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Show ee thereof, anil that the free exercise fi'ia enjoyment of religious profession is id worship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed." He thus extended to the humblest Filipino the constitutional guarantees which are now enjoyed by our own citizens, and secured him in life, liberty lib-erty and the pursuit of happiness. It is true that these instructions are to bo in force only until Congress shall take action. Mr. MeKinley does not, as Mr. Olney did in the case of Cuba, ignore Congress. He recognizes the supremo right of the Legislature to determine de-termine eventually the political status of the Filipinos, as he had previously recognized it in the treaty by which the Philippines were acquired. Eitiier Mr. Bryan did not take the trouble to read Mr. McKinley's letter, or, like the Pharisee, he does not remember. re-member. "J. S. T." iu the N. Y. Sun. M'KINLEY'S PLAN. A FAVORITE CHARGE CF BRYAN'S BRY-AN'S MET AND EXPOSED. The President Ibis Outlined Very Plainly What His Plan of Government Govern-ment Is for the Filipinos They Have "Liberty" in Person aud Property, and a Lare Share of Self-Government. :. , . To the Editor of the Sun: Sir Iu a speeeli delivered at Green-castle Green-castle to the students of De Pauw University Uni-versity on last Saturday, Mr. Bryan is reported to have declared, that the Republican Re-publican party has no !an for the government of the Philippines. He said: I "Republicans, your president has no plan, your Cabinet has lio plan, your Congress has no plan, your editors have no plan, you have no plan. Search your heads, search your hearts; you know you have no plan that you would even dare to tell your neighbors." The Scripture tells us of a class of men called Pharisees to whom our Lord once addressed the inquiry: "Havings eyes see ye not? and having ears hear ye not? -and do ye not remember?". re-member?". We may well ask the same question Of Mr. Bryan. On the Stli of Seplem-: Seplem-: ber last, President McKirley accepted the nomination of the Republican National Na-tional convention for A tond term in a letter in which he set forth fully the policy of the Republican party on all the issues before the people. Upon that of the Philippines, w hich had been declared by the Democratic National convention to be the paramount issue, he was particularly explicit, devoting over five columns of newspaper print to a full exp. si.iup of what he had done and wh.at he proposed to (to. After an exhaustive review of the whole subject, sub-ject, he thus stajed the purpose of his adminis ationr ' " ' ' "It is our purpose to establish in the Philippines a government suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabitants, inhabi-tants, and to prepare them for self-government, self-government, and to give tlieni self-government when they are leady for it and as rapidly asi they are ready for it. That I am aiming to do under 1117 constitutional con-stitutional authority, and vill continue to do until Congress shall determine the political status of the inhabitants of the archipelago." Could anything be cle.ner or more precise than this? That pokey thus announced an-nounced has been proclaimed and supported sup-ported by 1 a thousand Republican speakers on the stump ami by the whole Republican press of the country. coun-try. Y'et Mr. Bryan now seriously announces an-nounces that Mr. McKinlity and his party have no policy on the subject of the Philippines. Having eyes he sees not, and having ears he hears not, neither does he remember! In his letter of acceptance" the president presi-dent not only announced his policy, but he showed how far he had, carried it out. He showed that he had appointed a civil commission to organize a civil government over the Philippines with a view of giving the natives an opportunity oppor-tunity "to manage their y ii local affairs af-fairs to the fullest extent of which they are capable" and of the ultimate establishment estab-lishment of a central goeritment for the control of the islands. He showed further that he has directed that after September 1, 1900, the legislative authority au-thority should be transferred, from the military governor to this civil commission. commis-sion. And as proof of his determination determina-tion to allow the natives all tie liberty they were capable of enjoyiiig and to protect them from any infringement of their personal rights, he queried from his instructions to that commission: bntil Congress shall take, action I directed 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 private -(property shall not be taken for public i-wltb.--out just compensation; tha"(t in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy aiitl public trial, to be informed of the naiure and cause of the accusation, to be confronted confront-ed with the witnesses against ihira, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense; that excessive bail shall not be required, re-quired, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted; in-flicted; that no person shall lie put twice in jeopardy for the same offense, of-fense, or be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; that the rights to be secure agaiust unreasonable un-reasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated; that neither slavery nor Involuntary servitude shall exist except as a punishment for crime; that no bill of attainder or ex post" facto law shall be passed; that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances; that no law shall be made respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free fcxer- |
