The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Toying with the Constitution.

AoJAh6 NV1Ln uo CONSTITUTIONS ~
The Boston journal thinks the or
ponents Of Imperialism should
thankful because of the suprem
courts Porto Rican decision. Z
Journal says hat had the court he
that the constitution followed the FL
and extended over our ne
possessions, it would be impossible
ALLEVIATE any of these islands id khe Fl
ture. This is so, according 10 til
Journal, because there is ndeh1m
the constitution that warrants TIL
render of any territory or any pa
once formally pronounced Anne
Will the Journal take anothe
at the constitution and diseove
can any authority therein, 81
rect or implied, for the gover
subject peoples?
For people who are SO ready 4
more the constitution, so quick to sci
themselves above the constitution, the
imperialists are very prompt to rush to
the constitution to find prohibitions
against doing that which they do not
want to do, and authority for dom FL
that which they want to.
Is is All Caution in the Cuban Atari
When the Cuban commission visite
Washington they were told by Seer
tary of War Root that the Platt amend
ment was the law of the land; that tn
president was powerless to change tina
law, and before the executive could o
tain authority to act in the premia
the Platt amendment, as a whole NIT
be adopted. y
The Platt amendment as a whole has
been adopted, and now the Washing
ton dispatches say that the administra-
ton counsellors have concluded that it
would not be wise for therpresident tot
act in the matter of withdrawing the
troops from Cuba, even after a govern
ment shall be organized there, until hs
shall have submitted the question
American evacuation to congress.
is stated that the president has "fu
made up his mind that he will not !
upon his W responsibility in
premises"
Is it possible to regard all this as
mere caution and a desire to conform
to the laws and the equities of the sit
uation? Are not the people justified in
~suspecting that there is a vust amount
of insincerity and hypocrisy in the adj
m~inistration's attitude on the Cuban
question?
The man who believes that he bene-
fits himself by taxing himself poor to
make others rich is not in a good posi-
ton to poke fun at those who believe
in the faith cure.
General Macarthur still acts on the
assumption that telling about it, not
stealing the commissary goods, is what.
menaces the military situation.
It is estimated that $4,000 yards of
ribbon will be required to properly fit
out Great B~ritain's South African war
medals. This is only about three yards
of ribbon for each British soldier who
who has died in the unjust war upon
the Beers.
The money the shipping subsidy pro-
u1OGOiS DISK lOT WOulO make udDlUdO
many millions of acres of western ara
land. But the benefits Of irrigation
would. he enjoyed by the many, while
the subsidy would be enjoyed by the(
favv.
Mr.. Hanna insists that the tariff be
let severely alone. 1t must be that he
expects to find it necessary to fry an
unusual amount of fat in 1904.
George Washington is dead while !
Congressman Grosvenor is alive, but
this is by no means the only difference
between them. /
The democratic party must remain
the party of the people. If it forsakes
them now, they will more than ever be
at the mercy of the banks. railways
aud trssts.