Fort Wrangel news., 1898-08-17
EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.

EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.
 The question of extending the terri tory of tle tho United States Is coming suuarely before the people and will probably bstomc one of tine principal issues in the next pre-, i1eutiai election. The anurNati1u of lIawaii was bitterly opposed hy mrmber- of both of the two great rirties ami owing to the existing state of Uae. the measure found much less opposition tLan ~oaA have been the ease if the necessity of owning the newly acquired territory had not been SO appaYant, for the purposes of coal ing station and other Uses to which it has been pat.
 Ey=prc,jleat Cleveland and William JcunlaEt Bryan. the democratic candi- date for president durin.; the last cam paign. are both reported to be against the ucluisiti5a of any more territory, and both were opposed to the anneXa- ton of the Hawaiian islands regardless of tine faet at this particular time, the sound argument WAS all in favor of the mcasurc as approved by congress.
 should the democratic party. as a party. make thi- question a leading is sue ia itS HeSt platform and condemn the acquiremrut of Hawaii, and the eX. tension of oar tcr.itory. t would open up a question that would no doubt cause quite rhaUer in tho rank and tlloof the t@o old parties. and furnish an i-suo that would unite the populists and free silver men with one or the other of the old political organiza- tious.
 As before stated, tAe question has hotA ahlc supporter, and opponents. What thc result af :-a election two years hence @ouia b, ot course could Rot a' tis ti@r as toll, but judging from tar present. tone of She press of tho couutry-aud il generally voices public .su-iH"ut-au election would result in an overwhelming majority in favor of foll5#ins tha example of the British goge"nuent-Erabbing onto everything Il ,ight-ani never letting go of any thing that can be retained. If tine British government has eyer been the looser by extending her pos sessions into every part of the earth, the opponents of this flew policy should point wherein the loss occurred
 Men will differ on these great ques lions however. The Louisiana purchase for fifteen million dollars was dsnounc ed with extreme bitterness and today the acquired country forms Louisina, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ne braska. Minnesota west of the Missis- sippi. Colorado north of the Arkansas, the Indian Territory, the two Dakotas and Montana. Clay and Van Buren both opposed the annexation of Texas, and many able men opposed the pur- chase of Alaska-in congress.
 In every case where the acquisition of territory has been opposed, the his tory of our country has proven such opponents to have erred in judgment and i'll fifty years from now, yes in half of that length of time, those Amer jeans who are arrayed against the an neXation of all the territory of which we became possessed as a result of the war with Spain will be clearly shown to have been wrong in attempting to re- tard our further growth and the open ing up of new markets for the produce of the American farmer, manufacturer and merchant
 Extension CT no extension may be- come one of the great issues in our next election, for fl SC, ms that the free sil- yer movement has for the present, at least. spent it's force, and there is but little else left upon which to divide the two great parties.
 A Good Scheme.
 Governor Brady is the Alaska direc-