Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-15
THE DEMOCRATS WILL BE
INDICATED.


and Trusts. There were other things
in the platform, but it was upon these
three issues that the campaign was
fought and upon them 1t was lost.
That part OF the business is now his
tory. SO far as the winning or the
losing was concerned it does not mat
ter what the issues were. II does mat
ter whether the Democratic contention
was right or wrong--for men have
memories and the abiding satisfaction
is apt TO be with him whom events
justify and vindicate.
In the campaign the Democrats. in
the mouths of their opponents, were
demagogues beating the air; they were
drowning opportunsts catching at any
chance straw swept in reach by the
| swirling currents of events; they were
alarmists seeking to brighten the timed
with bugaboos; office seekers and hun
cry placemen "agin the government"
for profit, not for principle.
Now we shall see about these things
Napoleon said that providence is on
the side of the heaviest battalions." In
like manner Providence is supposed to
he on the side of big majorities: and
all wisdom wrapped In their deliver
ances. For all that, Napoleon ended
on St. Helena, and majorities yield TO
the persuasive eloquence of facts. The
Democrats may have been right; they
may have been wrong: a million or so
votes one way or the other does not
show that they were the one or the
other. Only events in due course can
do that
Are we not going to have anything
that can be called Imperialism and
Miitarism? Are the trusts not going
TO do what the responsible opponents
of the Democratic party predicted In
the event of Republican succcss?' Arc
we going to have four more years of
the full dinner pail. TO the accompani-
mcnt of Il grand march by Duty and
Destiny, with Aguinaldo safely bottled
up and the dove Of peace cooling to
happy reapcrs in the Philippines? Is
there to be no rift in the lutte and no
ny in the ointment? Maybe not, we
shall have to wait and see.
In the meantime, how do things look?
The very first thing of which We hear is
the increase of the regular army.
whether TO 100, 900 or 10000 men
we are not told. We must have
Il bigger war college to train Of
iicers. From the Philippines comes
the report of General Macarthur
telling officially for the first time
since the American outposts fired on
the tilpinos the dismal truth about
the. situation in those islands. The ro-
seatc reports of Otis are brushed aside
rs so much rubbish, and the maunder-
ings of toady commissioners. paid to
mix campaign whitewash, are discred-
tied. We are permitted to stand face
to face with the naked situation. A
war of indefinite length and more SOL
dicrs needed-that is what General
Macarthur sees before us. There Is no
hint of that speedy subsistence of hos
tilitics that we were frantically assur-
ed. but waited upon the reelection of
"Wilyum Mack Kinlee." With this
condition of affairs in the Philippines
shall we have golden argoses come
grooming into port under rich burdens
from those islands? is there possible
a reduction. of war taxes with the
drain of war always upon us? Is there
nothing Militarisn in what this condi
ton Of chronic war calls for?
Coincidont with the report of Mac
Arthur and the proposition 10 Increase
the army comes the announcement
that there are not enough men ana OF
hcers to man the new warships. More