The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-10


| nations face and under its scentless
nose with impunity, nay, be regarded
as lucky sort Of fellow who had got
chance 10 feather his nest, what will
not the inducements be when the agent
has the Pacific ocean between him and
pTying eyes?
But the Filipinos are not docile. They
are not filed with gratitude to US for
driving the Spaniard out. They pro-
fessed it as long as they thought that
our protestations of humanitarianism
were sincere. and that the United
States had sailed forth on a Don
Quixotic assault upon the forces Of mis-
rule and to give to their victims the
inestimable boon OF government by
revolution. AS soon as ii began to
dawn upon them that we had designs
UPON their territory and were inclined
TO take il over and annex il, we began
to hear those ominous mutterings OF
threats and resistance that forecast
the trouble we are said to be about to
pay SAC, 600. 900 of good money for.
AS far as we have gone in handling
subordinate races we have not demon
strated such capacity as to warrant the
colonial matters any better than the
French have managed theirs. We have
had "a century Of dishOnor" in ouI
relations with our Indians, and wa
made a mess Of our African problem.
Like the French, a portion of this
trouble the administration seems bent
upon buying Will be the colonial budget
with its annual deficits. japan annexed
Formosa, an island similar to Luzon
in popE~3tion and products, and Mar
quis Ito SAID, last year, that it had
| been only a bill of expense to Japan
| The oldest colonies Of France, like
Martinique, Guadalupe and others, ere
annual charges on the treasury to tho
extent of millions OF francs. Algeria
| involves a deficit of thirty millions
annually. The Congo, Senegal, Tonquin
all tell the same story, and the colonial
| deficit amounts to about 100, 0OO, 600
francs, TO say nothing of the extraor-
binary expenses of occasional eXpedi-
tions for further conquest
We notice that some of our minis
teriaI folk are rejoicing over the pur-
chase that Will open the Philippines &c
their missionaries, and here too there
is trouble in store. They will find a
church there with four centuries of &C.
cupation and government, with vast
domains and wealth and with a people
as firmly welded TO its faith as are
the SOudanese to that OF Islam. We
may expect a repetition there Of tina
experiences in Armenia and in China
with a possible recrudescence here, by
! A ,,f4 u,
years ago, to enter into our politics
and stir, the most malignant passions
that ever ragged in human breasts. All
| this would be bad enough were it IL
come as a free gift, but to pay $40,-
900, 900 for it is a depth OF idiocy
into which it is incredible to think that
even this administration will descend.
Minnesota can bear without serious conse-
quences the afiiction OF a Democratic gov
ernor.-Dispatch.
So soon is the past forgotten. Wa
were led to believe by the Dispatch
! that Minnesota would go to Hades on
a limited train il Lind should prove
/ successful Or was that merely one OF
the Dispatches 999 fabrications in the
/ interest of the Republican ticket.
! The Pioneer Press, having asserted
1 that the state would go to the dogs If
Lind should be elected, might now live
/ up to it's preaching by moving over TO
! st. Croix Falls. Wis.
Every daily paper in Minneapolis
supported Mr. Eustis. and yet Mr.. Lind
carried that city handsomely. Mr..
Fustis might have carried the city had
/ they all opposed him.
The election seems to have been very
damaging even down to the speliins
book. A man over in Dakota county
! spells the Republican candidates name
! E-a-u-s-t-i-s-e.
Minnesota Democrats viii each order