The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-07-10

take. And that was to accept cession
of the Islands. ,pacify them. civilize them
government for them
President Mckinley was at first loath
to insist on q cession; but when the great
moral problem, in all its length and
compre hended it, the path of justice and
breadth, dawned upon him and he fully
duty seemed plain to him. He was no
moral coward, no evader or responsible
ity, and he represented 6 people who
never falter, never shirk and never trim.
4 We owed it to ourselves, to the people
tire civilized world to do just what we
did do. To have done otherwise. would
have rendered our nation moral imbecile
among the enlightened nations OF the
world.
At the time Dewey entered Manila Bay
Spain was in undisputed possession and
control Of the islands The insurrection
ciates had started in 1896 they had COM
promised and abandoned for money con-
in 1897 and had taken
when Dewey steamed into the Bay of
Manila. There was at that time no Phil
ippine insurrection and no semblance of
"a Philippine army or Philippine govern
ment of any kind. Under the promise,
which turned out to be mere pretense,
of helping our forces to expel the Span
rciates, with the permission of Dewey, re-
turned to Luzon and were furnished with
arms and ammunition. But no sooner
they proceeded to organize an army and
set up military government, all in hos
tility to our government rather than
Taey At
This insurrection. thus started. and fed
by the ignorant and savage lawlessness
Of the people, we have suppressed: Most
in the case Of a few barbarous and saw
age tribes. and bands of ladrones or rob
beers. we suppressed more than q year
ago.
A year ago our army In the islands
numbered $4,000. we have but $4,000 there
now, and by, next fall expect to reduce
number of towns in which troops were
stationed was 469; at this time the num-
Der is only 245. and. deducting from this
there are but 100 left. and these would be
greatly reduced If more extensive quar-
tiers were found for the troops in the
Taft commission, we have successfully,
established civil government with law
and order, In most of the provinces. In
are established and working most success
fully, chiefly under native officials, while
in nine provinces civil government Is sue
cessfully carried on under military au-
In thirty-five Of the provinces a system
of public schools has been established,
with nearly aoGq Americans ana COG ma
an opportunity for education such as they
have never enjoyed before. They are
eager to attend the schools and to learn
English. and they learn with quickness
and avfdfty There are to-day American
there is not single American soldier.
With the exception of few Isolated and
barbarious tribes and bands and the La
drones. the. islands are to-day pacified,
prevails. civil government more Just
and liberal than ever enjoyed under Span
Under liberal tariff law, enacted by
the Philippine commission and ratified
and supplemented byHan act of congress
harsh ia features OF spanish taxation. ample
revenues will be received to cover all ex-
penses OF the government of the islands,
system of public schools, the improve
ment of this highways and harbors ard
the necessary sanitation Of the country.