New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-09-21

II expect to 1--we to see Porto Rico q
state Of our union. Such a notion can
not be entertained Of the Philippines.
# remember rightly there are millions
of Mohammedans there, besides the ma
tive Buddhists, Chinese and other barbar-
ians whose charac teristics are fixed i'm
mutually, as it would seem. The only
form Of government possible for the 49,.
600, 900 Filipinos is q military despotism,
say such as England in India.
"Does any sober minded American rel
ish the idea IT making military despo-
tism permanent feature Of our political
ORGANISING From 3 military point Of
view it would be a source of weakness
to us. We would always have to keep
q goodly portion Of our navy there.
'sWhat we want to the far east is not
territorial possessions but open markets
and such safeguards for our commerce
in the way Of harbors with docking IA
cilities,as prudence dictates.
'By making common cause with the.
other progressive nations whose aims are
the same as ours in this regard we can
obtain them without assuming the risk
and responsibility of maintaining mil
itary despotism over ten millions of bar
barians and introducing an element of
military despotism in our political frame
work that might in time prove destruc-
tive of the whole, a. " - 4
"The men who advocate and clamor
for this new imperial policy are not the
ones who bear the burdens of society,
who are its mainstay in times of peace
and it's defenders in the hour of danger.
It is the class of corporate interests and
monied adventures and their paid adj
vocates and retainers, who expect to OBJ
tain subsidies for telegraph and transport
tation schemes, to make money out of
government contracts and to succeed the
Spanish grandees in exploiting the 49,
lands and the natives.
"The differences between our present
and historical policy of expansion and
the proposed imperial policy may be
briefly summarized as follows: The one
was the inevitable result of our national
growth and development; its effect and
purpose, local self-government and civil
ization. The proposed imperial policy
is dictated by greed. Its aim is profit,
its maintenance to be by force. Young
men, take your choice; which is best for
your country2''
There is but one constitutional amend
ment to be voted upon this fall, and that
is an amendment to article nine, estab-
fishing road and bridge fund and pro.
viding for the appointment of state
highway commission. The proposed
amen dment provides that for the pur-
pose of lending aid in the construction
of public highways and bridges there
shall be created fund TO include all
monies derived from Investment IN the
international improvement land fund,
and also including all funds accruing to
the present road and bridge fund. In adj
dition to this the legislature is author
lied to provide an annual tax levy not
to exceed one twentieth of mill on the
taxable property. This fund will be
placed at the disposal of state highway
commission to consist of three members,
unsalaried, who shall superintend it's
distribution among the counties on an
equitable basis with the proviso that no
county shall in any year receive more
than 3 per cent or less than one-half Of
] per cent of the total fund provided
and expended and that no more than
one-third of the total fund shall be ex-
pended in any year for bridges. The
state will in no case pay more than one
third of the cost Of constructing any
road or bridge.
The Davis meeting in Minneapolis was
q frost. For weeks the daily papers had
heralded the event as the great opening
gun OF the campaign. Stands had been
erected, speakers engaged and extensive
preparations made for overflow meetings,
but the overflow turned out to be an un-
desfow. The little lyceum theatre which.
holds about l 400 people was not nearly
full, the opera gallery being entirely va
cant. The gold bug daily papers say
that . highly polished and critical audi
|ence was presentin other words the
silk-stocking element was out IN full
dress but the dinner pail boys who will
vote for John Lind were conspicuous for
their absence. Senator Davis IS unques-
tiOnably the greatest drawing card The