The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-09-01

all&the while eating like LIT Canker into
ae sHnstYa nsste Matte spa6
radical and irreversible change
from the immemorial traditions
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how can you consent that this govern
ment. whose protection and oppOrtun-
tiles you sought in order to escape the
, tarism. shall now change the character
]! that made this land fair and tempting
in, your sight. and take it's place at
| in this bloody business Of the worlds
! work."
! Can anybody doubt. having in view
i these utterances OF Mr.. Roosevelt and
| ii his voice should become potent in
| the government we should be speedily
| concerned: if not actually leading. in
the world do present events portend
| so pressing and immediate an oppor-
| tunity to- carry on the worlds work.?
| warn the people or America not. to
ers of the administration at this time
| respecting imperial designs in China.
The election is too near at hand to be
lost sight of. in reckoning the factors
profession at WASHINGTON.
\ Radical Change.
Fellow citizens. this new policy Of
colcnialism cannot be carried on with
out radical change in the character
of our institutions. A republic is not
eedare is too slow. too public and TOO
cumbersome. Something of the mill
tary system must be introduced into
administration. and this. of course: i'm
ton in the very structure. an absolutlst
ment. mr.. White!aw Reid. one Of the
1o0 lNn - %1o~ u hi i00o oSl1sfx
a member Of the Paris treaty commits
sion and Mr.. Roosevelt's predecessor
as an unsuccessful candidate for the
Yrites as as follows ison IN
THE American government has the
new territories. and will hold and gov
ern them: A REPUBLIC such as the the
United States has hth satf not NC been
Congress is apt to be slow. if not also
changeable: and under the constitution
the method of government for terri
$ St No doubt executive action. in
advance of congress. might be salts.
factory but president is apt. to wait
be necessities He can only take the
initiative through some form of mill
tary government. For this the war
department is not well organized. Pos
ment would be in the organization of
another department for war and gov
eminent beyond the seas. or the de-
yelopment of a measurably independent
Would be UNREASONABLE TO expect un-
broken success, or exemption from
ments."' A similar spirit of ,dissatisfac.
ton with our methods and system OF
administration as not adapted to that
despotic government. is manifest in an
editorial which appeared on the fourth
instant in
The Army and Naval journal.
a publication which perhaps more near
ly than any others reflects the class
opinions of the, official and military
lish system is a ruling characteristic:
Said the Journal: "One million, two
hundred thousand dollars spent in Lon
don is the price Of administrative order
aegreeate si.724. ss4s sS. or So 50 per Cent
more than our total of federal. state
county and village expenditure 70:
Of this sytem of executive administra-
ton. the fact is cited that the Amer
ter wresss m Se ar Gn he a2
alton. the Manifestation and the per
sonal rights Of two little islands. The
English executive is an imperial execu-
tenn we are coming bY the decree of
circumstances as inevitable as that OF
6st Il thlS e sc make ne
6 beYond the the liikits Of the United King
dom the citizen lives under rule es-
sentially mOnarchical and not restrl ted
by the constitutional limitations of the
parliamentary SYSTEM.
The Inner Circle.
There can be no question that these
extracts from Whitelaw Reid and the
Army and Navy Journal represent the
those Republican leaders who. are re-
sponsible. for the present situatio on:
therein therein Stated to be desirable must
certainly occur if. this policy Of en-
p!re is to be deliberately adopted by
the peHns Ny We ffen are FACE
to face with the most important aues-
ton we have ever confronted. If the
republic Of the fathers fathers IS to 49, o. pre- e.
REVOLUTION becomes the Overwhelming
political @rty of t Ghse,t heir;
Gov. Roosevelt demands to know Of
of the administration as against the
s%bStantiai gains for halGr
| ClSl1l " COulpAIiA " GA OpC-A AcAAe va
practically declaring war against the
Filipinos. and in waging !. against
| try before he had the slightest author
| ity beyond the city, bay and
of Manila and by the
! the sultan of Sulu whereby the
J flag of the republic is sOlemEly COW
| enanted to float over the harem and
| the auction block among a race Of pir-
ates and man hunters? Is it trivial
| criticism to point out. that the policy
of the administration involves the re-
pudiation of the declaration of indie
| pendence and fundamental revolution
| in the government? If so. then may
Heaven preserve us from soon encoun-
lering any really serious problems in
cur politics.
our allies redounded to our "honor?'
| In what way shall we add to cur 'in .
terests" by killing off the best Of our
| prospective customers anu earning the
| distrust and hatred of the survivors?
| How will our general prosperity be
enhanced by spending hundreds Of
| millions of dollars on ornaments and
soldiers raised by heavy taxation on
| the masses Of our people. in order. to
| see a return in thousands to the few
| who will export to meet the demands
of trade of comparatively insight
fica;,t magnitude? viii labor profit
from the inflow of goods MANUFACTURED
| by American factories in the Philip
pires or in China and Malay or Mon
golian labor On wages Of TIRE dollars ar