The Irish standard., 1904-03-05
Our Country Has Lost Its Character and is
Simply Plunderer After Share
of the Spoils.
People Who Benefit by Policy of Plunder
Regard it as Legitimate Use of
Governmental Power.

many will control the vote of New
York in the democratic national con-
vention, and as Mr.. Cochran is the
accepted orator of Tammany, his ut
terances are likely to be carefully
weiged from this time forth.
There is something impressive in the
mere physical strength of the man, the
wide shoulders, large limbs, thick neck
and ponderous head-ox-like and slow
in movement. The deep voice, with
it's rich Irish gutturals, matches the
powerful, heavy face and the mighty
chest. He is the typical Norman Celt,
with straight backhead and immense
bulk Of forehead, the signs Of an OBJ
jective rather than subjective mind.
The shape of his skull indicates pre-
ponderance of the perceptive faculties
over the abstract reasoning brain.
Several times during -our- CONVERSE
ton Mr.. Cochran changed the form of
what he had said out of Difference to
the leadership Of Mr.. Murphy. He
was unwilling at time like this to ap-
pear to be taking from the Tammany
leaders the right of initiative. Yet
when he spoke his eyes lit up, his voice
rolled and he seemed to be stirred by
Il real emotion.
''nhe one great issue this year is the
moral bankruptcy of the United
States," he said. eve have lost our
character. The loss of our moral pri-
macy among nations is disaster of
incalculable proportions. 1t is a dis
aster not only to ourselves but to all
countries See what the result is al
ready. The other night Mr.. Sraus an
nounced that the United States made
the first offer of mediation to Russia
and Japan. That offer was declined
Why? Because we have lost our in.
fuence. Our character is gone. We
are suspected everywhere.
''It is only short time since Presi.
dent Cleveland saved Venezuela from
oppressive treatment. He had only tc
speak to avert war. 1t was an honest
president speaking, awkwardly, per
haps, and against international usage
but speaking a brave word for justice
No one suspected that we might have
some base and selfish motive in oul
policy. But to-day all is changed
Polished diplomats at Washington
speak cunningly for profit. And 8
great war is in progress, with still
greater war threatened, because tht
United States has lost it's moral char
acter and is looked upon as simply an
other plunderer seeking for share il
the spoils Of international strife.
'"To realize the change that has oc
CURED in our standing among the ma
tions of the world it is only necessary
to contrast our position now with tht
position we had when President Cleve
land saved Venezuela by a word, re
peat, that our loss Of character is :
great disaster to mankind. Our coun
try has come to be regarded as rest
less, swashbuckling plunderer, greedy
for profitable adventure. We no long
er represent the moral law in inter
national affairs.
Il believe that the people of til,
United States are arousing themselve!
to realization of the national humili
alton to which they have been brough
by the policies of the republican party
They see in President Roosevelt I;
representative of the political theory
which substitutes profit for principle
and which has exposed us to the suspi
cion of the whole w orld.
"At home the issue is. the same
moral bankruptcy. There are two
kinds of prosperity prosperity o.
production and the prosperity of plum
der. The democratic party stands fol
the prosperity Of production, the re
publican party stands for the prosper
ity of plunder The whole plan Of thu
republicans is based on the idea Of
plundering one man in order to make
another man rich. The theory Of pro
lection is the theory of plunder pure
and simple. The farmer must pay two
bushels Of wheat rather than one bush