The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-05-08
WHAT THEY SAY
Extracts From Various Sources Indl.
eating Democratic Opinion Con.

| ing makes us "wondrous kind" The
positions are very similar and upon
this common ground the king of Eng
land and the Goddess of Liberty are
| flirting, over dust that is as sacred as
| freedom itself.-Lincoln Qll) Times.
More and more are we drifting into
the sea of Imperialism whether we
would or not No man Is there to put
on brake. We could not take pains
to conceal our liking for the pomp
| and pageantry of royalty. We confer
! titles of nobility even on Sulu profit
gate and we buy people like hogs
Newton Ua) Herald.
The subject has been threshed over
again and again in congress, and one
cannot be surprised at the present
languor of the opposition. Still it is
not excusable, as long as this raid
upon the public treasury for the en-
richment of a single steamship line,
owned by some of the wealthiest men
in the country, is on foot.-Springfiel
| tMass) Republican.
II the ship subsidy grab wins out in
congress the good Mr. Rockefeller,
who will be one Of the chief benefi-
ciaries of this raid on the public treas
ury. will be able to endow several
more colleges and churches. The steel
trust will also be benefited, and the
benignant Mr.. Carnegie, who makes
a dissipation of philanthropy, will de-
vote himself to the creation of librar.
les with an accelerated passion.-Kan-
sas City Star.
The only duty imposed by the
tariff upon a necessary of life is the
| duty on sugar, which on Cuban raw
| sugar is about "a per cent. 1t nearly
doubles the price of sugar to the con-
sumer The SO Republicans in the
house who stand for this enormous ad-
dition to the cost of sugar and de-
clare that it shall not be reduced for
Cuba. come under the head of Senator
Platt's worst enemies of protection
Indianapolis Journal.
Men who oppose the administra-
tons policy in the Philippines, men
who insist upon independence for the
Filipinos, have every argument on
their side. If, in the matter of senti-
ment, they fail to touch the heart and
conscience of the American people,
they are no less strong on the prac-
tical point; and every consideration,
whether 1t appeals to the heart or the
pocket of the American citizen. is in
| favor of Independence" for the Fill
pinos.-Omaha World-Herald Qnd).
It must be discouraging TO a faith
| full and courageous public official like
Pension Commissioner Evans to find
himself sacrificed to the 'exigencies"
of an antagonism numerically unim-
portant but of serious political con-
sideration. But to Commissioners
Evans it must be a cause for gratifi-
| cation and to American opinion it is
credit that the sentiment Of the
newspaper press and of the people of
| the country, whatever the partisanship
of the one or the other, cordially dis
approves that sacrifice and expresses
frank condemnation of the proceed
ing.-New York Press (Rep).
I'VE are in the Philippines because
we want the islands for ourselves, not
! because their people want us there"
says the imperialist Boston Transcript.
Because we want the islands for our
selves" Precisely. We grabbed them
for that reason, and all the talk about
| manifest destiny and duty was the
merest rot" But the imperialists
don't want the islands now nearly as
much as they thought they did
| Portland (Me.) Eastern Argus (Dem.)
No matter what action Democratic
senators take, the entire blame for
defeat of Cuban reciprocity, should 1t
come, would rest upon the Republi-
can majority, who are justly RESPONSE
BILE for all legislation. Bad faith with
| Cuba, to whom we owe peculiar obliga-
tions and whose claim for tariff con-
cessions is supported by strong moral,
sentimental and political consider
ations, cannot and will not be toll
| GTdL6u ny tue uOhCSL ItCPuphNlh
masses.-Brooklyn Standardization
(Rep)
The fact that Mr.. Terrence Powderly
will be retired from the important Of
| fee of commissioner Of immigration by
President Roosevelt, and that Mr.
Frank Sargent will be appointed to
succeed him, appears to be received
with much satisfaction by the labor
element. Powderly, Notwithstanding
his prominence in labor organizations
some years ago, by his influential po-
sition in the knights of Labor, of late
has been regarded as the enemy rather
] than the friend of organized labor. In
politics he was formerly a Democrat,
but for consideration in the way of
Office he became an active worker for
the Republican party. His administra-
ton of the immigration bureau has
been much criticised, and some of his
recommendations have had good deal
of the spirit of oldtime nativism. Mr.
Sargent, on the other hand Is an ac-
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