The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-11
A MANILA VIEW.
Philippine Paper Thinks That Mill
tarv Authorities Are Tyrannical.


tarv Authorities Are Tyrannicsl.
OIanila Freedom.)
What right has the military govern
ment to deport a civilian from these IS
lands2
What right have they to arrest man
and place him in confinement, incommu-
nieado, contrary to all law, honesty and
justice?
The military authorities claim that they
have a grievance in that the man Brooks
broke a contract with them. Iney never
had a contract with the men that were
discharged under the special order that
they claim the civilian broke. At least
the duartermaster general, or the chleI
ouartermaster of the department has de-
cided that the little paper that was signed
nv the men was no contract. It would not
pass for a contract in any court OF justice
in the world.
Besides this the government has bro
ken contract in several instances with
the men who were discharged to take
places as civilian clerks with the depart
ment.
There are a number of instances where
clerks were discharged because the de-
psrtment said there were no funds to
pay them their salaries and no appTOpTia-
tions had been made for the same.
Another item in the contract is that If a
clerk could better himself he was entitled
to his discharge from the service.
Brooks betteTed himself materially in
that he was offered a posiuon with a
commercial company at almost double the
salary he was receiving from the govern
ment and accepted 1t as any man VINO Is
honest with himself would do. Something
ne had a perfect right to do and some
thing the war department would not OBJ
iect to if they knew the circumstances
in the case.
There was no reasonable excuse for the
deportation of the man Brooks, there was
no honesty or justice In the affair. 1t
was gross injustice. It was high-handed
militarism. pure and simple. 1t was an
other illustration Of what militarism
would do If it had the power. Deporta-
ton is cowardly and unfair and is rob-
bling men OF a fair and honest chance in
Deportation is contrary to every Drinci-
pie and every law of honesty, justice and
( liberty. 1t is dog in the manger act.
! They refuse to pay a man a decent salary
and refuse TO allow him to accept a de-
| cent salary elsewhere. Every man is en-
titled to a fair and honest trial before he
| is punished
A number of men were discharged from
! clerkships at one time on the ground that
no appropriations had been made to pro-
vide for their salaries, but after the gov
( eminent, through its agents, had broken
the contract %. so to speak. and then re-
ceived the necessary appropriation &c
, meet the contract, they We're taken back
/ the representatives 81 the government
| then claimed that the former contract q
( held good and was inviolable
One-sided printed agreements are not
contracts. wherein one party has every
right to violate and break the same, and
/ 1t is not binding according to law.
:, % -
When man can better himself he has
every right, according to the principles
and laws Of liberty, to do so, and every
/ effort to curtaiI a mans liberty in that
direction is unfair and dishonest A gem
eral impression had obtained about the