The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-09-18
Reclamation of Arid Lands.

| Reclamation of Arid Lands. The time is ripe for a systematic and extended effort to reclaim the arid | lands and fit them for actual settlers. l The last agricultural report estimates that homes can thus be provided for many millions of people. The inn pounding and use of the waters Which are wasted in the spring should people l the western states with thrifty, 1ntelll- 1 gent and industrious citizens, and | these would furnish 8 valuable market | for all the products of the factories. A small percentage of the money spent in war of conquest would provide occu- patton and habitation for more people than would ever seek residence in colonies within the tropics.
 Foreign Alliances.
 ] The reasons given by Washington, Jefferson and the other statesmen of the early days In support of the doc- | Urine that we should maintain friendly relations with all nations, but enter into entangling alliances with none, are even stronger to-day than they were a hundred years ago. Our com l lilSlCC lS ldlJluly llCledslliS, dlll we etl ' l brought into constant communication with all parts of the world. Even if we desired to do so we could not afford to alienate many nations by cultivating unnecessary intimacy with a few Our strength and standing are such that it | is less necessary than ever before to 1 lean for aid upon the friendliness of Q | foreign power.
 We cannot connect ourselves with 1 European nations, and share in their | jealouses and ambitions without losing the peculiar advantage which our loca- 1 tion our character and our institutions give us in the worlds affairs, Monroe Doctrine
 The doctrine enunclated by Monroe, and approved by succeeding presidents, is essential to the welfare of the United States. The continents of North and South America are dedicat- ed to the development of free govern ment One republic after another has been established until to-day monarch ial idea has barely foothold in the new world.
 While it Is not the policy of this country to interfere where amicable relations exist between European countries and their dependencies in America, our people would look with disfavor upon any attempt on the part of European governments to maintain an unwilling or forcible sovereignty over the people living on this side of the Atlantic.
 The position taken by the republi- Ino1 1n,., o,,d GO forth by the republican candidate for the presidency, namely, that we cannot protect a nation from outside inter- ference without exercising sovereignty over it's people, Is an assault upon the Monroe doctrine, for while this argu- ment is at this time directed against the proposition to give to the Filipinos both independence and protection 1t is equally applicable to the republics of Central and South America. If this government cannot lend it's strength to another republic without making sub jects of it's people, then we must either withdraw our protection from the republics to the south of us or ab- sorb them. Under the same plea that the guardian nation must exert an au- thority equal to it's responsibility, Flu ropean nations have for centuries ex- plotted their wards, and 1t is a sig nifcant fact that the republican party should accept the European idea of protectorate at the same time that it adopts Europeah colonial policy. There is no excuse for this abandon ment of the American idea We have maintained the Monroe doctrine for three quarters of century. The ex- pense to us has been practically noth- ing, but the protection has been beyond value to our sister republics. If Filipino republic Is erected upon the ruins of Spanish tyranny it's protec- tion by us will be neither difficult nor expensive. No European nation would be willing for any other European na- tion to have the islands, neither would any European nation be willing to pro- yoke war with us in order to obtain possession of the islands. If we assert sovereignty over the Filipinos we will have to defend that sovereignty by force and the F'ilipinos will be our enemies; if we protect them from outside inter- ference, they will defend themselves and will be our friends If they show as much determination in opposing the sovereignty of other nations as they have shown in opposing our sovereign ty, they will not require much assist ance from us.
 Extrnvagonce.
 The republican party, drawing as it does enormous campaign funds from those who enjoy special privileges at { h1,l 1- of ha mt ic less ti protect the taxpayers from the attack of those who profit by large ap- propriations.
 Income Tax.
 By inadvertence the income tax plank agreed upon by the resolutions committee was omitted from the plat form as read and adopted The sub ject, however, is covered by the re- affirmation of the Chicago platform, andI take this occasion to reassert my belief In the principle which under lies the income tax. Congress should have authority to levy and collect an Income tax whenever necessary, and an amendment to the federal consti- tuition specifically conferring such au- thority ought to be supported by even those who may think the tax unneCeS- ,