Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-06-20

1t is the carning and narrow fashion
OF the day with certain class Of
critics, whose only Joy in connection
with our insular policy 10 derived from
reports Of death, disease and POPULATION
among the soldiers and oflicers Of the
United States administering the affairs
Of the new territory, to lament the de.
siructlun OF Cuban Independence. New
York Times.
tits Just such editorial comment as
this that has served more than any
thing else TO stir UP jll-feeling, aud in
terfere with o calm and iudioious con-
sideration Of "our insuar policy" The
Times knows full we'll that there has
been no 10y manifested over the dis
graceful reports OF death, disease and
peculation' with which the country
has been flooded for the past two years
or more; on the contrary, every patriotic
citizen has read these reports with
shame and chagrip, and where satsfao-
tion has been shown at their publica-
tiun, on the part Of anti -imperialists, 1t
has been due to the fact that the gov
eminent has systematically endeavored
to risrepresent the truth in these mat
tiers, In order to score point Of ad-
vantage in its multifarious arguments
against the opponents Of expansion. Ii
it had not been for the activity Of the
anti-imnerialists very little would have
been known of the actual military
conditions in the Philippine Islands,
particularly during the reign Of one, E.
S. Otis, sometime generalissimo ad-
ministration lackey in the city of
Manila. We presume it was ',carping
and narrow for an American citizen
to publish the fact that there was q
state Of war in the Philippines, when
the, Hon. William Mckinley declared,
through his atdfedited agents, that
there was not. though at the same time
he was fully aware the citizen was
right 1t was also ,,'carping and mar
row" for this citizen to inform the
people Of his country that the military
and civi! appointees Of the Hon. Will
liam were stealing and plundeIing from
the government in Manila and Havana,
and that the government, although it
was being robbed and made a laughing
stock of, was displaying a suspicious
anxiety to hush things up and permit
the culprits to escape by default, 1t
even went go far as to deport news
paper editor from Manila. because he
dared to come out In the open and as
sert that cer tain "soldiers and officers, -
who are now in jail, were appropriate
ing commissary stores for their own use.
We can understand how all these things
are very harassing TO the imperialists
mot because they do not regret them
as do others, but because it knocks thu
bottom out Of their sanctimonious claim
that Uncle Sam is go good and honest
that he will be able to govern his
{ colonies on the Epworth League plan.
This has been great card with the
inIperialist advance agent. He has
taken great pains in his trips about
the country through the columns oil
sheets like the Times to constantly hold
up before the United States Sunday.
school the alluring argument that We
were SO good, sc. Christian, SO honest,
SO upright, 80 wise, so loving, 80 be
nevolent, that our possession of Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philip
pines would convert those barbarout
countries into modern Elysiums. Natur
ally, any reports to the contrary, any
pssky Individual who showed dispose
tion to puncture the Pickwicsian dream
had to be squelcied. OF course, the on,
way to do il, as this is free countr,
and every one has the right Of fire.,
speech, ID by ridicule and abuse
People who oppose imperialism, VIII
have the courage to fight for the integ
rity of the Constitution. who ,endeayo
to have their government keep it,
! promise to the helpless Cubans, ar,
! fool, liars, traitors, enemies OF thei
country and murderous disturbers 0
the Hon. Williams benevolent peac,
of mird. But the good fight for OK
! posure will go on, Notwithstanding tn
,, effort to make IL appear captious. mar
row minded, and unpatriotio. THANK
to the interchangeable efforts Of the anti
! imperialists the country is kept in
! formed of all that happens and tn
: "joyv we get out of it is ID contem
!, plating the rage Of the imperialist
every time one Of their carefully iai
/ little schemes is exposed.
: The efforts made some time ago b
9 the pension attorneys, assisted by
. Ger aiii element in the Grand Army q
Q the Republic, to have Commissions
: Evans removed and some man put i
8 his place WHO will be dishonest enoug
{ to rnisirterpret the laws III favor &
Q applicants who are not entitled t
9 pensions, have been revived. The lates
7 story from Washington is to the eifec
(. that during the national campaig
% Senators Hanna and Scott promise
! the Grand Army men that Mr.. Evan
Q would be removed and that the Pres
Y dent has had this little feature OF th
! matter placed before him. So far b
q has made no,sign as to what he will d.
" Fortunately for Commissioners Eyar
Is public opinion is with him and I'll