Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-03-10
POLITICIANS AT SEA.
Lot of Confusion and New Alignments In
Indiana.

Chicago Record.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 2.-Both
of the leading political parties in In
diana are preparing to enter upon the
campaign this year with a vigor that
is born of a knowledge that the issue
is uncertain aud it is more than proba-
BILE that the struggle will excite more
interest in the public mind than that
even of four years ago, when the sim
gle issue of free silver was before the
people.
1t is quite certain that as the situa-
ton now confronts the two party lead
err, neither thoroughly understand the
public mind; or if they do neither is
willing to admit the full force of the
obstacles that must be met and over
come before they can claim victory as
certainty in Indiana. 1t is an over
statement of the facts to say that all
Republicans are satisfied with the pol
icy of the administration regarding
foreign possessions, which have come
to US as a result of the war with Spain,
for it is true that the great body of
German voters, hundreds Of whom
have always been Republicans, look
with suspicion on foreign policy by
America that is likely to result in an
alliance at any time with another for
eigu power. They believe that there
is II growing tendency toward com
mercial alliance between this country
and England, aud the jealousy that
has always existed is becoming more
apparent every day and the Democrats
are openly claiming large defections
from the Republican German element
on that account.
But even in the minds of some Re-
publicans, not Germans, the events of
the past few days have awakened fears
of the results of our foreign policy.
Judge Daniel Waite Howe, who served
upon the superior court bench here for
many years and who has always been
Republican, addressed long letter
to the people through the press this
week, in which he pointed out the dan
gers of our policy. He went so far as
to criticise the speech of Senator Beve-
ridge and to point out that the junior
senator had declared that the principles
of the declaration of independence
have "no application to the present sit
uatiou" and that the time hopored prop
osilion that governments derive just
powers from the consent of the govern
ed, is little more than "glittering gen
erality." Almost coincident with the
appearance of Judge Howes letter,
w. H. H. Miller, ex-attorney general
of the United States, and Governor
James A. Mount submitted to inter
views, in which they declare against
the proposed policy of taxing the
Puerto Ricans through tariff. Many
Republicans would indorse expansion
| if it could be determined where expan-
sion was to end, but they fear it is like
going out on an unknown sea, and the
doctrine that these new possessions
may be governed outside OF the con-
stitution is looked upon as the first OF
the breakers against which the ship
of state may be hurled.
As these and other expressions indi-
cate divided Republican household,
so the Democrats can hardly claim
that they are a unit on the question.
When the war with Spain first opened
hundreds of Democrats enlisted and
many of these are now in the Philip
pines. Their letters home indicate
that they are disgusted with anti-im-
perialists, and that the latter, by CIV
ing countenance to the Filipinos, are