Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-20

,an0i.. Wiling 10 lxdrnit dafsSA or III
Ineea ofkn1siE1ne some presnpi1Gi ia ths
M Filip}ho4 inSiefder to secure pAaee
s9bufs thhy al pot Nks the lStts b!
3thfnss. So. .de3erted we're tirs i1saieri
for the psrs4 FAtch a ,respanshle. fol
I l<he- pAtions oltoy that their oppet,
Snts pricksdSSp their ears and decid
i lAa to taks Gafantag6 sHkA4 Jesked
like s. rood daborfuntt ana ~ the
TPhilipplne quAetioa' The pftnSfpAF ~
htical issue I'M the United Stakes. vi
Is an open secret that thonshs the re-
publicanss mex the onslaught of thaii
politjeal sfiTalJ with as bfayHsH ~ front
as they could they had many secret
jniisgiyings. over the outlook. lsA q = i
4 sNowsstfiHy are. again sfuli 'oe conf.
dence. They .sle In accord with what
y their policy shah be. They have i,dt
4 the slightest potion of taking the
back track In; any way whatever,
4 Those Of them who fors:a time Thought
it advisable to- the FIlipincs vta buy
peace with plsdses ior the future no
longer think so. Thesrepublicxn pol.
icy,.S in a few words. Is to- hold fast
ITO the Philippines. suppress all resist
lance with an iron hand. at tho same
thine. developing the islands as rapid
lily as possible, making no promises,
4 but giving performances instead of
\ pledges. With this as their program
the IL publican leaders fear neither po.
lliticaI reverses at home nor FAILURE
10 the Philippines
Two months ago there was some
danger. perhaps not great one but
lsurelys most; annoying. possibility
that the Eepubh hcans would 'weaken'
on Iheeir Philippine policy and tempo
rize in the face Of the difficulties In
4the archipelago and what appeared to
be arising tide OF popular lmpatienee
I'm this country. The danger has
passed. The republican party has
put its shoulder to the great task OF
linstitutsng peace, local self. govern
|ment, and prosperity iir the Phiiip.
pines, and a here is at this time no
I .tlikelihond whatever that it will face
abont and retreat no matter what tIff-
4 acnltes may arise, Whetherzor not
i the republican party ought to do this
Is Question for theorists. The fact,
.fthe news. the history ,pf the siay ' is
that this is Whist the republican party
is doing, and it~is on this program
that It Will go before the country ana
ask for. popular apprevai.
iiesaaaissso Of this renewal OF repub-
iican essnad denca is found In the visit
hos 81 asainxtbp of Gotesas ii e Ms
Testimony before senate committee
has convinced the republican leaders
that the situation in the Philippines
is most promising. He has given ths
committee the facts. He has not en-
deavored to minimize the difficulties.
He has frankly admitted and graphi-
cally depicted the onerous nature of
the task. His very frankness in this
respect has carried conviction with
his more optimistic statements. In
his manly. earnest way he made SEN
ators believe that American rule is
steadily progressing; that there are
no difficulties which patience and
courage will not overcome.
| Conservative senators who two
months ago were In doubt as to what
we should do with the Philippines,
whether We should find the way to
get or whether we should remain and
carry on what appeared to be we'll
nigh hopeless struggle, now admit
that our course is clear. One OF them,
leader among the republicans, con-
servative who has always advocated
postponement of any final decision as
to what the United States is 10 do, and
who has ever been oppressed by the
magnitude of the task confronting the
United States. said to your cores
pondent:
Governor Taft has convinced me
that ii we temporize in any way we
shall take fatal step; that we have
no moral right to abandon our respon-
sibility to those people; that we must
not make them any promises. but sim
ply go steadily on with our good
works; and. best of all, he has con-
vinced me OF something l never before
believed, that a majority OF the Fill
pino people want us to stay and that
by staying we shall soon succeed.
I'VE will stay. We will work. We
will organize local governments. We
will develop the resources of the isl
ands. We will win the confidence OF
the people. We have already won
the confidence of majority of them.
We will solve the friar problem. We
will open their lands, their forests,
their mines. We will build railroads,
and highways. We will give them
good government We will give them
such conditions that they will not
want us to go; and in the end there
will be a Filipino country. happily
governed by Filipinos, secure under
American sovereignty and American
protection"
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-New York
and vicinity is in the clutches of a
blizzard today. A strong wind has
dashed successive sheets of snow
through the streets, hampering traf.
fic seriously. despite the efforts ooi
thirteen thousand cleaners. The
river is ice-packed and crowded with
vessels which won't leave while the