The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-12
THE ISSUE IN SIGHT.
Protection nnd the Trusts VIII Ne
Vigorously Cosnbntcd Wy the
Democracy.

Ior the eltctlon OF the rlfty-elghth
congress will be under way and the
people will decide by the political af-
filation Of those they then elect TO
represent them what the future policy
OF the government shall be on the i'm
portant issues that are now being dis
cussed.
Hon. James ID. Richardson, chair
man of the democratic congressional
committee, gives TO the Baltimore Sun
his views on some of the momentous
| questions, as follows:
"The development of issues" he
said lis much more rapid than that
i~of candidates for either party in the
1904 contest. In the discussion Of cam
| didates il must be borne in mind that
we have the congressional campaign
OF 1902 to reckon with before we en-
ter upon the business Of president
making in 1904.
"Out ofthe earlier contest may
grow conditions which will indicate
more clearly candidates available for
the presidency. The only excuse for
the discussion at this time OF candi-
dates for 1904 seems to be found in the
eagerness of some men Of greater or
less prominence TO begin a canvass in
their own interests.
"The national issues Of the near fu-
ture seem to me to be more clearly in
dicated than at the close Of our latest
contest IL seemed possible they could
be so soon. True democratic princi-
Piles have great vitality. Whenever
the country feels that false theories
and dangerous policies are leading the
| government from the observance OF
right principles democratic doctrines
are appealed TO for rescue and safety.
"The tariff question, which the re-
publican party declared a few years
ago to have been settled finally and
forever in favor OF high protection.
will be found TO be very pressing in
the next presidential campaign.
Trusts. the offspring Of the republican
policy. have grown so great that they
overtop the parent and Dame Protec-
ton can no longer conceal them at her
back by spreading her skirts or en-
veloping them in the black smoke Of
the factories. Even the trusts them
selves demand something more than
simple home products to feed on. and
the most robust Of them arc looking
for en- open way to foreign markets.
Within the very ranks of the repub-
/ lican party there is discomfort at the
continuance Of the system which shuts
us OFT Of our proper place in the
worlds commerce. There is reluc-
tant acknowledgements that the old
democratic tariff doctrines furnish
means to open markets to our prod
ucts. II may be clearly seen by one
who looks ahead that the tariff ques-
tion will enter into the campaign OF
1904 as an important issue. and that
the democrats will be found standing
where they have always stood.
"All the old articles OF faith which
have given the democratic party en-
during life will be found boldly en-
.,azoned in the next national cam
pagn. The preservation Of the faith
OF our fathers will make the great
comprehensive issue OF the campaig ign.
"The jeopardy in which the Monroe
doctrine has been placed through the
short-sighted policy of the Mckinley
administration is likely to attract very
| wide public attention and may even
become an overshadowing issue. do
not know whether it is fully realized
by our people that the agitation over
the Monroe doctrine at this time Is
due to the fact that the administra-
tion is seriously embarrassed by the
anticipated purpose Of foreign gov
ernments 10 acquire coaling stations
in the proximity of South and Central
American ports.
"Prior to our adventure in the Phil.
ippines and before we had become a
world power 10 use that term rs the
advocates OF empire use it. the desire
Of foreign governments to establish
lish bases Of supplies within the
sphere of American republics would
have occasioned no serious embar.
rassment. There were no doubts ex.
cited by foreign entanglements and
complications Of conflicting policy
There was no question Of our right 10
object. and IL was silently acknowl.
edged nv all the world But the
new policy Of the administration has
placed this government in such posi-
tion that to maintain sovereignty over
remote islands the United States mus,
acquire the right to establish coallne
stations within the sphere where the
influence Of foreign powers is rccog
nizcd. How can this government deny
to other powers a privilege within the
sphere covered by the Monroe dictrins
while ii seeks similar privilege within
their dominions? This is the question
which cmbarrasscs.
THE administration does not know
how to refuse privileges similar ia
those II must ask; yet 10 grant then
would be at least a modification Of the
Monroe dictrine, and would threaten
our stability IS nation through per
hitting the establishment of bases OF
supplies at our very ports, from which
foreign powers could operate against
us in time of war. Worse than aban
| donmenf ~ tho Monroa docf rine fhis