Cañon City record., 1904-09-01

ultimate richness Of thsss new pcssss-
sions Of the Unitsd Gtatss, wkiIs Dc
mining products, the sections Of ium-
Der, the exhibit Of hemp In all stases
Of manufacture, and other things COL
lected By the United States Government
are all displayed there TO show the peo-
pie Of this country that under proper
direction and with faithful assistance,
the people Of the Philippines can, In the
long years to come, demonstrate their
capacity and their fitness to be consid-.
cred among the peoples Of the earth.
The gavs4e Tribss.
Over In another corner Of the reserve
tion one may 1nd savage tribes brought
to st. Louis ~ types OF the people who
still roam over the islands, who have
never been properly classified. who make
no returns to census officers, who were.
never controlled by the Spanish Govern
meut, and who are the people above all
others over whom the United States
must extend the genius Of its own civili-
xation.
1t was the Sunday after the hysfcri-
cal convention of the Democratic party
had closed It's labor. The gates of the
big Fair were barred to ali but the priv
ilegsd ofncials of the Exposition. In the
Igorrote village the 1.-the, active. dog
eating savages were amusing themselves
after their own fashion In their weekly
holiday. There were no crowds to In
terrupt them They roamed around the
reservation as free from care a. II in |
their own forest. The youngsters car
ried on . sham battle. and the older men
and women Of the tribe smoked and
laughed and enjoyed themselves In their
simple, savage fashion.
On the steps of the headquarters
house sat the shrewd. good-natured. ex-
Yankee soldier. who had secured the
concession and brought these savngcs to
st. Louis where they have since been.
the most interesting feature of n most
interesting exposition. He had Just I'm
ished reading newspaper which con-
tanned a copy Of the Democratic plat
form, pledging that party to the ulti-
mate Independence of the Fiiipinos. and
as he laid down the newspaper, glanc-
ing from time to time over his brown
skinned charges, whom be had learned
to love and who looked up to him as
father. he expressed himself with nat
ural qudntness as to political situation;
Democrats Changed Their Opinions.
Look at those people now. They are
u
ages. but they nre savagcs just the same.
II seems foolish to talk Of independence
for people who don't wear any more
clothes than they dc. went out to tho
Islands In q regiment which had = whole,
lot Of Democrats In II. but there were
mighty few Democrats came back. be-
cause We were In q place where we had
It put mp to US every day how danger
Gus II was TO tnlk Of Independence among
people who were wholly united to un-
dsrstand the responsibility Of political
freedom. What do you suppose thoss
people over there. who are now enjoy
Ing themselves thriving stones at each
other. and saving themselves from in-
Jury with their shields, would do II they
were turned loose on the streets Of 81.
Louis, and told to hustle for themsclvss7
In fifteen minutes after they had been
attacked By some street Arabs, there
would be the biggest row you ever saw.
and all the Etntutc laws from here TO
Washington wouldn't keep those nice.
little, brown men from sticking q knife
into every white man they saw. I stayed
. Democrat more fimc than most OF our
regiment, but l am done with II now.
This talk Of Independence. II persisted
In. will sooner or later provoke bloody.
revolution In the Islands, A promise Of
immediate Independence 10 q serious
thing. The Finipinos themselves viii
think they are entitled TO liberty before
we do. and the result would be . differ
ence Of opinion which would mean blood
for one don't propose to belong to
any party which deliberately shuts It's
eyes TO the great duty Of the American
people. which Il to meet the conditions
ms we find them now. to educate the peo-
pie Of the Philippines up TO q condition
Of comparative civilization. and then to
let tho future be determined By the fu-