The record-union., 1899-07-21

League, wrote him an insulting letter.
He charged that the army and navy
were intoxicating a martial spirit that
threatened civil liberty. Here is Dyer's
reply:
"WinslowE ought to be denounced as
traitor to his country for writing such
letter. Any one who will deliberately
oppose and try to prevent the work of
the army and navy of his country is as
low in my estimation as though he We're
to deliberately take up arms against
his country, and should be taken in
hand at once.
'"The American soldiers are enduring
enough perils and hardships in the
Philippines without being decried and
denounced by a few Boston cranks who
have taken it into their heads that the
Administration is carrying on the cam
paign for the fun of the thing. Sena-
tor Mason says the war is being car
ried on without the sanction of Con-
gress. What does this gentleman think
our nation would do if we We're at
tackled by a European Power? Does
he, think the President would wait till
Congress had assembled? I am tired
Of this rot about Imperialism.
It is time that some of our COM
manders on land and sea overStepped
restraint to rebuke the unpatriotic
meddling of these self-authoriZed CEN
sors of national morals and polity.
Captain Dyer's response will awaken a
glad approval in every true American
heart. The effort to make it appear
that patriotism and allegiance of lib
erty, independence and the high instl-
tutions of civilization as in 17I, lol2
or 1861 is dastardly, n-American, un-
patriotic and verges as closely on trea-
son as did the attitude and conduct OF
the copperheads in the civil war.
AGAINST PROTECTION, NOT
TRUSTS.
Ukiah Republican Press: Nothing
shows the incapable nature of the
Democratic party more clearly than its
new base of attack against the protec-
tion of American industries. 1t has
proposed with a noisy flourish, to make
opposition to trusts a leading feature
OF the campaign next year. No sooner
is the idea broached than numerous
Democrats insist that the first step to-
ward destroying the trusts is to smash
the protective tariff. 1t is useless to
point out to those bigots and imprac-
ticables that trusts are quite as plen-
tiful in free trade countries as else
where. The Democratic mind is sin
gularly constituted. The party is COM
mitted to free trade in spite of the bit
ter experiences with the Wilson law
and other destructive Democratic
measures. The moment trusts are ac-
cepted as an issue Democratic ideas fly
off at a tangent and a war against pro-
lection is devised as the best way to
make beginning against business
monopolies
QUELLING RIOTS.
Tulare Register: Those who have
seen an autocratic subversion Of our
liberties in the sending of troops to
quell the strike riots in Idaho will do a
public service if they will explain how
order is to be maintained when the
Sheriff and County Supervisors, if not
in> full sympathy with lawlessness, are
at least disposed to neglect their duty.
What is being brought out in the court
proves plainly that there was but one
of two courses open, either send in
troops or permit the uninterrupted de-
struction of property, intimidation OF
workmen and murder. Strikers have
the same right to override the laws
special dispensation. If they are not
disposed to obey the laws they must
be compelled to. Popular liberty is not
endangered by using force enough to
maintain order.