Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-12
Sparks From Our Political Dynamo.

Sparks From Our Political Dynamo.
(By our Associate Editor.)
There's limit to every thing, even
Democratic obstruction. The Senate
has passed the Philippine bill.
What has become of the prophets
who were short time ago so positive
that the Senate would not take up
the Canal bill?
It was because it's blunt truthful
ness hurt them so much that the
Democrats declared President Roose-
velt's magnificent Memorial Day
speech to be inappropriate. Most
persons think that a more appropri-
ate day to speak good words for the
American army could not be chosen.
Here is the gospel of every day life
as preached and practiced by Senator
Depew: "Cultivate men who laugh;
love and welcome man who tries to
tell joke, and try to laugh at 1t. Be-
lieve that tomorrow, under all cir
cumstances, will be better and bright
err than today"
before the Michigan Republican Club,
on Republican politics, uttered one
sentence that deserves attention be-
cause it relates to one of the most ex-
traordinary events in history: "You
may search all recorded history and
you can find no parallel to the rela-
tions of this republic to the Island of
Cuba"
Mr.. Grover Cleveland has consented
to leave his fishing monopoly long
enough to make political speech be-
fore the Tilden Club, of New York
City, on the 10Th inst, which indi-
Gates that Grover still INDUCES in
hopes.
Democracy's shortcomings are SO
numerous that it is unnecessary to
name them in detail to those who are
at all familiar with political history.
The Republican party is perfectly
willing to stand by the record made
by Congress and the administration
The former isn't complete yet. When
it is, it will be even more satisfactory
than it is now.
Senator McCumber correctly said
that when the Constitution of the u.
S. was adopted nation was created
with all the powers of sovereignty,
including the right of adding to it's
territorial domain.
The cordial relations between Pres
ident Roosevelt and the Republican
Congressional Campaign committee
are commendable, and what they
should be.
Those who complain of the cost OF
Gen. Leonard Woods work in Cuba
simply show their ignorance of true
values. No price is too great to pay
for such work.
What have the gentlemen who were
so cock-sure that large standing
army was to be used to intimidate the
people to say of Secretary Roots or
der reducing the total of our standing
army more than 10000, leaving its
entire strength sc, 497 men?
Sen. Patterson, III. Watterson and
other big Democrats, will have to give
the country some guarantee that they
will not change their present opinions
about the Philippines as early as they
did those expressed by them several
years ago before they can hope to
make dent in public sentiment.
According to official figures pro-
mulgated by Secretary Root, the re-
ceipts in the Philippines since Amer
lean occupation, have been greater
by So, 15S, 200 than the expenditures
for governmental purposes in the
islands. This, of course, does not
include military operations.
The harmony and enthusiasm in
states that have held Repu blican con-
ventions this year shows how vision