The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1900-09-29
NOTES AND CONTENTS
On the Republican Congressional
Platform, Adopted at New Iberia.

On the Republican consrsssiona
Platform, Adopted at New Iberia.
In my first paper, I characterized
Mr. Mckinley as the most vacillatin,
executive We have ever had, au1
wondered how our Republican sugar
planters could so blindly rely upor
him and his promises to save thei
industry. Since then find the
following extract from the Omah.
WorId-Herald, which 90 aptly set,
forth this most prominent character
istic Of the Presidents nature, that
cannot withstand the temptation te
lay it before your readers. Here i,
is:
"WilliSm Mckinley has changed
oftener than anything or anybody
not even excepting tie weather. He
changed on the money question. He
changed on the sugar tariff question
He changed on the plain duty ques-
ton. He changed on the "who will
haul down the flag" question. He
changed on the foruible annexation
question. He has topped and
hOundered Ike an eel out of water.
He has shifted and evaded and side
stepped like champion pugilist who
depends moe on ability to dodge
than ability to hit He has advocat-
ed both sides Of every question of
public importance"
There We have an excellent picture.
true to life, Of our expert presiden-
tiaI topper, upon whose voucher our
Republican friends repose, with the
simple confidence Of a little child, to
protect their sugar and other interests
in dealing with our "new possessions, :"
which he would annex irrevocabIy to
the United States.
This much en- passant
l now come to the other PROPOSE
tIons contained in the extract quoted
above Gn my first paper. the first Of
which is. quoting. I'VE can trust
the Republican party to deal fairly
with the industries o. our district,
sogar, rice and lumber, in adjust
ments of the policies and methods
(o) dealing with the responsibilities
that have accrued as the results of
The late war;"
{ IL the original publication of the
platform, there. il. Q fnll atm. ef,n- !, ,hn
WOru 'IumDer," the second member
Of the sentence appearing as
and incomplete sentence.
Believing this to be typographical
error, l have recast the proposition in
one sentence as it appears abOve)
1t may be; but 90 can We trust
the Democratic party to do that
same thing. The Democratic party
tells rs in its platform declarations
how it proposes tn adjust the Philip
pine question TO establish q stable
form of government and declare that
country free and Independent. 1t
propOsrs to turn the Philippines
loose, and let their people govern
themselves. just as it is proposed to
let the Cubsns govern themselves as
n free and independent nation.
Under the Democratic pan, the
Philippines would remain q foreign
nation under the Republican plan,
they would remain a part of the
territory Of the United States.
As foreign nation, our industries
can safely he protected from inporta.
tions Of its products hy a Justly laid
tariff for revenue, and our laborers
protected fr ,m indiscrllnlnate immi-
grafton from those distant shores.
The Democratic party thus tells Ms
explicitly how it proposes TO deal
with the Philippines and We know
Just what 70 expect
The Republican party, Oh the con-
trary, proposes to annex the Philip
pines and to hold them as territory
of the United States, but it has not
defined ITS proposed treatment Of
them, except that the "largest meas
ure OF Slf-government conslsteu:
with their (Filipiuos) welfare and
our duties shall be secured to them
(the Fil,piuos) by Iaw;" a declaration
90 broad, vague and indefinite as to
include in its ample folds any and
all policies and methods of treatment
that future exigencies might dictate