The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-07

That truly good man, the present oc-
cupant of the White house. never omits
an opportunity to establish his own
righteousness and the Goodness Of the
cause which he represents. Indeed, he
Is quite Industrious in the making of such
opportunities. The way in which he util-
tied the patriotic spirit of his countrymen
a few weeks ago by engaging in an i'm
perialist stumping tour throughout the
country shows very effectively the good
mans resources in creating occasions
for self-extolment
God is not believed ordinarily to have
much to do with the daily transactions
of politics. The evidence Of His direct
inspiration and concurrence in the con-
duct of any given number Of politicians
is not very frequently made evident. We
doubt, indeed, whether it had ever before
been established, or even claimed, that
Gods immediate hand and influence had
brought about any given policy adopted
by an American political party until our
present good Christian executive had
y
before had the authority of a president
OF the United States in sustainment of
the proposition.
Even going back to the days of Horace
Greeley, there never was more extraor-
binary set Of introduction speeches de-
Hvered by a presidential candidate than
those which the great and good McKin-
ley has just succeeded in working off for
the benefit Of this people, mostly on the
issue of imperialism, and all with q
thrifty view to his own denomination
and reelection as president. The one
great feature of all these speeches has
been their piety. Many Of them read like
selections from approved Sunday school
literature What, for instance, can be
more touching to the truly Christian
heart than the frequency and certainty
with which this good man brings the
Deity into his stump speeches. Nor Is
there a-suspicion of sacrilegious flavor In
any Of such utterances. His favorite an
peal Is, Of course, invariably in sustain
ment of the truly Christian character of
our mission in the Philippines.
For instance: At Iowa Falls. during
his recent stamping tour, the president
in the course of one Of his touching adj
dresses; declared: 81 believe, my fellow
citizens, that this territory came to us
in the providence of God" Later, at
Youngstown, o., no doubt because Of his
proximity to the home Of his chief adj
wiser, the immortal Hanna, the president
was quite artful In his denial that the
philippine scheme was q mere piece Of
financial speculation. His denial took
the form Of protesting that our soldiers
had not found their way to the islands
Tor any mere money-making purpose.
He said: They are not there for ex-
ploitation. They are there because. In
the providence of God. who moves mys-
teriously, that great archipelago has
been praced in the hands Of the Amer
lean people," Again, somewhere out IN
South Dakota, he said: I'm the nrovi-
dence Of God. who works in mysterious
ways, this great archipelago was put
into our lap"
So 1t will now be quite plain how much
God has to do with the righteous DIR
poses of our Cody imperialist brethren.
Judging from the pains with which the
president dwelt on the mysterious OPERA
tons of Providence in this regard =
may be safely assumed that he had IN
mind that $2O,OOO,Ooo and the large num-
Der of Maxim guns through which the
divine will appears chiefly to have been
manifested.
OF course the air of sanctity which this
good man throws over the Philippine bust
ness is little more than reflection of his
own character, and will leave a deep i'm
preston on the minds Of those who might
not have been able to distinguish the III
rect hand of God, for instance. In the