The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-07
Ammunition for
Pennsylvania Voters
tPrcpared by Walter J. Ballard)

~ yE AXE lnueeu .nButiB ior eoN
MI eighty" in the philippines, as we
w fought for sovereignty In 1920. and
in 17d4, and In 1776 and In 1872. and
In 1916 and in 1861. We are fighting for u
sovereignty every whit as legitimate as
any for which we fought at any OF those
times to which Senator 1Ioar so proudly
refers. We are fighting for a sovereignty
sanctioned and demanded by International
law and by the highest civic morals. we
are lighting for a sovereignty which
means peace, order. civilization and
vastly greater measure of freedom than
those islands have ever known. We arc
fighting for sovereignty which is no.
where despotic or sordld, but Is every
where generous and beneficent. The an
archist and the bandit may regard SOW
ereinty with aversion. Men who believe
in law and order and Justice believe In
sovereignty as an ordinance for the well
fare and the progress Of the race. and
they do not and will not shrink from the
record that they are lighting for SOW
eregnty. y."-New York Tribune
"The Philippines are ours They arc
ours by the conquest OF Dewey and tho
army: they are ours by the terms of tho
treaty with Spain; they are ours by cv-
cry principle of law, national and inter-
nationals: and the American people Will
never consent to the introduction Into po-
litical power of a party that would play
the old piratical game of 'scuttle' and run
away from responsibility even as great
as 1t Is. In the fear Of God and In the
name of American civilization, we will
control and govern and benefit those ISL
ands. and we will repeat In the Philip
pines, on larger scale. what we have
accomplished so brilliantly in the island
of Porto Rico. The American flag has
never been pulled down from any terri
tory that it ever claimed jurisdiction of;
1t never will be pulled down while tho
Republican president Is in the white
house. Let political dastards howl. The
American people will hold the honor of
our flag and our army and navy sacred
and inviolate. Colonel C. H. Grosvenor,
of Ohio.
The people of this country will never
become weary of reading euloges on the
career of William Mckinley as they have
not tired of tributes to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln. The following para
graph from Senator Hanna's third article
in THE National Maazine on the life of
his friend, is printed in nearly half the
exchanges that come to our table. 1t Is
worth preserving: "William Mckinley
was the incarnation of the best and
purest craftsmanship, which, I believe,
exists in every American. His qualities
tnaC inspired III me IL CLOSE pefSOildl
friendship We're given with the same un-
stinted grace and generosity to every
individual that came within the influence
of his personality, no matter how remote
or how humble that individual might be.
His career is a treasured heritage of
the human race, and marks the begin
ming of new epoch in the history of the
United States" Nashua Press.
fNo, tot (sro iof Of
stabulary of Balangas province, reports
that the conditions there are better than
ever before. The inhabitants are now
constructing better houses and are living
on a scale approximate ting American ideas
of comfort, cleanliness and sanitation.
Captain Crawford attributes this i'm
provement, principally. to experience in
American ways, gained by the natives In
the concentration camps. The American
soldiers are now looked upon as protec-
tors. rather than as enemies. .'-Washin-
ton Star.
II was destitute when the Americans
made me a prisoner and they clothed me
and treated me we'll. Through these I
learned the principles of civil liberty in
the United States. 1t was after reading
the constitution of the United States that
l was converted. i was glad to surrender
and come under the United States flag,
because I believed the same principles.
Most of the prominent Filipinos share my
views" - Felipe Buencamino, formerly
Aguinaldo's secretary of state.
What manufacturing under a protective
system can do for Il state is seen in
Pennsylvania with $1,000 manufacturing
and mechanical establishments, capitai
of sl50O,00O,000. products of $1,000, 900
and annual wage payments of $3.50 100000.
Missouri has similar resources and for
tunately enjoys the benefits of protection
though it's politics. absurdly, is free trade
St Louis Globe Democrat.
Those Democratic papers that villifed
Mckinley while he lived, and are now be-
moaning the fate OF the republic because
the Republican party is going astray from
the teachings OF Mckinley, are only fol-
lowing the line OF Democratic precedent.
1t was SO as to Lincoln, Grant and Gar
field, and will be so as to all dead Re-
publican presidents of the future.-Ben-
ton Qll) Republican.
There is limit beyond which wages
cannot be advanced, but the limits set by
past theoretical economists have long
been passed. 1t Is probable that the limit
beyond which wages cannot be econorn-
ically increased is when they reach such
a high point as to arrest consumption and
thus reduce the demand for labor.
An iron and steel trust is being organ
ized in Germany to meet American COM
petition. This sustains at least one ar
sument advanced by those who favor
trusts-that they aid in the expansion of
foreign tradc-Cleveland Leader
The man who makes war against Amer
lean soldiers in the field fighting the bat
ties of their country is in small business
That is just what some Democrats have
been doing since 1861.
Senator Carmack and RawIins and their
followers have been remarkably quiet of
late. History shows that the American
people think of men who traduce the
army and navy.
The Sharon Steel company is buying all
the scrap iron 1t can find at so ton.
This is the highest quotation for scrap
known for years. The demand is unpre-
cedented.
1t is true Old Glory was hauled down In
Cuba, but New Glory was at once hoisted
in it's place. New Glory is simply an
adopted child of Old Glory.
The only national debt We can never