The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-22

were spent last year in stamping ont
cholera. and yet in the Philippines.
The center OF the trouble. the revenues
aTc scarcely sufficient I" pay munich
pal expenses BY decree OF the pres
id"nt. wh" by the way. does his OWE
lrGiSlating when it suits him. the civil
engineer OF the Panama canal gets 4
salary ii SIS 100 per annum. During
the last fiscal year S.-l5 new Offices
were created 4: IN additional cost OF
S5.4S1.S65. most OF them chargcable
to our imperial policy.
1t is estimated that VIC have paid
out to date 5000. 100000 to ger and
retain control OF our island posses
sionS. while the balance Of trade in
our favor is nominal. What obliga
ton. moral or otherwise. rests on us
to keep up This extravaganza: We
are not related to these people by
consanguinity or affinity. The pros
poets OF commercial advantages arc
not even remote possibility Then
why are we their self constituted
guardians: The question is asked
what disposition could be made OF
he Philippines. In answering this l
feel very much like exclaimlng with
the fellow who yoked himself with
wild seer. Stop us darn FOOLS
My first policy towards them would
be TO turn them loose. establishing
with them such relations as we have
with Cuba. and taking their obliga-
ZION for such amount as they honest
" owe us. This would relieve us o.
further expense in trying TO maintain
government there and perserve
peace on the islands. IT our people
as a whole are welded 10 the idea
Of holding them at any cost | would
suggest as means of remuneration
that the doors there be opened to
Chinese immigrants. an energetic
people. who will build up agricultural
and commercial interests. Some of
the best Informed men with whom
| have talked. men who have lived
there. tell me that the Chinaman is
one of the most industrious. while
the Filipino is the most indolent and
thriftless of our inhabitants there
If. then, it is commercial greed that
is actuating us why not make the
most of it?
Now as to pensions. This govern
ment paid out during the last fiscal
year s13S.36o7oo for pensions. and
this mammoth amount is little more
than a campaign iund President
Roosevelt. acting in his Legislative
capacity. not an uncommon role for
him decreed that every federal SOL
dier over 60 years Of age is entitled
to a pension. MS age being accepted
as sufficient evidence OF disability.
Acting under this order. inspired b.
the president. the pension bureau has
literally flooded the doubtful states
with pension money to the utter neg
lect of claimants from other states.
am sorry 10 say, however. that III
the matter of pensions we have little
to hope for from either party. The
south on the pension question is in
very much the same predicament as
was an old Virginia farmer during
the war. who had been robbed by
iederals and confederates. Walking
out one morning and looking over the
wreck of what was orce his we'll
equipped farm. he said: well. 7
never took no sides in this here war,
but I be gol darncd if both sides haint
took me-"
II is one OF the bitter DEGREES OF
fate that the war inporeriSh ed south
crn veteran must contribute from the
scanty earnings OF his feeble hands To
the comfort and ease OF his conquer
or in his declining years. Under rem
ncratic rule We may hope for an eco
nomical and judicious distribution "l
the pension fund but little more, 50
much has this appropriation become
4 vote subsidizing fund. upon which
both parties are dependent in meas
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