Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-08-03
Hon. Thomas r.ts-rsoa - l1e<
Now AaA In l8OA.

Hon. Thomas NJ Patterson, editor 'O1
the Rocky Mountain News. statesman.
orator, lawyer, capitalist, poor mans
champion, and guide. philosopher and
friend" to nll the parties xnd factions
opposed to the re-eleciioA of President
Mckinley, delivered . long speech nj
the Bryan and Stevenson ratification
meeting In the broadway tiseater hast
evening In opposition TO imperialism
and expansion. 4 comprehensive ne
port OF his utternnces wTll lle found In
another part Of this paper. and we
hope that II will be carefully read bJ
the people OF Colorado.
Without quoting part Of II In this
article. we will say that IL fully In
.dorscs the most extreme language OF
the Kansas City platform In opposition
10 the policy pursued by the RepublI-
can party. under the able leadership
Of President Mckinley. In the islands
shlch have come under the jurisdIc-
ton OF the United States In consc-
q,cnce Of the war with Spain. aud
forssells an empire ON the ruins OF our
Republic II the Republicans win ut the
polls In November.
And this carries us back to the posi-.
lion mslntainei by Mr.. Patterson In the
News. with remarkable ~tcadfasincss
for him from the beginning Of the
Spanish war until after the ratification
OF the treaty OF Paris Inst year. ON this
very subject. Hardly week passed
In that long period wIthou, fcrvid csli.
torinl from Mr.. Pattcrson's own facilc
pen In favor Of expansion or In scorn Of
those tish souls who profcssed to see
the phantom OF Imperialism In the log.
ic OF trunsplrinT events.
We could MI every page of this issue
Of the Republican with these expan.
sion editorials Of Mr.. pati-r.op's and
then have enough left To overload to-
morrow's paper In the same way. bu,
We viii spare our readers thai iniiic.
ton and simply lay before them one Of
Mr. faifcrson's b,st efforts. with the
absolute assurance that Il IL fair and
full embodiment Of aii the rest. The
editorial which ". quote was publish.
cd In the Rocky Mountain News on
June ~. ISIS. seven weeks after Al.
mirai Dewey smashed III. Spanish fleet
st Manila. and one wcck b-forv ticos..
vel, and hi. Rough Riders siormcd and
captured San Juan hill. and VIC give IL
In full without the slightest change or
omission In order ,ha, no prctcnsc Of
unfairn-ss may bc urged against us In
the matter. Il rcais rs follows:
''TiiE NATIONAL Foley.
''for veal or WOE this nation IL about
to enter uron the possession Of terri.
tories beyond tho border. Of the CONT.
nrnt. In two month. there has been
a tremendous change In the currents Of
American thought. Before the ieom Of
bcwcy's guns came across the Pacific
We wcrc immersed In our internal az.
fairs. We were engaged in search for
the solution Of ccT,ain grave istcrnai
problems and were comparatively in.
iifrcrcnt TO concern. beyond our bor.
dcrs. Those grave problem. are s,iii
with Ne and for them We must iind a
right solution, whether the national
policy h. one of expansion or OF strict
.eclusian within the boundaries which
have marked our limits since Texas
was admitted into the Union on the
AZ.
north. hut al"ur another line new
tasks and new Problems confront us.
The old problems must not h. neglect.
ci. hut we can no more push the new
pSobicms aside than We can turn hack
the sun OF bii the tide 20 erase. A re.
cent writer well says: After all II Is
temperament that tells, and no,
schemes Of national policy. whether
laid down in farewell addresses or in
u,opian books. No national character
was ever shaped by formula or phil.
osophy. for greater forccs than these
lie beyond it-the forces Of inheritance
and Of events
sluggish iCthArEy IL not in the blood
Of this nation. To whatever source mn
American owes his race origin. all
Americans owe their temperament or.
iein TO energetic and progressive fore.
fathers. The blood may be Ankio.saS.
on. or Celtic. or siavonic. or Semitic; 4,
may have been carried hiiher by the
Puritans Of New England. or by the
Cavaliers Of Maryland. or by the latest
stccrngc passenger on an Atlantic liner:
whcrcsoevcr II came from. 1t Is blood
tha, dared TO push out for something
better. blood that was courageous
enough 10 cross the sea TO seek new
home and brighter fortune. The Amer.
lean people are going TO reach out for
their share of the worlds business.