The Washington times., 1901-09-27
POLITICAL COMMENT.

1t may be fair question whether the
Navy Department has any records it is
willing to stand by.-Pittsburg Dispatch
The fusion forces of New York may
have known what they were doing in Sc
lecting Seth Low as the standard bearer
with whom to oust the sway OF Tammany
but of late years his affiliations have iden-
titled him as an out-and-out Republican
while New York Is Democratic city.
He may win, but an unbiased view of the
situation suggests that he will not.-De-
troit Free Press.
Reciprocity as a Republican policy, has
had a long rest since the days when
Blaine assembled his congress of the
American nations. 1t is proposed by the
new Administration to try to enlarge the
American market by n system of recipro-
cal treaties with foreign nations. A step
in the right observation-disclosures Press
Post.
There are several political parties in
Cuba, representing a variety OF policies
from that of the extremists on the one
hand, who favor annexation to the United
States. to that of the extremists on the
other hand. who demand the absolute and
unconditional independence of Cuba
Whether these conflicting elements will
ever live peacefully together remains to
be seen.-Atlanta Journal.
There Is an overwhelming public senti-
ment against anarchist doctrines and
their results. and that sentiment undoubt-
eddy will be. and should be. crystallized
into legislation. but Ii will require great
care IL that legislation is to. be effective
against the evil aimed at without being
the possible cause of new evils.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
What does the Steel Trust. for example.
need of As per cent average duty on its
products, when it is underselling foreign
competitors on every continent and in
every country on the earth? Why should
our manufacturers in the leather and
wolien trades be handicapped in their
struggle for foreign markets for their
surplus by excessive and stupid duties on
their raw material. from the burden of
which all their competitors are wholly
free?-New York World.
There is nothing SO strikingly obvious
in the reading of the proceedings of the
Schley Court of Enquiry as the unrelia-
bility of human evidence. No doubt all
the witnesses called are trying to tell the
truth, but it is the truth distorted or dis
tended by lapse of time, by difference in
the point of view and by partisanship.
Even the logs of the warships and the
charts of the Navy Department are ad
mittedly inaccurate.-Philadelph Record.
The Hanna-Frye project. as We are in
clined to believe, is dead beyond the hope
it in a less Objectionable form, however,
will probably be made at the next session
of Congress; but 1t is hardly likely to
receive the united support of the Republi-
cans there unless essential changes are
made in its construction. and it may be
expected to encounter scrutiny at the
hands of President Roosevelt also.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Apparently Tomas Estrada Palma is
little uncertain as to the issues in
Cuba, the much-discussed Platt amend
ment included. His latest deliverance is
trihe Bunsbyish. He says: THE Cuban
government, in making treaty, should
try so to interpret the Platt amendment
as Ia give il the meaning most favorable
to the interests of Cuba and to her sover-
eighty and independence. Boston Globe.
General Wood announces that the Neely
case is ready for trial. 1t has been so
slow in getting ready that the general
ought to have added a postscript explain
ing what Nicely is charged with.-Nash-
vile News.
1t seems altogether probable that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will break up clique rule
in the Army and Navy Departments and
in the other departments of the Govern
ment The attempt will require all his
courage. He will have to exercise in
their full vigor the Strenuous forces of
his character. He will be fought inch by
inch In the strongholds of old abuses and
1t will be mighty triumph IL he shall be
victor in the struggle.-Chicago Chronicle.
Whatever the upshot of the Schley
Court of Enquiry, some interesting facts
are coming out. No mans elevation is
paramount-only give the people the facts.
They will draw the conclusion themselves.
Truth is great leveier.-Adanta Consti-
tut.on.