Show l I IMPUDENCE OR FLATULENCY WHICH I I I Our morning contemporary had an exhibition yesterday of doublecol umnod flatulency which was startling In Its profundity and which was a genuine gen-uine mental calliooe in Its deepsound InS bass notes I proceeded to Inform Us readers that as a result of 3 war for humanity and not for conquest this country finds Itself the protector ot emancipated Cuba and the owner or 1 Porto Rico and the Philippines What 1 of It The title to Porto Rico and the Philippines was obtained by a treaty with Spain which Mr Bryan went to Washington to urge the ratification of The title was obtained precisely as was the title to California Now Mexico Mex-ico Arizona Utah and Nevada Again It says the Republican party has declared de-clared that tho Constitution does not follow the flagu The Constitution oC tho United States says that Congress shall have the sole exclusive right to legislate as it pleases over territory belonging be-longing to the domain of the Republic r but not Included In any State and the courts have afllrmed this since the days of Chief Justice Marshall down Again it says It proposes to hold the Porto means as willing subjects taxing them as it sees lit without representation and denying those rights of free trade that exist between other political divisions di-visions of this Republic Most of that is but sorry buncombe and bathos The United States took Porto Rico Shortly after the Island was swept by n frightful fright-ful torm the worst known for many years leaving thousands ot people destitute des-titute The United States spent more money in one year for the Porto RIcans and for their comfort than Spain had spent during the three hundred years that she hold that Island Tho natural expenses of the Island were very great tho people were all poor To help pay tho necessary expenses Congress put for n brief period a slight tariflC on a few of her productions which by the way had been bought up by syndicates and were walling to be pushed into the ports of the United Slates tariff free The bill expressly stipulated that it was but a temporary expedient I was necessary to do that or levy a tax on tho people of the United Stales to pay tho necessary expenses there Again Sln L the bill itself expressly provided that the tariff should be removed immediately imme-diately upon tho passage of any law In Porto Rico to raise revenues Again tho Herald says I proposes to hold the Filipinos as unwilling subjects sub-jects by force of arms denying tho Declaration of Independence and that all Governments derive their Just powers pow-ers from the consent of the governed The United Stales took the Philippines and carried even assurance to the a urnce people peo-ple that they would bo absolutely freo I In person free In their religious worship wor-ship that their property should 0 protected I tected and that they should be put upon a like footing with all the inhabitants inhab-itants of the Ianls country that occupy unorganized territory A few scoundrels I scound-rels organized a rebellion out of ono tribe ot the moro than thirty In tho Islands Except for about Isllnds four mep no thought of any rebellion would have been entertained and as much progress would have been made ther a has been made in Cuba I was necessary to put down that rebellion We Bald I there waa but one trIbe In the Philippines I Philip-pines but they had ale Another tribe in the United States called the I Democratic party has been their fast ally ever sInceixAnd thc4ueer feature I of it all is I that ilii anthls business f the taklncr of Porto RIcp and the Philippines I Philip-pines the present Aclminlatratfon has but Imltnfflrt whu WF flnnn by ron r J Democratic administrations and which by the way has especially been the boast of the Democratic I party for fifty years Our contemporary picks out a few Republlcano that oppose the policy of > coercion of tho rebels in tho Philippines Philip-pines Thero has always been that kind of opposition t any measure Among the famous ones who r opposing the policy are named Carl Schurz and Webster Davis An though old Carl i Schurs was ever satisfied unless he was in the lead As though the stormy petrel would not ocream when a gale I Q blowing And Webster Davis he I of tho great cheek he the gentleman I that had the audacity to make 11 speech I before William J Bryan llftcenslx lecnlhsof which was stolen bodily from I tho speech of n distinguished man who died several years ago And It Is as I plain as daylight that had the present Administration given up the Philippines Philip-pines tho Democracy this year would be pointing to what the Democracy did when It took California and made a glorified State of it and denouncing the cowardly policy of the Republicans that gave away an empire in the far off seas But It conies down to another point I says tho Republican party abandoned aban-doned the attempt to enforce upon the people of the South an Ignorant and corrupt negro domination Thnt Is In justification of the position of such men as Senator Tlllman he who elands In the Senatq of the United States and declares that we will kill the nlirgers wo will kill 1 them If they try to vole but at tho Kansas City convention with mournful face reads the platform plat-form that denounces coercion of some cutthroats in the South seas as forcing forc-ing 3 Government upon the people without tho consent of the governed Hero is another most lucid and flatulent flat-ulent paragraph Whether the Filipino pino shall be denied the right to setup set-up his own Government whHe Important Import-ant enough is trivial compared with the vast proposition to change 3 republic I repub-lic Into an empire That Is the very I acme of flatulency No ono proposes to change a republic into an empire The appeal of the Democratic party to i the cowardice of the American people I the American people that have among them 15000000 of voters are all nolnc to be overthrown by a standing army of G5000 men and of the G5000 men In that standing army there isnt one who would not throw down his gun at the I proposition of empire Tho real question I I ques-tion Is this Can the Democratic and Populist bellyachcrs of the United Stales the crowd that Includes every Ian I-an rchlst every rioter every scoundrel i scound-rel that wants to make revenue without with-out work at the expense of his fellow citizens can all the clamor that they can raise In depleting the Republican party as imperialists simply by Imitating Imi-tating what the Democratic party did over and over again and through which it made Its chief fame during tho years that it was In power can they Influence the Nation can they work upon tho fears of the people of the United Slat s so a to obtain the offices of-fices for the next four years That Is the point with them and that is the I height of their ambition and their hopes I Is the hiss of the hoodlum In the gallery and It does not take a very lively Imagination lo imagine what that hoodlum would doIf he were given the leading role of the drama that is moving mov-ing on the stage |