The herald., 1898-02-13

Now our navy has been built up unit
it can fairly claim to be a tie with tina
of Germany for fifth place.
TT is yet by no means as large as
should be and to lie supine and let othe
nations pass us when we have made s
good start would be one of those blum
ders which are worse than crimes.
I'm the fate of China today the shril
advocates of unintelligent peacefulnes
should see grim object lesson, especial
ly fitted to teach them, If they are capa
BILE of learning, that unless we are pre-
pared some day to share this fate anc
long before that day to suffer humilia
ton and insult which would make every
high-minded American hang his head
with shame and for which no business
prosperity could atone) we must bF
ready in time of need to do as our fore
fathers have always done, and SHOW
that we are ready and able to appeal to
the ultimate arbitrament of the sword
| Unless we are false to every tradition
of the American foreign policy, we must
continue to uphold the Monroe doctrine
but it would be better to surrender the
Monroe doctrine outright than to dis
credit ourselves and make ourselves the
laughing stock of the world by loud lip
loyalty to it, while we nevertheless de-
cline to take any step which would make
good our pretensions.
"The worst offenders against the
honor and dignity of Americans in for
eign affairs are those who loudly pro-
claim a desire to entangle US in foreign
difficulties but who refuse to help make
ready the forces by which alone our pre-
tensions would be made good.
Difficulties are thrust upon us; we
do not make them. We did not create
the Hawaiian islands; they already eX
list; we merely have to face the alterna-
tive of taking them ourselves and max
ing them the outpost for the protection
of the Pacific coast, or else of seeing
them taken by any powerful nation with
which we are at war and at once trans
formed into the most dangerous base of
operations against our Pacific coast
cities. We cannot help Hawaii as being
a strong defense or perpetual menace.
We can only decide whether we will not
take the islands when offered to us as
gift or by force to try to conquer them
from the first powerful nation with
which we may become embroiled. One
or the other of these two alternatives
must be chosen by us, and if we possess
any title to wisdom we will choose the
first.
IF we have a great fighting fleet
fleet of vessels such as we now have,
capable of offensive no less than de-
fensive work. there will be small chance
that our people will be forced to fight.
and still smaller chance that we will
not emerge from any war immeasurably
the gamer in honor and renown."
President Depew called for order
shortly after o'clock and made a few
in which he referred to Theo-
dore Roosevelt as "the cyclonic Dutch
man." and to Mr.. Beveridge a "a young
orator of the west, from the home of the
brainiest, ablest and best equipped pres-
dents we have ever had" and said in
part:
Thank heaven, the clear and superb
ltterances of President Mckinley at the
manufacturers banquet two weeks ago
Ind the impregnable front of the Repub- |
lean members of the house of repre-
entatives have cleared the atmosphere. |
Those two things have done much for
national credit and Republican hope. |
Now the representatives must take one
side or the other.
"The good lord and good devil pc
'iod have passed. 1t is an axiom, al
most in Washington that the utterances
If Mckinley and Gage, and of Reed and |
If Dingley are good principles, but bad |
politics, but temporary success is worse
han defeat when it is won by the maxim
recently enunciated by Mark Twain,
hat faith is believing what yon know
5 not SO. There has been no more in
piring and no more hopeful spectacle.
10 moro dramatic picture of battle in
he forum, than when the silver resolu-
ion, the resolution of reputation of ma
ional obligations, the resolution which
1eant, if successful, disaster to public
redit and private business, came down
ON the senate. With the prestige of the
most august body in our government be-
lind it, its descent upon the house was
ike the charge of the old guard al
But the old guard bit the dust
nd crumbled to pieces upon the i'm
'regnable squares of honest money, led
~ that greatest parliamentarian of our
imes-Speaker Thomas B. Reed
- was d'lIlOsl lIlIulIlSIIl w men 1pH-
ressman Boutelle of Maine arose to re-
pond to the toast "The Republican
'arty." He referred to the dissensions
n this city and counseled harmony
Addison F. Andrews, son of the late
rufus F. Andrews, who was surveyor of
he port of New York under Abraham
lincoln, today presented to the New
'ork Press club the pen with which
-braham Lincoln signed the proclama-
ion of emancipation. This pen was
iven to Rufus F. Andrews by Mrs. Lin
oln shortly after the presidents death.
hen she was distributing personal me-
lentos to the very intimate friends of the
resident.
AT BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE Feb. 12.-The newly Or
anized Union League club of Baltimore
Celebrated Lincolns birthday tonight
18th one of the most brilliant banouets
l the city's history.
AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Feb 12.-The anniversary of
he birth of Lincoln was observed in this
ty. Although the day is not a legal