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.or his accomplishment is to remove
all those who are superannuated or in
any other way incapacitated for doing
a good days work for a good days
pay. Along with all other honest and
patriotic citizens, wish him hearty
godspeed, but fear that he will build
up for himself a reputation second
only to that of Nero. Such howl will
go up in Washington as has not been
heard since the days of King Herod,
and the cry will roll over the land I'M
til the average citizen will be con-
WINGED that Secretary Moody, instead
of being one of the most amiable of
men, is a monster in human form. If
he succeeds, he will certainly deserve
well of the republic and If he fails he
will deserve the praise of having had
the good sense to know what ought to
be done and the nerve to attempt it's
achievement.
Going to the Orient.
At last Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles is going to the Philippines, width
er he should have been sent two or
three years ago if they meant to carry
on war over there, for with all his
fuss and feathers lie is the most ap-
proved soldier on the American CONT
nent. While neither Miles nor any one
else says what he is going for, the
mere fact of his going appears to "a
locker on in Vienna" as confession
that Miles has been right about the
Philippines all the time. He is the
most successful Indian fighter the
country ever had. Not only that, but
successful in negotiating with them by
the arts of peace. Let us fervently
hope that by his mission to the Philip
pines he will prevent any further eff
fusion of blood and bring peace to
those distracted islands.
General Miles has only one more
year to serve in the army before the
age of retirement. 1t would be strange
indeed If in this one year he should
make more reputation by preventing
war than he has made in his whole
career by making war. go
Philippine States.
The Washington Post speaks flip
PANTY OF 'fnsular statehood" and at
great length pokes fun at the idea that
there ever will be any insular states,
and yet that is precisely what there
will be if we retain our insular posses
sions and every man of good sense
knows it. The conditions under which
Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines
and the rest of them will be admitted
as states are as follows:
Let one party control the executive,
the senate and the house; let it come
to the conclusion that it needs few
peterborough electoral votes and SEN
ators, and in they will come.
War to the Knife.
The tariff war in the Republican
party is war to the knife, and the
knife to the hilt. The Globe Democrat
is one Of the most eminent whole hog
gers" Whenever any Republican says
a word in favor Of tariff revision the
CD. proceeds to jump on him with
both feet. In recent editorial the
CD. says:
"a A Minnesota congressman has been dis
covered who Is giving some aid and COM
fort to the tariff smashers' According to
this person, there Is q very strong senti-
nent in Minnesota and other states Of
the northwest In favor of tariff revision
either in the short session Of the present
congress or in the one which is soon to
be elected. Several Of the Democratic
papers feel good deal of encouragement
l. IT, &ottr NIAfv tat
complete overhauling of the tariff sched-
ules, tAey believe. are soon to be realized.
! These tariff; revision maunderings are
not attracting the attention OF any Gon-
siderable number of the Republican vot-
ers. 1t may be safe enough. as Secretary
yss!haaw suggests. for the tariff revisers to
get to WORK. when the friends of protec-
ton get sufficient majority In congress
to make them complete masters Of the
situation, so as to enable them to say
just how far the revising can CO. The
majority in the present house may or
may not be adequate for that, but 1t is
entirely certain that there is no time for
it. 1t is also reasonably certain. accord
ing to precedent, that the majority in
the congress soon to be chosen will be
snaliar than it is at present. The clear
lead 'of ~ oyer Al} which the Republicans
have in the present house Hay be re-
duced 10 20 or Is or even below the lower
be elected in November.
All this shows that there is not the
fdinte ST ch9Ree OF tariff tinkering earlier
leans would not venture upon it In the
congress which meets in December, 1903. in
any case. A bill passed by that congress
would not reach the presidents hands
before July. 1904. at the earliest or four
months before the election. That act
would he assailed viciously by the Demo-
Gratis, whether they were actually against
1t or not. The trade disturbance which
tariff revision always brings. even when
the revising is done by the friends Of
protection, would turn hundreds of thou
sands Of votes against the Republicans
throughout the country. The Republican
leaders will not indulge in this sort of
folly on the eve of an important election.
If the tariff must be changed, let the
congress elected with the president in
1904 be called to do 1t by the president
Just as soon as he is inaugurated on
March T. 1905.
That the CD. represents the major.
ity sentiment among Republicans must
be taken and accepted MS true. From
the foregoing quotation it is perfectly
clear that there will be no tariff reYi-
sion while the Republicans are in pow
er. When the 4th of March, 1905, ar
rives, should they carry the country in
1904, they will find some other excuse
for further postponement. In fact, the
bulk of the Republicans do not intend
to revise any tariff schedules except to
revise them pp, but the above extract
from the CD. contains another state.