The Portland daily press., 1899-10-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
100 NARROW AND TOO RADICAL
(Msnonester Mirror and Farmer.)

tManohester Mirror and Farmer.
There are millions of intelligent,
thoughtful, patriotic Americana, includ-
ing tens OF thousands of voters OF all
parties, who believe that the war in the
far East 10 q costly mistake; that IL has
been terribly mismanaged by an incom-
petent general who should have been
sups rseded long ago; that 1t Will not end
In a genuine ant permanent peace for
many years, and that the desirable fruits
will fall far short of oompensating this
country for the great sacrifice of life.
health and treasurs which are involved In
It's prosecution. Furthermore these God
tearing, country loving and honest people
regard with contempt the shrieking jim
goes bowling demagogues and bawling
Phf risees who go about denonncing rs
traitors and copper heads all VINO harbor
doubt rs to the wisdom of the war. who
criticise Its management or who Insist
upon their right to discuss IL. From the
Adventures who lie In wait for an oppor-
tunity to bunco or rob the Filipinos |;
from the place hunters who would gladly
see the country engaged forever In war,
which would give them position and
salary; from the blatherskite politicians
who are always In evidence protesting
their patriotism and proclaiming their
heroIsm S,Cc0 miles from the scene Of oor-
fiict and danger, the ola,s Of men and
women known as antl-imperialists W ould
gladly go apart.
But there are few, We believe, who will
go as far as does the -lmrerialist
league. which has been In session this
week Mt Chicago. Few OF them feel that
the perpetuity OF our Institutions or the
fate Of our nation is at stake In the ttrug-
gle upon Luzon, and while they ara inter-
ested in &c and all that pertains to it they
sac no occasion to follow the example OF
the jingoes and lash themselves into fury
over IL and they go about their business
as calmly and regularly as ever In perfect
condolences that In some way, at some
time. the great problem win be worked
out satisfactorily.
Most of them, while deploring the
errors and tlundeIs to which the pres
emit situation Is due, AMI feeling that II
we had known as much two years ago Of
the Filipinos as we do now We should not
have paii $50 .0DJ for legal right TO
conquer them, tea no way but to fight
on until our supremacy Is acknowledged;
and sven those who believe that 1iplo-
macy might wisely be called into action
now ara for prosecution Of the war II
that tails. "Our country We wish She
was right. But right or wrong, our
country II Is their motto. And to u great
az tent the government, the adm inistra
ton, is with them, the country. In this
emergency. Be that as 1t may, they do
not consider the war the one great all
important issue of the present, for there
are home question: that In their estima-
tlon concern them much more. There
fore they will not respond to the invita-
ton of Schurz and Morton and Boutwell,
to enroll them selves In O new party which
has for its sole lrposs the defeat Of all
candidates who sand for expansion.
Those that have been Democrats win
remain Damooi ats and those who have
been Republicans will not be found with
the opposition. They viii assert I'll cir
right to consider. 70 dissuss, TO oriticise
all that pertains to the wAr to hold and so
express their opinions regarding L. and
all that grows out OF it: but they win
not for even one campaign desert their
respective parties upon any such issue as
this. They are not extren lists and they
are not one-idea people. The pronunols-
mento Of the Chicago leagne IL at once
too narrow and too radical.
CANADA'S BOUNDARY PROPOSAL.
New York Post
The new proposal from Canada for
settlement Of the Alaska boundary dis
puie seems not to meet with much favor
at Washington. In our Judgment II Is
n ut entitled TO much. We could very
well afford to give Canada face port
on the Lynn Canal for commercial pur-
poses. But We cannot consider Cansda's
waiver of claim to Dyea aud Skegaay as
any compensation for Pyramid Harbor
or for any thing else, because she has no
rights In that quarter to relinquish, and
she would never have Imagined that she
b id any but for the discovery Of gold In
the klondike. IL was not until consid-
cradle tine altar this discovery that the
claim to che Lynn Canal was trumpsd
up. A matters now stand. Canada has
the advantage In: the Taatter OF trade with
the Klondike. She oAn and does impose
duties NJ the Klondike border In favor Of