Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-11-02

tempt to put our theories In practice.
and test the practical meaning OF this
declaration by the history OF the past
and conditions as We find them. Where
Is that spot on earth on which any
people have evr been able to establish
and maintain their Independence with.
out the force Of character. intelligence
and arms 10 do u. Men may argue
that II should not he so, but Il Is so and
has ever been.
Suppo~e this principle had been
strictly adhered to as interpreted by
the anis-im periaiis;s, where would IL
have left the human race Let us
start now and go backward down the
ages. UP which our race has toiled so
painfully and slowly; undo every war
for conquest and power that has been
fought between nations and tribes. and
I, the results that have followed the tri.
nmph OF one over the other, until We
come to the misty past where recorded
history ceases. and only vague ;raai.
tion exists. what do We finde We find
the whole human race much lower In
! the scale Of civilization than nov, 80
! far hs the necessities ana Injuries OF
| life are concerned. So much 80 that
by comparison they lived more like
i beasts
! No Magma Charta, no Declaration OF
/ Rights. no storehouses OF knowledge,
no hospitals. no charitable institutions.
no broad fundamental principles OF
! justic. elaborated. no regard for WON.
en-all that we hold most dear yet TO
| be learned in the school of experience
and in due time .the minds Of men are
broadened with the process OF the
suns
| They arc still fighting. and the tradi.
| tions they hold most dear Is OF their
ancestors who fought before them All
| good men cherish the hope that at
some time toe swords will lie beaten
into plough shares" and peace and good
Will prevail. but experience has dem.
onstrated that until the race, In the
course OF its evolution, has reached
that stage where IL will he done by
mutual consent and at the same instant
| OF time. IL is folly To throw away the
sword
Otherwise those who swear by the
| sword would Kill on the unarmed. ap-
| propriate their lands and ehattels. and
the cause OF final peace be- set back for
centuries
| No nation has yet reached that stage
OF civilization where IL can dispense
with force II requires vast army
o. police to maintain order. and al
times they are not sufficient Our 20.
lice. sheriffs eonstables. marshals,
| jails. penitentiaries, criminal courts.
etc, are vast item OF expense. The
democratic party is arguing for beau
iiful theory, OF which they would give
Agnlnaldo and his people an example
II they had them In some of the states
OF this union.
1T Is a condition and not a theory
that eonfronts us. and we must adap.
ourselves to II or do worse than moth
ing.
| What are the conditions. and what
are their bearing on the present and
! future The democrats were anxious
for the president TO begin the war. so
they can offer no complaint as To It's
having been fought. He did not rush
In blindly and without preparation as
they desired he should. but when salts.
fed that IL was necessary. and ready
To begin. Ii was done in earnest
Among the first orders sent out was
the one to Admiral Dewey. to find and
destroy the Spanish fleet Dewey
found that feet in Manila harbor and
most effeetually destroyed IL.
The United States conquered Spain.
but no soldier OF ours set foot on the
/ Spanish peninsula. No shot vas di.
rected agains; II, II was to our ad-
vantage to strike at the most convent.
ent and available points for us. and
the least defensible for them. The
| Spanish feet In the bottom OF Manila
| bay. the Spanish army behind the walls
and under Dewey's guns next demand
ed attention. He called for the neces-
sary land forces and supplies. and held
his position until they arrived Hay-
ing captured that army and destroyed
the only government existing there. II
became our duty 10 use our best endea-
vor for the maintenance OF law and
order. either permanently or until a
stable local government could be estai-
| lished
Some OF the great men in the demo-
cratic party tell us that Dewey should
have steamed out OF Manila harbor
the next morning after sinking the
Spanish fleet. Had he done 30. that
would have been the issue In this cam
paign. and democratic orators would
now be shouting themselves hoarse
over the disgrace this administration
had pu. upon the nation. Dewey
would have been a coward. and no Ian
guage could have been found strong
enough for condemnation OF his act.
II was impossible for him TO leave On
all that coast we had no coaling sta
ton or hsrbor Of refuge for our ships
5, OF war. while the war continued.
II has not been shown that conquest
OF the Philippine islands was thought