The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-13

spoke for the Republican party. He
sounded the bugle blast that will make
the coming Republican campaign syn
onymous with the honors, the courage
and the aspirations of the American
people. He wrote the Republican plat
form when he said "That man little
knows the common people of the re-
public, little understands the instincts
of our race, who thinks we will not
hold 1t (the Philippine archipelago)
fast, and hold it forever, administering
just government by simplest methods"
1t was curious to note how senator's
accepted this averment. Was 1t a dec
lamation of the valedictory sort? Was
it the trained elocutionist? Was it the
dramatic outburst of Bryan. who won
the presidential nomination By q single
speech (not counting his exhibits in
oratory i'm the house of representa-
tives)? They--the senators-wondered
In their amazement they forgot that
the Indiana courtier mot the "Posey
county" Hoosier) was not hoary, VEN
erable and correct" without a single
exception every senator was in hls
seat. and they all heard wha1 he had
to say. The only human being in the
great and imposing audience who
seemed to question the very gospel of
Americanism in the burning words of
the gifted and courageous young Re-
publican was the gracious, the defer
entail, the delightful, the courteous, the
considerate, the venerable and respect
| ed senator from Massachusetts. But
for the virtues (Which in this case re.
| alize their reward) 1t would be "a simple
and easy matter to forget the connect
ing link. Senator Hoar is a landmark.
He does not forget the traditions and
the principles that made the republic,
| and If he should not be alert to the
conditions that must necessarily ex-
| pand it beyond the dream Of the most
| ardent enthusiasm Of the earlier Cape
| Cod statesmanship. 1t ought not to be
counted against him. He is an honest,
pure man. and he has got sthe Massa-
chusetts idea of freedom Gt is not to be
| scoffed att so deeply burned in his soul
| that the mere suggestion of coercion
upsets his equilibrium. 1t is not a mat
ter of surprise. Senator Hoar simply
| cannot help it. He belonged to a pre-
historic age, which thinks and breaches
] that we have our hands full when we
| faithfully and religiously attend to our
| own business. But If the illustrious
senator might live to see "the begin
ming Of the end' that defies political
and historical traditions, it would be
different. We live under new dispen-
sation, and the difference between the
distinguished Massachusetts, statesman
"of We olden time" and the splendidly
equipped young Westerner. who speaks
for the Americanism of today, is simply
a question Of evolution in our politics
and history. Senator Hoar's opposition
| is no reflection upon the administra"
| tion policy on the Philippine question
Mr.. Hoar's Mistake.
In common with a great many other
Massachusetts people he believes the
state that resisted British oppression
is the Hub of the universe. And yet
there are other people in other states
who believe that the fires of American
freedom were kindled first in a small
obscure town in one of the southern
states. And so defiant are these peo-
pie i'm the assertion of this conviction
that a hornets nest" has been adopt
ed as the emblem of their hate to Brit
ish tyranny. The difference between
Senator Hoar, and l always feel like
saying God bless him, and the young
senator from Indiana, is that one is d
cherished and honOred landmark, and
the other is a gifted. a natural leader
of progressive Republicanism.