The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
gers by which We were menaced in 1905.

markedly combined practical capacity. for
AFFAIRS With power oil devotion TO an Ideal.
dered the possession OF the other OF small
value. Mere ability to achieve success In
atoned for the failure to live the life Of high
endea vor. and. on the other hand, viii out
a foundation of those Qualities which BRING
material pros perity there would be notl ing
on which the higher life could be- built. Tue
men of the Revolution would have failed
liberty and ability. and. once liberty had
been achieved, to show common sense ana
s.n-restraint IN rs use ne an, men OF 'nr
not possessed the business capacity when
desyeloped and organized their resources "
ter blood in furtherance OF the great cause
Tor Is ',ir ,nstis iea =, p,I,,i.s that has
made our people succeed Other peoples
have been as devoted to liberty, and yet,
because Of lack of hard-headed common
sense and of ability 70 show restraint and
subordinate individual passions for the gem
eIal good. have allied so slgnaly "a e s,r1 ,h
gle of life as to become bywOrd among the
Poison: III Fl @ 1sSh .%a Sus%;.s
foot. or have played a sordid and ignohle
part IN the world. because their business
iifit toward nobier things v hich i,arks a great
and generous nation. The stern but Just
rule Of judgnen, for humanity is that each !,
there are no fruits, II the nation has failed;
II matters but little whether II has failed
tsropsh eannes sb OF Sou OF @ n ids
IA ma ton by the net result OF its life ana ac-
tivity And We must Judge the policies
of those who at any time control the destlnles
OF 4 nation.
TIE GREATNESS OF The NATION.
Therefore ask YOU toni ght to look at the
results OF the policies championed by PTesi-
dent Mckinley on both III" occasions when
aud to how well that appeal has been
justified by the event. Most certainly do
not claim all the good that has briallen us
during the past slx years as due solely to any
human policy. No legislation. however wise
no Administration, however efficient. can
to 'SI nation ttia'Ai All that can BE- done by. the
lnwmaker and the administrator Is 10 give
the country themselves TO show the stun
that Ia In them No law can make a fool
wise. weaklins strong or coward bIaNte.
bat good laws and good administration OF the
laws can give to strong. honest. brave men
u chance to do we'll
President Mckinley was elected In 1895 on
the specific pledge that he would keep the
financial honor of the nation untarnished ana
would put our economic system on stable
chance to secure the return OF prosperity.
Both pledges have been so well kept that as
is but too often the cas- men are oeSn nm,
as meant. When people ave become very
prosperous they tend TO become slugeishly
Indifferent to tie COZ tinuation Of tie policies
that brought about their prosperity. AZ such
times as these IT Is OF course a mere law OF
nature that some men prosper more than
In a. cir jealousy Of their ore fortunate
brethren, forget that all have prospcred
somewhat,
ALL BETTER OFF THAN EIoHT YEARS AGO.
| ask you sobery To remember that the COM
plant made at the present day OF our indus
trial or economic conditions never takes the
form OF stating that any Of our people ar"
rs, "S on ,on ncy TTr caey Cnns
in and his policies had "A chanc. TO De applied,
but that the complaint is that some people
s sSod % RoT ~ord There ' Was no such
complaint eight years ago. in the summer OF
1894 Compla mt was not then that any one
had prospered enough. '.ct each one OF Ms
I ink of the affairs OF hb' own household and
n b s,a 1 N, CoRp" arr
back, and then let him answer for himself
wL,ther 4 is not true that the policies Tor
which William Mckinley stood in 1890 have
they have brought about.
In 1900 the issues were in part the same. but
new ones had been added. Prosperity had
returned; the gold standard was assured; our
tarlN was remodelled on the lines tiat have
marked it at all periods when our well-being
President Il ccted on certain issues was Obliged
TO face. others entirely unforeseep. Rarely
they hay" shown Their greatness by msetnR
them as they arose. President, Mckinley
faced The problems OF the ,spsntssh waT land ana
the problems of our economic and financial
needs As a sequel 10 the war with spain We
found ourselves in possession OF the Philip
pines under circumstances which rendered II
necessary TO subduc formidable instruction
which mad" II impossibl" for US with honor
or with regard TO tn" welfare OF the ISLANDS
to withdraw thcreirom.
The occasion was seized by the opponents
Of the Pr ~S5 ts for Scpai I" Fa ms S%
more successful than on the old The clnmor
rai~"d against him was Joined ~ not only by
mistaken view. or imperfect knowledge Of
the facts. but by all who feared effort, who
shrank from H." rough work OF endeayor
upon the new issue thus raised. President
Mcknl@y net it 1ggor"lE Two cor year and
i've bclieve that the century Of free govern
m"nt, which me American people have en-;
faithle-e, hu has fitted them for the great
task of lifting up and assisting TO better
Gon6ion1 ar, ro ,aff .inS of bSttia hnvs
become our wards let NJ fear not Their.
is no occasion for faint hearts, no excus" for
the cause OF liberty and law j. not ADVANCED
by the doing of easy things. Tn" harder
the task III" greater will be- IN" result the
TO accomplish II i 10 lose faith in the sound
ne. and ;tr'hsn Of our POPULAR mt ~ ',,onr
shift it And. breaking up the camp Of ease
and ISOLATION, let uo bravely and hopefully
and soberly continu" tho march of faithful
service. and fsher not until the work is done.
The burden l. our opportunity. The
opportunity j. greater than the burden.
There spoke the man who preached the
and on the issue thus fairly drawn between
those who said We would do our now work
well and triunphantly and those who said We
would fail lnmentahlv in the effort the con-
test was joined We won And now | ask
Won, two years after the victory, to look
across the seas and Judge Tor yourselves
whether or no, the promise has been kept
CLAMoR or ANTI-IMpERIALIsTs.
The prophets of disaster have seen their
predictions so completely falsined by the
event that II j. actually difficult to arouse
even passing interest in their failure To
answer them now, to review trcir attack on
our army. il of merely academic interest
They played their brief part OF obstruction
and clamor, they said their say, and the
current oil our life went over them and they
sank under II, a. did their predecessors. who
thirty--iy years before had deClp red that
anot'ior and greater war was "a failure. that
nnot nor and greater struggle for true lib
"rtv was onlv a contest for suhluRttion in
irnt'c United States could never succeed
The resurrection among - q lIltfiuos has
been absolutely Ouelrd The war has been
Uroug' T. to an end sooner than even the most
sanguine OF us dared to hop" The world
has not in recent wears seen any military
tpsk don" wiz more -oldi rlv energy and
ability. aud done. moreover, in spirit of
great humanity.
TIN ARMY CHUELTIFs,
The strain on tho army was terrible, for
the conditions of climate md soil made their
work harHssinE to an extraordinary degree.
and the foes in the field were trcn ChcrolIs