The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-06
CATER the Coffee. "

Inc QlSpatcheS inform us that the
Hawaiian commission, consisting of
Senator Cullom, of Illinois; Senator
Morgan, of Alabama, and Representa-
tive Hit, of Illinois, were entertained
at luncheon in Chicago Thursday by
the Hon. Alexander H. Revell, presi
dent of the Union League club. after
the Coffee" the report adds, 1.-The men,
bers of the commission and others
made brief speeches" Senator Morgan
was among the first to deliver his senti-
ments. There is nothing remarkable
about that, because Senator Morgan
can talk just we'll before as after COT
fee; and, besides, he is not a man who
would ordinarily be likely to extract
much inspiration in the way of speech
from that innocent beverage alone.
Be that as it may, however, he was
certainly enthusiastic After declaring
that the annexation of Hawaii would
result in the construction of the Mic
aragua canal, that Cuba was already
free. and that Porto Rico belonged to
the United States, he assembled, pre-
sumably on the aroma of the coffee,
to the Hottest flight of eloquence mark
ing the occasion, by thrillingly an
nouncing that our flag had been raised
in the Philippines, and that no man
in America would permit it to be haul
ed down! Then, returning abruptly to
his native land, he exclaimed that not
only would the Nicaragua canal be
constructed, but that there would be
a ship canal connecting Lake Michigan
with the Mississippi river and the Gulf
of Mexico, and one between New York
and Albemarle sound, as we'll. Surely
it was due to a lack Of breath rather
than a lack of ideas on the subject of
general expansion that he failed, there
and then, to connect, by commercial
waterway, the great Salt Lake of Utah
with the Pacific ocean on the west and
the Missouri river on the east. It is
somewhat suggestive that the current
of the senator's thoughts in his post
prandial dream Of empire should be
persistently set in the direction of wa
ter!
Ex-senator Reagan, of Texas, one Of
the fathers of the interstate commerce
act-Senator Cullom being the legiti-
mate claimant for an equal honor in
that association-was likewise a dis
IiiS SdSSl VI lllS " lllOu LSdS uG
club on the occasion referred to. Mr..
Reagan took to the Nicaraguan canal
proposition as naturally as a duck
takes to water. He contented himself
with declaring for coaling stations at
Samoa, in the Ladrones and at Ma
Mia, but squinted violently towards
territorial expansion by declaring that
Jefferson was the greatest imperial
ist this country ever produced''-a dec
laration which was unquestionabl due
to the quality Of the Chicago coffee,
inasmuch as Senator Reagan, of all
other men, is entitled to dissolution Of
the charge Of knowledge of anything
concerning Thomas Jefferson. But the
Louisiana purchase in 1903 by Jeffer-
son, though a popular contamination
in it's day. and only accomplished by
straining or absolutely ignoring the
constitutional technicalities standing
In the way, was very different prop
osition from that of the present, which
involves the embarkation of the gov
eminent upon colonial policy
embracing the possession of an archi-
pelago comprising 400 distant islands,
5000 miles distant from cur own shores.
and populated largely by semi-barba-
rians. However. this argument does
not just now properly fit into the case
The main element entering into the
situation, at present, is the LIQUID ele-
ment Of Chicago coffee and it's effect
upon the ideas and speech of the dis
tlngu1shed strict constitutionalists Of
Alabama and Texas above mentioned.
propitious for the Recommendation Of
the G o e. S doctrine Of mo imperial
colonial policy, no territorial expan-
sion to beget it; no entangling alliances
with any nation under the sun'-and
no Chicago coffee in ours, if you please!