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prepared, they may govern themselves, as
the Cubans do; unassisted unless asking
help; undirected, unless asking advice;
untrammelled by our politics, unencum.
bered by our politicians and uncontrolled
by US.
Secretary Taft has said: "Apromise to
give ultimate independence win be con-
strued by the more violent element dis
posed to agitation to be promise TO grant
Independence In the near future and during
the present generation. The success 81
ppines depends on having the Filipinos I'm
derstand that we are there for their heneht,
but that we expect to stay there indefinitely
In working out the good we propose to 90
them.
Hero We have the issue clearly defined.
The Republican party stands for the sub
jugation Of defenceless foreign people.
Democracy stands for ireedom.
I'VE elieved spain OF this thorn IN her
nesh. the Philippines, to plunge II into our
for the privilege Of pei foIming the opera
ton. Spain had been trying TO conquer
the islands since the early decades Of the
sixteenth century. She had never quite
Ss hs you'd a0e dssps man
of his flreslde and the birthplace Of his
babes. Did not our illustrlous ancestors
in the Revolution do so' For what does
civilized man TSV0 . ul0 uclLOi VI VthSh-
ington9 Are not the Irish stlll chatting
under the English yoke2 VIII the Boer
sympathizer refuse his sympathy to the
Filipino patriot defending his hearthstonee
against the Spanish spoiler and tyrant9
sacrificed at freedoms holy atari
when the battleships of our great repub-
lie destroyed the Spanish war vessels, the
Filipinos hoped the freedom for which
they had struggled so long was finally
antee that our ambition would be to see
@Wa perpetuafly point with pride to our
love Of liberty. The Republican platform
asserts that fifty years ago the Republican
party came into existence. dedicated among
other purposes to the great task OF arrest
ing the extension Of human slavery Ar,
resting the extension OF human slavery!
That sounds well. But 1t speaks OF the
sas e s49 o., hat das
have passed away In their places have
! come very different men. We need not
point out that which principally differ.
entiates them. 1t readily suggests itself
But we will refer to one OF the results OF
that difference.
after our utter defeat Of the Spaniards
the Republican administration paid TO
the vain oppressor OF the unconouered
Filipino $40 900 900 for his uncertain option
on his victims lands, tenements and heredit-
A ..
option we have wasted over $3.50 ,oOo, 900
more OF the peoples money and sacrificed
over 200 600 lives. And the waste OF money
and the sacrifice OF lives are not yet ended
II the policy Of the Administration ID to be
continued indefinitely.
"The policy refuses to promise independ-
ence for the islanders now, or at any time
or upon any condition. 1t does not even
leave open the door OF hope. he admins,
tration rails at tho Democratic proposal
1 I'D, ma
they are prepared for It,. Indeed 1t sug-
gests to eighty millions Of Intelligent peo-
| pie, that such a promise would stimulate
the vicious to be more vicious, instead
Of encouraging the improvement which
would secure them what they most desire
on earth-freedon.
But ! state a proposition 1t argues
itself. II our people agree that the ad-
ministration. is wrong In threatening by
it's silence that which 1t undoubtedly in
| Filipinos-the remedy Is in their hands.
"We could have donated to Spain a num-
Der Of millions and annexed Cuba with
| equal justice and less suspicion Of i'm
becility than we displayed in acquiring
duty to Cuba. We have left her to work
out her own salvation--to take her plcce
in the march Of civilized nst'o
Shall We, forbid the, Filipinos to horc
for independence? Shall we prevent their
1
to fore ours rpon ther? Civilization is a
growth, not a Disguise; every race must
work out It's civilization !, its own way.
1Our duty to the ,Filipinos demands II, e
not, our own interests demand that we be
relieved of the Filipinos just as soon as
they are reasonably prepared for self-gov-
eminent. A colony holding nation, is
| ever subject to expensive wars with other
( nations and with its colonies. This necoes-
| tots or On prisons and nOwaTflIl yiRS
| and draws heavily uIon the treasury.
| And history records no instance OF nation
receiving from her coloni . anything like
an adequate return for the blood and treas
doubled by the revolt OF the thirteen col
onies it had cost her SO much to secure.
The American expa IsiCnist, following
| European argument, alleges that annexation
OF the Philippines must promote progress,
foster commerce and industry and introduce
the leaven Of civilization into backward
and inferior race. The evidence Of history
! Ia to the contrary.
Certainly the claim will not be made that
We can ever get back the money that has
payers aye sand and wasted on the Philippines. And
II Is alike certain that but two classes Of our
people can hope to be benefited by our hold
ing the Philippines-the class which is always
hunting for special Government privileges
and the class which seeks to make OF office
holding a means Of livelihood, The latter
class In the. Philippines comprises some
officials OF whom a student OF conditions
there recently said:
s'Of the character OF many in Office too
little cannot be said. At the best they have
been inefficient, at the worst dishonest,
corrupt and despotic. The islands seem
to have succeeded in getting the very dregs
He also said: The situation in the
Philippines to-day is 80 terrible that 1t
passes the comprehension Of our people
at home Alphabetically the country lie
for the time ruined. Land Is going out Of
cultivation; the population is III fed and in
some places unable TO get work. The coun-
try Is overburdened with taxation: disease
10 prevalent the farm animals dead the
towns in many places In ruins, whole dis
tricts in the hands Of ladrones, the price
Of products poor and unremunerative,
public opinion has no free expression,
newspapers are bought up or are brow
beaten into silence: men Of influence who
criticize the commission are ostracized;
the plays produced in the theatre are GEN.
sorad: there Is not an organ Of expression
Of the popular voice that Ia not controlled
In private life men are subject to com:
plete, far reaching, thorough system OF
espionage. Detectives appear In the guise
Of servants and the oath Of a single one
is enough to destroy mans reputation
pronartV liberty or even life itself