The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-16
JINGo IN THE ASCENDANT.

JINGO In THE ASCENDANT.
The lingo is today in the ascendant.
The war which he hoped for and
worked for has actually come; and, in
stead Of its bringing home to the
American people acarniAal Of horrors.
the most that We hears are the hur-
rahs ofsvictory. 'Nothing yet has hap.
pened calculated to have a. SOLDERING.
effect upon the countryeor upon con-.
gress. In the conditions lxhe lingo spirit
and annexation is always a part of
the lingo -creed-is dangerously pre-
dominant, and must be watched. care
fully. The first pull will come on the
annexation of Hawaii. d Those islands
are in many respects The thin edge
of the wedge. What treason could
there be for cliningN other Pacific
islands and Central american ports
If Hawaii proved an acceptable part
of the Union? And this. country has a
habit of regarding whad is once done
as we'll done. No.lmatter how much
trouble Idaho or KANSAS. or Arizona
may give us, we pointlto their place
or the map with pTide.AgA very inter
esting chapter of a recent history of
England is devoted to the colonies
conclusion is reached that these col
cnies would make; of themselves a
magnificent empire, If consolidated The
United States has never exhibited a
willingness to part with any of it's ter
ritory once acquired, and hence we be-
come an International miser, as it
were, willing occasionally to take, but
never to give away. The impressive
lessons Of the war of secession Indicate
that when foot Of soil once comes
under the flag, it must remain there
forever. If this policy is adhered to-
the United States,ss;With Russia and
Great Britain, may BE THE great land
absorbing powers, Of al be5of future,
SITUATION SUMMED UP.
These suggested results Of war, the
making Of ourselves "a great naval
power the change in sour revenue -sys-
tenn, and the developfnent of q taste
for territorial expansion, are remarka-
bly, interviewer. The great navy means
disturbances, or at least a great pro-
voker of them, as our Gillian expert
ence proved Out of disturbances and
wars come the shutting of the cards,
and the rearrange ment Of the maps.
1t is also possible that; with the lessen
ing powers of protective tariffs to ere
ate market for our manufactured
goods, the cry may be raised for ter
ritorial extension to make room for
our redundant products. The home
market will not satisfy. The European
powers have already begun to own
their trade markets. Why will not the
same argument be effective here, and
a natural successor Of rthe high tariff
dictrine? A. tide of imperialism. is now
plainly sweeping over Washington
and, to an extent, the country as WELL
But the great obstacle in the way Of
all this programme is the constitution
teal bioio ,ol1 iy,1x ;v,+o Id
naming the conditions Of a league of
equal States. 1t is now as If a COM
pact for few substantial men in a
business partnership were to be made
the terms of government of an orphan
asylum, in which each. wait should be
entitled to the same privileges as the
superintendent. A colonial empire is
naturally Incompatible with a United
States, and yet these abstract consid-
erations do not much weigh against a
strong POPULAR movement. It is too
early yet to see how, the parties will
align on these question, The old-line
Democrats of the South seem as OPP
posed to increase Of territory as the
conservative elemtn4 of Eastern Re-
publicans. But no one woul have
thought that when San Domingo was
rejected that so soon afterward the
same question would be tried again in
the case of Hawaii, an apparently with
different results. That is to say, there
seems to be an annexation majority in
both houses, and the only question is
whether it will get chance to vote in
the senate.
The reason assigned for Hawaiian
annexation at this time is that it is a
necessary war measure" This term
should be plainly understood as mean
ing measure for future war, and
not the present one. With the Spanish
fleet in. the Philippines smashed, and
the war plainly near it's end, there Is
nothing in the present situation to de-.
mand the annexation Of these islands;
but, as part Of future celonizing
schemes, and as a base Of operations
in the Pacific for carrying out the i'm
perial policy, the advisability, OF their
annexation is, of course, apparent.