Gold Hill news., October 13, 1900, Image 10

MOSEVELrS RINGING
LETTERJF ACCEPTANCE.
ire. and were confirmed to as by the
Meaty of peace in 17KI.
Yet the laud thus eoiitirmed was not
then given to ua. It was held by an
alien foe until the army under Gen. An­
thony Wayue freed Ohio from the red
man. while the treaties of Jay and I'iin k
uey secured from the Spm ii.h and Brit­
ish Natchez and Detroit.
L o u is i a n a
I ’n rc h a a «
and
I M i l l i p p 'n c * .
ekasa. As in the case of the Philippine«,
Florida waa acquired by pnrehuse from
Hpnin, and iu Florida the Mcininoles, who
had not been consulted iu the aulc, re­
belled and waged war exactly as some
of the Tagala have rebelled and waged
war in the Philippine», The Seiuinole
i war lasted fot many years, but l ’l'e-l-
I dents Monroe, Adunia and Jackson de-
I dined for a moment to consider the qura-
j tlou of ubumloitiiiK Florida to the Semi-
I notes, or to treat their non-consent to the
' govurnment of the Fulled States as valid
j teamiu for turning over the territory to
them.
In IMUS, under President .leffereou, the
greatest single stride iu expansion that
we ever took was takeu by the purchase
of the Louisiana territory. Thia no-called
Louisiana, which included what are now
the Slates of Arkansas, Missouri, Louis T e x a s s a l A l a s k a W e r e A c c e a v ln ii« .
Onr next acquisition of territory was
iana. Iowa. Minnesota. Kansas, Nebras­
ka. North and South Dakota, Idaho. that of Texas. w-enre»f by treaty after It
Montana and a large part of Colorado hail bceu wrested from tlie Mexicans by
and Itu h , was acquired by treaty and the Texans themselves. Then came the
purchase under President Jefferson e x ­ acquisition of California, New Mexico,
actly and precisely as the Philippine« Arizona, Nevada and parts of Colorado
have been acquired by treaty and pur­ and Ftah as the result of the .Mexican
war, supplemented five years luter by
chase under President McKinley.
The doctrine of "the consent of the the Gadsden purchase.
The next acquisition was that of Alas­
governed," the doctrine previously enun­
ciated by Jefferson in the Declaration of ka. secured front Russia by treaty and
Government in the Philippines by Tagalogs Would Be Equiv Independence. was not held by him or by purchase. „A laska was full of natives,
any other sane man to Hpply to the In­ some of them ittnl advanced well beyoud
aient to Government in America by Indian Tribes—
dian tribes in the Louisiana territory the stage of savagery ami were Chris­
which he thus acquired, ami there was tians. They were not consulted about
New Duties and Problems for the Nation.
no vote taken even of the white inhab­ the purchase nor was their acquiescence
itants. not to speak of the negroes and required. Tlie pnrehuse was made by
Indiana, aa to whether they were williug the men who bad just pm through a tri­
that tl»-ir territory should be annexed. umphant w ar to restore the union and free
O»v. Theodore Roosevelt has complet­ mendotis importarce is not merely con­ The great majority of the inhabitants, the s I avc ; but none of them deemt-d it
ed the formal acceptance of the Kepub- ceded but insisted on. Men who are not white and colored alike, were bitterly op­ necessary to push the doctrine of the
lican nomination for Vicc-Presideut. Ilia willing to make such an issue paramount posed to the transfer.
“conset t of the governed" to a conclu­
letter bears an Oyster Buy date and is have no possible justification for raising
sion so fantastic us to necessitate the
J e ffe r s o n F o r c e d C o n s e n t.
directed to Senator Edward O. W olcott it at all, for under such circumstances
turning over of Alaska to its original
An
armed
force
of
United
States
sol
• f th e notification committee. It read»: their act cannot under any conceivable diers had to be hastily sent into the ter­ owners, the Indian and the Aleut. For
To Edward O. Wolcott. Chairman circumstances do aught but grave harm. ritory to prevent insurrection. President thirty years the United States authori­
G o ld B a s ta M u s t S t a n d .
Committee on Notification of V Icc-Presi-
Jefferson sending these troops to Louisi ties. military aud civil, exercised the su­
d e u t— Sir; 1' accept the nomination as
The success of the party representing ana for exactly the same reasons ami preme authority in a tract of land many
Vice-President of the United States, ten the principles embodied in the Kunsas w ith exactly the same purpose that Pres­ times larger than the Philippines, in
d e re d me by the Republican national con­ City platform would bring about the de­ ident McKinley has sent troops to the which it did not seem likely that there
would ever lie any considerable body of
vention, with a very deep sense of the struction of ail the conditions necessary Philippines.
honor conferred upon me and with an in-, to the continuance of our prosperity, l't
Jeffersou distinctly stated that the , white inhabitants.
finitely deet«?r sense of the vital impor­ would also unsettle our whole govern; Louisianians were “not lit or ready for
H a w a i i D is p r o v e s D a n g e r I d e a .
tance to the whole country of securing mental system, and would therefore dis­ self-government,” and years elapsed be­
Nearly thirty years passed before the
arrange all the vast and delicate machin­ fore they were given self-government, uext instance of expansion occurred,
t h e re-election of President McKinley.
The nation’s welfare is at stake. We ery of our complex industrial life. Above Jeffersou appointing the governor and which was over the island of Hawaii. An
mast continue the work which has been all. the effect would be ruinous to our otlter officials without any eonsuitatioii effort was made at the end of President
■o well begun during the present adminis­ finances. If we are to prosper, the cur­ with the inhabitants of the newly ac­ Harrison's administration to secure the
tratio n .
We must show in fashion in­ rency of this country must tie based up­ quired territory. The doctrine that the annexation of Hawaii. The effort was
capable ot being misunderstood that the on fhe gold dollar worth 100 cents.
“constitution follows the Hag" was not unsuccessful.
The stability of our currency has been then even considered either by Jefferson
American people, at the beginning of the
In a debate in Congress on Feb. 2,
twentieth century, face their duties in a greatly increased by Qie excellent finan­ or by any other serious party leader, for 1MIH, one of the leaders in opposing the
eahn and serious spirit: that they have cia! act passed by the last Congress. it never entered their heads that a new annexation of the islands stated: “These
Bo intentiou of permitting folly or law­ But no law can secure our finances territory should be governed other than islands are more than 2.000 miles distant
lessness to mar the extraordinary mate- against the effect of unwise and disas­ in the way in which the territories of from our extreme western boundary. We
a ia l well-being which they have attaiued trous management in the hands of un­ Ohio and Illinois had already been gov­ have a serious race problem now iu onr
Bt home. t»or yet of permitting their dag friendly administrators. No party can erned under Washington ami the elder country and I am not in favor of adding
safely be intrusted with the inaiagem ent Adams; the theory known by this utterly to our domestic fabric u mongrel impu­
to be dishonored abroad.
of our national affairs unless It accepts false and misleading phrase was only tation lof this character). Gttr consti­
F e a r * D is a s t e r i f D e m o c r a t « W i n .
mu in oolifical controversy at a tution makes no provision for a colonial
I feel that this contest is by no means as axiomatic the truths recognized in all
®ne merely between Republicans and progressive countries as essential to a
Democrats. We have a right to appeal sound and proper system of finance. In
THEO DO RE R O O -E V E L '.
to all good citizens who are far-sighted their essence these must be the same íot
enough to see what the honor and the all great civilized peoples.
V i t a l Q u e s t io n f o r W a g e - E a r n e r s .
interest of the nation demand.
In different stages of development dif- .
To put into practice the principles em­
bodied in file Kansas City platform ferent countries face varying economic
would mean grave disaster to the nation; conditions, but at every stage and under
fo r that platform stands for reaction and all circumstances the most important ele­
disorder; for an upsetting of our finan­ ment in securing their economic well-be­
cial system which would mean not only ing is sound finance, honest money. So
great suffering but the abandonment of intimate is the connection between indus­
th e nation's good faith; and for a policy trial prosperity and a sound currency
abroad which would imply fhe dishonor that rha former is jeopardized not mere-
• f the dng and an unworthy surrender of ly by unsound finance, but by the very i
oar national rights. Its success would threat of unsound finance.
Tiie business inau and the farmer arc
■wean unspeakable humiliation to men
proud of their country, jealous of their vitally interested in this question: but no j
country's good name, anti desirous of se­ man's interest is so great as that of the j
A depreciated currency
curing the welfare of their fellow-eiti- wage-worker.
■ens. Therefore, we have a right to ap­ ineaus loss and disaster to the business
peal to all good men, North Hiid South, man: but it means grim suffering to the |
The capitalist will lose ¡
East and West, whatever their politics wage-worker.
may have been in the past, to stand with much of his capital and will suffer wear- ¡
on. because we stand for the prosperity ¡ng anxiety anil the loss of many com- '
o f tlie country aud for the renown of forts; but the wage-workor who loses hi? j
wages must suffer and see his wife and .
the A m erica n flag.
children suffer for the actual necessities '
P r o s p e r i t y t h e O r e s t Is s u e .
The most ¡mftortant of all problems is. I of life. The one absolutely vital need 1
• f course, that of securing good govern-/! of our whole industrial system is sound ■
Blent and moral and material well-being money.
One of the serious problems with which '
within our own borders. Great though
th e need is that the nation should do its we are confronted under the conditions ,
work well abroad, even this comes second of our modern industrial civilization is |
to the thorough performance of duty at that presented by the great business com- ¡
home. Under the administration of Pres­ binations which are generally known un- '
ident McKinley this country has been der the name of trusts.
The problem is an exceedingly difficult !
blessed with a degree of prosperity ab­
solutely unparalleled, even iu its previ- one and the difficulty is immensely ag- |
gravated both by honest but wrong- I
Bus prosperous history.
While it is, of course, true that no leg­ headed attacks on our whole Industrial
islation and no administration can bring system in the effort to remove some of ;
•access to those who are not stout of the evils connected with it, and by the !
heart, cool of head and ready of hand, mischievous advice of men who either
establishment. Any territorial govern­
y e t it is no less true that the individual think crookedly or who advance remedies much later date for the sole purpose of
capacity of each man to get good results knowing them to be ineffective, but deem­ justifying the extension of slavery into ment we might establish would necessar­
ily, because of the population, be an oli­
for himself can be absolutely destroyed ing that they ntay, by darkening coun­ the territories.
garchy,
which would have to be support­
sel,
achieve
for
themselves
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by bad legislation or bad administration,
The parallel between what Jefferson ed by armed soldiers.
while under the reverse conditions the reputation for wisdom.
Yet H awaii has now been annexed and
No good whatever is subserved by in­ did with Louisiana and what is now be­
power of the individual to do good work
her
delegates have sat in the national
discriminate
denunciation
of
corporations
ing
done
in
the
Philippines
is
exact.
Jef
la assured and stimulated. This is what
has been done under the administration generally and of all forms of industrial ferson, the author of the declaration of conventions of the two great parties. The
of President McKinley. Thanks to his combination in particular; and when this independence, and of the “consent of the fears then expressed in relation to an
actions and to the wise legislation of public denunciation is accompanied by governed" doctrine, saw no incongruity "oiigurchy" and “armed soldiers” are not
Congress on the tariff and finance, the private membership in the great corpora­ between this and the establishment of now seriously entertained by any human
conditions of our industrial life have been tions denounced, the effect is. o f course, a government on common-sense grounds lieing; yet they are precisely the objec­
rendered more favorable than ever be­ to give an air of insincerity to the whole in the new territory; and he railed at tions urged against the acquisition of the
fore. and they have been taken advan­ movement. Nevertheless, there are real the sticklers for an impossible applica­ Philippines at this very moment.
M i li t a r i s m la N o t In v o lv e d .
tage of to the full by American thrift, in­ abuses, and there is ample reason for 1 tion of his principle, saying in language
We arc making no new departure.
dustry and enterprise. Order has been striving to remedy these abuses. A crude which at the present day applies to the
observed, the courts upheld and the full­ or ill-considered effort to remedy them situation in the Philippines without the We are not taking a single step which
est liberty secured to all citizens. The would either be absolutely without effect change of a word, “though it is acknowl­ in any way affects our institutions or our
edged that our new fellow-citizens are traditional policies. From the beginning
merchant and manufacturer, but above or else would simply do damage.
as yet as incapable of self-government we have given widely varying degrees ot
I la n f o r F e d e r a l In t e r f e r e n c e .
■11 the farmer and the wage-worker have
The first thing to do Is to find out the , as children, yet some cannot bring them­ self-government to the different territo­
profited by this state of things.
facts; and for this purpose publicity as selves to suspend its principle« for a sin­ ries, according to tlicir needs.
D e p e n d e n t o n F i n a n c i a l Q u e s tio n .
He intended that ulti­
to
capitalization, profits and al! else of gle moment."
The simple truth is that there is noth­
Fundamentally and primarily the pres­
ent contest Is a contest for the continu- importance to the public, is the most use­ mately self-government should be intro­ ing even remotely resembling "imperial­
■nee of the conditions which have told ful measure. The mere fact of this pub- i duced throughout the territory, but only ism” or “militarism" involved in tbc
In favor of our material welfare and of licity would in itself remedy certain evils, as the different parts became fit for It present development of that policy of ex­
onr civil and political integrity. If this and, as to the others, it would in some i and no sooner. This is just the policy pansion which has been part of the his­
tory of America from the day when she
cation is to retain either its well-being cases point out the remedies, and would that has been pursued.
F i l i p i n o « o n B o e is o f I n d i a n « .
became a nation. The words mean abso­
•r its self-respect it cannot afford to at least enable us to tell whether or not
In no part of the Louisiana purchase lutely nothing as applied to our present
plunge into financial and economic chaos: certain proposed remedie« would be use­
It cannot afford to indorse governmental ful. The State acting in its collective ca­ was complete self-government introduced policy in the Philippines; for thia policy
theories which would unsettle the stand­ pacity would thus first find out the facts for a number of years; in one part of it, is only imperialistic in the sense that
ard of national honesty and destroy the and then be able to take such measures the Indian Territory, it has not yet been Jefferson’s policy in Louisiana was impe­
as wisdom dictated. Much can be done introduced, although nearly a century rialistic; only military in the sense that
Integrity of our system of justice.
The policy of the free coinage of silver by taxation. Even more can be done by has elapsed. Over enormous tracts of it, Jackson's policy toward the Setninoles or
at a ratio of 10 to 1 is a policy fraught regulation, by close supervision and the including the various Indian reserva­ Custer’s toward the Sioux embodied mili­
with destruction to every home in the unsparing excision of all unhealthy, de­ tions, with n territory in the aggregate tarism; and there is no more danger of
as large as that of thp Philippines, the its producing evil results nt home now
land. It means untold misery to the I structive and anti social elements.
The separate State governments can constitution has never yet “followed the than there was of its interfering with
bead of every household, and, above all,
to the women and children of every home. do a great deal; and where they decline flag;" the army officer and the civilian freedom under Jefferson or Jackson, or
to co-operate the national govern meat agent still exercise authority, without in the days of the Indian wars on the
A s to D em ocratic V iew on S ilv er.
must step in.
asking the “consent of the governed." plains. Our army is relatively not ns
When our oppouerts champion free
We must proceed in the Philippines with large as it was in the days of Wayne;
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■liver nt 10 to 1 they are either insincere
While paying heed to the necessity ot tlie same wise caution, taking each suc­ we have not one regular for every 1,000
or sincere in their attitude.
If ¡min-
«ere in their championship they, of keeping onr ho ise in order at home, the cessive step as It becomes desirable, nnd inhabtauts. There Is no more danger of
course, forfeit all right to belief or sup­ American pev.de cannot, if they wish to ¡ accommodating the details of our policy a draft than there is of the re-introduc­
port on any ground. I t sincere, then they retain their self-respect, refrain fro n to the peculiar needs of the situation. tion of slavery.
But as soon ns the present revolt Is put
R i g h t t o M n p p re « « R e b e l« .
are a menace to the welfare of the coun­ doing their duty as a great nation in the
down nnd order established, it will un­
When we expanded over New Mexico
try . Whether they shout their sinister world.
mrpoae or merely whlnper It makes but
The history of the nation is in lnrge doubtedly he possible to give to the isl­ nnd California we secured free govern­
ittle difference, save as it reflects their part the history of the nation's expan­ ands a larger measure of self-goveru- ment to these territories and prevented
awn honesty. No issue can b? paramount sion. When the first continental con­ mnt than Jeffersou originally gave Loui­ their falling under the “militarism” of a
dictatorship like that of Santa Ana, or
to the Issue they thus make, for the par­ gress met In Liberty Hall and the thir­ siana.
F lo r id a G o t L ik e P h ilip p in e « .
the "imperialisni" of a rpnl empire In the
amountry of such an issue is to be de­ teen original States declared themselves
The next grent step In expansion was days of Maximilian. We put a atop to
termined not by the dictum of any man a nation, the windward limit of the coun­
or body of men. but by the fact that it try was marked by the Alleghany moun- the acquisition of Florida. This was imperialism in Mexico ns soon as the
vitally affects the well being of every tsins.
E v in during the revolutionary partly acquired by conquest and partly Civil War dosed. We made a grent
Imine in the land.
war I he work of expanson went on. Ken- | by purchase, Andrew Jackson being tlie anti-imperialistic stride when we drove
The financial Question Is always of such tueky, Tennessee and the great North­ most prominent figure in the acquisition. the Spaniards from Porto Rico and the
far-reaching ami tremendous importance west, then known as the Illinois country, It was taken tinder President Monroe, Philippines and thereby made ready the
to the national welfare that It can never were conquered from our white nnd In­ the aftertime President John Quincy ground in these islands for that gradu­
lie raised iu good faith unless' thia tra - dian foes during the revolutionary atrug Adams being active in securing the pur- ally increasing measure of «elf-govern­
A Document Breathing with the Life
of Patriotism and National
Duty.
VITAL ISSUE DECLARED TO BE PROSPERITY
f
ment for which their population« are , " T u t c c is s o s i n i i w u D i s
severally fitted. Cuba Is being helped
along the path to Independence as rapid-.
K c i m T . m i i s : i m u t i E i ’*
Iv as her own citizeua urv eoutefit (hut
•b> should g».
Of course the presence of troops Iu th« M cK Inlty lo rty Year» A |o and To-Day
Philippine« during the Tagul iiisiirreetbin
: has no more to do with uillitsi Isn* or ilh
Ha» ihe Same Principle».
i perlulism than had their pro«ei»t* iu the
i Dakotas, Minnesota mid Wyoming dur-
1 iltg the many years which elapsed lieforo
“Then» 1» no wivh word «■ retreat,
the final otilbleaks of the Sioux were defi­ boy«; charge-"
nitely put down. There is ml more mili­
These word« w ere those of Muj. Mo-
tarism or iiti|iertallsiu iu garriwouiag Lu­ Killlt-y nearly forty year» ugo. They pic­
zon until order is resinrad than there wn« ture tlie character of the President o f
imperialism in sending soldiers to Mouth to-day «■ <>f the ««tidier of lMti'J.
Dakota in IMiNi, during the Dgallalla out
Tliomas O*('«Italian, with one eye
break. The reasoning which justifies our blinded ami oue ear closed to sound for­
having made war against Milling Bull ever by a bullet wound received under tin»
also Justifies our having checked-the out­ iialin n n l color« at Gettysburg, is uow a
break« of Agtilualdo and bis followers, d i­ resident of Fort Collina.
lie served
rected. as they were, against Filipino and through the war with dhtiiiiguiriicd brav­
American alike.
ery .
"I served under Preeldent McKinley
N o A b a n d o n m e n t.
in 1H<13 and have met him frequently
The only certain way of rendering it since. Every meeting brings back to mt»
necessary for our republic Io enter on a one ot the most patriotic ezpressloti» that
career of “militarism” would Is- to ahau ever passed till' lip« of « »(»idler. A par­
dou the Philippines to their own trllie«, ty of folly men ttuder tile then Mnj.
and at the same lime either Io guarantee McKinley went on sioutiug duty. They
a «table government umoiig these tribe« were perilous time« then.
or to guarantee them against outside in­
"All went well iiutil we real-tied the
terference. A far larger army would be top of a hili and unexpectedly ran into
required to carry out any »ueh policy it body of '.loliiuiies' nutiil>eriog ta-lwecix
Ilian will be required to secure order HDD and 4D0.
Tlie) were in uiubuah,
under the American flag; while the pres­ draw»» up iu firing line und awaiting our
ence of this ting ott the islands 1« really approach. Gttr first knowledge ot tlicir
the only pomdblv security «gainst outride presence in the ¡iitibusli was a volley
aggression.
which bronght down our three front fours
The whole argument against President
of horses aud men.
McKinley’s policy in the Philippines lie-
“ 'Retreat!' our captain shouted.
eonies absurd when it is conceded that we
" 'There is no such word ns retreat,
should, to quote the language of the Kan­ boys; charge!' came a second order, thia
sas City platform, "give to the Philip­ time front Maj. McKinley, who, drawing
pine« first a stable form of government." his sword, daahe-1 ahead, followed by ev­
If they are now entitled to independence, ery one of onr men except those who had
they are also entitled to decitle for them­ given their lives to the cause. The ene­
selves whether their government shall Is* my Were completely astounded slid at our
stable or unstable, civilized or sa v ag e , or charge retreated iu confusion."
whether they »hull have any government
“ Before we started on thin scouting
at all; while It is. of course, equally evi­ ex|H-dltliui we were ordered to take three
dent that under such condition« we have days* provisions. I hud s sack of pound­
no right whutever to guarantee them ed oats ou (lie pommel of my saddle.
against outside interference any more After the rout of the enemy 1 turned
than we have to make such a guaranty iu the nuts out to feed my horse, and found
the case of the Boxers (who are merely fifteen bullets iu the sack. My horse wa»
the Chinese analogues of Aguinaldo’« fol­ wounded, as whs Maj. McKinley'», and
lower»).
his «word hilt was cut to pieces by bul­
If we have n right to establish a stable lets. Mnj. McKinley laughingly called
government ill tlie islands it necessarily atteution to it, aud at the same tint«
follows that it is not only our right but I'oiiiplinieiituig his men ou their bravery,
our duty to support thnt government un­ remarked;
til the natives gradually grow tit to sus­
“ 'You have dene me a great favor,
tain it themselves. How else will it he boys, and if It ever lie* iu uiy power, I'll
stable? The minute we leave it, it ceases reciprocate.* *’
to he stable.
N o w it Q u e s tio n o f C o n tr a c tio n .
Properly speaking, tlie question is now
not whether we shall expand- for we
have already ex pa t i t l e d — but whether we
shall eontraet. The Philippines are now
part of American territory. To aurren-
der them would i»e to surrender American
territory. They must, of course, he g o v ­
erned primarily In the interests of their
own citizens. Dor first care must bt* for
the people of the islands which have
come under our guardianship as a result
of the most righteous foreign war that
lias been waged within the memory of
the present generation. They must lie
administered ill tlie Interests of their in
habitants, and that necessarily means
that any question of personal nr partisan
polities in their administration must be
entirely eliminated.
W'p must continue to put nt the bends
of affair» in the different bland« such
men ns Gen. Wood, Gov. Allen ami
Judge Tuft; and it is a most fortunate
thing that wc are aide to illustrate what
ought to tie done in the way of sending
officer« ihithpr by |>oin(iiig out what ac­
tually has been done. The minor places
in their administration, where it is im­
possible to till them by natives, must be
filled by the strictest application of the
merit system.
Ft is very important that in our own
home administration tlie merely mini«
teriai and administrative offices, where
the duties are entirely non-political, shall
Is* filled absolutely without reference io
partisan affiliations; hut this is many
times more important in the newly ac­
quired islands. The merit system is in
its essence as democratic ns our com­
mon school system, for it simply means
equal chances and fair play for all.
P a r n lle l w ith
In 'ia n
G o v e rn m e n t.
It muts be remembered always that
governing these islands in the interest of
the inhabitants may not necessarily In­
to govern them as the inhabitants nt the
moment prefer, to grant aelf-governmcnt
to Luzon under Aguinaldo would he like
granting «elf-government to an Apache
reservation under some local chief; nnd
this is no more altered by the fact that
the Filipinos fought the Spaniards than
it would lie by the fact that Apache-
have long been trained and employed in
the United States army nnd have ren
dered signal service therein; Just as tlie
Pawnees did under the administration of
President Grunt: just as the Stockbridge
Indians did In the days of Gen. W ash­
ington, and the friendly tribes of tlie six
nations in tlie days of President Madison.
There are now in the United States
communities of Indians which have ad­
vanced so far that It has been possible
to embody them as a whole iu our po­
litical system, all fhe members of the
tribe becoming United States citizens.
There are other communities where the
hulk of the tribe are still too wild for it
to be possible to take such a step. There
are Individuals among the Apaches, Paw
nees, Iroquois, Sioux and other tribes
who are now United Mtntes citizens and
who are entitled to stand, and do stand,
on an absolute equality with all our citi­
zen« of pure white blood. Men of Iffdiun
blood are now serving in the army and
navy and In Congrpss and occupy high
position both In the business and the po­
litical world.
F ilip in o « ' H o p e o f L ib e r ty .
Thqre Is every reason why as rapidly
aa an Indian, or any hotly of Indians,
becomes fit for self government, be or it
should be granted the fullest equality
with the whites; but there would be no
justification whatever in treating this
fact as a reason for abandoning the wild
tribes to work out their own destruction.
Exactly the same reasoning applies in the
case of the Philippines. To turn over
the Islands to Aguinaldo and his follow­
ers would not be to give self-government
to the islanders! under no circumstances
would the majority thus gain self-gov­
ernment. They would simply be put nt
the mercy of a syndicate of Chinese half-
breeds, under whom corruption would
flourish far more freely than ever It flour­
ished under ’. ’weed, while tyrannical op­
pression would obtain to a degree only
possible unde- such an oligarchy. Yours
truly,
T H E O D O R E ROOSEVELT.
“ DEAR BOY” L E T T E R S — NO. 7
My D ea r I’.oy;
Y en inform me that John Join*«, Tom
Bently aud old llarr.v Weldon say that
they ¡ire going to vote for McKinley
und Roosevelt, but that they will vote
nKsiust our Fungi«-ssinun, uow a candi­
date for re-elect »on.
Well, the Republican party is very
much like lire Rnbiusun'a church. Itro.
Blown and Itro. Robinauii, two clerical
friends of mine, were talking aiioiit the
churches under their care. Bro. Brown
said:
“ My church lias a large membership,
but only ii I mhii one-fourth of them are ac­
tive uiembera."
Bro. Robinson replied:
“ My i h iin h nietnbcrs arc ail active.
The last one of them is active. Thns«
who won't do anything else will kick."
The Republican party is a very Hctlve
organization.
There is nothing dead
about it. The last one of its mighty
membership is doing «omething, and it ia
not surprising that som e of th is activity
should display itself in kicking. June«,
Bently anil Weldon hare liued up with
tlie kickers.
Now, I urn sorry. I will tell you why
I uni sorry. In my judgment, the tend­
ers of the Democrntic party have very
little hope of electing Mr. Bryan, hut
they do hope to elect u Democratic Houa«
of Representatives. They do expect to
paralyze legislation, tie
McKinley**,
hand«, block the wheels of the nation'*
progress, aud cripple the ship of stnta
right in the midst of the breakers that
surround f . And their hope lie» in the
kicking of such men as Jones, Bently and
Weldon.
I' happen to know just what is th«
matter with those three men. June* fail­
ed to he appointed postmaster at Mqu»-
ilunk Station. Bently didn't get to take
tlie cem us In Pawpaw township, and
Weldon thinks he ought to have his pea-
sion increased to twenty-four dollar« ■
month, and the department decided that
fourteen dollars was enough. Each of
them thiuks that his representative in
Cougrea« ia to blame for his failure to
get what he wanted. Hence the kick­
ing.
Now, I do not attempt to solve the per­
sonal equation in either of these threo
eases. Perhaps Jones would la* a very
good postmaster at Mquedunk. It may
he that Bently whs the most competent
person to lake the census in Pawpaw
township. Fo> aught I know Weldon
ought to have a pension of twenty-four
dollars a month, although I doubt wheth­
er he is more disabled than myself and
I get only eight dollar« and am not kick­
ing about it. I could use more to very
good advantage, hut ntn thankful for
what I have.
Why, my hoy, wc are entering upon
wonderful times. The ancient civiliza­
tion of the Orient ia crumbling. Th»
islands of the sen are being transformed,.
The Christian nations are coining to­
gether. America, with her inexhnustibl*
resources, her intelligence and freedom
of thought, her energy and inventive
g> 'ua, la becoming tlie foremost factor
in the coining regeneration of the world.
And at the head of this great nation
stands Willintn McKinley, enduring th*
most tremendous strain which haH como
upon any President since Lincoln's day.
His wise, dignified faithfulness com­
mands the respect and confidence of tho
world.
He should be re-elected and
should have a Congress upon whom !)•
cun depend.
In view of these grent things, how
small the postmaster's place nt Hqueduuk
and such trifling personal matters ap­
pear!
Once there waa a man who traded a
good farm for n drink of whisky and a
plug of tobacco. The Bible tells us of
Esau who sold his birthright for n mesz
of pottage. Tradition Informs us of a
man who cut off his nose to spite Ills face.
And of such are Jones, Bently and W el­
don and others who let little things biiml
them to grent things.
My boy, thia is not the year to kick.
Think on these things and DON'T BE A
K IC K E R
YOUR F .'--H E R .