Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-15

'fBut when the Stars aud Stripes at
Inst bring the order and peaceful SOC
onrity they typify Instead OF wuuton
disorder with an the coucomltanta OF
savage warfare over which they now
waN Eve shall then be- confronted with
De necessity OF 10 policy for the future
- thesa distant regions. 10 iH prob
llm that calls Tor our Nphgrest, most
dIHpaaaionnte and most patriotic
thought. The colleges and the educated
olnwgh generally should make u mat
Ter uf conacl0ncc-pI luHtuhugly Cnnsid-
cred on an IT, aldos with reference 10
International law, tho burdens uf soy-
vrglEnty the rights ANA Interests ~
HltlNc tribes and the legitimate de-
naudH of civilization 10 und first our
national duty and then our national in-
tcrust which IL Us also % duty fur our
utateHmen Go protect
POWER TO ACQUIRE.
I'VE have reached two conclusions
that ought 90 clear the air and simplify
The problem that remains. First, we
have ample constitutional power 90 uC-
qulrc ana govern new territory ubsU-
luitly az VIII according 20 our sense on
right ana duty-whothcr as dependgu-
Giles. uH colonies. or ua "a proteCturate.
Second, uH the legitimate ana necessary
consequence OF our own previous acts,
II has become our national and inter-
HhNNHhl NuAN 10 go W.
THE LITTLE AMERICANS.
Developments OF power and trade are
the least OF the advantages we may
hopefully expect. The faults In Amricln
character ana life which the little
Americans tell us prove the people uu-
NJ Tor those duties are the very faults
that VIII De cured by them. Tho rock
lgsauoss ana Needless uficionCy Uf
youth must disappear Great rospousi-
billtips suddenly developed. must sober
ana elevate now, as they have always
done In natures originally bad, through
out the whole history OF the world.
IMPROVED FOREIGN SERVICE.
"Thn new interests abroad must com
pei an improved foreign service. ON
great occasions and In great fields our
diplomatic record ranks with the best
IN the world. At the Same time On lcllH
less under the public eye, our forelsn
service has boon huphazurd at tho best
and often bad beyond beliefs ludicrlu4
and humIllntlng. The harm thus
wrought 90 our national good name and
the positive Injury 20 our trade have
been more than we realized. We cannot
escape realizing them now ana when
the American people wake up Go
wrong they are apt 20 right H.
NEW DUTIES, NEW METHODS.
More important stll should De the
improvement IN the general public sar-
vice AT home and In our now possess
sionH. New duties must bring new
methods Ward politics were baulshcd
from India ana Egypt as the price W
successful administration aud they
must be excluded from Porto Rico and
Lu2on, The practical common sunsr OF
the American people win soon See that
any other course Is ruiuous, Gigantic
British interests Will reinfoN,e the the
ursts IN favor OF a reform that shall
really elevate and purify the olyll SER
vice,
Hand In hand with those benefits 60
ourselves. which It is the duty Of pub
llC servants 60 secure, go benefits to our
now wards and benefits TO mankind
There, then, ~ what the United States
Is Ia stand for IN an the resploudcnt
future-the rights and interests NJ rs
own government, the general welfare
OF IT. own people. the extension of or
derod liberty in the dark places OF the
earth; the spread uf civilization ana re-
llgion ana tho consequent Increase Of
the sum OF human happiness In the
world