Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1900 — WHY IN THE PHILIPPINES. [ARTICLE]

WHY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

We are in the Philippines. Our flag is there, our boys in blue are there. They are not there for conquest. They are not there for dominion. They are there because, in the providence of God, who moves mysteriously. that great archipelago has been placed in the hands of the American people, President McKinley.