The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
From an Unexpected Quarter

From the CourierJournal.
The Special Service magazine has an es-
say upon the ruling cond Il MS and cur
rent outlook IN the United States from the
president Of the Big -Four railway system,
which is so suggestive, and drawn upon
lines SO Jeffegsoniau, as 20 iuvite the snr.
oas attention II INTEL gent re ders apq to
justify more than passing comment, Mr.
ingalls, is q democrat born, Ike so many
successful Americans, farmers boy, he
has merged the man Of affairs enough WITH
the man Of books 10 evolve in one and the
same personality both the thinker aud the
actor upon the stage Of real life. Whatever
he says is welghty, because II springs from
a mind richly endowed ANA highly traiAed,
and fortified by varied experience
In this latest contribution 10 the reser-
voir Of contemporary thought, Mr. Ingalls,
recognizes the reyolutionized elements no
less than the momentous problems with
which we have to deal. Upon the very
threshold Of the new century, as he clearly
points out. political events and busln, So
conditions are clowding each other so fast
that we stop and wonder what Is To hap
pen next New Developments, new meth
DDS, new conditions. new Obligations, are
upon US 10 many the clouds in the RI
zon have an angry look and they fear for
the future Of the Nation. While optlmists,
like Mr. IngaAs, may not share their fears,
they agree that the national safety de-
ponds UPON the virtue aud Integrity OF our
citizens and it Is just us well TO look the
situation over aud make 40 our minds as
TO what should be done to meet tue Danger
II there be any In tACt there Us uylulus
better for au individual or c.mmunils
than TO stop aud think. We rush along in
our mad race, needless OF the future. 10
muny people the close of the Nineteenth
century aud tile opening ot the Twentieth IS
not ful Of promise for The higher Ideals or
lhei m seems t0 them that eYetA t1lng Is
being sacrificed 10 the desire OF getting
rich; that rel gion, conscience, truth and
virtue are al a discount and the world Only
thinks OF VINO Will win w the race OF plilg
MP millions IL rs certainly o time for Sc
rious thought Heretofore we nave been
Nation IN isolation, law unto ourselves,
but fast SHIPS cables me intercourse or
people. the demands u commerce, clrcum-
stances over which we bad no control, have
forced Us from this position aud we stapd
forth today iul grown and compelled %
take our share of tae responsibilities ff
the world
mus admirably ana truthtully sketching
the situation. Mr. ingalls, comes down TO
particulars, and IN the following treats ~
the drst ana greatest If our outlying pah-
The political asoendency q one party BY
as large a majority as the repuoleans awe
had Tor some years Us an element ~ dan
ger The safest condition tor a fepuhue u
10 have two parties, strong aud evenly di-
yided; then neither side VII 50 very far
wrong for fear ~ the opposition
The great danger % 20 our Foreign PCS
sessions Is that. with m colonial policy we
shall drift along until In fatal hour We
viii admit these different countries and
islands as Territories, and then u IS egs3
10 make them states Then where viii
our Republic be, when presidents o ore
elected BY votes IN cuba, Porto meo,
Hawaii and the Philippinesi YOU may ~
thar this can never be; that J aln suppoalus
an imposslbility, but LEI me assnfe you
that the danger IS already With Us
Hawaii mas been admitted as Terri
tory, and II hy chance some party IN
power should conclude that II needed an
electoral tot Is very easy "a ADMIT u
as a state then your presidential
election MAJ iecided 10 Honolulu %
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''ous nalat1ka VIII b IN drifting Rlanz