The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-01-31
appetite grows by what it feeds on.

appetite grows by what 1t feeds on.
mo nation in hisiory has resisted it, and
to every nation tslat has yielded to 1t it
has brought disaster.
! Athens suceumled to 1t and perished.
Rome INDUCED the mad ambition and fol-
lowed it to- her doom. 1t was the ruin OF
Venice. 1t Will work the destruction OF
England. In my rsHnion, ere the close OF
this fateful century.
"Are we, with all the lessons of history
before us, to prove the next victim of this
insatiate passion. the greatest, most la
mentable, most gratuitOus sacrifice in all
human tragedy?
II do no, wish 10 convey the impression
that in my opinion the present policy will
at one fell swOOp eJnvert this republic into
an empire in fact. But do say that the
seeds of empire luIa in this policy, and that
time and favoring environment will and
must bring them to their flower and fruit
unless we make a seasonable prevention.
God speed the day when the American
people, whose annals blaze with records of
uneQualed heroism and again and al
ways ii some great cause demand 1t, would
freely pay with life. itself the price Of its
defense, shall have the moral courage to do
their civic duty-a farer- thing than to face
undaunted the cannons4 mouth-and with
their sovereign voice DECLARE that this un-
holy war for greed ana empire shall be
stopped and that no soldier Of the United
-
be sent to other !anda to war on people
fighting for their liberty
II shall not willingly cease to dream of
a Twentieth century devoted to the demon
stration, the first and only one in history.
that a government of the people, for the
people and by the people need not perish
from the earth
There is an inspiration in the thought
that to our beloved country may be reserved
the eliminating glory Of the ages in crown
ing with success the long experiment of
righteous self government
POSTAL BILL PASSES.
The major portion of the day in the house
was occupied in the transaction Of District
Of Columbia business
The bill to revise and codify the postal
laws, which has been under consideration
at intervals for 10 days, was finally passed
yesterday.
Its friends succeedod in confining the
measure strictly to Tie purpose for which
it was framed-a cOdffcation and revision
of existing laws.
All attempts to smend it in any vital par
ticular failed.
The most interesting feature Of the day
was an attempt to secure a vote upon the
senate bill to appOint a commission to con-
slider and adjudicxte the claims of United
States citizens agaihst Spain arising out of
the war with SPAIN which this government
assumed Dy SectlOu OF tne treaty OF lar1S.
The house at the ln1t session recommitted
similar bill With lnstructions to report
back q bill to confer jurisdiction In these
cases upon the court Of claims.
Mr., Haughen, pf the committee on war
claims, secured eonsl1eration of substi-
tute for the bill drtWn in accordance with
the instructions u thk house. and then ap-
pealed to ths hods to vote down the sub
stitute and sass he senate bill
There was somS latimation OF sharp prac-
tice over this Mode Of procedure, but the
matter waE settled temporarily by postpon-
ing consideration u the bill until next
Monday.