Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Democrats AGAINST Army.


when II became manifest that the
American people would not tolerate the
democratic assault upon the American
army our democratic friends hastehed to
say that they were not attacking the
army, but Individual acts OF cruelty I'm
fortunately. on the cath day of January
last, and before our democratic friends
found that it was specific acts Of cruelty
they were attacking and not the army, an
appropriation bill was pending in the
house of representatives which provided
for the proper shelter and protection Of
officers and enlisted men Of the army Of
the United States lawfully on duty In tho
Philippine islands, to be expended in tbs
discretion of the president, 500 600; and
when the vote was taken sixteen demo-
Gratis voted for 1t. 107 voted against it and
thirty-four were paired against it. OF
course our democratic friends are not OPP
posed to the army, but nine-tenths of
their chosen representatives in the lower
house of congress would compel the on
GERS and enlisted men to be exposed to the
weather during the rainy season in the
tropics, rather than appropriate one dollar
to put shelter over their heads. Thank
God not one republican voted against
the appropriation. With this fight
in the rear constantly going ON
the army CALAMITY overcame every OBJ
stacle and on the Fourth OF July the
president was enabled to issue his
proclamations declaring peace reIgned
throughout the Philippines, with all but
the Mohamme1an Moros. granting am
nesty for past political offenses and sup
planting the military with a civil govern
ment The army, which at one time
amounted to $1,000 men. has been ordered
reduced to 1900 and the work OF pacif-
cation Is now substantially complete. Al
most the last act of congress was the
passage of a bill to establish civil gov
ernment in the Philippines.
Liberty for Philippine Islands.
THAT act carries to the people of those
islands the great guarantees of American
liberty. and in ages yet to come will be
looked upon by the people of tnose dis
tant islands with something of that rev.
erence with which the people of the
northwest looked to the celebrated ordi-
nance of 1881 We have provided for a
local legislative body chosen by the peo-
pie Even in the midst of war we have
established public schools everywhere. In
1898 there were 3,72l pupils enrolled in all
the public schools of the Islands: today
theer are 10000 pupils so enrolled, with
400 teachers. consclentiously engaged in
their instruction, and this Is a sample of
the manner in which we are trampling
upon and depressing these people. We
have, as best we knew, discharged the
duties incumbent upon us and have left
to those who come after US the settlement
of their own problems. If the people OF
these islands ever become civilized and
capable of independent self-government
and then desire 1t, for one, would be in
favor OF giving II to them, but l am con-
WINGED that when these people have strug-
gled up with our assistance until they are
fit for independence they will be as I'M
willing to surrender their relations to the
United States as Iowa would be. l know
nothing as to what the future has in
store, but believe that our flag has been
put up in the Philippines and that 1t will
stay put; that 1t will never come down
so long as this republic. ore and indivisi-
ble.' shall be reckoned among the nations
of the earth.
when the war with Spain broke out II
was necessary to impose additional taxes
upon the people, but 1t was understood
that they would be repealed when tine
necessity for them arising out of the war
had passed. At the second session of thu
Flfty-SiXth congress We repealed $40 0o0, 0OO
of these taxes and at the session just
closed repealed the balance, or 81 900 900
more, thus reducing the burdens upon the
people to the amount OF 81. 100000 per
annum. Before the war had closed in
the Philippines every dollar Of war taxes
was repealed