Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-12

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Concluded from paee slx.l
Rooseveli's Acceptance.
Ii. for themselves. Ii The promist
thus made Is not Immediately fniti5s'
they will regard Ii as broken, ans
will not again trust tn American
faith. and it, would BIZ indeed
wicked thing to deceive Them in sucl
fashion, Moreover. even ii the prom
Use were made I'd take effect only II
the distant future, the Filipino.
would bssttTown snta r5nfusiopsshRre
by. lnstega n epntiapptpg tayspaeayo
to Tit themselves for moral and ma
terial advancement in the present
they would abanta4 IN TN d mt BRO
gress and begin Ifa6EUiaE ilEfgMes
for future power,
To promise 10 give them inaepen
aence when Ill is prudent" TO do so
or when they are "flr" for 1t, Of coarse
implies that they are not fit for ii
now, and that II would be imprudent
to give ii TO them d W. But as we
must ourselves be the judges as ia
when they become fit" and when il
would lie prudent 10 keep such a
promise II it were made, II necessar.
EIE%E IiA i1i1ttaN1 lllsAA " t0AA GAkBl Il Ei1Ittr
ise now would amount 10 a deception
upon the FiIipines.
Ms I'll may well Ms that alsf appaneNts
haya3no real Intention III putting their
{ Aas4 premise s5ntosseffeGt. .88If AtisSis Tho
case. il, In other words, they are in.
sincere in the promise they make, it
Is only necessary To say again that
il is unaSse to trust men who are
false in one thing to deal with any
thing, The mere conscieusIiess nf
broken faith would hamper them III
continuing our policy in the Islands;
and only by continuing unchanged
this policy can the honor of the coun.
trysshe maintaiped,s or tie Interests q
Gid tine tsIahas sllsNseH. AsH, on me
ssaa aotlier Ilani.dBGr opponents came Into
power and attempted to carry out
their promises TO ~ Filipinos by Civ
ing them independence, and with,
drawing American control front The
islands, the result would be d fright
full calamity. 10 the Filipinos Ihems
selves, and in rs larger aspscb Mould
y amount ID anSinternatio Ia ii cfigne AM
" archy would follow and the most Sio.
lent anarelic forces Woald be directed
partly against The civil government,
partly against all forms of religious
and educational civilization. Bloody
conflicts complementary etiste III the
archipelago, and just as inevitably the
hi islands would become the prey al the
first power which, III tasapWh~seafish
interest took iii the task I'VE had
@8s#& erayeniy abandoned. OF course The
practical difficulty iii adopting any
such course Of aetienv-rzsacb a. policy
Of ~scuttle,n as President Mckinley
called ft--Wouid III found well nigh
Jnsuperable. If I'LL Ii morally indefeaJ
sibie tos hold the Archipelago as i
whole under onr altelage in the in.I
terest GIFTS " people, then II isf
morally indefemsihle to hold any part
Of it. I'm such case what right have
we to keep d coaling station? What
right to keep control over the Moro
peoples What right to protect the
Igprrotes from their oppressorsas What
right to protect the ~law.ahiding
friends of America in the islands
&Es from treacfsry. r0bIfrN anttsmnFAergi
s Yet, To abandon the Islands comlietel
@Ae ~, witfoutseven retaininssa eealing
station, would mean to abandon the
position In the competition for the
trade Of the Orient which we have aerIl
quirea during The last six years; ana
what Is far more importantsat would
mean iireparable damage to those
who have become the wards of stlel
nation. To abandon all control over
the Moros would amount 70 releasing
these Moros to prey p q hesS hrs
tian Silipinos, civilized or xemErisflI
lied, as well as upon the commerce of
mpther peoples. ..~TheeAIoros area Ain
~ large part stiA Al. The Astagn Dfscn tt!Ea1
where the occupations of tie hafiditf
and the pirate are those most highly
regarded; and 1t has not been found
practical to give them ~self.govetn.
. isfsis2 4 Is 5 l mrs a; ass af h sasS
To abandon the Moro coun5sse, III ogri,
opponents propose In their platform,
would be precisely as If twenty-five
70 years ago we had withdrawnAthe- arrnyf
and civil agents from within and
.asaRid tbd Observation-Disclosures in the
west, at a time When the Sioux and
-s----HrHcfu were FIN rru~terrur-uf-nnr+,
settlers. II would be q criminal abb
snrdity: and yet orr opponents lav+1
pledged themselves thereto. H. ktr
cessful In the coming election fliey1
would either have 10 break faftfrss aor1E
an am inddsgs ssiaS n3ae
reputation for coifaga and for s3b1r
sense. Turing fhe Msr rfvT rtrrsI-
MORE. afa1 neen Hone ~: tha mStrfiaf
'9A aa5 Hsfal V being Manc5 NIiainoa
fhan ever before since faa HssaHael
first came within the Ken ok civilized
man. WE baye opened before them 4
vista of nfddfIG 1afYdbipnloW ID tbelrI
own interest anil not. ii. paIiey 1alf an
pIottatfohi Ftefv atfsff h ssAine mattel
10 fit the islanders for self govern