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Show DENBY IS A PATRIOT CLEVELAND'S MINISTER TO CHINA SUSTAINS M'KINLEY'S ADMINISTRATION. Like All Others Who Have Been on the Ground, He Reo ognizes the Futility of the Democratic Program Jor the Philippines Expansion a Democratic Principle. ' We are trying to give them that now. If we retain them, the third clause, 'protection,' will necessarily follow. Why. if we do not retain them, we should burden ourselves with protecting protect-ing them, is not clearly perceptible. Tbe modern doctrine seems to be-that we may not take any forign territory for our own, but that wlienever a republic re-public Is born, we must stand as its protector. Why should we become the Don Quixote of the world? Let us at least be honest, and when we say that the Philippines shall be independent, let us say so, meaning what the word Implies. Let us have no entangling alliances al-liances nor stand sponsor for people who are aliens and whose abiding place is remote from our continent. "Disguise it as you may, the real question before the people Is. whether the armies of the United States should be withdrawn at once, now or forever and the islands turned over to the Ta-fcjls. Ta-fcjls. Mr. Bryan would, as commander-in-chief, have the power to recall the armies, and If he did, he would let loose the horrors of a terrible revolution. revolu-tion. "We should not grant the Philippines Philip-pines immediate independence, because we have assumed, by the treaty, obligations obliga-tions to the world which we must comply com-ply with. We have also assumed obligations obli-gations to the friendly Filipinos, and we should not abandon them to a dreadful fate. We have promised these people a stable government and we ought to give it to them. We have property interests in the Islands which should be protected. It is desirable for us to have a foothold in the East, so as to foster and Increase your commerce. com-merce. We believe that association with us will elevate the Filipino and improve his condition. "I am not defending the Republican party in this article, but I am defending defend-ing William McKinley. He has been subjected to more abuse than any president pres-ident ever was and lie has deserved it as little as any one ever did. In the most difficult period of our history he has proved himself equal to all the demands de-mands upon him. ' Ho has acted with an eve single to the good of the vnn-I vnn-I try.-'The war v. ii'n Siuiu was not the i President's seeking, but he met the is-; is-; sue with eralted courage. In diplom- acy he displayed qualities of the high- est order and in military affaire he was j remarkably successful. He eminently deserves re-election. "CHARLES DENBY." Chicago, Aug. 2S.--Hon. Charles Denby of Indiana, ex-United States minister to China and member of the first commission to the Philippines a life-long Democrat has written a letter let-ter urging the re-election of President McKinley. It is entitled "Bryan's Attitude At-titude Toward the Philippines," and is made public by the Republican National Na-tional committee. The letter, in part is as follows: "In his speech of April 7, 1900, in the Senate, Mr. Hoar said he could not forget for-get that Mr. Bryan, unless he is much misrepresented, used all his power and influence with those of his friends who are ready to Usten to his counsels to secure se-cure the ratification of the treaty, meaning the Paris treaty. "There were seventeen Democratic senators who voted for the ratification. A two thirds majority was necessary. The treaty was ratified by one vote. "Mr. Bryan has squarely assumed the responsibility of the ratification. We had Manila August 13, 1S9S. In December. 1898, Spain had made a treaty ceding the Islands to us. We had occupied them until February 5, 1899. On that day Agulnaldo made war on us, our soldiers having to fight for their lives. The treaty was ratified February 7, 1899. "Mr. Bryan advised his friends In the Senate to ratify the treaty after the battle of February 5th had been fought. He knew that war had begun. He might readily have foreseen what complications might possibly occur out of the existing conditions, Then was the time to have talked about the 'consent 'con-sent of the governed,' and not now, when every speech he makes adds ten names to the roll of our dead and 100 to the Filipino dead. "Mr. Bryan having undoubted power pow-er to prevent the ratification of the treaty, actually, by his own confession, advised the ratification. Neither in law, nor in morals, can he be permitted now to secure political advantage from denouncing a course of conduct which he himself advised. "Mr. Bryan gives as his reasons for advising rat'tieation that 'he thought it safer to trust the American people to give independence t the Filipinos than to trust the accomplishment of that purpose to diplomacy wirh an unfriendly un-friendly nation.' 'This puts Mr. Bryan in the attitude of desiring independence for the Philippines Phil-ippines very ardently. "Why should be become so suddenly imbued with antagonism to the Democratic Demo-cratic principle of expansion, as exemplified exem-plified by all Democratic statesmen from Jefferson to Voorhees? If he could stand the annexation of Hawaii, why balk at the acquisition of the Philippines? Philip-pines? "Mr.1 Bryan's own explanation is as follows: . " T believe that we are now in a better bet-ter position to wage a successful contest con-test against imperialism than we would have been had the treaty been rejected.' reject-ed.' "Here, then, we have the real reason for this strange parody of Jekyll and Hyde. He wanted to create the bogy of 'imperialism' in order that he might fight and overcome the monster. If Mr. Bryan had opposed the ratification of the treaty, the Filipinos would have gone their way, either Into the arms of Spain, or of Germany, or Into discordant discord-ant warring and petty states. At all events, we would have done with them. This would not have suited all, because be-cause Mr. Bryan wanted to wage a successful war against Imperialism." And so Imperialism was born, and its actual father was William J. Bryan. He is now endeavoring to 'destroy his own child.' Let it be remembered that this extraordinary dread of imperialistic imperialis-tic rule comes from a gentleman who has accepted the nomination of the fusion fu-sion Populists, or People's party.' ' ' "The Populist platform demands that the country should own and operate the railroads in the Interest of the people. peo-ple. Is not that Imperialism?" ' Mr. Denby then reviews the work of the first Philippine commission, apr pointed in January, 1899, and continues: con-tinues: ' ' "Another commission was sent to establish es-tablish a civil government for the Philippines. Phil-ippines. It is now at Manila and the government it has framed will be put in operation the 1st of September, 1900. Is it not fair and right to assume that It be tested In practice before it is con- demned? "It is believed by the insurgents that Bryan's election will Insure their independence, inde-pendence, and they are encouraged to hold out. The success of the Democratic Demo-cratic party means success for them. If the Tagals quit fighting and take the oath of allegiance, on that moment the 'paramount Issue' Is dead and so Is the Democracy. In this contest the Democrats Dem-ocrats stake their all on the continuance continu-ance of the fighting. It strikes one as odd that a great party should base Its hopes of success on' the killing and wounding of our troops. "Will not a flame of patriotism rise up over the land which will testify that at all hazards we will stand by the flag, that come what may,' we will not turn our backs on the Philippines, a disgraced and dishonored nation? "What we may do with the Philippines Philip-pines ultimately Is not the question now. The Democratic platform favors 'an Immediate declaration of the nation's na-tion's purpose to give to the Filipinos, first a stable form of government; second, sec-ond, independence; and third, protection protec-tion from ontsido interference such as has been given for nearly a century to the republics of Central and South America." ' "In the list of things to be done first, comes 'a stable form of government' |