THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
September 13,1900
HcHSLETS ACCEPTANCE
A TlwfMjIi tZmhm mt t tat r-r larn
MMl trmtm IW I itll-iix t fit -!
It ; Larsir frl.
Vv..- t.n'Jy a hundred jears ajro.
the ft-xi i'rrj.t h !:.?sit Talleyrand
fiH. tht tk t r.ru b b- n given
to mea 10 r--i4e it :r thought. Oi of
tbe ablest 4:t of tbi" t- hits is
&ditie!!r lr!4'Et McKinley. A
far iiiifcs c! the r:sr.u at.J pur.
pr. rf LI Srsp-ri lie-tic poliry u-s.
Ms !ut c-f a-- ptarwe. contain! nr.
a it doe, rarjjr iitrta thousand
wor2. li a taauerfciee. It that
if writ it til docussesit. be 3M cot
takf into rot.' deration tLat there are
a frJ naif ArBMioans wto kto
fc&mti:cc a Unit tie facta la tbe ca,
tr. J ti. j--urjo of the d-
ts;i.!:.ja.fit?a a rrjre4 by the uot
Xru;ai-nt ka'r lie prr&est re-j?-j!-rjcaa
ri.
He tjk. Tt stability ut our na
ttoiil r?r.i y M-nre fco long &3
t! L -1 .-? to taut plitforxa are
i,;t la coniro! of tiie i-oircmtal.
Ti.e rjfui4;iis ps&tfurm of as
m rut tlt tbe tat:!:tjf of tbe na
tional cjrre-cy, htever I bat may
taeae. h& U a Mr a ml They did not
Msy at It ;!;- !ph;a. that the rjnibii
aa party ti nJ a la tkb e
rjre the rtatthty of the curr-y only
o less a a ktaacard rotary
as.! rresidetl a ia por. la their
frxe Senatwr WoUo'.t asd Sai-!or
I1re fkrr-d is tbe acfcievem-nts of
i;':.r S tbe fre Ur iue. tut It
t- :c tt it is killed tiuly t-o lotig a
1'rti.ld ut McKitVy i jc jvr and
caa i rsrrtM any tic- ty a pr-d-'i.t
wtio ajrajft it-
Mr. M Kitiy to tLittc ttat
Las trtr-! a rrat ji-.r.t hn be
ur$ tfcit all Q':tt!ot.s are im-
fcrtarit the rorat:oo of tb free
.irace of tiier I 4einan!l Initae
!lae!y, Iiut iaperiaiikza baric beea
declax4 aa y-'i61 U certaialy tbe
rr.t.'sst lata!iat jaetloa also. Mr.
Uryaa has arkao i-!?d tb! by prom
l:z.Z aa ett mortlicary sioa of coa-r-
Jtr Mtliue tbe pararaocct qaea
t.on Et IsstawUattly.
Thr jre:-it Tle tnotey
1r re- So r reward for bia
car tat ttaa tf it mere invst4 la ac
Uie but '?- Tr rate of lnt-r-tt
ar lower tfczn tl -y fcave r Len In
tfcit ro'-t-trj , h;i thos tbitRs which
are jr&ifiel n tte fana ani la ibe
arli lit-?, aaf th labor iroiocig
tfcrra. baie arare4 ia value.
Th fartji r ki.o h t r tbiags
wbjrii ar- .j'a.H 03 tbe firtn bsve
alvxr-d tn ard tb-y ur!y
Imw btber tbtis r.t'. ia tbe
mmk boj of r ru?-!s bate advanced ia
t.i aarae prinnrtloa. That laVjr bas
to", v-ry fcncb ji3atJre4 in vIim 1
f a by c onti-uou :nfc- ia all
X ita ;f th rrji try.
"H.e f r:-.t -t t lories in what be
rs!? sl. faiorabie 'jalatc of frzde acd
la tbe refs4it: cf oar national debt,
ft tts b""5 ? r j-'g a? d:fer-st tiasc.
ia a eIt:?l ffcat a rr:at ei-
c eryr? ovr-r frsport os not
rtribu. to t T: r w-UTi a country.
mhile tbe o-cal'.rd rf -saving of tbe
Eitlfeal d! t on 1t.-t it r-t bas
eiterifje! tbe tlae licit of this dbt
for orer trrrty ysre. aa-J ciaje It
t-rartla2iy eor:i:Eio.
Tbre C2S ' to obj"tion to tbe
rM-testia tbat "aa attttade of neu
trillty I ia aTordance :ib oar tra
4'tosal f4y. It t ilto true tbat
tbe iraTfrssier.t of tbe I'titt-i States
b L"ea tbe ii-'y o tbat bit cosa-tie-
re;aet of tbe I5oatb
Africa a rt;-ub!j- to eier"ii 1U jfcod
oflrt for a ieatioa of hotlhties.
15-?. it to tbe cf 2atrlity. is it
neatfal to a!l- i-fScer of one cf tbe
te!iigtreat s.atisi to buy a;-olie and
arinal for tL ir ariay it. tbe fit-Id?
Tbrre i do a .. acd it Las uever
te-a dealer ti.j.t &sib offirera have
Lj.tbt rs?;.ljr" a&4 aaima! ia oar
'r.-'itrar cwitry"-a fact that baa
tw-ra kao' U eeryU2y aad al-o to
tl:, ad3c;tie.txaiioi- And. if tbe pre&S
df j t but r.-;r!. by did be
aa-J tbe adricetratioa oVtrart tbe
fiajwajre of atzy ra miction eapresaicc
aycratby wltb tbe fxer fbtiag for
Lb:r i:t-rty?
Tb prwi-ieat rail fur tbe "m
paca asd control by tbi gurc
ns:t of tbe ltbmlfca ai:al. How
tbf asm? wub tbe faaicra f-at
of o-tsr Kita ftr-ut.ry of tate. tbe
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ii, es& tbat tbe jri dat ba
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twsii-. f prum, &0e. pee Uia mix boaea, C-ML - '
learaed aomethlns in the matter of
trusts. He doea not give up the dis
criminatioa between so-ca!Iel good
and bad trust, but he admits that
"publicity will be a helpful Influence
to cheek this evil." Why did not the
republican latroduce publicity during
tbe time they had absolute control of
all legislation? It has been quite often
urgd by the democratic party, but it
aeeras that tbe republican majority ia
both bouses did not consider it "a
helpful Influence" a& long: as they
could have enacted it and thereby
checked the growth of trusts.
The president irust think that Rath
boa. Neely. etc.. are forgotten, other
wise he could not say: "The merit sys
tem, as far aa practiceabie, is made
tbe baaia for appointments to office
In our new territory."
Speaking of Cuba, the president says
that the convention called for the first
Monday of November is "to frame- a
cocatitation upon which an indepen
dent government for the Island will
rest." The call Itself says that the
constitutional convention will have to
fr.troe a constitution which will in
clude tbe future relations between the
Cuban and our government. And the
admiaUtratioa papers and other
mouth-pieces of the administration tell
us that by thia is meant an arrange
ment that will put tbe foreign and
financial policy of the new Cuban re
public under our control. The con
stitution adopted by that convention,
tbe delegates to which will be elected
under a very illiberal election law. will
not be submitted to the people of Cu
ba, but only to our congress. This
might be in tbe president's opinion
"a long step in the fulfillment of our
aacred guarantees to the people of Cu
ba." but it is not the fulfillment itself
of tbe intentions we have professed
at the outbreak of tbe Spanish war.
In his account of our dealings with
Porto Rico, the president paints the
Lapp! nets, contentment, progress and
prosperity of tbat island in brightest
colors. But when he says that "con
grea complied with my recommenda
tion by removing &5 per cent of the
duties he says something that every
body knows is not accurate. He does
not say anything about his famous
"plain duty" message, and how it
came to pass that in less than two
mcntas the "plain duty" seemed to
be different from what it was before.
Tbe most Important and most ex
tended part of the presidect's letter is
demoted to tbe Philippine question.
Although he does not place this ques
tion in tbe first part of his letter, try
las to give the paramountry to the
money question, he deals with it most
extensively, devoting two-thirds of bis
letter to this ona question. It is a
cleverly written statement of the Phil
ippine questioa. as the administration
would like to have it seen by the Am
erican people. But the. facts known
to u. do not bear out . the president's
story. '
The president reviews shortly the
history of our war wit Sjiiln. quoting
extracts from hisviauftttions to the
peace commissioners at. Paris, and
concede that on "December 21. 18S8, he
sent tbe well-known direction to Gen
eral Otis to make known to the in
habitant of th Philippines tbat we
have assumed sovereignty over the
islands. He doea not explain what
riht be had to do this, considering
tbat the treaty which gave us that
sovereignty had not been ratified until
the Cth of February, According
to our constitution, on December 21,
UtS. we had no right to the Philip
pines and the president In assuming
sovereignty over the islands before
the senate had given its consent clear
ly violated the constitution.
On several occasions he quotes from
his instructions to the first Philippine
commission which abound In assur
ances cf a just and beneficient govern
ment, of due respect for all the ideals
and Institutions cf the Filipinos, of
the largest measure of local self-government
consistent with peace and
good order, and so on. He never stops
to argue whether he had the right to
give tbe Filipinos any kind of a gov
ernment under those traditions and
principles which hae guided our re
public up to this time and which have
been upheld by all our great men. and
especially by tbe greatest republican,
Abraham Lincoln. Our first republi
can president said:
"Those arguments that are made,
that the inferior race are to be treated
with aa much allowance as they are
capable of enjoying; that as much is
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to be done for them as their condition
will allow what are these arguments?
They are the arguments that kings
have made for enslaving the people
in all ages of the world. You will find
that all the arguments for kingcraft
were of this class; they always be
strode the necks of the people not be
cause they wanted to do it, but because
the people were better off for being
ridden."
The argument that the Declaration
of Independence, our constitution, the
glorious traditions of all the founders
of the republic, of such men as Wash
ington. Jefferson, Lincoln and to
quote lesser lights McKinley, do not
agree with the idea of giving a certain
degree of self-government is not even
mentioned in the president's lengthy
document.
He quotes from the report of the
Philippine commission in order to
show that the Filipinos are not cap
able of self-government. He does not
say, however, what other men who
have been in the Philippines snd asso
ciated with the natives have to say
on this matter.
Admiral Pewey, in his letter to the
Peace commission in Paris, says:
"In a telegram sent to department
on June 23 I expressed the opinion
that 'these people are far superior in
their intelligence ana more capable of
self-government than the natives of
Cuba, end I am familiar with both
races." Further intercourse with them
has conGrmed me in this opinion."
Gen. Charles A. King says:
"There is no reason in the world
why the people should not have the
self-government which they so pas
sionately desire, so far as their indi
vidual ability to carry it on goss."
Lieut. John B. Ford of the Olympia
says:
"The Filipinos are of an intelligent,
industrious character. The women
are virtuous, more so, perhaps, than
those of almost any other nation. It
is believed by many that they are a
very ignorant racei ;but such - is not
the case. There is hardly a man or
woman, even in the middle class, who
cannot read and write. The children
are given early education and are
quick to learn. The half savage Ne
gritos are no more representatives of
the Filipino race than our Indians are
representatives of this great country.
There are only about 100,000 Negritos
in a population of between 7.000,000 or
8.000,000 Filipinos, and it is unfair for
these people to be classed with them."
Our consul, Edwin Wildman, says:
"Unquestionably there is good ma
terial in our new found friend, the
Filipino for it is inconceivable that
he will decide to be our enemy; and
the time is ripe for his development
into a worthy and self-respecting
member of the family of nations." ,
General Merritt says:
"They want a protectorate, but they
do not exactly understand what that
mean-v Their idea ia that they should
collect the revenues and keep them in
their treasury, and that we should be
at the expense of maintaining an army
and navy there for their protection,
which is the kind of a protectorate
they would like very much."
The president takes a great deal of
pride in his instructions to the second
Philippine commission. He says:
"Until congress shall take action I
demand that:
"Upon every division and branch of
the government of the Philippines
must be imposed these inviolable
rules:
"That no person shall be deprived
of life, liberty or property without
due process of law.
"That in all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, to be informed
of the nature and cause of the accusa
tion, to be confronted with the wit
nesses against him, to have compuls
ory process for obtaining witnesses in
his favor, and to have the assistance
of counsel for his defense.
"That the right to be secure against
unreasonable searches and seizures
shall not be violated.
"That neither slavery nor involun
tary servitude shall exist except as a
punishment of crime.
"That no law shall be passed abridg
ing th? freedom of speech or of the
press or. the rights of the people to
peaceably assemble and .petition the
government for a redress of griev
ances.' If he has given sucn instructions
and w have no reason to doubt it
they surely have not been carried out.
"We have read repeatedly of persons
having been killed by our soldiers
without due process of law, although
they have not been found with arms in
their hands. Filipinos have been put
into jail by our military authorities
without due process of law for politi
cal offenses. We know that the "agree
ment" with our ally, His highness, the
Sultan of the Sulu islands, gives the
protection of the American flag to
slavery in those islands. Freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, the right
of the people to peaceably assemble
are only in the president's instruc
tions; they certainly never were in
troduced Into the Philippine islands.
The president, of course, devotes a
good deal of his letter to the proof
that the Filipinos have not been our
allies. He makes this task as easy for
himself as he is able to do. In giving
what te calls the facts, he begins with
an instruction sent on the 26th of
May, '1598. to Admir al Dewey "to make
no alliance with any oart.v or faction
I yCTjiy candy
I SV CATHARTIC
VHAOf MAAM MOISTE WED
in the Philippines that would Incur
liability to maintain their cause in
the future," to which Admiral Dewey
replies on the 6th of June, 1898, that
he "entered into no alliance with the
insurgents or with any faction." This
might be correct, but there have been
very important events before the 26th
day of May, 1898, that made the Fili
pinos practically allies of our troops.
We all know that Consul Pratt on the
24th day of April, 1898, telegraphed to
Dewey who was then at Hong Kong
the following: "Aguinaldo, insurgent
leader, here. Will come Hong Kong.
Arrange with Commodore for general
co-operation Insurgents Manila if de
sired." Dewey's reply was: "Tell
Aguinaldo come soon as possible." In
a report to Secretary Long, Admiral
Dewey says:
"I have given him (Aguinaldo) to
understand that I consider insurgents
as friends, being opposed to a common
enemy He has gone to attend a meet
ing of insurgent leaders for the pur
pose of forming a civil government.
Aguinaldo has acted independently of
the squadron, but has kept me advised
of his progress, which has been won
derful. I have allowed to pass by
water recruits, arms and ammunition,
and to take such Spanish arms and am
munition from the arsenal as he need
ed. Have advised frequently to con
duct the war humanely, which he has
done invariably."
General Green makes this statement
to the peace commissioners:
"The United States government,
through its naval commander, has to
some extent made use of them for a
distinct military purpose, viz.. to har
ass and annoy tha Spanish tioops, to
wear them out in the trenches, to
blockade Manila on the land side, and
to do as much damage as possible to
the Spanish government prior to the
arrival of our troops; and for this pur
pose the admiral allowed them to take
arms and munitions which he had cap
tured at Cavite and their ships to pass
in and out of Manila bay in their expe
ditions against other provinces."
General Whittier says:
"Aguinaldo went to Cavite, under
the permission of Admiral Dewey, in
reply to a telegram sent by Spencer
Pratt, esq., our consul general at Sin
gapore, who offered that chief money
for his. expenses. The offer was de
clined After arrival (on one of our
ships) he went ashore, accompanied
(Continued on Page Eight.)
GoHtin the Neck
The. republicans of Indiana went
wooling and have come back shorn.
According to a poll of that state tak
en by the republican state committee
Indiana is democratic by 18,000 major
ity. At the present rate of progress
of democratic gains the republicans
will begin to get nervous over the fall
election down east. If the Indiana poll
was from democratic sources it would
have been encouraging, but might be
charged to party scheme or preju
dice, but coming from republican
sources it is impressive evidence of
the progress of the campaign of edu
cation which has been going on since
McKinley was elected, and which has
been forcefully illustrated from time
to time by passing event and politi
cal adventure. Buffalo Times.
Law and Order
Exactly . one month ago yesterday
Bresci, the Italian anarchist, assas
sinated King Humbert of Italy. Yes
terday the regicide, at the close of a
formal trial, was pronounced guilty
and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
It may be well for Anglo-Saxon ob
servers when they comment hereafter
on the excitable Latin temperament to
reflect upon these things: Bresci was
a cowardly murderer; he killed a very
popular monarch, and under Italian
law there was no chance that he could
be subjected to the penalty of capital
punishment. Yet the prisoner was
held in safety; there was no mob law;
the trial proceeded with due formality
and the prisoner was sentenced in ac
cord with the law.
The dignity and judicial character
of the proceedings speak well for Italy.
A Traveler's Note
Editor Independent: In conversa
tion with a German travelling man
from Junction City, Kas., a few days
since I learned that he, his two broth
ers and two brothers-in-law all voted
for McKinley In 1896, but in November,
1900, he assured me that they had all
agreed to support Mr. Bryan. I asked
him why this change? He answered
me: "On account of the cowardly and
unsympathetic course of McKlnley's
administration toward the Boers in
their struggles for liberty." He fur
ther said there were hundreds of Ger
man Americans in Kansas who voted
for McKinley four years ago who will,
for the same reason, vote for Bryan
this fall. I can assure you from the
strong sentiment manifest Kansas can
no longer be counted among the doubt
ful states. J. M. M'CLELLAND.
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few years was supposed to be incura
ble. For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and pre
scribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu
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constitutional treatment. Hall's
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Something is Wrong
In an article in the New York Jour
nal, George Fred Williams takes up
the same state of facts that have so
often been discussed In The Indepen
dent. What the cause is of this great
change In the patriotic and unselfish
spirit which so . long s animated our
people is well worth considering. Thf
Independent believes that it can larger
ly be laid to the 'worldliness and want
of real religion in the ministers and
rich churches. Mr. Williams says:
"I am of the opinion, which may be
right or wrong, that in the last ten
years or more there has come into our
civilization in this republic a false
spirit. Something has corrupted the
morals of this people. The tone, of
public sentiment is not as high or as
keen as it was in the earlier days. And
I believe there is a good and sufficient
cause for the corruption of our public
morals.
"I have read within a few months
the story of the killing of the wound
ed dervishes by the English troops in
the Soudan, slaughtered mercilessly
one and all by armed men as they lay
weltering in their own blood. I have
read within a few months of English
troopers wrho put their lances through
helpless Boer prisoners, took their
lives and gleefully wrote back to Eng
land that they had had excellent pig
sticking.
"I have read within a week of the
terrible scenes enacted in China by
the Russian troops in Tien Tsin, when
helpless women were shot down and
bayoneted and little children were
tossed, upon the bayonets by one sol
dier to another amid laughter and
glee. Worse than that, I have read
within a week the account of a wed
ding in the Philippine islands which
was interrupted by American soldiers,
who shot down innocent victims in
cold blood, unoffending men, women
and children.
"Is there not something wrong in a
public sentiment that can look on un
stirred at such scenes of horror?"
Nothing but Pirates
The Buffalo Times in speaking of
the enormous dividends recently de
clared by the Standard oil trust says:
"The complacency with which such
money is practically stolen is an indi
cation of a radical moral evil, which
may also be seen in a small way as
when the street car passenger omits
to pay his fare because forsooth the
conductor forgot to ask for it. He or
she is "that much in." The same sys
tematic lying with oneself is what pro
duces the sordid, puffed-up and '"the
public be damned" capitalist, who is
no more or less than a pirate with
none of the rollicking good fellowship
(though with other people's goods) of
the old buccaneer. The intent of com
bine is to control to contract and dis
tortthe natural laws of trade to the
end that the many may enrich the
few; thereby the rich become richer
and the poor poorer. Business prin
ciple and law that produce such re
sults Can be called little else than
rules for the regulation of robbery
by law.
ARE FILIFINOS SAVAGES
Teddy Roosevelt Who Xtver Saw Tliem
Says They .re, but MrCutfheon Who
has Lived with Them for two Year
Says They are ZN'ot
From my personal experiences with
the Filipinos experiences covering
the greater part of two years and the
larger part of the Philippines, and the
Sulus I have reached several deduc
tions which at present I think are tol
erably well founded. Perhaps, if I had
time I would change or remodel them.
The first is that I like tbe Filipinos.
From the very first I have met with
hospitality and kindness from them in
every part of the islands. On nearly
all of these occasions the people have
had no other reason to be courteous
and friendly except the impulse of In
herent hospitalitj'. About the only
Filipinos I have had cause to disap
prove of were the cab drivers in Ma
nila, together with various house boys
who at one time or another transferred
my watch, money or other valuables
from my home in Manila to some un
known place either in Manila or out
of Manila. These I dislike.
But in most of my experiences with
Filipinos in Manila and nearly all the
provinces I have met a uniform degree
of courtesy, which, whether assumed
or natural, has prepossessed me in
their favor. There has never been a
house, however small, or a family,
however poor, which has not hospitab
ly placed itself at my service when
conditions rendered such service op
portune and grateful. I have heard
of scores of cases of treachey, but as
a general thing I have found this
treachery to have been directed at of
ficials or people whom the Filipinos
distrusted or had reason to dislike.
This treachery has had its inception in
conditions for which we cannot wholly
blame the people and the methods of
exercising it may be partly excused
when we reflect that the Filipinos have
not reached an advance state of
enlightenment that is, that the way
to avenge a wrong is to carry the mat
ter through several years of litigation
instead of going out with a bolo and
ending it all in one night.
Another conclusion I have reached
Is that a higher state of education ex
ists In the Philippines, excepting, of
course, the Igorrotes, Negritos and
Moros, than one can find in any orien
tal country. From Albay province to
Aparri you will find the greater part
of the people uniformly able to read
and write; you will find substantial
stone buildings and imposing churches
and schools in the most remote sec
tion. . A trip up the Ilocos coast is a
revelation to the traveller, for he will
find the valleys highly cultivated, the
cities large and imposing and the
people normally peaceful and fairly
industrious.
The same conditions will be found
existing In all sections of Luzon. You
will find pianos where you have been
led to expect breechcloths and sav
agery. You will find well dressed peo
ple reading the native newspapers and
men who will discuss with intelligence
the problems of the Islands. Only in
the remote mountain districts will you
find the half -naked savage who is used
in the American comic weeklies to rep
resent the typical Filipino. For this
state of comparative enlightenment the
church is responsible, for whatever we
may say of the methods of the friars
we must acknowledge that they have
done a gref.t work in educating the
people leaving the price out of the
question.
Another conclusion I have reached
is that with proper training the Fili
pino may be developed into a good
man in any branch of business. He
Is receptive and imitative. I have seen
most excellent maps and draughtings
made by Filipinos. In the big banks
and, business, houses .high, positions
are held by them, and on the railwav
and steamship there are dozens of
splendid native engineers and mechan
ics. In music, art, sculpture, medicine,
law and literature; in technical voca
tions such as architecture, wood carv
ing, weaving, masonry, electricity and
mechanical engineering; in sports,
such as horse racing,-cock fighting,
boat racing, fencing, bicycling and var
ious native sports and in all sorts of
clerical work there are many examples
showing what may be made of the raw
material if properly taught.
The Filipinos are great lovers of fast
horses, and, like all eastern peoples,
like ostentatious display. They dress
their women beautifully where they
have the means, and the love feasts
and parades and balls and music. I
am convinced that nautrally, the Fili
pino Is domestic and peace loving, but
as a general thing susceptible to the
arguments of those of his race more
intelligent than he. For this reason
the leaders of the revolution have eas
ily obtained thousands of recruits who
break their home ties and go out and
fight desperately without knowing ex
actly what "they are fighting for.
And, finally, a few general conclu
sions may be summed up thus: That
the Filipinos are inclined to be lazy;
that they are pretty generally relig
ious; that the women are virtuous, and
that if the people can ever be con
vinced that the United States is sin
cere in its desire to benefit them they
will make a very good class of citi
zens. John T. McCutcheon in Chicago
Record.
Liberty Follows the Flag
Nay, haul up the flag raise it high
Not yet is its spirit bent!
Let it sing in the wind and the sky
The truth that it always meant!
Let it sing of the birthright of man,
Of progress that never can lag.
Let it sing that trade may go where it
can,
But liberty follows the flag!
Yea, haul up Old Glory but, comrades
take heed,
That no man shall part the old flag
from the creed! 1
President Diaz
Gen. Porfirio Diaz, upon learning of
his re-election as president of Mexico
by acclamation, gaid: "I must repeat
what I said some months ago, that
neither my age nor my capabilities
qualify me to continue ruling the coun
try. I am seventy years old, of which
forty-three . have been devoted to the
active service of the fatherland. As
to my capabilities, I reaffirm my prev
ious opinion, and I can only add that
I will not withhold from my father
land my closing years, if she requires
them of me, any more than I have be
grudged to her the unstinted services
of my whole life."
Why the Change
The Brooklyn Citizen thus answers
the republican journals who are hug
ging themselves with 1896 majorities:
"It is admitted on all hands that the
political outlook today is almost the
reverse of what it was four years ago,
and some of our republican contempo
raries are' very much bewildered by
the change. They are at a loss, they
say, to account for the refusal of the
American people to act in the year 1900
as they did in the year 1896. This
shows that our contemporaries have
not kept in line with the course of
events. Had they not kept their eyes
fastened on the past they would have
learned that there was no party in the
United States four years ago pledged
to the overthrow of the republic, while
today the republican party openly de
rides the Declaration of Independence
and has had the insolence to speak
of men faithful to the principles and
traditions of the republic as traitors.
Practically the republican party of
four years ago has ceased to exist. The
organization doing business in its
name is essentially an imposter, hence
the change."
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