The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-09
4 Welcome Adjournment.

No congress ever yet met and adj
Journed that the country did not feel
relieved, and the end of the first ses-
sion of the Fifty-f1fth congress Is no
exception. No congress of recent
years has given so much reason for
satisfaction that it has ceased doing
business. The announcement Of the
destruction of the Spanish squadrons
was not more welcome than is the
wire telling that congress has ad-
journed sine die.
What has it done? What was it
pledged to do, so far as platforms can
blnd congresses? The platform
pledged the party to a sound currency,
and it has added to the cause 10 which
it attributed the unsoundness. The
majority were elected on post-conven-
ton pledges to reform the currency
and give the country an ample and
sound form Of credit money. Congress
has dawdled along through the long
session, leaving an excellent measure
In the hands Of the banking and cur
rency committee. 1t was pledged by
its platform to provide a revenue that
would remove the deficits for the
presence of which it arraigned the
Democrats and their revenue measure
1t gave the country a measure that
has been more prolific of deficits than
was the one it replaced 1t was bound
by post-convention promises to the
democrats who refused to go with
tnelr own party, to enact moderate
tariff" and 1t gave the country one
beside which the tariff of abomina-
tiens" OF 1928 is reasonable. They
promised legislation that would restore
prosperity, and business men complain
That times have not been so hard in
any year since the panic.
Were these all that this congress has
done and not done it might be dis
missed with only the criticism that if
had been but little worse than others
that preceded it. But it has gone az
far as it could in reversing the policy
that, laid down by Washington. has
been followed faithfully by all parties
Tor hundred years It has tossed to
the IDLE winds the doctrine as to our
foreign relations laid down by Monr De
and adhered to through all changes
of party administration. BY reject
authority to intervene to procure peace
In Cuba and by forcing the country
into war with Spain it has repudiated
the Monroe doctrine, which pledged
this nation to non-interference with
the possessions OF Europeans on these
continents, and opened the way for
their interference with any country On
them whenever 1t may suit their DIP
poses. By it's hardly concealed Dur
pose to retain the Philippines it has
taken course that will entangle this
country with the interests in Asia Of
the principal European nations. When
any nation once enters their sphere Of
influence it must abide the conse
quences and submit to the terms. To
cap all this we need but await the IN
eVitable consequence Of the war with
Spain in the annexation of Cuba with
It's reputation Of the sentimental and
phllanthropic denial of intention to
annex with which the war resolutions
closed. For over a hundred years
we have been simply the Republic Of
the United States. 1t was left for tbic
congress to make start the movement
that will make it the Imperial Repub
lie OF the Two Americas To that end
we will surely go unless the sober. con-
sentative, thoughtful, prudent element
In our electorate rally about the els
ment In the Democratic party, its con-
trolling element. that opposes the
movement, and check it before 1t gain
ers momentum that will be frresisti-
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