New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-24

ne IofT intepgtv has PROFOUNDLY impressed
the country Nowhere is his leadefs 1eOs are with
and hack of him. and no srIla pa trc,,shcan
STATE firtef VIII he augmented here this fail WIN ~
iss dsre cur IF Tiqf 6e IN 5 Roosevelt
It is the province Of the ara + shah me- ke
its attack. and we have advice 70 1ner 70 our
Democratic friends on thai polit han another
n Is their privilege make the most OF II. Bu1
itere are certain facts that must embarrass them
lneiS ar 80 they t;1rr- The American people
are better of to-day than they ever Iii sSs.nr
and nothing the Democrats can say VII ols.g i
that soiid truth our countrys reputation ana n.
progress of the world are higher and re- Is no
day than they ever were f-eIore ano the.e Is ~
pe Den s4ieIs Fact The fairs Of this common
wealth are being conducteS 60 ro- f- roanY vear
and this proof Of good administration is WITHIN
every 20 wonder that in This satisfactory condi-
ton public affairs brought ABOUT uGer a o
bied about issue The niin in the moon: nnaf
sashp; looking down upon Us .9Jrb ns shoHS thew
tranquil way may cuT1oHSy ;sk' o ny on go e
But il sometimes seems as Though opposiue he1
!; drawn into the Democratic primaries 1t does
be justified before Il opposes. II WOLF
as occasionally it some of them should
in Republican platform
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Who that has heard the controversies Of the
policy in the Philippine Islands would have mas
pose granting amnesty 20 the RE, FeyoigffS aTes
MSaf else have they been saying except that this
IS what We ought TO do; and yet when We on eh
MoG o9 not ne eyen discuss the Bill It's plan f
eminent was o,ferv aganst the army
ploried in their speeches as an f+ and
spoation were bringing reproa IN upon me cogns
Wy what nt tIs i to enaion ouide Of Cabinet
meeting and yet Was hsne ep Of the American SOL
der has become chief issue in this campaign
It is not an issue that We + st Should raise IT,
little mortified but not IN bae least We
shall vote maintain We shah shall S Sy e ehfmS
sp gae1 s hood Of our blood and Zone bone
taught in the school Of american abeF SrmV by no
other force than patriotic senss OF DUTY ana d d
genuine t6 one the 6f Ref n Of mak nd IS cruel
is not wicked oPpressoT but instinct eTfa win
understandings that he IS engaged in an errana %
Whom to dress the colors Of national uniform s
Tnlearned in The ensTp+ Tb Of ,rogress his rifle
the bplwark Of peace ,,,, bae been pursued in
the Philippine Islands falls fiat on me punnS ear
because when each prac1ea Am EN- AZ if5the
responsibility were mine? he can ana no otneg i SEW
SlSsloF he f eeas IS Being done He might frankly ad
nit The universal OF a 'hf liberty and
the right of self-goyernment Ee mlsht even c1 on
limited States He T nl Bad not inv pived us in obi
All hat. he would know that if the duty Of pres
Tna desl0n t 70 establish order throughout the
R IF aeR S2q3 nnG BY the
Pacy Of TIE F td and to tnn nnag tested
ISSUES TO BE AWAITED,
ca far ne could see clearly and beyond that he
craftsmanship occupies itself Win PreS S P e 0u
4apd movement there is nothing foolish than
e capstentiy in mind is not create future
situations. but to give wise shape ana sane T;+
applied to man who believes in this sound and
naiI hns n T9nT Welier's phrase griffin
unicorn Whatever inTerialist may be he Is nor
upon him the American common scn no, ana 'tF F
nr,nTessioD They are the high priests of liberty
and Republican LEGISLATION has placed them at the
s'oer knows the common school and the ballot box
iloope that If tb, Flipros can be made capable of
egovernnent public schools and RE re- ee fsII
viii be the fault Of the material and not OF the
he the anal poltfcai relation between this country
and the Philippine Islands he is satisfied TO await
the issue of this experiment.
Meanwhile he is not be frightened by the scare
Thought or purpose toward the people of these colo
mics than of the utmost benevolence ne imRutes
of Americans would not be heartily glad to see the
FYipinos an intelligent. informed and independent
neopIe? who woaId wish to suppress their national
aspirations Aspiration that car never pc g Use
own brthright would be willing 10 hold any human
the discharge of SPECIFIC public duty? That there
is duty on our part in respect Of these islands.
other nations that it calls on US TO establish and
rnent and social progres ana TO abide our task at
least until native forces; OF civilization in full
and easy control, will not be denied in any party
platform When come away and whether
by that time their intereas and ours viii have be-
that We should come away questions too far
ahead for prSnouncelnent now What We must do
is, 70 perform our present duty as not 10 en-
harrass Just and proper answer when these ques-
tionS presented by events.
Nor shall Liberty Of conscience and religion
liberty of thought and sp aech. equal laws, free
worthy impulse there or p1pn1ote any scheme Of
Acknowledgements here. They are the meat on which
the wings which genius has mounted.
and In the face Of such proof Of our good purpose
nation? ii'''O
GOOD WORK DONE IN CUBA
Lust Of empire is not to be charged against a
The persrance Of the condition. Of 20 the 10 G gelay
Of Paris that Cuba must in the end have prayed
70 bring about the establishment Of the Cuban
Government and the withdrawal from Cuba of
execution OF these obligations the Republica rarfH
faith and manifested that lively synpst VIM sGSa
national hopes of the Cuban people which Furnishes
that imperialists Just what that cbar e
means perhaps nobody can say; hat il it means
naent. the answer is that we have builded a Re
lies Of The %oIa 10 ~ ahg qepeRoent SOVEREIGN
impose dominion upon foreign and unWiIline
taking Garden of Eden when at a nod and be 0i
it would have gladly come II there another in
stance in history of similar moderation even nf
such scrupulous fidelity letter and sprff az "a
Nar-ending treaty. DO not know But do know
praises Of the American Government for its yener
osty and fair dealing: IL is reserved TO the Demo
cratic party here at hcme to carp and cavil and
What more should we do for Cuba than has ,ao,
done is easy for a free trader TO say: but those