The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Indianapolis Sentinel: The countries of
Germany, France. Belgium and Austria,
which have been paying bounties on their
| domestic sugar product, have just held
] 4 conference at Brussels to consider the
| abolition of the bounties. but have not
! come to an agreement OWNS to OppOSi-
ton from Russia and France. The chief
effect of the bounty has been to give
cheap sugar to countries which do not
pay bounties. 1t is quite possible that
Great Britain may not follow the contl-
mental example by giving boGntles in her
sugar producing colonies. SO long as 9TH
| er countries are willing to tax themselves
to give England cheap sugar, the English
millions are willing to let them do it..
! What they lose in paying bounty to their
times over in the low cost OF the sugar
they import from France for their own
consumption. And some other countries
may do likewise.
Denver Times: Il was characteristic of
the distinguished leader of the free silver
forces in the presidential campaign of 1896
I that when asked as to the politics of the
men in his volunteer command from Ne
/ bTaSka he should reply: 4 haven't the
| slightest idea except in the cases of the
nor do l care. They are young men from
the farms, the shops the stores. l know
! they are Intelligent, patriotic and brave-I
| do not care to know more"
! Such reply is worthy of William j.
| Bryan. than whom a more conscientious
man and truly patriotic citizen has never
been born. Colonel Bryan $ regiment was
! not organized Tor political purposes, and
| there has been no effort Of any kind to
use the incident in a political way. save
! by those Republican organs of the east
which have Sneeringly referred to the gal
| liant Nebraska boys as the Cheap Money
brigade" the "Fifty-Cent Cohorts and
appellations of like high intellectual or
der. The appointment OF Mr. Bryan as
colonel of the Nebraska regiment offered
a most excellent opportunity for a display
of the temper both of him and his political
,fr~l,s
pected. he will in no wise suffer by a COM
parison of results 1t is not in Mr.. Bryan'S
nature to assume the role of demag ogue
or to employ in public or private life any
of the methods of charlatanism so com
monty in vogue in public affairs. And the
country will rejoice in this additional
proof of fact already well established
Philadelphia Ledger: Perhaps the most
awkward of the unexpected questions that
have arisen in connection with the pres
ent war is that of the Philippine islands.
We must take them away from Spain; We
cannot give them to any other power.
They constitute the knottieSt part of the
international problem which our govern
ment is called upon to solve and which
there is no reason to doubt it will wisely
and justly solve. What is certain is that
we do not want a semi-barbaric nation of
10.00G, 10 souls to watch over with perpet
ual standing armies navies and political
carpet baggers.
opIlHSleiu iMdsS.l tlePuollCdH: LEI uS
not hesitate, therefore. in the treaty of
peace to cede back to Spain whatever
conquests we may have made in the Phil
ippines. reserving only a coaling station
for the use of our Asiatic squadron. We
ought certainly to do it, rather than pro-
long the war, if Spain is ready to accept
our terms as TO Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Whatever reforms and concessions for
the people of the Philippines our govern
ment may secure from Spain, well and
good.
New York Commercial Advertiser: The
Philippines are going to be the cruX of the
peace negotiations. Evidently there will
be no difficulty in coming to an agreement
with Spain in relation to the West Indies |
She has abandoned Puerto Rico in adj
vance and is only concerned for the Sc
curity and civil rights of Spanish resi-
dents of Cuba being hopeless of keeping
the island for herself. The Ladrones are |
a small matter, and will not stand in the
way of peace.