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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. 1898.
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
statu.
Govetnor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant Goernor J. P. S. GORIN.
Secretary of Internal Affnlrs -JAMES W.
LATTA.
Jjdpe of Superior Court W. W. TOR-
ti:r.
CongreiBmeii at I.nrRO SAMUEL A.
DAVENl'CRT, GALUSIIA A. GROW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Kcnntp.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMES C VAUGHAN.
IIOURD.
First DUtrlct-JOHN R. TARR.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN V. REYN0LD3.
COLONEL h TONE'S I'LATTOUM
It nlll be my puipcso when elected to
bo conduct mjtelf at to win the icspcct
and good will of thoso who havo opposed
mo ns well us those who hap glen :ne
their support. 1 ehnll be tho governor
nl the whole r topic 01 tho state, Abuses
liae undoubtedly grown up In tho legis
lature which nie neither the t.iult of ono
party nor the other, but lather ths
growth of cut tern t't rfcessriry Investi
gations have been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In uimeicssaij epentc to
the state It will be my rate find pui
poso to correct theso nnd other cils In fo
far as I have tho power. It will be mv
purpose while governor ot Piling) ivaniu,
ns It has been my put pose In the public
positions that I hae held, with God's
help to discharge my whole duty. The
people nre greater than the parties to
which they belong. I am only Jealous of
their favor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best be done bj
an honcbt. modest, dally discharge of
public duty.
The Ninth regiment, It appear?, Is to
Vi6 stnt to Santiago. Evldontly tho
petition of the Thlttoenth for an parly
assignment t active service has passed,
out of tho mlnr1. of tho war department.
A Moral Duty.
At Intervals there are Americans who
express sympathy for Spain and who
think It would hardly be a chlvalrlc
thing for our government to take ad
vantage of Spain's weakness by send
ing to her shores a powerful Ameri
can s-qindrcn. Thehe are persons whopo
sympathies have got the better of their
Judgment. Let us, theicfore, view the
mtitter fiom a number of standpoints.
In a military sense the beginning of
a war, whether the belllg,ients be
evenly or unevenly matched, picsup
lioses that tho war will bo prosecuted
until Its purpose shall bo accomplished.
Otherwise there would be no conceiv
able reason for going to wai. War is
tho alternative when moial suasion
fails. It cannot be mixed with moral
bu.islon by either belligerent, becaiibo
all the lesoutess of moral suasion are
suppos3u to have been exhausted cte
the mbltiamcnt of arms Is to be in
voked. In wai, the object of all activ
ity Is qulchlj to weaken the enemy's
power of icslhtanoe and bring him by
fort o to concuirence In the victor's way
of thinking. When this nation told
Spain to get out of Cuba It njso au
Unitized the use of the American land
ai'd naval tmces to put net otii. Wo
have a right to choose how and where
ve shall use those foices for this put
pose whether In Cuba ltbelf, In Spain's
othei colonies or at tho peninsula's own
doors. Tln method which offeis tho
best piomlK- uf effectho lesults nt the
Ion est cost In blood and ti ensure Is
ubvloubly thu one which good general
ship should ihoosp We btruck Spain
ft Stniiago nlmply because Spain had
a fleet there. A Spanibh licet afloat
and undestroyed constituted a menace
to American Fertility which had to be
ri'Pt at the dullest possible moment.
Ueuey and Sampson having put these
menaces nut of out way we ate now
leady to tuK.j the a?gress!ve. A blow
at Spain at home by means of our navy
will cent, less and tcaro Sptln muie
than a general Invasion of Cuba at this
unhcasonable time, hento It will be
Murk Just aj soon as the ships can
strike It. It will be a peace move, an
economy in life and suffering; and it
will greatly hasten Spanish evacua
tion of Cuba.
But even from the moral point of
view, It Is false doctrino that the United
States Hhould let up because Sptln Is
weak. Weakness in numbeis and.
money constitutes no xcuse for na
tional immorality: and Spain as gov
erned today is an nwtul example of
administrative immorality. The lies,
the steals, the hypocrisy, the moral
cowardice upon which Spain rest
make'j her not only a proper subject for
punishment but so great a menace, to
the world's welfare that the United
Stites, having been reluctantly forced
to take up arms for the cause of hu
manity, should consider It a. duty to
pull tills rotten structure over and dis
infect it. The cry of humanity arises
in Spain almost as plaintively as it did
in Cuba from pearants cheated, ca
joled, kept Ignorant; from honest you
nianry ground down and kept down
beneath the worst government claim
ing Christian kinship that the records
mtntlon. We may not feel called up
on to do for far-off Spain so much
as we do for the nrar-by inhabitants
of Cuba; In a sense thoy are outside
our "sphero of Influence"; but ut least
wo should vindicate ourselves before
the gulled population of Spain fiom the
false charges that Spain's lying rulers
have brought against us, by Knowing
them up amomj their own people as tho
ni
llnrs they nre. And this can In dono
In no better way than by tho way
which McKlnley Intends to take.
Humanity everywhere will bo nil tho
belKr for it.
On July 1 there were !x German
watshlp'i at Manila, though It Is mild
one small rtunbout would have been
ample to afford adequate ptoteetlon to
tho less than lour-scorc Germans on the
rhlllnplne Islands. As our transports
cnteted Manila bay thp Gorman ting
ship ran up behind, not to stlttto but
apparently to "slzu" them "up." This
may mean little or much but In tlvi In
kiest of peace It might be well for
Admit al Dewey to oil his guns nnd
keep his ammunition handy. One med
dlesome move by Germany should be
repelled In a manner the Intermeddlera
will never forcet,
Hands Across the Sea.
fudging from cabled reports, London
must on Monday have reminded Ameri
can visitors within Its gates vcty
murli of New York, so cordial and en
thusiastic wr.fi the Ilrltlnli recognition
ot the Ametlcan significance ,of tho
day. Flftpn thousand persons, In
cluding Lord Salisbury, attended Am
bassador Haj's Fourth of July recep
tion, vvhllo in the evening, at the Amer
ican colony's banquet at Hotel Cecil,
ppors and commoners competed with
plain yatjkees in toasting the Stars
and Stripes and In Jubilating over the
vlctoiy for civilization Just won at San
tiago. A significant feature of the latter
function wa3 the speech made by the
Marquis of Rlpon. ex-vlcetoy of India
and one of the plllurs of English Llb
eiallsm. It had bean said that the Lib
eral party In England was not eager
for an Anglo-American entente. The
uieitIon was false, as many facts go
to prove. Hut Lord Rlpon's speech up
on this occasion hailing the new er.v in
Anglo-Saxondum with the language of
wannest rejoicing and eulogizing Presi
dent McKipley as a worthy successor
to Lincoln ought to lemove the last
vestige of surplclon as to where Eng
lish Liberals ttand.
Tot our pare wo Heartily Join in this
scr-tinvntal reunion of tho English
speaking people. In a time of trial fot
us our English cousins have not been
found wanting. Alene among the peo
ple of Europe the have stood by us,
have jndet stood and appreciated our
motives and have bteadfastly declined
to believe ill of us. Such treatment is
worthy of grateful remembrance. We
nee-d not and bhould not offend the oth
er Europpin power? by cntcting as a
competitor acalnst them in tho conti
nental policies of Europe; there, save
In defence of our own, we have no
place. But In many wajs we enn and
hould exhibit to Englishmen ns indiv
iduals and to Great Britain as a na
tion our appreciation of their sub
stantial good will nnd our determina
tion to reciprocate In kind ns occa
sion shall offer suitable opportunity.
m
Most of the newspapers that were the
strongest advocates of peace nt any
price at the beginning of the trouble
with Spain now stand up boldly and
litmly In the support of tho govern
ment. This ought to quiet the nervous
people v ho are worrying for fear tho
administration will make a mistake be
fore the war Is over and offend some
onr. The Lndrone Islands.
The Ladfone Islands are not tho most
valuable bits of Island pioperty In tho
world, but they will serve well as a
coaling station. They number twenty,
have a combined niea of 1,251 square
miles tin ee times that of Lacka
wanna county and tho largest Island
In the gioup, Guajan, which tho
Charleston lslted on Its way to Ma
nila, is about ninety miles In clicum
feience.or one-third mote than thearca
of Lackawanna county. The Islands aie
mountainous, well -..atcred and wood
ed, and are fruitful in bananas, cocoa
nuts, ilce, corn, cotton and indigo. The
native, or Malay, population number
about 6,000 altogether, are kind, hos
pitable and easily led Into ways of In
dustry but suffer from lack of moral
training a misfortune common among
Spanibh colonial subjects.
It Is a curous pioof of the utter In
efficiency of the Spanish system, of
colonial administration that when the
Charleston appealed off the capital of
the islands and, obeying Instructions,
began to shell the ono old-fashioned
fort which constituted its defence, the
governor general sent out an apology
for his Inability to return the salute
(he had not been lnfoimed of the ex
istence of war) on account of his lack
of gunpowder. Imagine the United
States leaving an Island possession In
such n condition of Isolation and tin
preparedness for emergencies. The
cabled dispatch from which this lnfot
matlon Is gleaned also says that when
troops from the Charleston went
ashore, took tho Spanish officials and
soldiers prisoners, and formally occu
pied the Islands In the name of the
United States tho "native soldiers
cheered and tore off their Spanish uni
forms." They knew very little about
the United States but they knew
enough about Spain to understand that
a change In sovereignty could not bo
for the worse.
Undoubtedly It is a giave, difficult
and complicated problem which the
conquest of this and other Spanish ter
ritoiy puts upon the United States.
Hut it is a problem that cannot bo
solved by cowardice, by academic dis
cussion of Irrelevant theories, by de
nunciation of the fate which has laid
the task upon our shoulders. Not by
such means nor In such spirit was
Atnerlca bullded. Yankeo conscience,
grit and gumption must make the best
of It, take hold for victory and rig out
with characteristic Yankeo ingenuity,
a form of territorial administration
which will fit the necessities of the
situation.
.
A Western physician Is worrying
nvpr tho fact that bicycle scorchers ni
dying fiom heurt disease. The general
public, however, will experience anxi
ety because they do not die more rap
idly. i
A.II told, Admltal Dewey has now
about B.000 men fit for land duty and
the arrival nt Mnnlla of 3.500 man i
expected within ten days. Wovlng mn
and supplies 7W0 miles in sllfllng trans
ports Is glow wotk, but there Is con
dotation In tho fact that It doesn't
have to be done often.
Not a Pair Prediction.
Tho war correspondent of tho Tor
onto Globe, who Is with the army nt
Santlngo, wilting of the hoisting of
the first Ametlcan flag on Cuban soil,
closes his letter with tho ptophecy:
"That flag wilt never be taken down."
Events now unfoisccn may make this
prediction true but nt this time the
Globe correspondent has no right to
make uch an nsscrtlon. Although of
fered In friendly spit it it amounts to
a. reflection upon the honor and good
faith of the American nation; It Is
equivalent to charging them with low
deceit. There nre men, hero nnd there,
whoso sense of national honor Is suf
ficiently sordid to cause them to np
plaud "forcible annexation," which by
our code, as President McKlnley said,
would bo "criminal aggression;" but
these comprise a small minority of our
total population. The moral natures
of the majority are not diseased.
Tho contingency under which the
American flag will not bo taken down
in Cuba is a formal application by
the people of Cuba for Its continuance,
pioffered by them voluntarily in fur
therance of tho belief either that stable
government without American protec
tion would not bo feasible or that,
nlthough feasible, greater advantages
to themselves would come from Iden
tification with the superior power,
prestige and resources of the United
States. In euch a contingency we
could keep our flag up without stulti
fication, dishonor or fair Imputation
upon our motives. But no such contin
gency can bo regarded as certain until
It nppears. Until then, let no man
forget that this Is a war primarily for
Cuban Independence.
Tho Chicago newspaper proprietors
say thpy are actually making money
out of the strike which suspends tho
puDllcatlon of their papers. Probably
this Is so. Times ore dull, and a war
circulation does not necessarily bring
a larger advei Using clientage, If a
larger levcnue, although It adds enor
mously to tho expenses of the office.
Tho fuct of a paper suspending Its
publication for a day or two together
makes a disagiceable hiatus, and it is
ono which the conductors ot new spa
pets would not willingly incur, except
when driven to extremities as in Chi
cago. Our es-teemt'd contemporary, the In
dependent, will appear In an entirely
new uniform in its Fourth of July
Issue. Its old, but graceful If slightly
antiqunted typogiaphlcal outfit will be
exchanged for one mote In consonance
with modem tastes and ideas. This
and all its succeeding Issues will be
In size and geneial appearance similar
to Scribner's magazine. The excellent
religious, social and literary tone ot
the paper will lemain the same and Its
ptlce will be reduced from ten cents
to five.
Examining physicians say that the
bicycle scotcher ! almost Invariably
turned down when he comes up for
admission Into the army The "bicycle
heait" Is rather woise than the
"smokei's heart" as ficquently it Is
found to be cnlatged by the effect of
rapid riding which few bicycle en
thusiasts can resist. Enlargement ot
the heart Is one of the affections re
gal ded as most serious by the exam
ining boards, as the excitement and
cxtia excitlon attendant upon service
In the field is neaily certain to be
fatal to one thus diseased.
"Where btothois are concerned,"
says ex-Ambas-sador Bayard,"no pledge
of alliance Is demanded. A simple rec
ognition of the brothei hood Is enough "
We'll not foiget that brotherhood If
England won't.
Bryan's regiment is ready. The
weather Is really too hot for amateur
campaigning, especially around Santia
go. What If Mr. Bryan took his regi
ment to the seaside for a short sea
son: The heroism t Cervera was certain
ly wonderful nnd yt, after all, it was
the heroism of a fool. It dcesn't stand
compa-ison with the deliberate, pie
ciu nnd educated heroism of Hobson.
THE HOYS IN 1ILUE.
Columbia east a wlttful eye
O'er all her wido domain;
Sho baw her peaceful cities lie
By vallc, sea and plain;
Sho heard a cry across tho sea,
A cry that well she knew,
And prayed, "O Loid, If war must be,
God guard my boys In blue!"
Her loal sons were quick to hear
That Macedonian cry;
And o'er tho earth a mighty cheer
Arose from earth to sky;
And over cottage, bplrc and mart
Tho starry banner flew,
And from the nation's throbbing heart
Poured out the boys In blue.
They gather fiom tho northern pines,
And from the southland groves.
And from the midland murky mines,
And from tl.o wostern droves;
Fiom prairie land and city street,
And lakelands bathed In dew.
The air resounds the tramp ot feet
Of gallant boys In blue.
Forth fiom tho tilling of tho soil
And labor' busy hum,
With martial tread, the sons of toll
March to the rolling drum;
Tho dauntless spirit of their sires
Glows In the sons anew,
Where Freedom builds her altar fires,
There stand tho boys In blue.
Tho sons of men who stood apart,
In sullen ranks of gruy
Estranged no more, but ono In heart,
Stand side, by side today.
They go to Heal another's pain.
Oppression to subdue,
And no'cr shall freedom plead In vain
With our brave boys la blue.
4 When rifled throats their lightnings flash,
And mast and turret reel.
And war's glgnntlo furies crash
Against the ribs of steel;
O God of Might, sustain the tight,
Tho powers of wrong subdue
From shot and steel and deadly blight
God guard our boja In blue.
O guard them all, by flood and field,
In battleihip and enmp,
And from the lurking foes concealed
In thicket and In twump;
On quivering deck, or thundering plain,
Men never stood more true
O God, In threshing out Thy grain,
Save our dear bojs In blue.
George Tuylor, In Mull and Express.
American Policy
Mtisf Broaden Oiif
From tho Fourth of Julv Address of
James M. Beck, nt Omnha.
A8HINGTON, In 1771, denounced
ns "maivotent falsehoods" tho
assertions that "thcro is any in
tention In tho Ameiloan colonies
to bet up for independent
states." in 177S ho wrote: "When I
took command of the army I nbhorcd tho
Idea of Independence; now I am con
vinced nothing else will save us."
"Hulldlng better than they knew"-as nil
master builders of a nation our fathers
wpro led by Impulses which they could
not appreciate or nuclei stand, to disre
gard every tindltlon which they held
dear, to renounce allegiance to tho king,
fceparato from the great English empire,
mako formal alliance nlth their hated
enemy, France, and create a union of
which each had been but too Jealous.
The same momentous fact Is tiuo today.
Once again tho nntlon feels a mysterious
find pulFsant Impulse. It has over been
the traditional policy of tho republic not
to Interfere In the domestic affairs of a
friendly power, nnd tho Monroe doctrine
dlstlrctly disclaimed any intention to In
tPitero with existing colonial dependen
cies In America of European powers, but
an Lixington Inflamed a continent and
cicnted a new nation, ns Fort Sumter
rudely shattered our dream of peace nnd
compelled us to remove by tho sword
Hi i! tunning soro of slavery, the explosion
of tho Malno and the cruelties to the
Cubi,n people hivo compelled us to dis
card our traditional and valued policy
of non-Interference, nnd directly Inter
fere with tho domestic affairs of another
nation.
o
We need not regret the transitory In
fluence of the past. Blind adherenco to
tradition Is not tho highest patriotism,
but Is a form of Intellectual slavery,
which Is not worthy of a free and pro
gressive people. An assumption that
the teachings of our fathers expressed
the finality of political wisdom Is con
tradicted by tho uniform experience of
mankind. I yield to no ono in my rev
erential respect for tho founders of this
republic. No government has had greater
men, and history can bo searched In vain
for nny loftier lives or wiser minds than
Washington nnd Franklin. Jefferson and
Hamilton, Madison nnd Monroe. But let
ub not ascrlbp to them an Infallibility
which they did not claim for themselves.
Democracy acknowledges no living sov
ereign, much less thoso who are said
to "rule us from their uins." Steam and
electricity have destroyed our "distant
and detached position," of which Wash
ington spoko in the Immortal Farewell
Address, and upon which ho predicted In
tho Infancy of the republic a policy of
(solution. Then, wo wero tho weakest
power In the woild, today wo are tho
strongest. Then wo were 3,000,000 In num
ber, scattered over 300,000 square miles of
territory, today we arc "5,000,000 of people,
Inhabiting n continent from ocean to
ocean, and possessed of resources which
aro inexhaustible.
fl
Our nation Is today feeling that In
stinct of expansion which Is tho pre
dominant characteristic of tho Anglo
Saxon race. It Is bred In our bono and
courses with out life blood, and the
statesmen ot our day must take It Into
account and endeavor to wisely control
It. There Is with us, as with our great
mother empire, a national Instinct for
territorial growth, "so powerful and ac
curate, that statesmen ot every school,
willing or unwilling, have found them
selves carried along by a tendency which
no Individuality can resist or greatly
modify," We could as hopefully bid tho
Mississippi cease Its flow toward the sea,
or the Missouri to lemain chained within
Its rocky sources ns to prevent the on
ward movement of this great, proud, gen
erous nnd aggressive people. This was
true of tho day of our weakness. It Is
tr no In this, the day of our strength.
o
Thero Is ono tradition of our fathers
which wo cannot too strictly respect and
whoso value tlmo cannot "wither nor
custom stale." It Is tho spirit of Justice,
to which our country Is solemnly dedi
cated forever more. Tho richest country
In tho world, though It wero paved with
gold, were dear enough. If purchased at
the pi Ice of this Ideal. Whllo recognizing
"tho right of tho people to niter and
abolish any government when It becomes
destructive of life, liberty and tho pur
suit of happlnchS," jet whero such con
ditions do not prevail, wo will not cast
a covetous pyo upon tho possession of
another people, for the mandate of Slnal,
"Thou shalt not steal," applies with tho
f.imo forco to nations as to Individuals,
and In tho one caso as In tho other tho
ultimate punishment for Its Infraction Is
as sum as the Justice of God and as
awful as Ills lightning. Let us not nnnoY
any tcrrltoilal possession without tho
free and full consent ot Its people.
THE LESSONS OP SANTIAGO.
rrom the New York Sun.
Thero are several things to be learned
from tho operations at Suntlago, and It
Is better to learn them now. In the first
placo, It Is a mistake to underrato the
courago and efficiency of an enemy. Wo
havo been Incessantly told that tho mod
ern Spaniard Is degenerate, and It Is un
doubtedly true thut. In respect of disci
pline, .prestlgo and csplt'do corpb, no
Spanish regiments in our day can bo
computed with tho fumous tciclos which,
tor about a hundred and fifty jcars, frpm
tho time ot Gousnlvo dc Cordova to tho
buttlo of Rocrol, caused tho Spanish In
fantry to bo reputed Invincible In Europe.
Tho fault lies today, ns It has lain tor
upward of 104 icars, In tho laxity and
corruption which pervade tho upper and
middle ranks of tho military hierarchy,
Tho money appropriated for military and
naval purposes Is fraudulently stopped in
transit. It is not applied to the objects
for which It wus designed; tho soldiers
and seamen aro lll-traincd, lll-pald and
even Insufficiently fed,
o
Thcro Is no reason, however, to bellcvo
that the raw material of armies furnished
by the peasants of GMIcln,. of the Basquo
provinces, tho Casttlcs, Aragon, nnd
Kstrcmadurn, Is inferior to that which
composed tho llbro of tho forces com
manded by Oonsalvo, by Splnoln, by Cor
tez and Plzarro. Wretchedly led, inade
quately supplied with arms and ammuni
tion, and almost destitute of a commis
sariat, as they wero In the last Penin
sular war, tho Spanish levies yet Inflict
ed on tho French at Baylen the most
Ignominious detent to which tho soldiers
of Napoleon had over been subjected;
and their tcslstanco at Saiagosua re
called the memorable defence of Numan.
tin In Roman days. Such men, when
they are fighting for their native land,
or for their Immemorial conquests, aro
not to be despised; It Is unfair to our
own troops to disparage tho desperate
valor of their enemies. Tho brave sol
diers under General Shatter met focmen
worthy of their steel; to face such oppon
ents Is no child's play; to overcoino thm
Is an honor, and reflects credit on tho
American stock, Thero Is, It should bo
remembored, In tho northern provinces of
Spain a considerable ndmtxturn of Vhl
gothlc blood, and it comes out in tho
common soldier, when driven to the last
ditch, ns it camo out In his forefathers
when, hunted Into the caves of Asturlas,
they turned at bay nnd began their ago.
long contest ngalnst tho Moslem, Let us
respect the Spanish common soldier, for
only thus shall we apprecluto tho bravo
American bon who are worsting him.
Is also manifest that, even ns re
gards tho abilities of Spanish officers nnd
artillerists to mako tho most of their
defensive opportunities, tho conquest rf
Cuba or Porto Rico Is no holiday Job
for our army. Unquestionably, tho Im
mediate surroundlrgs of Santiago afford
cd admirable facilities for defence, but
It Is equally Indisputable that these
were well turned to account. Tho
Spanish lines wero skilfully drawn; tho
Intienchments were well planned, the
guns wero ably served; much ot tho ar-
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tlllery seems to hao been heavier than
that which wo managed to bring Into
action, and tho smokclcbs powder used by
tho Spinlsh marksmen gave them an ob
ious advantage. If wo win. we win as
tho British did at Hunker Hill, when, ac
cording to all tho rules of war, they
should havo acknowledged themselves
twlco beaten; or, as wo ourselves won at
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that, If wo overlook the Influcnco of sea
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ut Santiago, as regards pobltlon, arm
ament and 1 chit ho numbers, wcio better
ablo to beat oft attack than was Gen
eral Jackson nt New Orleans. That they
did not do so must bo ascribed to the
magnificent exhibition of American hard
ihood and pluck.
0
In tho war of 1812 wo committed the
fatal blunder of underrating our antag
onists. Tho result was repeated humil
iation and disaster, from which wn
scarcely began to rccoer at tho end of
tho second jenr. Wo aro expecting- no
Mich reverses in tho prctont contest, but
wo shall bo completely guaranteed
against them If, throughout futuro opera
tions in Cuba and Porto Ittco, wo realize
that the conquest of those islands Is to
bo no holiday excursion, and, accordingly,
turn forthwith to account our vast pre
ponderance of material resources.
THE illONKOE OOCTItlNE.
riom tho New York Sun,
Some persons have got Into their nod
dles the notion that the Monroo doctrino
forbids the United States to ncqulro Ha
waii and tho Philippines. Tho Monroo
doctrine does nothing of the kind. It
protects American interests and Ameii
can influence In this hemisphere and
warns Huropo awny from new purchases
or conquests In the same. It does not
limit or curtail or Impede our right to
protect American Interests anywhere in
tho world. Wo havo Interests In the Pac
ific. Wo aro bound to protect them. Wo
bhull protect them. Wo aro not interfer
ing In the affairs of other nations, Spain
excoptcd. Wo are minding our own busi
ness, which, in the progress of ovents,
has come to Includo Hawaii and tho
Philippines With our relations to those
islands tho Monroo doctrine has no moro
to do than with tho rings of Saturn.
THE A.1IEUICAN JINGO.
From a Letter In the Sun.
The American Jingo is a quiet man. He
Is not looking for trouble. Having trou
ble thrust upon him, however, ho makes
It a business. When tha government
wants two hundred millions on Its bonds,
he uffcrh, as recently, hIx hundred mil
lions When the government tails for
troops, he fills tho quota, puts up his
money, and says nothing. If wo stand
nt tho parting of the ways of diplomatic
policy, let them part. Tho American peo
pie are now convh ccd that they need a
large standing nimy. They want a navy
not second to Kngland'a or anybody's.
They can pay for It and they will havo
It. "War." General Sherman snld, -,ls
hell," and he know. Wo are now in tho
hell business, and beforo wo aro through
we shall take all tho degrees, and be
come masters.
A VICTOKV I'OU HUMANITY'.
From tho Philadelphia Press.
Not a good causa tho world around,
not a light denied, a laco oppressed or
liberty and freedom withheld In any land,
but draws courage and has fresh strength
and new hope from this American triumph.
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