Show THE STILL CONTINUES ault last article im an the war in the philippine lalands islands evoked much favorable and unfavorable emment some few behind our back expressed their regret that there is not some law or way whereby we coula be sent to prison for expressing pre uma such treasonable and unpatriotic 9 sentiments en timen ts but such hot heads geias and ignorant creatures are am too indolent to keep up with the times shey athey are an not acquainted with t the hi fat fact that the new york world which has the largest circulation oi of any paper in the world 9 says that president mckinley has no right whatever to expend twenty million dollars in purchasing ten million Mili filipinos pinos which is nothing more nor less than 2 per head bead for human beings many other influential newspapers newspaper eminent writers and statesmen are am bitterly opposed to the present war policy united states senator wm E mason of illinois said aid in a public lecture recently I 1 1 I know that when the filipian Fi lipinn is mowed down like grass it makes no difference to him whether it is one of our bullets or a spanish bullet I 1 believe lincoln is right when he said no man is good eno enough ugh to govern another man with his bis consent do you insist on killing them to prevent anarchy are we burning their homes to teach them good government but we are that we ho bought the right to govern from spain if we did we bought what we had no right to buy and what spain had no right to sell you say we govern the indian without his consent yes and the negro you yon know the result our oar treatment of the indian shows our ignorance and is a blot upon our fair name the neg negro gro worse still dont if you discuss it with me I 1 pray you rite cite two horrible mistakes as the justification for another one senator mason is a true american and we are am in accord with his his ideas and sentiments the war against the filipinos is unjust uncalled for unrighteous and absolutely wrong when this country sent her troops to cuba she achieved one of the greatest military I 1 victories in the world and lost only a few men but since the ath 1 day of february over one thousand of her bravest and noblest sons have been killed and wounded on the field of battle in the far off philippines thus showing that thi country is doing that which it should not do and it is is fair to as amne from the present outlook that many more lives aves will be sacrificed before beffi peace is restored in the philippine islands |