Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
APrnnhecr That Failed.


IN the campaign of 1900 the Repub-
lican leaders denied that their party
contemplated a permanent increase -
the standing army. They asserted that
q large army was only necessary be
cause of the instruction in the Philip
pines. and they boldly declared that
the iusurrectiOn would cease immedi-
ateIy if the Republican ticket was sue
cessful. The Democratic platform and
Democratic speakers were blamed fcT
the pr0l0ngation of the war "Just re
elect President Mckinley" they said,
and let the FilipinOs know that they
are not to have independence, and they
VIII lay down their arms and our sol
dierS can come home"
Well, the Republican ticket was elect
ed, and the FiIipinos were notified that
they were not to have independence,
buC a month after the election the Re
pubIicans rushed through Congress a
bill authorizing the President to raise
the regular army to 100000, and now,
after q year has elapsed, the insurrec-
ton IS still in progress and the end Is
not yet Some Of the worst losses Of
the year have been suffered by our
troops within two months. General
Chaffee reports that the Fllipinos have
profted by the deception practiced upon
them when AguinaldO was trapped. lie
says that ''insurgent soldiers in ordin-
airy civilians dress lurked about and
among American garrisOns," and he
adds that with deceptive cunning they
obtained credentials from American au-
ThOrities." We were assured year ago
that only a small fraction Of the Fill
pinos were hostile to the American gov
eminent. We We're told that the great
majority of the Filipin0s welcomed the
American government and were glad
to made subjects. The Times-Heraid
quotes General Chaffee as saying that
''the whole people of the Philippines are
engaged in waging war upon the United
States" The Times Herald "a Repub-
lican Daperl adds: The Filipin0s who
are friendly to the United States are said
TO be those holding Office, and the Of
ficers who discussed the situation to-
day assert that their loyalty will con
tiuue only so long as they have the OPP
portunLty Of drawing American dol
lars"
II Mr. Mckinley was correctly in
formed when he stated that most of the
FliplnOs were friendly, then the insur-
rection has, according to General Chat
fee. increased rather than diminished.
After the Republican victory made 1t
impossible for the imperialists to blame
the anSi-imperialists for the continual
ticn OF hostilities, the Republican lead
crs declared that AguinaldO, actuated
by selfish ambition, was compelling his
countrYmen to continue the war. But
even AFTER his capture and imprisOn-
meut-yes, even after his captors had
secured from him an address advising
his con4rades to surrender-the insur-
TcctiOn continued. How long will it
take the imperialists to learn that we
can never have peace in the Philippine
Islands? That we can suppress open
resistance is certain, although the cost
may be far beyond any gain that can be
derived from n colonial government, but
that we can ever make the FilipinOs
love US or trust us while we rule them
through q carpetbag government, is
absurd
If the Republicans had read the
speeches of Abraham Lincoln as much
recently as they did in former years,
they would have known that hatred of
m alien government is a natural thing
and thing to be expected everywhere.
Lincoln said that 1t was God Himself
who placed in every human heart the
love Of liberty. Lincoln spoke the truth.
Love of liberty is linked to life itself,
and what God hath joined together let
no man put asunder. Lincoln, Neb..
CummOnar.