The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-23

/ tory, winch Tor It's DfOdH sympathy, tlO
quent phrasipg, philosophic insight in
to the complex problem Of the future
destiny of the Philippines and his sug
gestive policy for the permanent good
OF the Orientals of the archipelago call
cd forth the warmest euconium from
President Mckinley. But Tin Soldier
Grant, whose claim to public notice is
that he is the son Of his father be-
lieves the Bryan speech TO have been an
incendiary defamation Hear. then,
what this pampered and epauletted
nobody has to say:
The greatest renewal Of activity af-
ter the first outbreak was,directly after
Bryan's speech Of acceptance Of the
Democratic nomination. Every anti
expansion speech in congress was fol
lowed by a similar reaction against the
United States
Unless the situation is known il is
hard to appreciate the cause Of this di-
rect connection between pro- Filipino
outbreaks in the United States and ma
tive outbreaks in the islands. The prop
erty-holdng class in the islands is com
posed Of persons who are rather iguor-
ant and who could not quite understand
the situation They are naturally our
friends, but they have been under con
slant pressure to throw in their fortunes
with the insurgent cause When they
heard that a party was coming into pow.
err in the United States which was in
favor Of Withdrawing the troops and
giving mp the government to the in.
sorgcuts they did not know what to do.
If they stood out against the Insured
ton they would be likely to lose then
lives and property as soon rs we turned
our back
AN the speeches in favor Of with.
drawing from the islands, all the pro.
gress of the Democratic campaign.
were carefully noted and circulated by
the insurgent leaders The story lost
nothing in the telling.
Grants interview Is not reproduced
because there isany particular weight TO
be laid on his words, but because maI Y
may be led to take him at greater thar
his actual worth, which is nine cents
Mr. Gf9nt SAYS with some show OF
subtlety that tits difficult to appreciate
the cause Of the direct connection be
tween pro-Fhipmo outbreaks in Tie
United States apd outbreaks in tn,
Philippines, But complex as this con
ucctiou Is the tin soldier reasons it on
with admirable cunning when he say,
that the property holding class were
scared during the days preceding the
general election in this country, fearing
Bryan election; that though they were
friendly 10 the supremacy of the United
States, yet looking TO their own future
safety they threw their physical anC
moral strength in with the insurgents
10 prevent American subjugation Of The
islands. And Grant cunningly aver
that these property holding Filipinos
which he claims are the best class, were
somewhat ignorant at that time, firm
In the conviction that Bryan'- election
meant instant withdrawal of American
troops from the archipelago.
Any ordinary Filipino, even if he haC
No more intelligence than Gen. Grant
with somewhat less cusacdncss, knows
that Mr. Bryan's policy, ifelected wouic
nave been the gradual withdrawal OF
authority from the Philip
pjnes, according as the natives showed
their capacity for the organization and
'9ntrol of government He had no in
eutiou To leave the islands TO the pre-,
If brignds or the spoil of other powers
Aud when the tin soldier says Drmocra
liz speeches provoked insurrectim
lmoug the Filipinos he sees through
class darkIy It was the dastardly
greedy, robher policy of the Republican
party which stirred the patriot Filipi
nos to strike with sword the advancing
And though the strike wa
feeble, it has been sufficient to arous,
righteous Indignation in the breasts O
honest men against the tyrant powel
which ASSUMES the role Of Subiugator il
the clothes Of benevolent Assimila