The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-01
RICHLY DEsERTED HONOR.

Henry B. Darlington Writes of Gov-
 srnor Taft and of Form and cers-
 mony as Necessary to Uphold Dignity
 of Government.
 General Henry B. Darlington writes as sollows to the Boston Herald:
 This mornings stupid sensation of the Washington press as to the recep- ton by the military authorities at Washington os the governor of the Philippine archipelago. upon his return to the country from which he was ac- credited, to occupy it's national trust as secretary of war, is equally unpatriotic and disgusting.
 He has been the representative both os the military and civil power of the United States of America to S,OO0,OOO of eastern people who look upon outward circumstance as an essential type of physical superiority The dignity of his office among those peoples, of so many semi -barbaric types. exacts form and ceremony, and by that observance alone can their imaginatiohs take in the char acter and power of the home govern- ment by him represented.
 Returning to the United States to re- port upon his administration of affairs placed in his charge upon the condition and needs of those peoples, and to ad- wise as to their future interests and dealings with them, he left Manila with becoming and very especial demonstra- | tions of their respect and good wishes. ' As their ruler for so long period, and 1 so acceptably, the United States would have been wanting in respect to itself, I it's mission in the East Indies, and the l diplomatic etiquette of similar exper- Iiences from time irnmemoriaI, of they had failed to receive him at the nation- al capital with as much official recogni- l tion as that which marked his departure | from Manila.
 | When he shall render his report and assume the duties of secretary of war, he will resume the functions of citizn- ship in that domestic relation. Until then this distinguished citizen is known | tV tliC WOIlQ WllIllll lClC6 dPlllO 1SSlIAls as Governor Taft. If the governor-ge eral of India be always honored, upon his return to London. for the dignity which attaches to his position before the eyes of the eastern peoples, so, with equal propriety, should the United States of America, which refuses to be accounted second to any world power in wealth, dignity and physical resources, so honor it's worthy servant, that the dullest barbarian as well as the astut- est foreign statesman, can recognize our rightful assertion of that wealth,
 dignity and power.
 This everlasting whimpering over
 every display of legitimate and essen- ltial military courtesy on proper occa- sions, which the world demands, belit- ties criticism. and only stimulates the socialistic and anarchical elements of Imported sentiment to still falser ideas of the functions and obligations of our i republican form of government. The retiring secretary of war, Elihu Root, has closed the administration of his of fee with that characteristic wisdom, tact and loyalty to duty and to country (which has exacted respect from all fair minded and impartial citizens of the land. a
 Tt is such small, ill-tempered and en- tirely unsavory gushes of sensational nonsense that befuddle weak readers. disgrace politicalmethods and exasper- late intelligent lovers of this republic, Tits origin and it's higher distiny. Henry B. Darlington,
 GUS s. Army (retired.)" Hyde Park. Jan. 2S. 1904.