Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-23
Pa, APRIL %, 1902.
@NIoAI1l @6IlA IlAs,922IEEzAAgER &
WHAT THEY SAY
Extracts From Various Sources lndi-
eating Democratic Opinion Con-
cerninq Questions of the Day.


cerning Questions of the Day.
England has her South Africa, Amer
les her Philippines. This fellowfeel-
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 a brake. We could not take pains
to conceal our liking for the pomp
and pageantry of royalty. We confer
titles of nobility even on a Suu 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.-Springfeld
(Mass) Republican.
If the ship subsidy grab wins out In
congress the good Mr. Rockefeller,
who will be one of the chief benef.
ciaries Of this raid on the public treas
ury. will be able to endow several
trust will also be benefited, and the
benignant Mr.. Carnegie, who makes
q 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 FTIsar, which on Cuban raw
sugar is a1out "a per cent. 1t nearly
doubles the price of sugar to the con-
sumer. The 80 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-
tion's 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 it appeals to the heart or the
pocket of the American citizen, is in
favor of Independence" for the Fill
pinos.-Omaha World-Herald Qnd.).
1t 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 Commissioner
Evans it must be a cause for gratifi-
cation and to American opinion it is
a 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
a frank condemnation of the proceed
ing.--New York Press (Rep).
eve are in the Philippines because
we want the islands for ourselves, not
because their people want us there,
saws 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 tDem)
No matter what action Democratic
senators take, the entire blame for
defeat of Cuban reciprocity, should it
come. would rest upon the Republi-
can majority. who are justly RESPONSE
lie for all legislation. Bad faith with
Cuba. to whom we owe peculiar obllga-
tons and whose claim for tariff con
cessions is supported by strong moral,
sentimental and political consider
ations, cannot and will not be toll
+ Grated BY the honest Republican
masses.-Brooklyn Standardization
laep)