Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-27
Getting Back to Sound Principles.

Getting Back to Sound Principles.
In New York City, Saturday night,
there was notable gathering Of
Democrats from thirty EIGHT States,
who participated in a dinner given by
the Manhattan Club. Some familiar
Democratic names were represented in
the gathering, among them those of
John G. Carlisle and David B. Hill,
the latter making the principal speech
of the evening.
Ex-senator Hill declared in favor of
the maintenance of the old landmarks
of the Democratic party, believing that
therein lies safety, honor and success.
lie believed that the Democratic party
should again press to the front the
issue OF revenue reform, against the
Republican principle OF protection, us
the policy Of reciprocity is and always
has been IL Democratic principle. He
announced the following rs his con-
ception Of real Democratic principles !:
We believe in strict construction
of the Federal Constitution MS essential
to the public welfare.
We believe In nome rule for States.
We fRFor IN amendment to the Con
stitution providing Tor the election of
United States Senators by the people.
Opposition to dangerous corporate
combinations Of capital should con-
tinue to be the Democratic position.
The Monroe Doctrine, first enun-
ciated by Democratic President,
should remain q settled policy OF this
Republic.
We believe in hard money-the money
of the Constitutional and arc unRlter-
ably opposed to irredeemable paper
currency
II any further enunciation of Demo
cratic policy upon the financial ques-
tion is regarded as necessary in view
of tho existing monetary conditions,
then it is suggested that simple
declaration in favor Of the general
| principle of bimetallism furnishes IA
common ground upon which all can
stand.
Certainly, these principles are in re.
freshing contrast to those under which
the Democratic party marched to dis
astrous defeat in the last two national
campaigns. 1t could not sustain more
crushing defeats in advocacy of these
principles and it might carry the
! country with them.
Funston on the "Water Cure"
Defenders Of Imperialism drew much
comfort from the recent report of Sec.
rotary of War Root, based upon infor.
nation received of Gen. Funston the
man who resorted to treachery and
base inEratitude in order to effect the
capture of Aguinaldo and others, in
which the stories of the use of tbs
water cure" torture upon Filipino
prisoners were generally discredited
But in a statement made in Kansa:
City, Mo-, according TO dispatch il
this mornings rapers, Gen. Funstor
said that he had never seen the "watel
cure applied, but had heard it de
scribed. /" He added
| The victim is bound and canteer
forced into bis mouth, . said the gen
eral, His head is thrown upward anc
backward and his nose is grasped b.
the fingers of the t1rturer Strangula
tion follows as matter of course
When the victim is about suffocate,
the application is released and he il
given chanes to talk on recovery. o
| take another dose of it, The operation
is brutal, beyond doubt, but hardl,
fatal. =
This is pretty nearly an admission
by Gen. Funston himself that thi
miserable hnrbarity is visited upol
Filipino prisoners by our troops il
the Philippines 1t tends to confirm
the stories from other sources tha
told of the cruel practice. Fine husi
ness, truly, for this great country to b
engaged in,