The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-19
NEHAVE IsLANDS'
Senator Dubois Said TAFT Party AlI
Asreed to That, Except tart Alone
Sees Trouble Ahead. HE

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Des Moines. Ia, Oct. 1a.-United
States Senator Dubois, IF Idaho, MAJ
"a Des Moinfss Yesterday il will re-
nsnin2 over today, the guest OF the Rev.
Rowland Hanson, of the First Baptist
church. on his way horne after rettlrn-S
ing from the orient with the TAFT
purity.
sMy candid opinion is that there vas
not more than one member Of thepen-
tire party who was not sorry that We
own the Philippine islands, said SEN
ator Dubois last night when questioned
with respect to the visit paid the ISL
ands by the representatives OF the
United States during the summer.
The exception was Secretary Taft
himself. I believe that he conscien-
tfously entertains the view that the
islands Observation-Disclosures hands B =
Providence and U occupation and con-
troll of them are for providential rea-
sons. He thinks we have a great work
TO % there and that we are specially
equipped to do 1t. But the remainder
Of his entire party, I think, agrees with
me in regret that We possess the ISL
ands.
Trouble Ahead.
'"They are going to be a source of
very serious trouble to us. The FIJI
plnos hate us. The two peoples are
5lSW ll16 " ASiA ~ leISNGA w. Gy, ILL.,
my Judgment. The Filipino fears our
Roldiery at the same time that he is
nursing his hatred. But our education
is calculated to equip them to hate us
more than they fear us, and m day
they will again begin to Q our SOL
diers. The islands now are quite gem
orally pacified. but in my opinion 1t is
but a temporary condition.
I'VE not only are teaching them the
lessons of how we ourselves gained our
independence, but we are drilling con-
~stabulary eight-tenths native, which
is being depleted constantly by dis
charges of the members at The end OF
the period of enlistment and recruited
constantly from natives. The Filipincs
thus drilled in how to shoot and in
modern American military methods re-
turn to their fields and plantations n
carry with them the military knowl-
edge they have gained from the young
American officers who govern the con-
~stabulary. The term Of service is suf-
fciently long to give the natives a.
fine, practical military education, and
when they return to their people neces-
sarily they become formidable recruit
ing agents and instructors. This sit
uation to m Is alarming.
@5etter to Sell Them.
ut would be wellsif we could sell the
islands. Japan is in a good position to
make use of them to the advantage of
the Filipinos and her own interests.
The people are similar in many re-
spects. 1t would be better If we could
sell the islands.
The government SO far from home
must be loose, at least, and at any rate
extravaganza. 1t could not very well
be otherwise. If it did NOT become cor
rupt 1t would be a wonder Dur people
will not GO to the islands unless they
are well paid. Graft grows by what it
feeds on, and I am alarmed as to this
feature of the situation also.
The Tariff.
"The Philippine tariff presents a very
difficult question Over which congress
Is bound to spend much time. There
now is a tariff, you know, on sugar
and tobacco only. The Filipinos de-
clare that the removal Of the tariff will
not Increase production, and the advo-
Gates of the removal also declare that
neither will American capital be per-
mitted to go into the islands to de-
velop its sugar belt nor will coolie labor
be permitted in the islands, which
means, in my judgment, that produc-
ton will not be increased above the
present record. If this is true, why the
necessity Of removing the tariff?'