The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-09-14

title while our obligations last In tn
language Of our platform. "Our authori Y
should not be less than our responsible
lty' and our present responsibility Is to
establish our authority in every part OF
the Islands.
No government can so certainly pre-
serve the peace, restore public order, es-
tablish law justice and stable conditions
as ours. Neither congress nor the eXecu-
tive can establish "a stable government in
these Islands except under our right OF
sovereignty, our authority and our flag.
And this we are doing
Protectorate impossible.
We could not do It MS a protectorate
power so completely or so successfully as
we are doing it now As the sovereign
power we can initiate action and shape
means to ends, and guide the Iilipinos
to acknowledgment and government.
As a protectorate power we could not
initiate action, but would be compelled
to follow and uphold people with no
capacity yet to 20 alone. In the one
case we can protect both ourselves and
the Filipinos from being involved IN dam
gerous complications; in the other we
could not protect even the Filipino until
after their troubles had come. Besides,
If we cannot establish any government
OF our own without the consent Of the
governed, our opponents contend,
then we could not establish stable gov
eminent for them or make ours a pro-
tectorate without the ike consent. and
neither the majority of the people nor
"A minority of the people have invited us
to assume 1t. We could not maintain
protectorate even with the consent Of
the governed without giving provocation
for conflicts and possible costly wars.
our rights in the Philippines are now free
from outside interference and will con-
tinue so in our present relations. They
would not bc thus free i'm any other
70 La 70 uyf1 mot fri ptIT
to guarantee another sovereignty.
No Flaw IN the Title
our title is good Our peace commits
soners believed they were receiving
good title when they concluded the
treaty. The executive believed 1t was a
good title when ne submitted 1t to the
senate of the United states for it's rat
ihcation. The senate believed 1t was "A
good title when they gave it their con-
stitutonal assent and the congress
seems not to have doubted its complete
ness when they appropriated $2OOjl,UJO
provided by the treaty. II any who ia
vored its rathcation believe it gave us
a bad title, they were not sincere. our
title was practically identical with that
under which we ho.d our territory ac-
qured since the be ginning of the govern
ment and under which we have exercised
fun sovereignty and established govern
ment for the inhabitants.
side of the United States disputes tho
fulncss and integrity OF the cesson.
What then Is the real issue Of the sub
jcct? Whether 1t is paramount to-day
to any other or not, IL Is whether we
shall be responsible for the government
in the Philippines wt,a the sovereignty
and authority which enables us to guide
them to regulated liberty, law safety
and progress, or whether we shall be re-
sponsibe for the foTcible and arbitrary
government of a minority without sover-
eighty and authority ON our part, and
with only the embarrassment of pro-
tcctoratc which draws US into their trou-
bles without the power of preventing
them.
There were those who two years ago
were rushing US on to war with Spain
who are unwilling now to accept its clear
consequence, as there as those among
us who advocated the ratification of the
treaty Of peace. but now protest against
| its obligations. Nations which go to war
must be prepared to accept It's resultant
obligations, and when they make the
treaties must keep them.
"Imperiali,m" Bugabno.
| Those who profess to dispute the lib
| eral and honorable purposes of the adj
miuistration In It's treatment of the Phil
| ippines are not justified. Imperialism
has no placcin its creed of conduct. Free
/ dom H. a rock upon which the republican
/ party was buildcu ana now rests. Lib
/ erJy is the great republican doctrine,
/ for which the people went TO war and
for which % million lives We're offered
| and billions of dollars expended 90 make
/ d lawful legacy of all without the
| consent Of master or slave. There Us
| -Uaiu # ill-couccalcd hypocrisy I'm the
/ anxiety To- extend the constitutional
/ guarantees TO the people of the Philip
| pines. while their notification Is openly
] lIL.tHH.ft.I 90 htIUt IHIDItuIg
/ ui~trust themselves. nut they have no
] right tu dIstru-t the good faith ana pa
/ rinfism of the majority of the people
/ who are opposed 20 them; they may fear
, the worst form OF Imperialism, with the
/ helpless FlipinuS I'm their hands; but If
! 'hev do, g. g. because they have parted
with the spirit and Faith of the fathers
| and have LOSE the yiril!ty of the found
| ers of the party which they profess to
| ropros sent.
The republican party does not have to
| assert It's devotion to the dcc' dration of
! independence. II wrote into the const-
| tuition the amendments guaranteeing pO-
! litical equality to American citizenship,
| and 1t has never broken them or cOun-
selcd others in breaEing them 1t will not
| be guided in its conduct by one set of
principles at home and another set in the
new territory belonging to the United
| States
The Doctrine Of Abraham l. nonln.
If our opponents would only practice.
as well as preach, the doctrine of Abra-
ham Lincoln, there would be no fear for
| the safety of our institutions at home
or their rightful influence in any terri
| tory over which our flag floats, Empire
| has been expelled from Porto Rico and
| the Philippines by American freenen.
The flag of the republic now floats over
the Islands as an emblem of rightful
| sovereignty. VIII the republic stay and
dispense to the Inhabitants the blessings
| of liberty, education ana free institu-
| lions, or steal away, leaving them To an
| archy or imperialism. The American
| question Is between .utv and desertion--
| the American verdict will be for duty
and against descrtion for the republic
against both anarchy and Imperialism.
The Troubles Ia CHINA
The country has been fully advised OF
the purposes of the United Stated in Chi
ma, ana they viii be faithfully adhered
to as already defined. ihe nation Is
| filled with gratitude tnat the little band,