Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-05

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ungovernable moods. which set at defiance
an their normal hffitfpf thought and &C.
ton. The Americd1 people have now been
undergoing that eberfence for the larger
with consequences and which. beginning
| with the needless Xarsoyer Cuba. has now
eliminated in fagrantiy wanton war upon
Colombia.
| During these fatefal years the heart Of
| the nation has been stirred by military sue
cesses on land and seas by lust of conquest,
| by unprecedented e4paftsion in territory, in
population, in trade and in wealth, and by
unprecedented actipity-in all the fields Of
human effort.
Limit to Periods of Excitement.
But every such season of feverish stress
| and strain has it's limit Returning reason
| and sobriety inevita bly, 4reassert themselves
and all the signs are that the change is
| now at hand, and Is most welcome. We
! have had surfeit of sensations and of
| spectacles, and need rest We need it to
recover our equilibrium, to assimilate our
undigested dependencies to get used to
| exploiting inferior races for their good and
| to our own great cost, to habituate our
selves generally to strange conditions and,
| above all, to renew and reinvigorate in us
| that respect for law and that love of liberty
and of peace which the exercise Of military
| domination in any form or for any purpose
| inevitably weakens and too often destroys.
| I'm this direction lies the opportunity of
| the democratic party. 1t could ask for no
| worthier mission than to be instrumental in
| restoring to the national life the sane and
| normal conditions upon which it's health
| and stability depend.
| Mr.. Chairman, the man of all men most
| thoroughly representative of the national
| policies I have Indicated the most capable
| and sure of making them effective-the op-
! portunty being given-the man of proven
| courage of his convictions who never yet
| turned his back upon the approach of public
| duty. and is too old to learn how. that man
unfortunately absent. at this time. but a
| New Yorker by, ADOPTION II not by birth.
to honor, that man is Grover Cleveland,
| whose record is an all-sufficient guarantee
| of his action in the future
D. B. Hill Speaks.
David B. Hill. the next speaker. made
| bitter attack on the administration. fire.
| quently directing his criticisms to the Pres
| ident personally in the matter of the books
| Mr.. Roosevelt has written. He said in
part:
Thoughtful citizens solicitous for the
welfare of their country. view with appre-
hension the dangerous tendencies Of the
| public policies which are either approved
| or tolerated by the party in power In the
| nation. They see the best traditions Of the
| government set aside or ignored, while q
l course OF intrigue ana QlSnONOr III lnIeTud-
| tional matters is reeklessly and shamelessly
| entered upon. The fair fame of the coun-
| try is being greatly furnished In strenu-
GUS effort for personal glory at the expense
| of truth and consistency"
| Mr.. Hill characterized the course Of Presi-
| dent Roosevelt in the Panama affair as "a
| species of contemplate machinatiOn UNI
| worthy Of the head of a great nation"
| prompted by personal ambition and a de-
| sire to startIe and dazzle the people; part
and parcel of political scheme to prema-
| turely force his own nomination for the
| presidency and to preclude the considera-
ton of the name of any other candidate
| within his own party" and "a cheap and
transparent play to the galleries
Urged Rejection Of Canal Treaty.
He urged the rejection of the canal
| treaty with Panama.
Mr.. Hill next took up conditions In the
| army speaking of the studied insult to
Lieutenant General MIKES in the order an
nouncing his refinement from the army and
1.-THE constant and persistent endeavor to
| confer upon PERSONAL faSorites Of the Presi-
dent the highest afHtss' in the army. re-
I CARELESS of length Of service. gallant con-
| duct or individual fitness ..t..s.... =
THE plain trut1Tis,e 4ie said. that dur
| ing the present administration promotions
in the army hav sbeefi fhawled around and
bestowed here aRdsthsEe as though they
! were personal or PARTISAN gratuities, to be
I granted or withheld tsthe pleasure Of the
/ appointing power regardless, of any other
considerations. This haaacreated much dis
content and d bIous u. tha, army to the verge
He criticised the astafling or naval YES
sells In the vicinity OF the Presidents home
at Oyster Bay, and saiti:s -,
In view of these circumstances, It fs no
1 wonder. that the President saw no serious
| misconduct on the part. of General Wood
in Cuba when he used public funds to in
| fuence the action Of Congress in behalf of
certain legislation which his commander
in-chief desired. a.: - F'-
I Mr. Hill declared the omission of refer
| ence to Gen. George B. Mcclellan in the
| Presidents Grafton at Antietam IAN exhibit
i ton OF monumental iittleneSS.' and crit
icised him for failure to pay greater tribute
| to President Jefferson In his Louisiana pur-
| chase address at st. Louis.
| Attack on the President.
He next took up Mr.. Roosevelt's life OF
Thomas Fl. Benton. and tried to show that
his criticisms of President Tyler exactly
fitted the case Of the present incumbent of
the office. He also asserted that the busi-
| ness interests of the country did not feel
safe under the present administration.
After some complimentary illusions to
the Cleveland administrat ton, he continued
In regard to the money question, our
| differences are greatly exaggerated and
much misrepresented. There ought not to
be any difficulty at this time in framing a
financial plank acceptable to every intelligent
! unreasonable democrat. The logic of events
has cleared the situation. 1t is not believed
that any further monetary legislation Is
now desirable. II a specific plank on this
subject is needed, then a simple declara ton
in favor of International bimetallism to be
secured by an agreement between the lead
ing nations of the world. in the event that
further coinage legislation becomes neces-
sary. would be unobjectionable."
Planks for the election of United States
sena tors by direct vote: rigid adherence to
the Monroe doctrine, and the avoidance of
an eastern policy preventing its consistent
enforcement; the admission to statehood of
Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona and
opposition to the maintenance of Ameri-
can possessions of colonial systems of gov
eminent analogous, to the British colonial
system" were urged.
Gov. A. ]. Montague Of Virginia said, in
part:
AT this period In our party affairs the
south comes forward as. the champion Of no
candidate; but it is to be hoped that she
Will come forward in spirit Of co-opera-
| tive leadership for the prOriOuncement of