The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-31
CUR COLONIAL POLICY.


the senate. delivered himself of some
strong sentiment on the subject of i'm
perialism. The senator said:
q have not agreed with everybody
who has been in fear of imperialism. l
said two years ago last month in the
senate that there would not be any i'm
perialism, for the American people
would not allow it. Since then 1 have
seen in those islands an imperial gov
eminent that has had no equal on the
lace of the earth, an imperial govern
ment that has not a counterpart any
where under the heavens, an imperial gov
eminent with five men, and five men
ers 10 the country, unacquainted with
the interests of the people. sitting there
and administering government, taking
the money of the people and appropriate
people entirely.
Mr.. President, the car OF Russia is
an absolute car. He has a council of
sixty men who sit with him and consider
public affairs, but the sixty. men are
try. They have their sympathies and
their ambitions. for Russia.
These men in the Philippine islands
are strangers. Under the military law
they have right there undoubtedly,
but under Coos law, which is higher
tnan that. they have no place there at
And so I take back what I said two
years ago Imperialism has come: it is
there = its worst form. and what / want
10 Know. like the senator from Mary
land (Mr. Wellington, is, what are Won
gong to Go now? Az you going to keen
up this imperialistic government? Are
you gong TO continue TO govern II. 600 COO
people contrary to their wish without a
voice. without being heard. when your
Snlef actor over. there. Gen Macarthur,
tells you that the people are INIT
AGAINST this administrator when every
tllIp.no in Eurone today and there are
thousands of them. is against our gov
eminent over there"
What the senator says is right. quito
right, every bit Of it And vet the s-no-
tor will remember that this scheme Of
government received the emphatic in
dorsement of the people at the polls in
November. That this Endorsement was
emphatic, no one will deny. That it adj
mits of being interpreted in various
ways, great many do not realize. IF
the Republicans think that this method
OF governing has been indorsed as a per
manent feature of our colonial policy
they are most assuredly mistaken and
their mistake viii land them in trouble.
As a temporary measure, supplying the
needs Of a transition stage and prepar-
Ing the way fer something better, the
American people are willing to put up
with it. even though it is contrary to
every fundamental principle of the con-
stitnt;on and of the Declaration Of hide
pendence. In the Philippines we are I'D
against conditions, not theories. and 1t
behooves Us to adopt measures that viii
gradually conform these conditions to
our theories The PEOPLE realize this and
1t remains to be seen whether the Re-
publican party will have the good sense
to do the same. They have four years
to devc.op their policy and in the mean.
Time, there isn't much use in barking at
them 1t is just as well to sit on the
fence and look on complacently.
The only colonial policy that is pos
sible under our institutions is one that
looks towards ultimately giving the col
ONES selfgovernment in internal affairs.
If the Republican party succeed in solv-
ing the question along this line, anti
imperialism will he as dead as the sau-
rian that lived ten million years ago; but
If the Republicans are foo!hardy enough
to INSIST on perpetuating the present d s.
petite methods, it will be a factor In
American politics that will mean war
to the knife. between the parties, and
the character of American people war
rants the prediction that right will
triumph