The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-20

reaching as is the future of our coun-
try, the chairman has assumed that
! the respondent possesses mystical quail
! tiles much deeper than these claimed
by that wizard of the north who pro-
fessed to foreteil only the darkenlnS
! fortunes of a single Scottish clan.
THE future fortunes OF a great ma
ton cannot be so easily cast. AT any
! given time, the living generation can
/ take account of its present situation.
as compared with its historical past,
and possibly discover the trend or d.
rection of the material, morat and po-
/ litical forces which are carrying the ma
/ tional life onward. But underneath all
! that is observable there may be infiu-
! enees more powerful in shaping final
destinies than those that are open 10
/ the observation. The three million of
the colonial period were long affected,
though unconscious of ii, by that ten
dency which found its final result in
/ the separation of the colonies from the
mother land.
AN Englishman is quoted as saying:
IN 1850 the United States of America
will have a population Of two hundred
and fifty millions, and will be able to
crush any nation of the earth, except,
perhaps, the Slavs.' In his estimate
Of our future power, he misconceived
the use of it. 1t is not our mission to
crush any people. 1t is our mission to
enlarge, to liberate, TO set free. The
foundation stone upon which this great
social and political structure rests, is
the rights of the individual man. No
king, no potentate can rob him of this,
the fundamental, distinguishing prin-
ciple of American citizenship.
THE future of which we are now
thinking depends upon the faithful,
continuous, never-relaxing enforcement
of this radical principle. If this be
surrendered, if the individual be robbed
of his rights, whether by combinations
of men, or by combinations of money
or by government uSurpationS or
power, then the citizen ceases to be;
the slave or the sycophant takes his
place. This is the vital point in our
political, social scheme. Pray God that
it be never lost"
POLICY OF EXPANSION
Cyrus Northrop, president of the
University of Minnesota, in speaking
on the toast, Our Future said, in
part:
The future of our country is a subject
on which. at the present time, nearly
every man has an opinion OF his own. L
cannot doubt for moment that the ~
ture of our country will be essentially
what we choose to make it. / am happy
to believe that the opinions of our Deo-
pie are much less irreconcilable than
sentative being willing TO admit that the
conditions by which we are surrounded
must in some measure affect our tradition
al policy. and the most radical being will
ing TO admit that even with these cond1-
tons our traditional policy should not be
without its influence. The acquisition of
new territory is not contrary to our policy
III the past 1t is. indeed, in perfect ac
cord with that policy. 1t is just what the
nation has been doing from its earliest
years.
But whether it is desirable for us to &C
quire more territory now is not a question
to be decided exclusively by our past pol
icy, be 1t what IL may. but IL is to be de-
cided by present eXpediency. 1t is a prac-
teal question, to be determined by our in
terests and our duty.
/ am glad that Hawaii is ours; ii ought
to be- l am glad that there is hope that
being unwilling. | do not desire Cuba
but l would take care of Cuba or make
her take care of herself. 1 do not want
the Philippine archipelago-but would
LuZon, and L think | would let the rest
of the archipelago try its hand at self
government. Relieved of Spanish taxation
and repression, allowed to use their
money for their own Improvement. slim
ulated by the sight of American liberty.
American schools. American justice. l be
lieve the archipelago might be safely left
to work out its own salvation-ard, if il
can, it is a great deal better off than it
would be under our administration.
Immediately after the conclusion of
the banquet, President Mckinley was
driven to the presence of Lafayette
McWilliams, where he spent what was
left of the night. Tomorrow he will
address a gathering of railroad men in
the armory of the First infantry and
tomorrow night he will leave for Wash
ington.