Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-30
We couldn't have

bought anything else. Having secur-
ed this right. we found an insurrection
going on in these islands. My friends
Bell, while in congress, referred to
Aguinaldo as the man next door to
Washington. He don't say anything {
more about Aguinaldo. He has turn
ed out to be a miserable rascal. He
was not what he was thought to sbe.
He turned traitor to his country and
to his people, and those who called
him second George Washington
have now no more to say about him.
They say we have been guilty OF
tyranny, we have destroyed the bless
ings of individuality. .of selfgovern-
ment. Should we. the leading ma
tion of the world. lay down our arms
to these bushwhackers while they are
still in rebellion? 1t is easy for one
standing on the outside to tell how
it can be done. | have seen man
putting up stovepipe with all the
profanity and eXertion necessary for
that enterprise, and someone sitting
on the side telling him how to do it.
have tried to do it myself. and have
always felt like knocking over the per
son who told me what to do. Bryan
has been an advisor for the last eight
or ten years. He has never had oc-
casion to follow out his advice, as far
as doing anything is concerned. He
has never been given charge over a
rebellious people or the work of eX-
tending laws over this great country
of ours. He will never be charged
with such a magnificent duty to per
form.
Dewey is Democrat, and the most
splendid one | ever saw. Admiral
Dewey is a patriot. He believes Il
his country first and his country S
honor is his sole charge. He did his
duty in the war. He took Manila
He found Spain in possession. and she
was regarded to have full control over
the country. We are entitled to il
now by right of conquest, by pur'
chase. The Democrats say that we
should Immediately turn the govern
ment over to the Filipinos. Why?
1t is all very well to talk about hui
man liberty in these later days. Re
garding tyranny of government over
the Filipinos, would like to ask why
that was not taken up when Spain had
control over them? Why do you not
denounce those who have taken away
from the American citizens in the
south the right of governing them
selves?
When the war is over and peace is
established in the islands of the seas
which fortune has placed in our care,
the men in the army there will be
brought home and discharged. The
United States army will in very
short time be at its minimum number.
We have proceeded as fast as circum-
stances would permit to give them a
good government Commissioners
have been appointed to look after
them. and have made their report, and
contrary to the statements of Bryan,
Teller, Bell and others, those commits
sioners, working under no political in
huence, reported that the Filipinos
are not capable at the present time of
self-government.
1dTl1tS EHOStll DN toluNht EhSINih-
ley and back by President Roosevelt
are certainly as well advised as Mr..
Bryan could possibly be as to the cap
ability of the Filipinos for selfgov-
ernment.
Did they give the negro the right of
self-government at first? 1t was
some time before it was thought best
to invest them with any power So
with the Filipinos. 1t takes time to
learn self power. 1t must be remem-
bered that it has taken the white race
centuries 10 learn it, and we are still
making II question sometimes as TO
what is the best way. How are those
people of the western islands, unused
to self-government, those children in
government, to settle the question
When they are ready for 1t, the gov
ernment will organize legislature for
the people of the islands, the commits.
sioners acting as higher power, and
then they will be invested with self
government. If Bryan and others will
leave President Roosevelt alone for a
short time, we will establish self-gov-
ernment in the Philippines just as we
have self-goyernment in this Union
of ours, and. we ask them to help us
instead of firing in our rear.
| understand that another of the
Democratic issues is the question of ir
rigation in this state. Mr.. Bell came
here and said that he was the fellow
who brought about the passage of the
bill. From what others have told me
| understand that he is claiming fol
himself great credit for passing thai
bill. Any man. we don't care what
his politics are, that would go from
the State of Colorado to represent il
in congress and not vote for the re
clamation of arid lands, ought to b,
brought home and hung, so my frient
Bell simply did his duty and nothing
else. and a duty so plain that none
could question it's motive. Did he dc
it? Do you know that the reclama
tion of these arid lands was placed IL
the Republican platform in 1900? w,
favored the reclamation of arid lands
and that was the first national utter
ance on the subject. Mr.. Bell hai
been in congress ten years. VIII!
didn't he think of this and put in
bill of this sort long ago? He didn'
do it during ten or twelve years, no
Shafroth nor Teller. There basn'