New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-13

yII1t,ty TOT All and malice towaTu TIOIe' sttKTTs
by the proper policies and laws 10 fuse and com
blne the mutual interests of money and labor to
The political propaganda Of discomfort is about
Think for ENTERPRISE that Is not n0W
81 b our people In general wealth and Som9pI 4HTng
administration The ne" eight Years when our oppo-
nents were In power were not fat kine-they were
But some will say that 8 we deserve no credit for
az an mat that It was natural growth the rc9ne h
mines and a general combination OF irreSis'ible
publican party had sense enough not to try to
impede or hinder the operations OF nature or 10
OPPOSITION have professed that value could be ere
nsd by atty fat and toed be nd Se s9
or those who have not to possess that when
But we do not admit that the policy and admins
tration of this party are not TO be credited with
our plans and purposes In advance-have ssid that,
Il adopted prosperity would be the result we have
come true.
NEW AND GRANDER POLICIES
And So under Republican rule the co o. has
progress and expansion: The flag has been carried
eastward and westward, where the islands of the
in wealth and territory we have enlarged our in
huence. The first Republican Administration when
1t looked abroad encountered everywhere senti-
ments on the part of the nations Of Europe, with
one noble exception which were cold unsympa thet-
ic, and so affected with desire the American
Nation sundered in two that they scarcely tried to
conceal their real unfrendliness. This Nation had
lived closely within the traditions of fathers
and had SO little impressed its influence upon the
no other concern either in our favor or against u.s.
lions in which was involved the desire to have free
admission to our markets for their manufactured
spndles '' On the whole this desired condition was
more likely TO exist under Southern Confederacy
than under the old Union, especially while Re
publican and Protectionist Administration was in
But as an international factor whose interest and
influence were to be regarded with respectful
Difference and whose friendship was esteemed an
honor to be courted and priced were of no more
account thai the Akhoond of Swat How different
We have not departed from our policy Of not not
corce to take e great interest in u.s. not only in
what we do but in what we think or at t Least to In
cellor confess their pleasure in the friendly words
OF the President IN his Message OF Congress the
pressions Of good will and amity toward her while
been for some recent indiscreet utterances of
s GWn bana bee moe and bretheTy
toward them. The truth Is, the world perceives
people. that the United States of America has be,
come great world Power. no. by any special la
velopment and an extension of her domain of ter
must the rTaires and at tne time
shall claim our share Of the privileges that pertain
to the DOMINANT Powers in administering the af-
The prospects Of material advantage TO come from
the extension of our Eastern trade enough to
inspire enthusiasm; Besides the eight millions in
epeGiat 70 Chn T 9 bp Ssecred bv tbe
S9omac action of our State ee AGAINST
any desire of any other Power to shut them in
hundred millions of Chinese four million square
miles of territory; only three hundred and hfty
these figures ponders their significance and reaches
What is the conclusion? 1t is that America has
chance to increase her business in that direction
oo ran tine Want and w
get share in the work of developing and ex-
American farmer the wheat grower, the cotton
lO0lS for nd D increased
trade arising from the progress ana expansion d OF
of the proper treatment of these opportunities for
years to come busy factories. busy hands, big
wages. happy homes.
NOT STOPPING TO vEx THEIR SOULS.
musty discussions Of free trade nor are they read
reePes fer the markets of the %2Ea
straight ahead upon the object they have in view,
o ar gong fSr OF ng @ is oT
resolutions they studying the conditions of the
people and taking practical measures to gain the
markets just as they would the markets Of Texas
China is only part of that great Orient which
now opens up great e
take advantage to the full of every opportunity
pep gahe Paf thy us of these He dvanges
In view of such weighty responsibilities, with
and rendering noble service to the peoples of the
Ea 6 @ the e2 2sd ebm 0 the rsT
sun of our beneicent power. let us rise above the
of the destiny which is plainly ordained for our
country. Let recognize and understand the new
sphere of influence among the nations which Provi-
denee has given US to administer IN equity and
proach. Let US stand together as one people self
respecting as well as respectable when we trans
by the people of other nations that our enemies
and detractors those of our own household
PROFESSOR MARKHAM'S POEM.
Mr.. Griggs awakened his hearers enthusiasm
10 a high degree. He was followed by Professor
Edwin Markham, Of The Man With the Hoe"
fame, who read the following original poem on
Lincoln:
LINCOLN THE GREAT COMMONER.
Copyright, 1900. by Edwin Markham)
When the morn Mother the Whirlwnd Hour
Greatening and darkening as it hurried on,
She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down
10 make man to meet the mortal need.
Clay warm yet with the genial heat Of earth,
! Dashed through it all strain OF prophecy:
II stuff 10 wear for centuries
A man that matched the mountains and con-
The stars to look way and honor US
The color Of the ground was in him. the red Earth,
The tang and odor of the primal things
The gladness of the wind that shakes the corn;
The courage of the bird that dares the sea;
The justice of the rain that loves all leaves:
The pity Of the snow that hides all scars;
The tolerance and equity of light
That It gives give s2 as freely to the shrinking weed
To the graves low hill as to the Matterhorn
That shoulders out the sky.
And so he came
One fair Ideal led our chieftain on
Forevermore he burned to do his deed
with the fine stroke and gesture of king.
b built the rail- pile as he built the State
touring his splendid strength through every blow,
To make his deed the measure OF a man.
Ana when the step Of Earthquake shook the house,
NJ M9rehG1lng the rafters from their ancient hold.