The Irish standard., 1900-08-04


one heartrending sentence "War is
hell"
Theodore Roosevelt knows nothing
OF war in its reality. He was present ir
one little brush with hostile forces; q
contest which in the experience OF Sher.
man would have been lost sight OF as q
mere skirmish He knows nothing O
the awful havoc of real war; In his
shallow-pated way he rides his hobb,
and Aourishes his tin sword with all the
mock-tragic earnestness peculiar to the
Darktown fire brigade. And this is the
pseudo hero whom the people of this
country are asked to put on pedestal
to fall down before and worship as the
ideal Of its national life! Shades Of
Abraham Lincoln pity us!
Apropos, what they do say in whis-
pers about the Rough Rider" record at
San Juan is that colored troops are en-
titled to the credit which the Rough
Riders" got. They say that there is a
lieutenant in the service who command
ed the colored troops, who, when not
officially in danger OF being overheard,
states that upon his honor when he and
his troops reached the top of San Juan
hill there were seven of the 'Rough
Riders" there, and Roosevelt was NOT
one OF the seven.
might makes right" in the Roose-
welt, G. o. P. doctrine, whether it be
in conquering unwilling peoples, as in
the Philippines, by bloody war, by over
turning a state government by hired
murderers, as in Kentucky, or by strik-
ing neighbor down to death, in politi-
cal discussion, by blow of the fist, as
in the Minneapolis case. "Man makes
Right"
Closing the first full fiscal year OF the
reform administration of Governor
Lind, the Minnesota cash box has a
clean balance of $15,ooo,ooo! Will some
one please call this to the attention OF
our good friend Colonel Tom Lowry,
who predicted that "grass would grow
in streets OF Minnesota cities" as we'll
as financial ruin follow the election OF
Lind!
OF course the gentlemen who have
had SO much to say about never pulling
down the flag, will make it perfectly
clear what they would do in the China
case Or, have our brave boys been
fighting at Tien Tsin without any flag?
The State Republican league is be-
hind the uniforming OF G. o. P. clubs
in the khaki on Roosevelt suits and hat.
Let the goppites have the foreign uni
forms; the military feature is entirely
appropriate Plain old Uncle Sam i'll.
sigma and sentiments are good enough
for the Democracy.
Signs that old soldiers OF the Twin
Cities will be found in the Liberty party
this year are too plain to be mistaken
1t is so all over the country. In the re-
cent Peoples Party-Democratic conven-
ton OF South Dakota, 1So old soldiers
were delegates. and celebrated approval
OF Bryan and the state action by seiz-
ing flags and marching around for min.
utcs, singing the old patriotic songs Of
the Constitution and the flag, and Of
their battles for liberty a generation
ago. The incident, however, has been
very carefully suppressed by the goppite
press.
The red, white and blue will every
where be the Democratic campaign in
sigma this year. The goppites are well
come to foreign uniform (llhakD and
somebody's old hat. The red, white
and blue cap, and perhaps the red, white
and blue umbrella, may be quite gener-
ally introduced as the marching emblem
Tor Bryan and Stevenson. Pouring
through the cities and towns in parades
or under streams of red fire, the solid
phalanxes under the national colors will
recall the days OF the Lincoln Wide
awakes, as we'll they may.
Is the fact that Hon. NJ. J. Bowling
abruptly refused to act as a secretary
of the late Republican league conven-
ton due to Eight" he has seen on Gin
perialism?" One might think so to read
the series OF letters he is writing OF
what he saw in the Philippines and OF
the brave little people struggling there
for liberty against American imperial
soldiers
McKinley's acceptance speech con-
sistcd--of above 5000 words, one-l1alf OF
which was devoted to the money ques-
ton. To imperialism he devoted 3oo
words, to protection but 126, while the
great Chinese disaster and danger re-
ccived but Sc words, and he devoted less
than that number to each of the sub
jects, Hague conference, the late Span
ish war, Cuba and "plain duty" Porto
Rico. And how many words do yo,,
suppose he devoted to the trust subject?
Not single one.
Next May is the time now set when
the administration will withdraw the
troops from Cuba. The promise in this
case is certain of fulfillment, for there
will be man in the White House then
who will see that there is no further
monkeying with the imperialistis band
wagon. G. S. c.