The Washington times., 1901-07-08
POLITICAL COMMENT.

ment OF the United States withGrawS from
Cuba the new Maine shall BE at Havana
TO salute the flag of Cuban Independence.
Ihere IS no need of rushing the new
Maine to carry out this prismauc pro-
gramrne There is plenty of time.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
While Mr.. Scnwab is looking for bright
young men in the trust business he should
not overlook the fellow who buncoed
Senator Hanna--Denver News.
Secretary Long says he does not believe
the Filipinos will ever want to leave us.
But that makes little difference. They
won't have the chance. He also expresses
the opinion that Cuba. after few years.
win ask to become a part of the United
States. Very likely that will be brought
about also. The capacity of Cuba for
supporting Federal officeholders Is greater
than any other territory we now have
upon our hands And this Is the end and
purpose which at present our colonial pos
sessions are made to serve--Boston Post
Nothing could be more ludicrous than
the matter-of-fact manner with which the
protected interests assure us that it would
be unwise TO reopen the tariff discussion.
OF course Ii would be unwise for them
But IL would be even more so for
the people to submit TO taxation for the
support of such monopolies as the Steel
Trust.-Indianapois Sentinel.
Our cautious Supreme Court viii be
obliged to ponder a few years longer be-
fore the natives of Guam find out just
what they are citizens of.-Chie ago News
The Spanish Claims Commission. appears
disposed to prove that it can beat the
Exposition Commission in the matter of
junkets.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
why not use war tax stamps for post
age?" asks the New York Herald" Sim
ply because that would be an actual con-
venience to the public and the Govern
ment could no. sanction any such thing
as that.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Before the decision of the Supreme
Court as to the status of Porto Rico. sew
e-al shipIoads of Porto Ricans were tax
en- to Hawaii. They are still so weak from
underfeeding that it is said it will never
be possible to fat them" again. What
a reflection for plain duty people.-BoS-
ton Globe.
If our denunciations of Spain's barbara
ties toward the Cubans before the war
are altered as to names and places they
would make a very good Characterization
of Great Britain's policy in South Africa
just now.-lndianapolis News.
What an immense quantity of humbug
is being fosted on the American nation
by the advocates of colonial policy Do
the officials of the insular division believe
the people to be so stupid that they do
not understand tnat the Increase OF y, ,492
per cent in our exports to the Philippines
consisted Of things to cat and things to
wear consumed by our 5000 or more
troops? During the greater part of 1899.
and for some time thereafter, the Philip
pines ports were blOckaded, and nearly
the entire archipelago was convulsed by
war-and we are asked to believe that
such conditions were favorable to ten
fold increase of our picayuue trade with
the islands.-Philadelphia Record
The retiring commander introduced his
successor to the subordinates present and
took leave of him with the remark: Il
bequeath to you all my troubles" These
troubles will result largely hereafter
from the necessity Of maintaining the
fiction that what is in reality military
government is a civil administration
General Macarthur knew what he was
talking about when he bequeathed his
troubles to his successor. There will be
plenty Of them.-Ghicago Chronicle.
He will be bold prophet who under
takes to forecast the future of Cuban
politics when once a stable government"
shall have been established, but it is
probably true that any estimate which
leaves Gomez out of consideration viii be
wide of the mark Certainly. he is the
foremost figure in the island, and. though
not Cuban by birth, is identified as is
no other man now living with the long
fight for independence. 1t is more than
possible that the old mans work is not
yet finished.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
American shippers should vigorously
prosecute their fight against the com
munlty OF interests idea as tending to
create a gigantic railway monopoly. It is
still possible for the American people to
do away with the trusts and thus bring
about a return to healthy and normal
conditions in the commercial life OF the
country. But this will be accomplished
only when public opinion is so strong in
condemnation of the trust idea that poll
ticians will fear TO oppose that sentiment.
st. Louis Republic.
There are men of affairs in New York
who are freely telling the interviewers
that they have been little -leary'' OF
the Seventh National Bank ever since it
was organized under Heath management
or promotion. Their reason is that po-
liticaI pull is very uncertain asset and
more liable than not 10 weaken the in
Stitution in the long run. 1t may secure
favors but it at the same time demands
them, and just as soon as friendship be-
comes a determining influence IN the con
duct of a banking business, the closing
OF its doors and the appointment OF
receiver are only matters of tine.-Detroit
Free Press.
The distribution of captive Beers Is geo
graphically of great breadth. and may
plant the seed of new BOer communities
from Ceylon and ST. Helena to Bermuda
and so on around the world. They take
vigorous root wherever they are dis
persed and, though generally absorbed
in the end by more enterprising races.
make themselves wh0lesomely felt IN the
absorption.-New York Tribune.