Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-12-05

pain OF the lnSurrecto and the ladrone.
Inc heartieSt praise is due to large num-
berS of the natives of the islands for their
SteadfaSt loyalty. The MacabeheS have
been conspicuous for their courage and de-
Notloh TO the flag. Inc president recon-
mends that the secretary of war be EN-
powered TO take some systematic action i'm
the way OF aiding those of these men who
are crippled in the service and the families
OF those who are killed.
The vast natural wealth of fhe islands
must be developed, and the capital willing
70 develop ii must be given the opportuni-
". The field must be thrown omen to in
QlVldual enterprise, which has been the real
FACTOR IN the development of every region
| over which our flag has flown. 1t is ur-
gently necessary to, enact suitable laws
dealing with general transportation min
ing, banking. currency, homesteads ana
timber
Attention is called TO the need of a cable
| to Hawaii and the Philippines. to he con
| tinued from the Philippines to points in
I Asia.
FOR AN ISTHlIIAN CANAL.
| No single great material work which re
mains TO be undertaken on this continent
| Is OF such consequence 10 the American
| people the building of a canal across the
| isthmus connecting North and South Amer
! Tea. Its Importance to the nation is by no
| means limited merely to its material eff
i tects upon our business prosperity; and yet
| with view to these effects alone it would
| be TO the last degree important for us inn
mediately to begin it. While its beneficial
| effects would perhaps be most marked upon
| the Pacific coast and the gulf and South
| Atlantic states it would also greatly benefit
| other sections. 1t is emphatically a work
which it is for the interest of the entire
| country to begin and complete as soon as
| possible; 1t is one of those great works
which only great nation can undertake
! with prospects of success. and which when
done are not only permanent assets in the
nations material interests. but standing
n rs tI,,la fX-n ol,i
president is glad to be able to announce
that our negotiations on this subject with
| Great Britain have resulted in treaty
| which if ratified will enable us to begin
preparations Tor an iSthmian canal at any
| time, and which guarantees to this nation
! every right that Il has ever asked in con
neCtl0n with the canal. In this treaty, the
Old CIaytOn-BulWCr treaty. so long rccO@-
nized as inadequate to supply the base for
the construction and maintenance of n nee
| esSarily American snip canal is abrogated.
| 1t specifically provides that the United
| states alone shall do me work of huItd-
| ing and assume the responsibility of safe
! guarding the canal and shall regulate its
| neutral use by all nations on terms of
| equality without the guaranty or interfcr-
| cnce of any outside nation from any quar-
! ter. The signed treaty will at once ne laid
| before the senate, and If approved the con
| grcss can then proceed to give effect to the
| advantages it secures rs by providing for
the building of the canal.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
The Monroe doctrine should he the cardi
| nal feature of the foreign policy Of all the
| nations of the two Americas, rs it is OF
| the United States. The Monroe doctrine is
4 declaration that there must be no ter
ritOral ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by any nou-Amert
can power at the expense of any American
power on American soil. 1t is in wise
| intended rs hostile to any nation in the
old world. Still less is it intended to give
cover TO any aggression by one new world
= - s
simply n step. and Il long stop. toward as
surfing the universal peace of the world by
securing the possibility of permanent peace
on this hemisphere.
NAVY UpBUILDING.
The work of upbUilding the navy must be
steadily continued. No one point of our pol
icy, foreign or domestic is more important
than this to the honor and material wei
fare. and above all to the peace, of oul
| nation in The future. InaSmucb as tho
| American people have no thought of ahan
doning the path upon which they have
| entered, and especially in view of the fact
that the building Of the iSthman canal is
! fast becoming one of the matters which the
whole people are united III demanding, it H.
| Imperative that our navy should lac put an,
kept in the highest state of efficiency, nnC
| should be made to answer to our growing
| needs SO far from being in any way
provocation to war. an adequate and highly
trained navy is the best guaranty agans
war, the cheapest ana best peace insur
. Monroe doctrine and to insist upon 1t az
the one sure means of securing the peace
! Of the western hemisphere. The navy of
| ferS us the only means of making our in
, | SiStcnce upon the Monroe doctrine any
| thing but Il subject of derisiOn to whatever
, nation chooses to regard 1t. We desire thC
peace which comes Of right to the jus
, | man armed; not the peace granted OF
terms of ignominy to the craven and the
weakling AT very great length the presi
dent discusses the need of Stronge
, | navy.
The naval militia forces are state organ
| izatiOns. and are trained for coast service
, | and in event of war they Will constitute tho
inner line of defense. They should receive
hearty encouragement from the genera
government. But In addition we should al
! once provide for national naval reserve
organized and trained under the direction
of the navy department, and subject to the
| call Of the chief executive whenever wal
becomes imminent. 1t should be a real aux
Hilary to the naval ea-going peace estab
liShment and offer material to be drawn
on at once for manning our ships in time
of war. II should be composed Of gradu
ates of the naval militia, officers and
crews of c0ast-line steamers, lOngshOre
schOOnerS, fishing vessels and steam yachts
together with the coast population about
such CcnterB as life-Saving stations and
| light houses.
The American people must either build
and maintain an adequate navy or else
make up their minds definitely to accept q
| secondary position in international affairs
not merely IN political, but in commercial
matters 1t has been well said that there
is no surer way Of counting national dis.
aster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and
! unarmed."
ARMY BIG ENOUGH
! 1t Is not necessary to increase our army
| beyond it's present size at this time. But It
| is necessary to keep 1t at the highest point
| of efficiency. The conditions of modern war
, are such as to make infinitely heavier
| demand than ever before upon the indi-
! yidual character and capacity of the officer
and the enlisted man, and TO make 1t far
| more difficult for men to act together with
effect. at present the fighting must be
| done In extended order, which means that
| each man must act for himself and at the
| same time act in combination with others
with whom he is no longer In the old
fashioned elbOw-to elbow touch. Under
such conditions q few men of the highest
excellence are worth more than many men
without the special skill which is only
found as the result Of special training APP
piled to men of exceptional physique and
morale. But nowadays the most yaluabl"
fighting man and the most difficult to per-
feet is the ritieman who Is also Skllful
and daring rider.
general staff should he created. As
for the present staff and supply depart
ments, they should be filled by details from
the line the men 50 detailed returning after
awhile to their line duties. 1t Is very I'M
desirable to have the senior grades of the
army composed of men who have come to
fill the positions by the mere fact of
seniority. A system should be adopted by
which there shall be an elimination grade
by grade of those who seem unfit to render |
the best service in the next grade. Justice |
10 the veterans Of the civil war who are |
still in the army would seem to require that |
in the matter Of retlrements they be given |
by law the same privileges accorded to their
comrades In the navy. The process of |
elimination of the least fit should be CON
Quoted in a manner that would render it !
impossible to apply political or
l.. a.