The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-24

tionS would De neglected. VINO viii
haul down the flag" or stand by the
president" would be the prompt response
to every criticism Of the administration
and corruption and special privilege
would thrive under the cover Of patriot
ism.
POPULISTS OPPOSE MILITARIsM
1t is not strange that the Populists
should oppose Inilltarism and imperial
principles which Popullsts apply TO other
questions. Looking at questions from the
standpoint of the producer OF wealth,
rather than from the standpoint of tina
! Spectator. the Populist recognizes I'm
mllltarlsm a constant and increasing
burden. The army worm which occa-
! nearly so dangerous an enemy to ths
/ FARMER as a large standing army, whfcb
1nyades every field Of industry and ex-
acts tolls from every crop.
II loO,OQ0 mel are withdrawn from tba
| ranks or the producers and placed as a
burden on the backs of those who re-
work and greater sacrifices for those VIZ
| toll, and the farmer while he paws mora
| than his share of the EXPENSES Of The
army, has no part IN army contracts or
| IN developing companies, and his sons
are less likely to Ill the life positions n
the army than the sons of those who. by
exert influence at Washington
soon after the Republican leaders he
gan 10 suggest the propriety Of a colon
lal policy, the papers published an inter
u
foreign consul residing at Manila. He lie
clared that the people of the United
States owed it to themselves, to other
nations and the FilfpinoS to hold tho
Philippine islands permanently. st ia
conclusion Of the interview there appear
ed the very significant statement that
the gentleman was visiting the United
States for the purpose Of organizing d
company for the development of the Phil
ippine islands. A few days later. on hi3
way East, he gave out another interview
q 1l1 cd n ho CON
which he intended to organize would es-
tabltSh banks at Manila and at othee
places throughout the islands, and bulid
electric light plants. water plants, street
car lines railroads., factories, etc Tt
seemed mat the plan of his synIcats
was TO DO al the developing and leave
the rest Of the American people nothing
10 90 IN the matter except TO furnish an
army sufficient to hold the Filipinos I'M
subsection while they were being develop
At the present rate we will spend an
nuAIly upon the army approximately half
as much as We spend for education in
} the United States, and this immense sun
! Is wrung from the taxpayers by systems
} OF taxation which overburden the Loor
:: man and undertaX the rich man.
In the presence of such an issue of mil
! | 1tariSm 1t is impossible that any POpulfst
, should hesitate as to his duty.
: But even the meEace OF mlitiarism IS
but a part of the question of Imperialism
| | The policy contemplated by the Reuj.b}f-
{ | can party nullifes every princIpIC set
forth is the Declaration OF Independents.
: | strikes a blow at popular government
: and robs the nation OF it's moral pres
| uge. Already the more advanced SUD-
, | porters OF the colonial idea point to the
economy Of a system of government
I ! which entrusts all power to an execute
| and does away with the necessity for
2 | legislation. The Army and Navy Jour
nal in its issue Of Aug. 4, commends the
English system, and declares that as
= result of this system a fifth Of the
= worlds area conta ming a NTH - its
| population is ruled with an administra-
tive economy which Is an administrative
, | marvel and adds:
l COST OF McKINLEYISM
"One million two hundred thousand dol
lars spot in London is the price of ad-
t ministratiye order over a colonial rie
: whose total budgets aggregate s., IA. 3ji, -
896, CT 80 per cent mor' han our total OK
federal, state, county and village expsn-
| diture for every possible purpose for
which taxes are levied. In contrast to
the results OF this system of executive
administration, the fact is cited that the
American congress has spent an entire
wintt' vlestling With the ar #, the tax.
alton, the administration and personal
, rights Of two little islands lie English
executive Is an imperial executive Tho
English parliament is an English leglsla-
ture. To the same system W. are coming
by the decree Of circumstances as newt
! able as that of fate. II this be imperial
ism make the most Of it. So far as citi-
zenShtp is concerned, the British empire
! Is one, but beyond the limits Of the Unit
| ed Kingdom the citizen lives under a
} | rule essentially mOnarchical, and not
= ! constrained by the constitutional linita-
tons Of the parliamentary system"
Thus does Imperialism bear its sup
porters back toward the dark ages. There
| Is no middle ground between the Ameri-
| can policy and the European policy. IL
: this nation remains true to its principles,
It's traditions and its history 1t cannot
hold colonies, If It enters upon colon
ial career 1t must repudiate the doctrine
| that governments derive their Just pow
| ers from the consent Of the governed.
| When such an issue is raised there can
be only two parties-the party, whatever
! It's name may be, which believes in a
| republic, and the party, whatever its
name, which believes in an empire; ard
| the influence of every citizen Is con-
! sciously or unconsciously Intentionally
; or unintentionally, thrown upon one side
T | or the other.
t Where the divine right Of kings Is rec
2 ! ognized, the monarch can grant different
0g,egrees or liberty to different subjects.
3 The people Of England can be ruled in
one way, the people Of Canada IN another,
= the people of Ireland in another, while
> the people Of India may be governed ac-
cording to still different forms But
there can be no variety IN a republic.
The doctrine of a republic differs from
me me doctrine Of monarchy as the day
differs from the night and between the
two. doctrines there Is, and ever must be,
an irrepressible conflict.
Queen Victoria has recognized this nee
|
cratic and imperial form Of government.
In proroguing parliament a few days
ago, she said:
believing that the continued political
, independence of the republics would be
a constant danger to the peace Of South
Africa, 1 authorized the annexation Of
the Orange Free State"
a republic Is always a menace to a
monarch, just as truth IS always a
menace to error. Self-gOVernment, being
the the natural government. must necessar-
1ects Of those governments which build
upon some other foundation than the con-
sent Of the governed. What the Orange
Free state and Transvaal republics are
TO South Africa, our republic Is to tho
J world, and only our Increasing strength
| and the wide Atlantic have protected ma
from the ineXtingUishabe hostility which
J must ever exist between those who sun
port a throne and those who recOgnfze
: the citizen as the sovereign.
Every step taken toward Imperialism
by this nation meets with prompt and
emectIVe encouragement from Europe
Lincoln pointed to the interest which
ment here Of the doctrine of equal rights.
He said:
WHAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.
THE principles OF Jefferson are tina
definitions and axioms of free society
And yet they are denied and evaded, with
no small show of success. One dashingly
calls them 'glittering geralities' Another
bluntly calls them 'self-evidant lies And
others inSidiousIy argue that they Apply
differing in form, are identical in obie I
and effect-the supplanting the principles
| OF free government and restoring those
| OF classification, caste and Legitimate.
crowned heads plotting against the pe0-
! pie. They are the vanguard. the rn,nprs