The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-12
COMPARATIVE NATIONOLOGY.

| Since 1894 Hayti, the Black Repub-
lie, has had nineteen rulers, which
would be a fairly good record if q
large percentage of them had power
exceeding as many as twelve months
and if there had been fewer assas-
i sinatiOns and revolutions. Since 1898
Santo Domingo has had five presi-
| dents, or new ruler for every new
| year, and in it's history it has had as
sassnatiOns and revolutions numerous
In the whole lower part Of this hem
sphere. revolution, fed by personal am
bitiOn and avarice, has been the sys-
| tenn of shifting government. Venture
| some politicians, Drawing death and de-
flying conscience, obtain the high Of
fees through conspiracy, and
| enscOnced in power, pay themselves
| magnificent rewards from the public
Golfers and from the channels leading
TO the public Golfers.
! The degradation of authority is the
| cause for. another revolution and ar
| incentive. for stirring rival ambitions
| 1t furnishes issues for appeal to an ex-
| citable populace, and produces another
| internal war or skirinish, the spiiing Ct
ple5ian blood and the enthronenent
| Of another regime of corruption. The
fighting and the plundering warmly
continue year III and year out. and not
infrequertiy with demonstrative COM
plications of lofty ambitions.
a radical change in Central and South
America. He could institute stable
governments in every country there
provide each government with a con-
stitutior, apply the high tariff against
them all and publish commands that
all officials should Wear fancy cos
tunes, as the diplomatic corps il
Washington is advised to do
Beyond these arrangements. little
more would be necessary, except
perhaps, to establish civilian military
associations. in order to keep votes fol
the dominant party. This could be
done by organizing orders composed
of reVOlutionists.
With all the revolutionists united
under fashy banners. wearing gaudy
uniforms. there would be no further
occasion for war. Every man in the
country would be satisfied, provided
the pOstOffice department were all
right and the president knew how tc
write books. shoot, shake hands with
prize-fght referees and be a good Judge
of horses.
An observer says that the revolu-
lions are not attributable to condi-
tons of climate, which foster slothful-
ness, rather than energy. He says
that revolutions take the place of
elections. Probably this view is cor
rect. Admitting that it is, it is mani
lest tIlul the rfld-ZOne peoples have
much to learn from us.
Uy here We prefer elections to revo-
lutiOns, and we care so little about
even elections that we content our
selves merely with campaign gossip
Down there the people fight. Up here
we don't even vote. We don't get ex-
cited when "Indians' vote on our
names.
Those people should tame their fire
and initiate us. Should an official try
his luck at spoils and corruption, we
will not fight. We will not even vote.
We will honor him and let his COM
paniOns in plumber re-elect him. That
will enable him to get more plumber
and injure public interests. But that
does not matter. We have talked and
we feel better. thank you. We will
get his scalp some other day. when We
feel mad. South Americans should
learn how to take their politics with
more good humOr.