Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-04-09

heavy appropriations, but they were ex-
pected and stand approved by the country.
factory; Republican approval Of the prof.
ect is expressed, but the failure to make
the large appropriation for its immediate
prosecution is not unfayorable to Repub.
lican interests In the campaign of next
year. Even the army measure forced upon
the administration by an opposition senate
makes for Republican success. Between now
and 1901 the Republican congress can calm
ly take up this army reorganization mat
ter and adjust It to meet the emergencies
the Republican system of taxation to liqui-
date all these expenditures is fully salts.
flying public and official expectations, and
the tax burden is so adjusted as to leave
little ground for complaint in any quarter.
except from those who are "agin the gov
ernment anyhow.
1t was but natural that there should be
something Of reaction in the popular
enthusiasm after the war. The overwhelm-
tration was too exaggerated to be long
retained in full measure. The noisy mob,
the fair-weather sailors. held the party
dertow was felt. The tremendous attack
on the war department was Illuminated.
and the cost of all this glory in dollars and
cents footed up. This was something Mr..
Mckinley had considered deeply before en-
aggregate. Of course @ % is M Somewhat what stag g
gering. nevertheless it has been manfulIy
met by the nation. Finally the kickers
their sequence the various seamy sides Of
even successful war displaced the dazzling
flashlights before Manila and Santiago.
publican party and its erstwhile patriotic
president had enemies, and were no great
shakes after all.
There was a perceptible cooling OF the
lowing Manila and Santiago, that was all.
II A. was but natural a temporary reaction.
There was no real change in the situation.
as was demonstrated at the fall elections.
AND the Republicans now hold the senti-
ment OF the country more firmly than ever.
re e tha and and ampe forces ndsr
the president has every opportunity to set
Tie the Philippines question long ere the
entire satisfaction Of the Country. anu No o. poIi. Ole
tician with a grain of sense now believes
the free silver Democracy will be in the
running for a moment next year.
Falsehood and deceptive appeals to the
ever-sensitive public sympathy for their
soldiers in the field have failed Of their ex-
suffered certain hardships inseparable from
climatic environment in the prosecution of
their 4, r Cuban ,1l and Porto Riean operations.
the victims of dishonest contractors and
ignorant or neglectful officers. as the SOL
been IN the aa Mr MouS
Jennings Bryan had been in the White
House Neyertheless,. the people will not
tohO SAC VI PUBIC 8udlES
out Of the hands of the Republican party
No; those who forged the beef scandal
second term" are fully aware Of the fam
ure of their effort. Their ready instru-
ment, who, with the insanity Of egotism
terminated only in the military profess
sion. too swiftly imagined that he might
be the beneficiary, now knows that he is
out Of the running. The beef scandal. in
impulses from the dominant party or the
public observation and Judgment from
entire political theater
LESLIE J. PERRY.