The Washington times., 1902-03-25

some regard for the rights of the people
The Republican party is a syndicated
party. Arbitrary power is its motor. the
almighty dollar its trademark. If it be not
checked in the gait it is going it will. in
the end. surely Mexicanize the Republic.
"The Man on Horseback"
Once again in the White House we have
the Man on Horseback. Affecting the sim
plicity of the cowboy, he conceaIs beneath
the self-confdence and queer manners of
the broncho-buster the sentiments and
To him a little thing like treating
admlraI OF the navy, weaTins the ie rFr= Il
leaves Of imperishable renown as if ts
were baby in arms, now to be dardlel
and now to be spanked. is merely an uh-
dress affair begun and ended during off
moments between breakfast and luncheon.
To him the reprimanding of the lieuten-
ant general OF the army, grown gray IN
the fighting of the battles of his country,
becomes an amusing horseplay. meant to
relax his muscles and illustrate his high
mightiness, whilst warning lesser officers
of the army TO obey orders and say moth
ing.
las these things go forward, partaking
somewhat of the character of feats to
opinion. a bill of army reorganization IS
prepared and urged upon Congress which,
if it becomes a law, will make the power
of the President absolute. and which il
is not too much to say ought to be entitled
An act TO make the President of the
United States a military dictator Be
cause the reprimanded lieutenant gen.
eral, answering the summons of a COM
Inittee of Congress-as was his duty-ex-
.f,nfn
is proposed to retire him from the service.
Taken in connection with some other mat.
tiers of more or less sinister suggestion,
these are menaces of most ominous i'm
port.
Scores Republican Party.
But, turn from the White House to the
Capitol, and look at the Republicans in
Congress. The trail of the trademark is
over them all. Old high tariff dances the
can-can in the House. whilst old ship
subsidy does the regulation cakewalk in
the Senate Everything for the syndi-
Gates. Nothing for the people. And, not
content with their arbitrary power in the
White House. and their mercenary power
in Congress- the leaders of this party OF
Federalism and false pretension would rip
open Pandora's box to fitch thence the
black, piratical flag of negro domination
the equally disreputable and bloody shirt
of sectional agitation-and in order TO
make sure of the next House. they are
proposing TO bring forward another force
bill to smite the South. to blight the
North and to convert land teeming with
love and peace into a land reeking with
hate and strife. Such is the banquet to
which the exit of Mckinley, the states
man, and the advent of Roosevelt, the
Rough Rider, has invited us.
Il am something of lingo myself. ]
believe in the expanding greatness and
glory of my country. ! never see the flag
floating above the domes on yonder Capt.
toll that my heart does not throb with
the proud, glad thought-that my eyes do
not fiji with happy, exultant tears-that
!. too, am an American citizen. God bless
the flag, and God bless the boys that fight
beneath it! / would carry it inyiolate.
would keep them spotless. And with this
in view, | want to know what is going on
away out yonder across the multitudinous,
the mysterious waves of the Pacific Sea.
] want other witnesses than self-seeking
politicians and selfexploiting soldiers to
come here and Tell me. / refuse to hold
my tongue. | refuse to rest content. And
if / am told by whipper- snapper in
shoulder straps that unless l do / am a
traitor TO my country, my reply TO him
shall be a slap in the face.
Appeals for Unity.
Friends. brothers, Democrats, let us
have done with dissension. Let us turn
our backs on the past, our eyes to tho |
future. calling the old fight off, and the
old scores square. He who stands with me
against these things is my comrade. no
matter what he thinks. or ever thought, |
about silver or gold. He who would deny
me a place by his side TO fight them must
either be very perverse or very blind. Let
lis cross no bridges till we come TO them.
But already We can see far enough ahead
TO take our reckoning. There will be but
one test of Democrat in 190i-toe the
line-toe the line. saying to arbitrary
mower and absolutism, thou shalt go no
further; We too, are in the expansion
business: but our expansion is for the
religion of the Constitution no less than
for the religion of Christ and him cruel
fed: our expansion means peace, not war;
the honor, not the degradation of the flag;
and lust as surely as Jefferson wrote the
Declaration of Independence, and jackson
fought the battle Of New 0rleans-to re-
sist despotism-shall we make new
Fourth OF July and celebrate another Sth