The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-25
q SANE IMPERIALTsT. .

To the Editor of The Herald:
An English paper recently, discuss
ing the rise of Theodore Roosevelt to
the presidential Office, used the ex-
preston which is the caption of this
article The editorial in question con-
graduated not only the United States,
but Great Britain, because OF Mr.
Roosevelt's being heir to the chief
magistracy of our nation, giving as the.
reason for this expression of opinion
that we of Great Britain have moth
. ing TO fear from President Roosevelt
as he is a sane imperialist"
It is quite easy to understand why
the editor of the English journal is
Pleased with the fact that if the
United states and Great Britain have
to deal with an "imperialist' he should
be a sane" one. On the other hand,
there arises the query, When did the
United safes have an insane executive
imDerlalist?" Again. upon what
grounds does the English editor assert
tnaI we have an 'imperialiSt" presi-
/ dent, much less d sane" one, now2
The national campaign which placed
Mr.. Roosevelt in the vice presidents
chair is not such old history that it
requires reference to data to freshen
the voters of the country will easily
recall the fact that imperialism was
an issue in the late campaign. made
Sueh Dy the Democratic party. The
stated, by the assertion in their plat
form and elsewhere that they were op-
posed to imperialism of any kind 8"
and among the most vociferous and ag-
/ greSsive speakers upon this question
was the man who is now the chief ex-
ecutlve of this government
The arguments made by Mr.. Bryan
and his heutenantS In support of the
contention that the Republican party
was aiming to institute imperialism in
+ this Of 4.
! several millions of men believed the
charge TO be true, and so voted But
the result of the presidential contest
J lndicated-so far as the votes were
I eoncerned-that the people of the ma
/ ton did not take much stock in the
I '-imperialist'' issue
The foregoing. therefore leaves one
! IN something of a dilemma. The Brit
ish journal is of such standing both in
England and abroad that it's publicly
expressed opinion cannot be set aside
& as the foolish utterances of an cratic
/ brain through the columns OF an OBJ
scure paper for neither would be true.
Besides, the assertion made is in strict
accord, 50 car as the 'imperiaIist' part
of the matter goes, with the opinion Of
thousands Of eminent and intelligent
men in this nation, and these same
men are as firmly convinced of the cor
rectness of their position now as they
we're a year or more ago. Further
more, the proponents of the imperialist
! idea charged that the English states
men were privy 20 the desire of the Re-
publican party to enter Upon an i'm
periaiist policy in this country.
Whether this was so or not is another
kuestion. but that the triumph Of the
Republicans was accepted with great
glee by the English statesmen and
/ Journals is a matter of record
Opposed to the assertion by the Eng
lish paper that we now have "a sane
imperialist' as our president. and the
anterior charges of the great opposing
party that the Republican party had
3 become an ''imperialistic' one. is the
denial of the party itself as political
organization, the denial of it's many
eminent partisans. and last, but not
( least, Of the new executive.
In the language Of the street. And
/ there you arei" Evidently the English
editor has either permitted his pen to
/ carry him into deep water by giving
expression TO the wish nearest his heart,
or he is a long way removed from the