The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-08-16
tion on these questions.


ON WESTERN QUESTIONS.
In speaking Of Western questions MIR
Newlands said {:
GAS for the West, the Democrats
party stood solid for the admission o
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona
but the Republican Senate tied the bill
| up.
"On the Irrigation bill, although The
President was strongly with the Wesi
and supported the measure, he failed te
get the support of the Republican
leaders in the House. and the result
was that, though the Republicans were
largely in the majority and the Repub-
licans from the arid regions made Q
splendid fight for the bill, the majority
of the votes cast for this measure were
Democratic. Of the 55 who voted
against the bill 13 only were Demo-
Gratis, the remainder were Republicans.
Prior to the vote the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign Committee passed
resolution favoring the bill. The
friendliness of the Democratic leaders
toward the West was in marked con-
trast with the hostility of the Republi'
can leaders. In every way the Demo-
cratic party showed its sympathy with
the West.
"This tendency of the Democratic
party means much for San Francisco.
Her development depends on the
growth in population and wealth of the
States and Territories TO the east of her.
These are the people who will raise the
products that go to the Orient and will
consume the products that come from
the Orient, of which products. coming
and going, San Francisco will make the
exchanges. There can be no great ex-
pansion of San Francisco trade without
the expansion of her trade in the ad-
joining States and Territories. Nevada's
decline contributed much to San Fran
cisco's depression. Her growth will
mean to San Francisco more than q
hundred Philippines.
I'VE have spent over three hundred
million dollars in the Philippines in the
past four years, and our trade has
amounted in that time to less than
twenty million. Assuming that ten per
cent of this is profit, we have received
a profit in trade of $4,000, 900 and have
expended $500, 900, 900. AS business
proposition this does not look we'll. and
il will never look better if the present
policy is pursued. Then, as matter
of prestige and sentiment we have
gained nothing. There is no glory in
sending thousands of big Americans
5000 miles over the sea to kill lot of
little brown men who are afflicted with
the same mad desire for Independence
that characterized our people in the
revolution.
81 can understand why the expansion
sentiment should be stronger here than
elsewhere" continued Mr.. Newlands,
"for San Francisco has been pre-emi-
nently the beneficiary OF this war, as a
large portion of the supplies were
brought here. This. coming at the end
of long period of depression, natural
ly turned the tide. But submit that
in the long run San Francisco will gain
more from policy of peace in the Or
lent than from policy OF war. The
Democratic contention is that we should
not withdraw Immediately from the
Philippines, but that we should give
them the assurance that in ten years,
during which time stable system oi
self government could be gradually or
ganized, we would withdraw. During
this time trade would take the place oI
war and we would tie these people to us
by the bonds OF mutual trade advantage
instead OF driving them into every form
OF hatred and retaliation by attempted
conquest and subjugation. What We
want is the friendship of the Orient; not
its hostility. A few naval and coaline
stations will be much more serviceable tc
us as part of the machinery of COM
merce than the subiugation of a country
eager to pursue its own line of nationa
life.'
| THE MONEY QUESTION.
Speaking of the money question Mr.
Newlands said:
"The action OF the Republican party
on the money question was characters