Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-18


ed warfare by enlisting the aid of
these same barbarians. The logic of
the imperialistic organs may be de-
pended upon to answer itself.-Com-
moner.
At any rate 1t might be well to ar
range a few large Boer demonstrations
on coronation day so that the true
sentiment Of the people may be made
known to offset the demoraliZing in
fiuence of the presidents act. When
the real feeling of the people is ex-
pressed the president may regret the
concession he has made to the mon
archial and aristocratic ideas which
have developed with the progress of
imperialsm.-Mu (Pa) Democrat.
The United States senate is the busi-
est body of men one most ever heard
of. From the days of the great San
hedrim to this good hour no set of
legislators ever had so much to do.
And what are they doing? They are
sweating over subsidy schemes and
canal projects and high tariffs and i'm
perialism and the reception of princes
and the subjugation of far-off islanders
and a whole lot of other things which
will result in no good to the toiling
and struggling masses whom they mis-
Tepresent.-Lexingto IN. c. Dis
patch.
1t is neither fair nor just that the
enormous newspaper interests of the
country-interests in which the gen.
eral public is deeply concerned, to say
nothing of the hundreds of thousands
employed by the newspapers-should
be bled for the benefit of the wood
pulp trust. Among the --latest utter
ances of President Mckinley was one
in favor "of remitting those taxes
which experience has shown to be most
burdensome to the industries of the
people, And to nothing more burden
some than the tariff duty on wood-pulp
could his words be applied.-Cincinnat
Commercial Tribune (Rep).
The sentiment in favor of tariff re-
vision is gaining in spite of the hercu-
lean efforts of a few party leaders in
the Republican camp to keep it in the
background The pernicious system of
protecting the giant monopolies with
their accumulated millions, is so gross
ly wrong that revolution must short
ly set in that will demand a revision
of the whole protective system The
principle of the protective system is
grossly misrepresented under our pres
ent tariff laws, and instead of affording
protection to our industries, permits
and encourages a community of in
terests" for the restraint of legitimate
trade.-St. Mary's CIV. Va.) Oracle.
The testimony given by soldiers at
the trial of Major Waller, on the
charge of killing natives of Samar
without trial should be interesting to
Secretary Root, who declares officially
that it is not true that there has been
marked severity" in the conduct of
warfare by the American troops. The
execution of II unarmed natives with
out trial may strike the secretary as
an instance of marked humanity and
magnanimity," but some persons are
likely to regard the evidence in the
Waller case as justification of General
Miles very soderate condemnation of
military methods employed to assimi-
late the Filipinos.-North American,
Philadelphia.
Senator Hoar, in recent speech in
the senate, referred to the fact that an
order had been issued by the Philip
pine commission prohibiting the read
ing of the Declaration of independence
in the Philippine islands. The sena-
tor further pointed out that by the
law promulgated by that commission
it was penitentiary offense to read
the Declaration of Independence. The
declaration is said to be barred from
the Philippines on the ground that it
is an incendiary document. Is this
not a curious charge to make against
that document? 1t sets forth certain
self-evident truths and discusses the
inalienable rights of man. Are we as
a nation in a position to punish peo-
pie for believing in that declaration or
in reading it aloud to others? Imper-
/ ialism has certainly brought us into
strange situation, and one is forcibly
/ reminded of the time when a christian
monarch felt it necessary to suppress
publication which contained extracts
from the Bible condemning monarchy.
| II we are going to have Imperialism we
will find it embarrassing to preach free
government here while we practice i'm
! perialism where.-Commoner