Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-03-04
Spirit Of the Aec,
40 d 'ncl w., Mar q. 1899
BY EDWARD {. dana.

The Evening News, Rutland 6
latest newspaper enterprise. seems
to have been established on quite a
firm foundation and the first issues
are bright and well printed. Charles
T. Fairfield, the editor and publish
er, has had experience in this work
and is very well equipped for " sue
cessful venture.
The administration, certainly not
the people of this country, inaugu-
rated the present operations in the
Philippines and the subjugation of
the natives with no promise Of indie
pendence or self government when
order is once established there.
The president sent troops and ships
and now leaves to congress the task
of settling the problems for which
he should bear the responsibility.
For a president who it is claimed is
absolutely dependent on the will of
the people, he has certainly done
wonders in forcing a second war on
the American troops who enlisted
for a war for humanity.
1t might be a good stroke of poll,
tics if President Mckinley should
appoint ex-Secretary of State Olney
or ex-Secretary of War Daniel S.
Lamont as Algcr's successor, sup
posing that his retirement should be
deemed advisable, but it is unlikely
that either would accept the office.
Whether or not Alyer has been Civ.
en- too much credit for the army
scandals and for the annihilating
effect of the issuance of certain
beef rations on our soldiers during
the late war in Cuba, there is uni
versal clamor for his retirement to
which the administration is evidently
beginning to pay heed. There are
many rumors that the name of his
successor is already being consid-
erei and the suggestion as to the APP
pointment of either Olney or La
mont thus came about, but there is
not much hope that the cabinet will
be strengthened in this way.
Expansion is the extension of our
inst itutions through the enlargement
of our frontiers Imperialism is not
the diffusion of American constitu-
tionalism over new lands, but the
establishment in conquered territory
by this government of another gov
eminent radically irreconcilabe to
the spirit of our own constitution
and essentially hostile to it. Expan
sion is the peaceful development of
our political system by widening the
area of it's authority. Imperialism
is the forcibc exercise abroad by
our government of powers denied to
it at home. In Il sentence, expan-
sion is intelligent, moral, Democrat
ic, American; imperialism is brutal,
Immoral, monarchi cal and as I'M
American as was slavery. From an
address by Bourke Cochran.
A. l.. Weeks of st. Adams, Unit
ed States internal revenue collector,
states that he has just received from
the attorney general at Washington
decision which is of interest to all
bankers. The attorney general has
decided that the undivided profits of
banks are not subject to the war tax.
The war revenue bill placed Il tax OF
S. per $1,000 on the capital stock
and surplus of all banks. The gov
eminent has been including the UNI
divided profits as part of the sur
plus. But the attorney general now
decides that the undivided profits
are not part OF the banks surplus
tor the purposes of the revenue act.
Banks can now recover that portion
of the taxes collected on undivided
profits.