Show THE FRAUDULENT IMPERIAL CRY TheDemocratic platform t has this clause We favor an immediate declaration decla-ration o the Nations pupua to give the Filipinos first a stable government govern-ment second Independence etc Much comment bus been caused over that plank How arc we to give thorn ua stable government without doln something which the governed may not consent to I Is the present Administrations Adminis-trations will to give them a stable form of government undtr which they will have every essential of ellyW p r sonal and religious freedom protection to life and property and the right of every Filipino to enter all ilclds oC industry In-dustry on even footing and to reap the full benefit of every legitimate endeavor endea-vor What more could Mr Bryan dot What business have We to bother with any government for them If the Democratic Demo-cratic Idea Is the correct one Now the Evening POSt says the platform does not necessarily mean the surrender of the Philippines and the Atlanta Constitution Con-stitution says the Post Is correct and explains lucidly In I the following 1 will bo observed that tbo declaration rcc hs 1 very coiiHcrvatlvo In Its nature and nlcl perfectly clear In Its terms Hverv possi ble tr cut and responsibility Is and nsiionslhllr recognized provided for provllcd A htablq form or gov ornmont la 1 to bo given the Filipinos not by their own ncleB FIplno fluencies but by the agency of this Republic There Is nllble nothing lhcro hap hazard In hal tho business This country Is not only to ilvo the Filipino a stable form of Knvoinmcnt JIIlnO to bo tahlo the juts of Its htablllly Who cnn say how long a limo will bo required HY to train trIn the Islanders In the ways and methods of republican government nnl The whole scheme Is In the nature of an experiment and yet It Is an experiment which Provl dance has lJcxPrlmonl uJn 11 Is that what the Democracy means To howl all summer about Imperialism and then if they succeed by a sneak to I lake perpetual possession of the islands 1 and be the Judge of haw long the natives < na-tives ought to be content to wait for cOttcnt Cot a j i government with the consent of the i governed And this t whole scheme Is j I Ito I-to be In thennturc > nature of a 1 experiment I and yot an experiment which Provl I I I dcnce has forced upon us How much j j different Is I that from the policy which j Is just now be1tugpuvuiacj I pursued Eight ycain ago the Western Democracy were sure that Mr CleVeland 1C elected would do I the right Ith Au sllvcr Truehe had bcenn little arbitrary In carrying I out the Ideas which he had absorbed ion 1 i-on silver from Dun Manning but thpn I the platform looked to a full restora lon of Oliver But Mr Clevelands first Important ofllclal act after he reached the Presidency was to call an extra session of Congress and to bulldoze n law through It which took away the last market for silver In tho United States Now Is It the purpose of Mr Bryan and his friends In case the country can bo carried for their party to put tho everlasting clamps on the Philippines and hold them a a perpetual per-petual possession I looks so |