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Sept. 14. 1899 FILIPINO MISSIONARY HeGoeatothe Wanda toTaacti tha Sav ages and They A.K Hlin Ferplex 1KB Qaeitlona, The Chicago Record has been running a series of articles daring the summer describing the work of a kindly mission ary who went to the Philippines to teach those "savages" American ways and how to be . civilized. The mission ary's name was Connor and the name of the Filipino whom he undertook to civilize, Kahyak. The following is the last conversation reported: "1 just wanted to ask you about a cer tain passage in the sehoo history, said Mr. Kakyak, the Tagolo, address ing the American missionary. Washington Connor- Yeis? Kakyak-'Here it is. (Reads) 'We hold these truths to be self evident! that all men are created equal; that they are endowed ty their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness. That to secure these rights gov ernments are instituted among men, do riving their just powers from the con sent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes dtro tive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to change it. Conner-"! remember the passage per fectly. You are reading from the sec ond paragraph of the declaration of in dependence. What of it? Kakyak-"Well, do the people of your country still indorse the sentiments con tained in that declaration?' Conner-"I don't suppose we are legally bound by anything contained in the declaration of independence. In a general way, however, we still agree with what it says there." Kakyak "Do you still maintain that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed ? Conner ' Nothing contained in that declaration of independence applies to the Malay division of the human race. That declaration was prepared by white m"Kakyak "Then it should read: 'All men (except Malay) are created equal, or perhaps 'all white men are created equal'?" . . Conner "For a great many years that passage was supposed to mean 'all white men,' just as you suggest. Stephen A. Douglas, an eminent statesman, maintained that the nnaleniable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness and the privileges of self-government belonged to the white man alone. .Abraham Lincoln claimed that the word men had a more general application and included negroes as well. We had a very bitter and destructive civil war in America, and after it was all over we reached the conclusion that the negro had the same unalienable rights as the white man. But we have never admitted that the Tagalo has these rights, if that's what you're driving at" Kakyak-"-"! am simply seeking infor mationtrying to find out the exact status of my countrymen. You see the Filipino insur rebels, I., mean, have set np the claim that they have the same rights that the Americans claimed in 1776. They have organized a provis ional government, just as the colonies did. They are fighting for well, what they conceive to be their rights. In wh&t respect are they different from the thirteen colonies that rebelled against Great Britain?" . , Conner-"The situation here is entirely different. Our forefathers is America threw off the British yoke because they had been made the victims of a long train of abuses which you will find set forth in the declaration of independence in front or you two whole pages. The Tagalos, on the other hand, are resist ing a government which is to be wise, humane and just, with charity for all." Kakyak "How do we know this?" Conner "Because we tell you so." Kakyak "You say ths thirteen colo nies resisted British authority because they bad been persecuted and unjustly taxed. Suppose that after they had is sued this declaration of independence and founded a provisional government of their own Great Britain bad relented and promised to correct all the abuses of which there bad been complaint. Do vou think the colonists would have been .... 1 a a. r t willing to go oacx ana accept cnuen rule?' Conner "Perhaps not, but" Kakvak "Another question. I read in nere that France helped the colonists in their war against Great Britain, the same as the Americans helped ns last year in our revolt against the Spanish, here in this island. Now, suppose that before the British bad been driven from the colonies Great Britain and France bad made a treaty in which Great Britain, in consideration of a large sum of money, bad transfeired the colonies to France. Do you think the colonists would have accepted French rule simply because the French had been their friends during the war?". Conner "Your questions are prepos terous, Mr. Kakyak. It is evident that you are trying to demonstrate that the present rebellion in this island bears some resemDiance to me revolutionary uprising in America in 1770. You seem to forget that the colonial fathers were an intelligent, high-minded body of pa triots , while the Tagalos are simple islanders who have a vague longing to govern themselves and mistake this longing tor genuine patriotism." Kakyak "Whether it be patriotism or not a great many of them have been willing to die for it. Your colonial fathers couldn't do more than that." Conner "Look here, Air. Kakyak, do you realize that your conversation to day borders very closely on treason?" Kakyak "Perhaps so. I have become rather inflamed from reading the decla ration of independence." Conner "I can see that you still cling to the idea that the Tagalos ongbt to have a government of their own." Kakyak "I think they oaght to be given a chance to govern themselves." Conner "But the Tagalos are only one tribe." Kakyak "We number one and a half millions. There were only three million colonists." Conner "But they were a different lnd of people." Kakyak "They held slaves. We are too civilized to do that." Conner "Don't yon eoe that it would be impossible, under prevailing cendi tiono, to give you Tagalos a separate and independent government? You are only one of many tribes. Why there are tribes right on this Island that are ready and willing to accept American rule." Kakyak "Those are the bow men who live in the remote jungles. They do not have schools and churches and printing presses as we do and so they have never been educated to a desire for liberty. I read in this history that when the colonists rebelled against the British the Indians who lived on the British possessions surrounding the thirteen colonies did not join in the rebellion or the revolution. If I am not mistaken they helped the British on more than one occasion, and massacred whole vil lages of the rebels I mean the colonists. So, jou see, the colonists did not have the sympathy of the savage tribes any more than we have. I'll admit that the Tagalos do not hold all the territory in Luron, but they occupy all that part of the island which is civilized and under cultivation. As far as that's concerned tuo thirteen colonies nere only a little patch of North America. They occupied less than one-fourth of the British hold ings in North America, yet they pre sumed to found a government of their own without the consent or co-operation of the inhabitants of the Indian country and the provinces acquired frein the French." Conner "I don't know what you hope to accomplish by all these paralels. Sup pose you do satisfy yourself that your countrymen are real, liberty-loving pa triots, the same as our forefathers in America were, what are you going to do about it?" Kakyak "I don't know, I'm sure. Conner "Did you expect us to come over here and destroy the Spanish fleet and afterward pay out f 20,000,1:00 for the mere satisfaction of permitting your you people to govern themselves?" Kakyak "Thai's what we thought." Conner "Then you have very elemen tary notions of business." Kakyak "Let me begin at the begin ning and tell you bow we have been de ceived." Conner "Mistaken, yon mean." Kakyak "Perhaps that would be a better word. When your fleet under the command of Admiral Dewey came to Mauila we were under the impression that the Americans had come to help us drive out the Spanish and set up a gov ernment of our own. That's what my people have been fighting for and pray ing for ever since 1 can remember. Some of my neighbors said : 'If the Americans come in here and defeat tho Spanish they will take the island for themselves in stead of letting ns have a republic of our own.' Then Aguinaldo and other lead ers who had talked with the Americans assured ns that the war against Spain was a war of humanity, that the Amer icans had gone into it because tbey believed in the rights of men and could no longer endure the spectacle of Spanish cruelties in Cuba. We were told that the Americans were willing to spend any amount of money to enforce justice and confer the blessings of liberty on a struggling people. We knew that your countrymen were pledged to drive the Spanish out of Cuba and he! p the Cubans to establish a stable government of their own. We thought you would treat us the same as you have treated the Cu bans." Connor "We didn't promise you a stable government of yonr own. We have never conceded that you had a right to govern yourselves. Evidently you have jumped at conclusions." Kakyak "But we heard such favora ble reports of you that we believed you would give us a chance at self-govern ment, even though yon had made no specific promises. We thought that your conscience might help you to a conclu sion." Connor "Do you realize that we have paid 120,000,000 for these islands? Do vou expect a business nation to go to work and throw away any such sum of money? You may rest assured that we will keep these islands, especially since President Schurman has reported so favorably on the good qualities of the Tagalos. I notice that ne says in an interview that in two generations you Tagalos will be as far advanced, in all respects, as the J apanese." Kakyak "Wbeu we are as far ad' vanced, as the Japanese do you think we will still consent to be governed by a foreign power7" Connor "I don t like the terms you use. You talk of 'government and 'for eiirn power' as if the United States in tended to oppression, instead of making you highly civilized through the 1 ork- ings of benevolent assimilation." Kakyak "Well, I wish I knew just what was going to become of ns. After this war is over, Mr. Connor, after all the fighting rebels have been killed and peace has been restored, don't you think your countrymen will relent somewhat and decide to give ns a cnance to gov ern ourselves." Connor "I shouldn't like to hold out false hopes, Mr. Kakyak. I think I can best answer yonr question by reading a newspaper clipping which I have just re ceived from the United States. It is an extract from a speech delivered by Pre. i dent McKinley at the Ocean Grove cama meeting." (Reads.) "The flag does not mean one thing in the United States and another thing in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. There has been doubt expressed in some quar ters as to the purpose 01 tne government respecting the Philippines. 1 can see no barm in stating it in this presence. Peace first, then, with charity for all, an established government of law and or der, protecting life and property and occupation, for the well-being of the people, in which tbey will participate under the stars and stripes." Kakyak "What does it mean?" Connor "Well, a trne statesman is always indefinite, but as nearly as I can figure it out it means, 'You don't get it.' Note the word 'occupation.' That means that we are going to remain." Kakyak "How abont that word participation'?" Connor "'Participation' is a beauti fully copious word. That's why Mr. McKinley used it But it satisfied the people at the camp meeting, bo yon ought not to kick." Gkohe Idr. Clippings. CREATE HOMES. Conflrresa annrnnrlatoa tnllllnna nf AnU lars for the building of levees, ripraps and dredirlnir tnnrf to mmnnni!li little purpose; the waters every now and then come rampaging down and break over the levees, causing death nnd de struction. But the same money, spent bv the lama (rnvprnirintit. And hr tha same competent corps of engineers to uuuu storage aams ana irrigation ditches, would prevent floods by storing innse waste waters, ma wouia gtve em- THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. ployment to thousands of laborers, and, at the same time, create a home for every one of them. KNEW THEIR FRIENDS. As the First regiment, on its return to Omaha, arrived at the World-Herald building on their line of march, it paid that paper a distinguished tribute. As the first companies passed they cheered individually, but as the center reached the World-Herald, Lieut. Col. Eager bolted the column, and the regimental staff uncovered as the entire regiment gave three cheers and a tiger for the World-Herald. Major Killian, in com mand of the third battalion, likewise honored the World-Herald, and tho boys testified most heartify to their good will toward the newspaper that has from time to time found it possible to add to their comfort while fighting the bat tles of the nation in the Philippines. Ar riving at the Bee building no cheer was given and only a dead silence prevailed. A man in the crowd called out: '.'Why don't you cheer the Bee?" Quick as a flash came a reply from Sergeant W, H. Augustus of Co. B: "We know our friends." Randolph Reporter, RUSKIN'S NEW LOCATION Tho famous Ruskin colody, now re-organized as the Ruskin Commonwealth, has moved from its old site at Ruskin, Tennessee, to a new location at Duke, Ware county, Georgia. The colony now numbers 208 tried and true co-operators. They have paid for their new site in full and also own the Coming Nation and the machinery for carrying on the va rious industries conducted by them. Their new site consists of 800 acres of fertile, level land, and seventy-five good houses, besides depot, store and other buildings. Duke is six miles southwest of Way Cross, on the Plant System rail way. The Coming Nation is a 28-column weekly having an immense circulation throughout the civilized world. It is only 50 cents per vear, and the "Colony Notes" alone are worth more than the price of the paper to those who are in terested in co-operation. Address all communications to the colony or the Coming Nation to Duke, Ware county, Ga, HARRINGTON AND NEVILLE. M. C. Harrington has drawn ont of the fight in the Sixth congressional dis trict and taken the stump for Neville. Every true democrat must applaud the course he has taken. There must be no division in the reform ranks this year, no giving of comfort to the enemy. Neville is one of the best populists in Ne braska, sound on all the issues of the day, and worthy of the support of every democrat and populist in the Sixth dis trict. Howells Journal. PORTO RICO TARIFF Si In the case of Porto Rico, the most pacific and well disposed of all the ceded islands, the departure from the bene ficial constitutional doctrine of . free trade between the ports of the United States works serious hardship, which acts at this time in the stricken condi tion of the island, with conspicuously unfortunate consequences. The former market is barred to Porto Rico by the prohibitive Spanish duties, while the United States tariff dues on importa tions from Porto Rico remain as they were when the island was a "foreign" country. Expediency, as well as the reasonable construction adopted by manv pnnatitMltinnnl Invvara ahnnlrl prompt congress to speedy action for the relief of a country which is declared by the executive to be as much ours as was tne Louisiana purcnase. rniladel phio Ledger. EQUAL SUFFRAGE A letter of inquiry addressed to Mrs, Ralph W. King, president of the Satur day Afternoon Club of Greely, Col, in regard to the disastrous results said by certain anonymous newspaper corret- pondents to have rrisen from equal suf frage, brings the following reply: "I cannot understand how enlightened people in otoer states can nave received any such impression, unless it is through a certain class of individuals who seem to take delight in opposing and thwart ing any popular movement. At any rate I am glad to be able to assure von that the condition of affairs is quite the reverse 01 the reports of which you spoxe. "1 will confess that when the law was passed I was rather skeptical as to the outcome, but I can truthfully say that I believe already very great benefits have been derived from it, and if there have been any evil results, 1 nave never seen them. "The first good effect noticeable was the changed condition of tl e voting - . 0 piatxra. lira iixoeuun ui wuuen U8S completely done away with ronsh lan guage, loud talking, and many other disagreeable features before prominent. mere nas Doen a great improvement in municipal affairs because of the women's vote. I think they are less bound by party than men. Oue tbihg is certain and acknowledged by all, that if the matter was again put to vote woman suffrage would be carried by twice the previous majority. "I know that the bad and ignorant women do not vote more generally than the others. Tbey, of course, have the same opportunity as the bad and igno rant men, but so also have the good and refined women; and in this, as well as in other things, the good women's work outweighs the others. As to the impairing of home happinoss, I have never seen any such result. I know that women takt pride in being able to son verse intelligently on questions of public interest with their husbands and friends. "A more perfect woman never lived than our state snperintendent of schools and no one more efficient ever filled the place. In the last general assembly in the bouse there were three women members who never missed the roll call- nor in any way neglected their duties. My father, Mr. J. Max Clark, was also a member of this body, and in his estima tion, ns well as iu that of other mem bers, tho three woman filled their notl- tions In every way as efficiently as their forty men colleagues, if not more so. More than tbi, their presence added a reserve to the proceedings of the body which was admired and respected bv all." Lincoln, Neb., September 18 to 23. IRgfinIItst FREE STREET FA I R Wfiiiilltf. The first great street fair ever held in Nebraska will occupy nearly two miles of front footage on the principal streets of Lincoln. Cattle, horses, sheep and swine show at Market Square. Agricultural exhibit surrounding Government Square. Bees, Dairy and Poultry shown in buildings. $2,400 in Premiums given for the best in the above Exhibits. HORSE RACES, 3 DAYS PURSES, $2,000." Mercantile exhibits on the principal streets will occupy over 6,000 front feet of booths, nuny of which will be handsome and elaborate. There will be one solid week of attractions in connection with the Fair. Civic Parade Tuesday Night, Bicycle Parade Thursday Night, Flower Parade Wednesday Afternoon, Mask Carnival Parade Saturday Night. All the night parades will be put on with spectacular illuminations and exten sive fireworks. The flower parade will be the most beautiful parade ever witnessed in Nebraska. THIRTY-SEVEN DAILY FREE SHOWS. GREAT GILLETTE FAMILY, greatest of acrobats and cycle riders. THE MILLER FAMILY, aerial artists who have left one of the greatest cir cuses to play at the Lincoln Fair. BRANDON & REGENE, acrobats and contortionists, direct from the great St. Louis Exposition. BIENVENN, the marvelous hand balancer and trapeze head balancer, FOREPAUGH & WELCOME, trapeze, ladder and ring artists. NELLO, king of the slack wire. The great Kansas rainmaker, JUGGE. SI STEBBINS, Barnum's original "Rube " clown. VINO, king of all card tricksters. Public exposure of them all. A WEEK OF MUSICA11 the concert bands in the state and many others will furnish music through the week of the fair daily and evening. The above is a list to date of the amusements and entertainments furnished to those who (attend the Lin coln Street Fair, absolutely free. No street fair ia the west ever furnished such an array of extraordinary talent.in the amusement line. Cheap excursion rates on all railroads leading into Lincoln, All it needs to cost any visitor to the fair is his railroad ticket and his board while in Lincoln. ONE ENTIRE WEEK. LINCOLN. SEPTEMBER 18 TO 23. 1899. WHAT BANKERS WANT At the close of the recent national convocation of the national bankers they expressed their demands in the fol lowing resolution: "The bankers of the United States most earnestly recommend that the con gress of the United States at its next sessions enact a law to more firmly and unequivocally establish the gold stand ard in this conntry by providing that the sold dollar, which, nnder the exist ing law is the unit of value shall be the standard ana measure or an values in the United States: that all the obliga tions of the government and all paper money, including circulating notes of national banks shall be redeemed in gold coin and that the legal tender notes of tne united istates, wnen paid into the treasury, shall not be re issued except npon the deposit of an equiva lent amount of gold coin. The managers of the trusts met with them. Fifty representatives of trust companies attended the meeeing of the trust company section. The report of tne executive commute- read Dy Anton Q. Hodenpyl of Grand Rapids, Michigan showed that the companies belonging to the section have a capital of f 'J4, 000,000 and a surplus of 07.000,000, while their cash deposits are f 010,000, 000. Forty-one trust companies joined the section during the past year. BOLTED THE PARTY The Springfield Republican, the oldf st and most influential republican paper in the state of Massachusetts, has bolted the republican party. In its last issue among other things it says: You can make the tariff a matter of per c?nr, the monetary question is confused an dconf using, both are pocket quest ions, but the rights of man in the United States and in Asia touch every home and appeal to every heart to move or to harden it. We cannot narrow rights there without curtailing them here, so small is the world and so are we knit together. If we crush that people the masses at home must pay for it. The suppression of freedom there is the Invi tation to militarism at home. Brother bood is the basis of Christianity or it is mi a in arlees; enaal rights to all and to each bis meed of privilege, whether men or nations, or this repnblio is a lie. To this touchstone and test our foreign pol icy most be brought. The soil of Massa chusetts is no place upon which to preach subjugation, conquest and mili tarism, however we may disguise or palliate them. If it Is, then the glory of our past is as unsubstantial as a will- o'-the-wisp, and the heroes we have gloried in have been creations of the fancy. WORK OF M'KINLEY Slavery and polygamy have again been introduced into our government and are again protected by the Ameri can flag. This is the work of our star spangled president, Wm. McKinley, That Is not all either, for Mohammed anism has been made the state religion of one of onr conquered provinces. Cen tral City Democrat. AS The Greatest Show in the State PAYING SPAIN The "London Statist" declares of the gold exports from New York, that "the gold being remitted is the balance of the sum due to Spain, which, notwithstand ing assertions to the contrary it has not been able to cover by sterling bills." A PLAYED OUT SCIIEME As the republican leaders look over this state and see the most complete harmony among the fusion forces all over the state, say "What does this mean? Didn't we get Stebbins and LIchty tb organize a middle-of-the-road party? Where are our hired men? Haven't we paid them well? Yes, this is all true, but the fellows you hired have no following. The people know most of your hired men, and they are 'no longer a power. The middle-of-the-road dodge is played out. The people, too, are onto your latest scheme of buying papers and running thera as middle-of-the-road ad vocates. This harmony yon republi cans observe means we are on to all the schemes your leaders have attempted and it makes us closer friends. Fremont Leader. WILL DROP IT. TbeWahoo Wasp says: "The Lin coln Independent, the official organ of I be populists, takes the I Wasp to task for charging their candidate for supreme judge with appropriating f 700 that did not belong to him. The Independent says tbe fact is that lloloomb turned back Into the treasury $700 that did belong to Lira. However, we do not think the honse rent charge for down right rascality would compare with the ballot fraud charge that will be given attention in this paper later on." l'USU FOR VICfORY And now tho populists should lay their shoulders to the wheel and push for victory. Victory is ours for the taking. We have got the right candidates in state, congressional and judicial dis tricts, nnd b-fore we get through we will have them down to road supervisors. Rut populists riiiiat remember tbat vic tory will not come without working for it, and you must especially bear in mind tbat you cannot elect a ticket by stajimr away from the polls on election day. Phonograph. HOW'S Tins? W off.r On Iluadred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHfcLVKY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the Inst IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldlnir, Klnnan & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all PLVxE.!?.9' Testimonials free. n at LATEST FROM DEWEY Ha Stands by bis Flrt Report and De clares that the Filipinos ara mora Cap- ; able of Self Government than th Cabana, A dispatch of the press publishing company was printed in the papers last Monday that bears every evidence of genuineness, giving an interview with Dewey at Gibralter. In it he re-iterates his former statement. The interviewer seems to be an old friend of Lewey for he said to him, after refusing to tell him some things that he asked abont: "Yen know if I were going to give anyoi e wiat you wish I would give it to you, for yon never made me say things that never crossed my mind." After this Dewey said to the corres pondent: "You may say this, however, I have not changed the opinion which I stated in the early days at Manila. Speaking from a knowledge of both peoples, I consider the Filipinos more capable of self-government than the Cubans. I took the keenest interest in those em ployed at the arsenal and was surprised at their intelligence. With fair oppor tunit'os and properly directed they have great possibilities." When questioned about the report of the commission that McKinley ap pointed, of which Dewey was a member, the admiral said: "No, I have little to say," he said, "until the recommendations of the com mission ot which I am a member are laid before the president." . , , ''Did yon read the remarks of Schur man npon bis return as quoted in the papers? Tbey explain onr situation." "I quite acres with what ha aava. in. A died. I attach gnat importance to his opinion. lie is an able and high-minded man whose conscientious and intelligent devotion to the task assigned him -woo my admiration. We were Invariably ta accord." The admiral has never expressed" re grot at asking the appointment of, the commission and has expressed pleasire In Itelng a member cf it. Owing to his desire to pnt the report in the presi dent's hands es soon as possible, which he f jcls to be his duty, Chicago and the weit will probably bavs to forego a re- reception for him. After the reception at Washington the admiral will go to Mont pel ler. r j "I cannot disappoint the people of my ' ; native town and state," said be. "Tbey ; are my own people and very dear to me." -.. . From Montptlier the admiral expect to return to Washington for the sessions of the commission. ' "I do not know if Cotonel Denby will have returned by tbat time," be said. "Jl so, I hope to meet both him rod Snhurmuu at Washington. Of ooi.rse Gen. Otis cannot come and Worcester, I cue, is still In the Philippines, but as ws ; are in accord there ought to be little dc- loy in making a formal report. I trust we mav iret to work at once and keep pfc it un'.il the task is finished. At W Rrtiurmnn nnrt mvaall pun rtnt nil YS togctner." , I JL