The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-20
CLEVELAND AND NIL
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not satisfied with existing political con
 ditions.
 There is especially a deep convic tion among thoughtful people tha 1 there is something radically wrong il
 the foreign policy of the present ad
 ministration.
 | The fact cannot be denied that thu
 recent speech of the venerable senator
 from Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar) has made profound and lasting impression
 upon the heart and conscience of the | country. He did not attack the gov | ernment but he assailed those who are | accidentally and temporarily admins 1 tering it. He exposed the unwisdon
 of the absence of a fixed and definite
 policy in relation to the ultimate gov, ernment or disposition of the Philip
 pine islands and denounced the fickle-
 ness and coWardice of those, who, in ex-
 cuse for their official actions, put forth one plea to-day and another and con- tradictory one tomorrow. He did not
 attack the army as such, but he eXer-
 cised the constitutional right of an
 American senator, as well as that of
 every other American citizen, to criti-
 else the unjustifiable acts of some of
 it's officers This great and patriotic
 speech was not met or answered by the
 partisan address of President Roose-
 welt, delivered on Decoration Day,
 wherein he purposely or inadvertently
 confessed the well recognized distinc-
 tions which exist between the adminis-
 tration and the government-betWeen the army and the government, and be- tween all the other officials of the gov ernment and the government itself; and assumed to question the loyalty of those who have ventured to criticise the cruel acts of few officers of the army.
 Loyalty to this government consists of attachment to our free institutions
 in the faithful observance of constitu- tional provisions; in respects for it's flag as the emblem of civil lberty-in support of the authority of the United States against the attacks of our for eign or domesic foes; but it does not consist in ostentatious professions of intense Americanism' nor in conquer ing the free people of other and dis tant lands who desire to govern them selves; nor in unlawfully sending ac- credited representatives of this gov ernment abroad, without the consent of the senate to witness the coronation of a king whose monarchial government, to it's shame be it said, had just suc- ceeded in crushing the two struggling republics of South Africa, And right here I may be permitted to suggest that the administration of President Roose- welt will be particularly noted in his tory as the one during the existence of which the republics of those brave and gallant people were destroyed-destroy ed without one word of protest or one effort to save them or one kind word of sympathy for them in their inequal struggle, expressed on the part of this the greatest republic of the world, whose influence should always be ex- cred on the side of free institutions.
 Tn contrast with that supine attitude of the Roosevelt administration we should not forget the vigorous and pa triotic action of that democratic presi- honors this club with his presence here to-night-who when that same mighty empire of Great Britain, In 1895, attempted to crush the republic of Venezuela, promptly sent that fla nous message to congress, which elec- tritied the country, wherein he insisted that Great Britain must not be permit ted, under the pretense of a boundary dispute to seize Venezuela without first submitting the alleged differences to international arbitration or else this would interpose it's strong arm for the protection of that repub- ic. And Great Britain finally conclud- ,d to arbitrate the dispute and Vene- ,uela was saved from destruction.
 "The recent disclosures of the per 'ormances in Cuba of General Wood in the moneys of this for partisan and lobbying purposes in aid of administrative meas lres pending before congress, demands he investigation of congress and the prompt punishment of the offending of icial, if he can be reached through or militatry law.
 ''The history of the country does not urnish d more fragrant breach of off ial duty, as well as official proprety, | han that presented by the misconduct 1 if Wood. Yet he has neither been ar ested, nor rebuked, nor ceusured, nor alled to account by the administra- ion.
 "No corrupt or incompetent army off i er--no matter how close his relations nav be to any administration-shou | e permitted to escape punishment for l is unlawful acts by screening himself | ehind the flag of his country. That ! az was never intended to protect eith- 1 r cruelty in the Philippines or rascal ! -y in Cuba
 "The present controversy in congress yer the Cuban tariff question serves to l