New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

charge Of this agy e 70 Keep 'hs nogrs sns
pslty out o. powei. As AZ pfesaS r % ~ 6 Al
agency for The execution OF the people, VII "a a
also con~aon belief and common PURPOSE
among is menhers. mere h'Nea sc TT-tTrirles
but there was n time when they had these oth'i
To.iav 4hsv have no common agreement on any
propositon except only that they are Dilo,.e -, -,
what the term Democrat" implies. on az i'm
portland SUBJECTS and policies they have the sharp
sst and most frreconcilable dinererces. They are
more hostile toward each other ilan tn,N ar
the politics our country like that which niis
soWa~6 each other the free silver men charge
that they were buncoed out % victory IN - ~
nemocrats charge that their party was discreditod
and diseraced bv the free silver men, VINO gained
There is but one single exception recorded 70
this wholesale mutual Remuneration. and that Is
the case 81 John n. Clarke. who has been osteil-
tstousy pardoned by Mt Brys1 ior the s,,e1CS
that be didn't know any better. This theory nnos
: ~ bs1l, "a lrb, ~ he rresent. to become
.endidate Tor United states Senator on platform
shen without the light Of subsequent experience.
So ss s.Ss ln.ee9eg oif sebse he should be
accommodated but The deha'e should be between
] don't know OF ANYBODY else who has tins 10
ToST y tls,aa ~ isoS b,,ev intfi Election nav
has come and gone 80 answer John IA SlarNee OF
what Mr. Bryan says about his lack q bnowledse'
was ~ that time very able ana Vigorous MAJ
many things tha; nobody has ever Yet answered
~ ever VIII answer.
DEMOCRATIC BLUNDERs.
Iu, however an that may be ths mutual fault,
more prominent and more bitter as time passed,
80 wide and deep that cooperation is Impossible
Tor years 10 come. whether they are in power or
So long as they are out Of power. no harm is
done but u they should be restored 10 power, tuch
dissensions would Of themselves paTalyze an their
Efforts. and visit upon The country again ne dis
IA 1893 when. Tor the same reason they found
tlenlseNes gIauie 20 .eslsa'e '. -, ~ -
lost the confidence OF the business interests ane
Ia would De much worse now than IL was thon;
have more 10 lose B;It then there was only
were 6eaaiosled while nov their irreconcilable
differences embrace not only the t6r1n. but the
every other question with which we have 20 deal
They disaEree upon every important suoee t .t,
ne Far less Injurious 60 the country Than an ap-
plication OF such principles aunou cod IN
The platform recently adopted by ne Democrats or
everything connected with he ADMINISTRATION q
. our PaLc ana ana, rs, R out, ST i Ia
junction II they could enforce only these decara-
~ the duties now levied and collected CT innorts
from foreign countries. and abandonment OF Foi5o
in omen violation OF The constitution
All these propositions are unuise. and some Of
Them are unrafr1otic and even worse IN uts'
from the beginning OF our Eofernnent down 70
he present time We have alternately tried nrote-
zion and trade tariff-f Or-revenue-ony poll
cios and invariably with the result that we have
,-e-sitv ,ir5sr free trade or any annroxinat'on
'oward free trade that lowered Duties below the
We need so back no further in this study than an
ies ll.Inocrsslc li,l. ,,s7sr,,,s
we were developing our resources. n1ultnEing ouI
industries. employing our labor. increasing our
exports and adding the wealth and happiness
q en- classes The Democratic party came mo
-oHser reuea'ed fhe McNnley law and enacIeg me
= ileor-Gorman law q take It's place. Inc Milson-
We d only tariff Tor revenue measure y car
rled 600 aea. o. rrotecflon IN 49, 5rs GT'I rec
li r ~ stN 15 al y fT snort y. SsegEste r5tec-
U.s.. 'al. y - - 80 sf he conn
rry. and rs result they were compelled % sus-
- er7nlo,-nert and the whole country was driven
10 n nc povery and alstresS Our reSeieT S l5
"hheatons. md The government was Compe.leo ~
rbe funds ra,eses-y tbereror The picture this
great. rich country presented under the DemocIatc
Who that passed throUeh that experience VIII ever
greet IT, ~ eyer he %il,ng 70 retUIa 20 +e lr,
sdonted in Ohio this year proposes. II there were
ohio should i-dicrartiy ard o,orv-belminsly re-
ct TIE nronosaL which under al the ClrcuIn-
TIE POLICY OF EXPANSION
The treaty OF peace with sralr was the work
their help 81 could not have been ratified. j was
q solemn national conuacJ Il entered into
~ the presence OF az TIE naiIons a. Witness. ~
imnoseo upor us scored duties and crave respon-
Sihilities. When that treaty took eject expansion
mem The o,lesrior has bon not v~teth her We should
sXnar6 b,I- her We s1all -11+ras OF v,ref hor
Backward
Il is conclusive answer 70 The uroposigon 70
backward that. without acting like nation OF
polroons. W. could not 81 We would IL r. easy 70
denerdence but aside from everything else that
zn6 i-lpossife m Ne are ho.-or:fiy to discharge
she obligations We have assumed. All who are in-
and the philippine are not only GUYS by absolute
event fo- an indefinite runlier 81 wears 10 come n
,ioi forever because u viii De en- indehnite NUM-
az the duties and rcsDor sihhties we have there
=. y j. our o9l> 5.er,ioIe j. We ere re-
--e mean while local political status and provide
can maxi Them sn integral part or the United
state ano rroFlae by az Of Congress that The
@rss,ls la" a1d We can rake them citizens Of
not so sesrs We -, ViffbSl5 -beee c5o~sitio-s
sne 9galties We have this Inherent power under
prsssly confers 81 this power on Congress
nc SSeIto.losn part afler careigI conslaeTa-
slon thar under the Constitution Of the United
err territory without -sRne ii pan OF he
United States. and hat Ia governing such terri
lions ~ government and 20 enact such legislation
seem 10 ~eo,5i-e ard - s,ir-er,s Conf ~ iSc
United States has sustained This view.
There IS no question open for discussion. there
fore. 10 The acquisition % these islands for they
have been acQuirec. neither IT, there room for any
talk ~ discussion about giving them Independence.
Tor that d. imuuSe 'he iu view Of the obligations
We have assumed Tor wears 70 come. nor is there
any question open FOR debate as ~ our power to
govern them governing them. for the
supreme Court has held that have the power
20 do 2N We have done proposing TO do
INC so-e question Tor discussion is whether not
We have acted wisely governing have.
We have not extended fD tnr1l che Constitution
% the United States PUT almost every honest man
who has inrpsfigatel -hc subject has reached the
conclusion that a. would have been a most unfOrtu-
nate mistake tor them a. Vel as Tor Us 81 We had.