Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 81. 1901
DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTISM.

There is at Manila bipartisan COM
mission consisting of some of the ablest
and most respected citizens of the United
States organizing a local government for
such of the Flipnos as are willing to
come under its protection and partake
of its benefits. The latest report from
the commissioners states that thousands
of the natives are swearing allegiance.
and that courts of justice. schools and
local law making bodies are being rapid
ly cleaned and civilized; personal and
property rights are being extended and
secured; law and order are being en-
forced. After 300 years Of tyranny and
eXtortion the people are enjoying more
liberty than they ever dreamed Of AS
soon as the fear OF. Asuinaldo and his
cut-throats shall abate in the outlying
districts the entire population will wei
come American authority and recognize
it's Legality and beneficence. Only the
Tagals are holding out. These are threat
ening to loot Manila and murder all the
white residents and friendly natives
They openly base their expectation of
liberty upon the prospects of democratic
government in this country after the
next election. The speech which Charles
a. Towne recently made in the senate
at Washington will be mighty encour-
agement to them and stimulate them to
raise more money and more men in the
hope of killing more American soldiers
who are fighting under the Stars and
Stripes in defense of American treaty
rights American honor American obli-
cations to humanity and civilization. But
for such encoura cement as Towne and
the party behind him extend to the
Luzon bandits they would long ago have
recognized the futilty of further war
fare and laid down their arms. That
was the testimony of Generals LaWton
and Merritt. That is the testimony of
Dewey. That is the testimony of the
officers and prvates of the First regi-
ment of Montana volunteers. The army
of Agunaldo has been beaten and scat
tered, but in little bands Of guerllas
they are distributed over wide area,
constant menace to the friendly tribes,
while others in the guse of amigos"
spread false reports of democratic in
reference and terrorize and despoil many
who are peaceable. SO it is necessary
that a considerable force be sent there
to garrison the outlying districts pro-
tect the inha bitants, hunt down the BAN
dts and impress upon all the fact that
United States authority must be re-
spected and that it can and will bring
peace, insure justice and enable the
natives to attend to their crops, and tina t
the promises made by certain men in
this country of withdrawing the soldiers
and the ships. relinquishing treaty rights
and abandoning the whites and helpless
natives to- the knife and torch of Aguin-
aldo's murderous hordes-that these
things shall not come to pass, that the
government of the United States is an
honorable and civilized and humane
government and will do it's duty like Il
Christian nation should. TO prevent this
consumma ton the democratic party and
it's organs are doing all in their power
to hamper the reorganization of the army
under the mea pending to that end
and finding fault with every honest
effort of the administration to establish
peace in the Philippines.