The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-02

TT is evident that Hon. Julius Caesar
Burrows is getting frightened
Whether he has also become tainted
with treason is not so clear. Probably
not, though, because he is a republican
and an extreme one. His republicanism
is of the type that settles every public
question of the day in favor of the re-
publican party by simply pointing 10
the fact that Abraham Lincoln was a
great and good man. Such a man as
Senator Burrows guilty of treason, Per-
ish the thought!
And yet Mr.. Burrows is talking very
much as Mr.. Bryan talks. He is sub
stantially asserting the doctrine that
has brought upon democracys devoted
head the displeasure of so many pro-
fessional, long-range, political patriots,
and made the charge of treason so COM
mon that 1t has almost lost its true sig
niticance and became a mere political
catch phrase of the day.
Evidently Mr.. Burrows has pondered
the situation in the Philippines and he
has reached the conclusion that, unless
party will be likely to meet with disas-
ter on account of it in the next gen.
eral election. He is also reported as
saying that if he could have had his
way I'VE would simply have taken a
coaling station or a base of supplies
in the island Of Luzon, we would not
have paid a penny to Spain and we
would have had a foothold in the East
without the sacrifice of life and
money" SO said an associated press
dispatch yesterday, quoting Mr. Bur-
rows; the senator pointedly init
mates that by intermeddling too
far in eastern affairs we may run
counter to England, France or Ger
many, and he adds significantly that
IF our participation in eastern trade
can only be purchased at the cost Of
an indefinite war in the Philippines. We
will pay large price for what we re-
ceive.' In all of its essential features
this is the anti-imperialstic doctrine as
enunciated by the most of the demo-
| cratic leaders and the major portion Of
the democratic press.
But there is one striking point of
| difference between Mr.. Burrows and the
ordinary so-Calied anti-imperialist. The
Michigan senator ignores the question
of right and wrong; he deals with the
| matter from a purely partisan stand
point. He fears that the republican
party will get hurt. This is the great
! and only cause of his anxiety. Con-
elusive upon this point is the ctrcum-
stance that after having. in effect. de-
CIared the presidents policy a mistaken
one, he proceeds to say that Mr. Nc
Kinley is acting wisely in trying to
restore peace" But he has already put
the president in the wrong through his
demand for the Cession of the entire
archipelago, the payment to Spain of
twenty million dollars for a disputed
title, and the sacrifice of life which has
been the natural sequence.
According to the Burrows philosophy,
the president must be sustained, not
because his policy is a wise one, but
because he is a republican: the policy
itself must be continued, not because
it has any merit, but because its aban-
donment would injuriously affect the
republican party. 1t is unfortunate all
around that Mr.. Burrows failed to en-
ter his protest sooner. II is deplorabe
that he is unable TO grasp the great
idea that it is never too late to do
right