The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-02-24

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up between them. called the Arbitra-
tlon treaty, which they are striving to
get the United States Senate to ap-
prove. The tories and the agents Of
the English gold combine are busily
engaged trying to work up sentiment
IN the country in favor of accepting
this treaty. They are appealing to
the sentiment Of the people, asking
the abstract question as to whether
they favor settling differences by war
or by arbitration; and, Of course. get
ting an almost unanimous answer in
favor OF arbitration from those who
know nothing Of the terms and condi-
tions Of the treaty proposed. In this
way the tories and the gold conspira-
tors have succeeded in getting the
Quakers Of the country, the women
and children, the preachers and the
church into petitioning the senate to
support this arbitration treaty, while
possibly not single one OF those who
have honestly petitioned the Senate
TO favor this treaty have ever read or
considered single provision in the
proposed treaty. If We should be fool
ish enough to accept this treaty, with
in six months England would grab
Alaska in order to own the gold mines
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aud after She had grabbed it by main
force, then she would propose under
this treaty to arbitrate her differences
with us in respect to the same. 1t is
impossible in this article to discuss
the many disastrous results that
might follow the adoption Of such a
treaty; but suffice it to say that no
true. patriotic, liberty loving Ameri-
can citizen who believes in the Dec
laration of Independence would favor
this treaty if he should take the time
to read it and consider the conse-
quences that might follow if we we're
bound tightly to it's mischievous
terms.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.
Every patriotic American citizen
who believes in induStria progress
and in preserving the political inde-
pendence of this nation, favorS the
building Of the Nicaragua canal. But
II is difficult to see how any clear
headed, patriotic citizen can favor the
passage of the bill now before the
senate. This bill proposes for the
government to form a copartne rshi g
with private corporation to build the
canal The government is to furnish
all OF the money to build the canal,
and then turn it over to the private
corporation, practically to suit their
own profit and pleasure. In short, it
is another Pacific railroad steal over
again, which would be sure to result
in scandal and corruption greater than
even the Credit Mopilier frauds. The
commercial importance. to say moth
ing OF the military Importance of this
canal, when it shall be built. demands
that tho Jy, ,yna nj h11jiH 4
and operate it. Operate it at cost, and
absolutely control it, SO as to prevent
any foreign powers from using it to
our detriment in case of war. 1t would
not cost more than one hundred mill
ions or one hundred and fifty millions
at the outside to build this canal.
The government spends more money
than that each year in pensions to sol
dlerS. 1t Is small enterprise for a
big government like this. Then why
should this government need partners
to help it in such an enterprise? Bet
ter thousand times that the canal
should never be built than for it to be
owned and operated by any other pow
er than the government itself.
BILL TO CREATE AN ORDER OF NO.
BILITY.
Hele was d olll ollppeu GurOug II Cne
House last week which is intended to
create an order Of nobility in America.
Not single member of the House de-
tected its real import; not single
newspaper has commented upon it.
Yet the fact remains that the bill
passed by unanimous consent and that
1t does create an order of nobility. Or
course this measure will be thorough
~ exposed ii an ATTEMPT should ever
be made to pass it in the senate.