The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13

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and does not refer to the mere hoie-in.
the-corner workers. the ward lieuten-
ants of the boss, nor the grand army o.
Office seekers. But his application
Emight we'll be directed to them, for as,
i suredly any betterment of that class
physically that will make them less un-
pleasant for American politics, viii
shower blessings upon US.
Sir Charles insists that men engaged
in political life, statesmen, great and
small, ought to give more attention tt
athletic games and sports, and ever
| those advanced in years should not neg.
lect them. In one passage he says:
Why at eighteen man should rather
! like to receive a violent blow on the
nose, and why at fifty he should re-
gard such an occurrence with unutter-
able disgust it is somewhat hard to
say. It is not question. I think, OF
courage. My impression is that, as a
rule, the courage of resolution greatly
! increases with age. Certainly, in my
own case, I was much more of a cow
ard when a boy than I am now; and be-
| lieye that this is a common, if not a
genesal or a universal, experience. But
as a boy, while l liked to hit my COM
panions terrific blows upon the leg OF
the funny bone of the arm with a sin
gle-stick, I did not at all mind being
myself hit in the same way. l do now
Boxing must be ruled out as an exercise
for the middle-aged and the old-al-
though it is a grand pastime-because
of this Discrimination to be hurt. Nc
middle-aged man who has received
! from his teacher or his friend a
| double knock upon 1.-The mark" will
deny this statement. Single stick may
be carried on in pads, but 1 do not my
self believe in any exercise for which
| padding is necessary; for padding in
nom professionals means Indifference
and also slowness. although the shin
guard of the professional footbaleT
| does not seem to make him slow.
! That is enough. It indicates the l:ne
of advice the English statesman in
dulges in, in the most recent paper he
has presented for public thought. Ex-
| is the keynote of his tune for Ameri-
cans whose calling is politics. Assur-
eddy no one will contradict him or con-
slider his advice trivial.
To assume a thing to be truth and to
propositions. Those of the anti-expan.
sion press asserting that Consul Gen,
eral Wildman promised Aguinaldo al
Hongkong or elsewhere that if he
States would recognize the indepen,
dence Of the so-called Filipino republic
! have no basis of truth for the state
ment The only person who has as
even he has not dared to put it in
writing. We have before us the Off
cial, explicit denial of the Consul Gen
eral, made by him in reporting to thu
State Department and by him trans
mitted to Congress. In all the letters
land proclArhations of Aguinaldo, copies
Of which were sent to the Senate OF
the United States by the President
/ tACiS ID uOl d NOTQ concerning any
such promise When Aguinaldo asked
Consul General Pratt to so pledge the
United States. the Consul told him ex.
plicitly mo-" and added that he '.pos,
sessed no such authority" Wildmar
told him only that the conduct of tht
United States toward the Filipino
would be- that of Justice. It is simply
inconceivable that Consul would dare
to attempt to bind his Government
concerning a policy of recognition, a
power lodged in the Government alone
and demanding the official voice of the
American Congress to give it vitality
The anti-expansion press, however ap,
pears to delight in accepting the un-
supported word of a public enemy
against the denial of responsible and
sworn officials given in solemn official
report. Such intelligences may be
reasonably supposed to be incapable OF
recognizing the truth if they meet il
! in the street, and are equally incapa,
| BILE of being fair and just to the land OF
| their birth