Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1901 — Would Rename the Islands. [ARTICLE]

Would Rename the Islands.

A proposition to change the name of the Philippine islands to the McKinley islands and thus perpetuate the memory of the murdered president is being formulated at Washington. If the proposition meets with popular favor, and if the public men of both parties take hold of the matter, the next congress will be asked to make the change and inform the world that after the passage of the resolution the maps of the earth must be changed and the words “McKinley archipelago” inserted where the “Philippine archipelago” label has stood for 400 years.