The record-union., 1899-06-16

and liberal to its fallen foe, and point
ing out the greatness OF magnaMmity
In a nation. It was thought at the
time that these articles We're printed
because Of the sympathy of the German
Government for Spain, instead of be-
ing inspired by the selfish desire to
keep the islands that Germany had al
ready bargained to buy If they We're
not taken
AUTHORITY OF 1.-THE FATHERS"
Portland Oregonian: Senator Hoar
says that ito leave our own country
and to stand on foreign soil IS IN viola-
ton of the warnings of our fathers ana
of the farewell address of washington.
Yet it will be remembered that during
the revolutionary war force was sent
presumably with the approval OF VAST
| ington, against Quebec, and we suppose
no one will doubt that If the expeditlon
| had succeeded in capturing that clty
the United States woilld have held IT,
| had it been strong enough to do So
Again, in the war Of ISL, we violated
"the warnings of our fathers Dv inVao-
ing Canada. Later, Jackson .leIt our
country to stand on foreign soil When
he invaded Florida. and in the Mexl-
can war we did the same thing. Oniv
a short time ago, with Senator Hoaf
approval, we "left our country to stana
on foreign SOIL" in Hawaii Thus II
will be seen that the Philippines expe-
dition is not our first offense. The
warnings of our fathers and the fare
well address of Washington are vaiu-
able. but they are not the sum OF all
political wisdom. Those utterances
were suited to the circumstances IN
which their authors were placed. II
was impossible for them to foresee Iu-
ture conditions, the greatness OF the
country, the annihilation of time ana
distance by modern discoveries. ln
their time few imagined the Unlted
States would be carried west or the
Allegheny mountains, and the widest
dream of those days. never extended the
national domain west of the Mississippi
River. Our history abounds with ex-
clamatory and passionate utterances
against expansion west of the Allegha-
nies. and again west of the MISSISSIPPI
which might be used word for word as
hot expcstulation or dismal prophecy
against expansion in the Pacifc-With
mere change of geographical names.
Nobody undertakes washington
and the fathers" But even if it were
shown to be true that they We're op-
posed to national expansion, that fact
could not be conclusive for all time. A
country expands under the law of its
own genius and growth. The race of
which this nation constitutes part
has an expansive force within it that
cannot be held back What was It that
started our boys to Manila? The ma
tional spirit which, in virile races, has
always been the greatest force of the
world.
A POCKET QUESTION.
Stockton Record: A great and need
ed female reform has been started by a
brave woman in Boston. Its purpose
is to provide women with pockets. Hav-
ing studied the subject she has come
to the conclusion that civilization will
be advanced materially and woman will
take her stand properly by mans side
| as his equal if she can only have pock-
cts In her dress to put her hands and
other things into. A tailor made wo-
man has suffered for the want of this
! luxury for years. and she has put up
| with it because the tailor told her it
was necessity. 1t goes without say
money in a book for safe keeping and
| then forget which book she put it in if
| She had a pocket. Nor would she put
| her change in her lap at a lunch coun-
ter and spill it all over when she gets
up, making a dozen people crawl under
benches and counters to recover it. Man
would undoubtedly have larger ap-
probation of woman if she had pockets,
a. -l.o hn<x n1tf into
| the world and demands a night key.
| it is very absurd to see her diving into
| a retieule among cream caramels, chew
| ing gum, visiting cards, face powder,
| chocolate eclairs and matinee tickets
| to find it. One thing is sure-she could
not leave her pockets in the seat sor in
| the car and ask somebody to so back
and get them. &,
DANGER OF GOING TOO FAR
| Los Angeles Express: In these days
| of gigantic trusts and the rapidly in
creasing Capitalization of capital, which
many of the more pronounced anti
trust agitators affect to believe fore
shadows the beginning of the end of
the Republic, thinking men all over the
country are racking their brains in
| trying to devise some means by which
this tendency can be cured without en-
croaching on vested property rights
and that liberty of action with ones
own guaranteed by the Constitution of
the United States. 1t is deep prob
lem, one Of vital Importance to every
American citizen, and like everything
else, there are two sides to it, and it
will require the best and most con-
servative thought of the country to
arrive at some just and equitable REM
edy In blind obedience to the public
clamor, and without taking into con-
sideration that there is a higher power
than the law-making body, several
Substantially Arkansas, Missouri and
Texas-have passed the most stringent
antitrust laws, and some of them, like
Arkansas, have gone so far that the
courts have entered rulings that have
very greatly modified the strict con-
struction of the law. The Arkansas
law went so far as to forbid any rating
agreements by insurance companies,
and some of those institutions closed
business in the State, but Govern
ment Judge has held that such ratings
could only be prohibited by law when
made within the State, and it Is likely
that the companies will remain, simply
evading the spirit of the law by estab-
fishing rates in their home offices in
other States.
Women as Travellers.
AS the world grows smaller the num-
ber of women travellers grows great.