The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1904-06-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETT Err.

WAsHINGToN, D. c., June nth
The arrival in this city yesterday of
the so called 'honorary commission rs"
from the Philippine Islands caused a per
ceptabe furry of interest. The Republi
cans who pay their hotel bills and rail
road bills rejoice greatly at the gratitude
which these subjects express to their
American entertainers. Your cores
pondent called upon DR.. W. A. Croffnt,
President of the Washington Anti-lm
perialists, and asked him how this Filipi
no invasion would aft ,ct the cause his
league represented. He said 1T will &c
feat and crush their cause, if it convinces
the American people that the Filipincs
have been hypocrites through the war OF
invasion which we have made upon them
or that they have repudiated the frinci
pies which they announced when they be-
gan their defensive fight 1t would be sac
thing if it should convince the American
people that battle for self government is
ouixotic and foolish and that no people
have right to be free till they get the
consent of their masters. This merry
junket will certainly convince everybody
that Mr.. Tavera and his comrades are
personally not fit to govern themselves
because, obviously, no people are ut to
govern themselves until they wish to do
so. Of course we know that there are
multitudes of intelligent, upright, en-
lightened and fearless patriots in Luzon
and Samar who holly repudate not only
the sentiments of these tourists but the
representative character which they have
assumed,-patriots who have enshrined in
their memories the immortal words of
Patrick Henry and in their hearts the
truths of the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence and who feel that they do not need
to be apologized for because of their
steadfast adherence to either. The depu-
tation from Ireland to the throne room
thanking the King for his beneficent
sway and laying at his feet the written
protestations of the loyalty and devotion
of the people of Ireland has never yet
deceived the monarch or the subject.
Replying to the question, what effect
this demonstration by Secretary Taft's
acQueiscent band would have on the Anti
Imperialist League Itself, DIR. Croffut
said, Governor Boutwell,, Carl Schurz,
Winslow Warran, Garrison, Story, Biz
ney, and their ten thousand associates
will no doubt be depressed by it, but not
dismayed The principals of liberty and
self-government for all men will not be
in any way affected by this picnic of tor
les who come to apologize for having
fought for their homes and firesides
When November arrives all Anti-1mper
ialists in this country will be found vot-
ing as they have talked and will cast their
ballots for the party whose platform will
endorse their principles.
The tendency is to make this city the or
ganic center of every national movement
and cause his found expression this
spring in laying the corner stone of a
dozen different Federal Associations and
guilds. The annual lawn fete is now in
progress and will continue for two weeks
for the purpose of building a Home for
the Spanish War Veterans. Many camps
will assemble from all parts of the United
States A feature of the program will be
q panorama of the battle of Manila Bay
participated in by those members of Dew
ey Camp who were in that engagement.