The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-24
~ ELEPHANT INDEED.
,. Power Has In the PHIL
'" ,vpines something as Sun
able 20 Handle.

..a.,ee from the beginning TO the
.,ssen. time Is cumulative ana con-
rs's,pg that this nation has made one
u :, me greatest plumbers OF its exist
o. ~ i dealing with the Philippine is
'us s. Their people were fighting 10
. ,.~ IN the Spanish yoke, just as
'u.v ,hose Of Cuba. yet we helped the
w.. 10 independence and forced the
~ "a the condition OF colony
".hout rights save as granted by the
r.ited States government. Wmle
,,"cussing the bill to provide rev
..oe temporarily for these oriental
essions. Congressman Hepburn
r,n,,ted that he did not regard
,,her the Filipinos or Cubans as capa-
~ ~ self government, and charged
A., me democratic party forced the
"sm;nistration. against it's will, 10 de-
r,re the independence OF Cuba.
NJ approved political leader ever
.Fe more damaging admission as
inst his own party, says the Detroit
~ Press. 1t was in control OF every
A..rcb % the federal government. and
..snonsible TO the country for all its
,e,s Yet he says that il was coercec
/, he minority without either legisla-
,;ve or executive power 10 enforce lis
,;shes. There could be no more un-
.,.lisea confession that the party
nlaced In power and vested with repre-
'er,ative authority is not able 10 con-
,rol and has in this instance placed
.self IN a position where it is forced
.o.be ridiculous subterfuge OF making
scapegoat Of minority that is abso-
utely without power. save in the right
to protest.
Al This only goes to accentuate the
straits 10 which those responsible for
our Philippine policy are driven. At
tempt al its enforcement has resulted
n nries OF grevous mistakes. lr
ne outset we declared TO the world
fra, The Monroe doctrine is dog-in
,be.manger doctrine. No foreign pow
sr must extend its control on this sid'
81 the world. but we may seize
whole archipelago on the other side
The props are pulled from under tn
hrh moral stand on which we rested
he doctrine. II must hereafter be up
1e's by brute force.
Tho claim tina; we took the island
IN The interest Of civilization is to-
Oh. shop-worn and hypocritical Y
bear discussion This is not the age o
he church militant. crusades an
armed devotions. The age is worship
inc AT the shrine OF commerciaisn
Rnt even here we have overdone IN
part The controlling element Of self
is,ucss at home was not taken into nc
count The fact that the sugar. hem
ana tobacco trusts had TO he reckone
with VA not considered. We Were &C
ing q expand our commerce. and thu
enhance ,hc value " our resources
Contemplation Of the outcome is pit
able. Our shipments to the Islands n
made np largely Of what we send TO III
7o.ooo troops over there. purchas
price. sportation and the cost {
8is'rihution paid by taxes collecte
from our own people. Instead OF u
riiinr trade with these people we nj
proach the point of prohibition in III
nr the duties upon their products. an
hen make fine assumption OF gene
osity in telling them that we shall tur
over 10 them what we make in spit
n onr best efforts 10 assure again'
making anything.
Our political institutions are in =
sense adapted 10 n policy OF coloniz
ton. and the fact becomes more a
parent daily. Our constitution WI
made for a free. self-goyerning peopl
and does not in single sentence
sentiment contemplate the Cover
ment Of dependency. II is being Vi
lated in the spirit and the letter.
does not sanction single vital step
our colonial policy. Its sole suppo
Is an arbitrary course Of legislation
congress and "a shifting majority
one" in the supreme court.