.
even a stable form for them. What
are we to watch, walt and pray for their
consent, or are we to go on regardless Of
1t. And in case we do 60 on to establish
q stable government without their con-
sent, and they see fit to resist and to 60
into an insurrection-as they are now do
.ing-against our present efforts to estab-
ush a stable government, and we resort
to arms to repress such resistance and In
surrection and insist upon 'esta blishing o
stable government at the point Of the
sbayonet, will not this bring us back into
THE slough Of Imperialism with the ghost
of a standing army in the back ground?
There is only one sure escape from such
gloomy outcome: 1t is to leave 1t to
the Filipinos to say what constitutes a
stable form OF government. But II we do
that there is really. no occasion for our
giving any consideration at all 10 their
form of government. There is no NEED of
giving them any form Of government at
all. That should be left wholly to them
solves. r.. 4. ~, ) l. ~" l. !
AS TO A PROTECTORATE. 2:::.t
n Having given the Filipinos a stable form