The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1900-01-18
STAND TO THE RACK.

spectacle argument. The people would
say: We already have one black plague
and burned il we want arry mother one
All who have taken the black plague in
Honolulu have died and will not be
troubled with it any more. Is "to die
and leave them" the only way to get
rid of any and all black plaques? We
think we are happy now, but just wait
until we begin to fully realize on this
expansion business. Give the admin
istration time to mature its crop.
Farmers may think they are now
happy under the gold standard and
trusts, but only wait till these crops
You can't tell 70 we'll about a
crop until you gather it, 1t may turn
out more than you expected; and of
course the yield may not be SO great as
you were looking for. Any way, the
proof of the pudding is always the eat
ing.
At present our friend Gage and the
great bankers at the money centers
have considerable bother in staving off
a panic until the financial bill is pass
ed. If then they should let all holds
go and let "the devil take the hind
most" our Sunday school president may
"hear something drop" and when he
looks round it may be himself. OF
course we would grieve if anything
occurred to disturb the soul of our pi-
ous president. But if the panic came
and they began to wbeelborrow silver
dollars into the treasury to be exchang-
ed for gold the president might make
some wry faces over taking his own
medicine.
But we are not going to say any
thing against the administration just
now nor prognosticate anything un-
comfortable; for contrary to all expec-
tations it has had the sense to keep out
of an alliance with England against
Russia over certain questions in dis
pute between those two countries. The
Britisher in "Open Door" policy and
such is the vagueness of that express
sion that it may end in an alliance Of
fensiYe and defensive and a general
spat when the time comes to define
what an "open door" means. But by
that time, perhaps, some administra-
tion will have come in which believes
this people have something else to do
beside fighting and paying taxes that
a few great merchants may have a
broader field of trade, and dozen in
vestors in those countries have pro-
lection. Moreover, the said prospec-
tive administration may have too much
sense to conclude that we could easily
whip the whole world and his wife be-
cause we got the better of the impo-
tent Spanards and feeble Filppinos.
Certainly the Boer war should teach
the Anglo-Saxon that it is not always
safe to tackle Dutchman at least.
Has the Filipino concluded he can
not fight, to get out OF the way Of the
Boer who can? / see democratic con-
gressman with accustomed asininety
has introduced a resolution that after
turning the Philippine elephant loose
we guarantee him against attack by the
elephant hunters of Europe and every
other nimrod. Some congressman need
to be sat down on. If they can't sit
down on themselves they should pre-
vail with brother member to do it for
them as an act of charity and in de-
fense of the party. No mater if not
another democrat favors this resolu-
ton, it will be read in the next cam
paign to show that democracy favors
protecting the Filipino against attack
regardless of what he does, and with
out compensation for undertaking this
hazardous business. Now, there would
be some sense in turning Aguinaldo
loose and promising HIM some aid, for
pay, in establishing his government
and that we would agree to arbitrate
his differences with the elephant hunt
ers SO long as he stood by our awards
whatever they should be. Of course
there would be, no obligation resting on
the other fellow, but if Uncle Sam
looked him square in the eye and
pointed the sharp end of his coat-tail
at the pit of his stomach and said
Look here stranger, / treated this ele-
phat badly once and afterward agreed
with him to arbitrate his differences
with such fellows as You, and | calcu
late you want to submit this little affair
and abide the decision-most likely
that fellow would straightway con
clude it was the eminently proper
thing to do, in fact the very thing ht
was looking after. What like about
this, is. there is no imperitiye abliga
ton to fight if the fellow wouldn't dc
it. When 1 am talking to an ugly look
ing fellow at the front door 1 Away
like the back door TO be open,
The aforesaid precocious congress
man in the report of his resolution
which l saw says not word abouti
coaling station nor about that $50, 900,
600. In fact he never says turkey t.
Uncle Sam, but buzzard every time
Nor does he say anything about re
ciprocity. AS to reciprocity, as Uncl
Samuel is on the giving hand he coul,
/ 4.