The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-23
A NOTABLE EXCEPTION.
Richard Oiuey Has Not Joined the
De mocrn Pessimists.

Since Judge Parker and the Demo.
cratic party have chosen TO make an
issue or the aggressive aud progressive
activities OF the Republican party which
IN the span Of one generation have plac.
ed the United States in the van of the
worlds civilization, it may be well TO
recall that there is at least one Demo-
crat who has not joined in his party's
pessimistic walls.
Richard Olney. the choice Of the
Massachusetts Democracy for President
at st. Louis. Attorney General and Sec
rotary of State during Cleveland's sec
ond term. and author Of the ringing
phrase in support of the Monroe doctrine
To-day the United States Is practical
~ sovereign OF this continent. and its
nat IL law upon the subjects to which
1t confines its interposition." is n Demo
crat who has something stronger THAI
diluted ASS milk in his veins.
In an article printed in the Atlantic
Monthly for March. 1900. on the
Growth OF Our Foreign Policy" Rich.
ard Olney anticipated and confuted al
most every pitiful plea for national stag
nation and dishonor uttered by Judge
Parker in the two instances when he has
ventured to open his mouth. Where
the Democratic candidate %counsels that
the United States shall live for and
within itself alone. Mr.. Olney boldly
proclaimed that such n policy had tend
ed to belittle the national character"
ana mas led to "A species OF provincial
ism n TO narrow views OF our duties
and functions as IA nation"
where Judge Parker in his unramil-
iarity with the meaning OF the phrase.
que TO his seclnsiOn from the world at
Esopus. proclaims that the United
states became a world power over n
century ago. Mr.. Olney. with broader
knowledge OF the world. says that His
torians will probably assign the aban.
comment or the isolation policy TO the
Time when this country and Spain went
to war over Cuha."
NOT can there be any serious question
but Mr.. Olney is right.
ANA In this connection IL was that
Cieveland's virile Secretary Of State
SAID, The United States has come out
OF It's shell and ceased to he n hermit
among nations. naturally and properly
ne also emphasized the necessity for
preparation to cope with larger respon.
sib'lities in these terms:
"lt goes without saving that thc I'ui,ca
aMna,'rs rahnot play the pnrt IN the worlds
anhirs u has Just assumed without cuuip.
p,ns Hseli Tor the part with all the In
..uhientnliii"s necessary to make its Will
~ Whrthrr through pacific Intercourse
ana negotiation or through force. We can.
Inv, n. assert ourselves as n power whose
interests and .sympnthies ARE as wide ms
cINllIHatlon without assuming obligations
'"rtrsponding to the claim.
me equipment required for our new
~ any length. We must have IL The
need VIII he forced upon MS by facis The
,ogic OF which will he Irresistible and
n""e.eI SLOW To mose or indisposrd Ia face
.ne Ih'ts' IN" NATIONAL government must
sooner or later provide for It,"
There was much more 90 the same
effect. every word ringing with sterling
and enlightened appreciation az the
American determination To meet the oh. |
OF our expanding national OPP
portunities. Without failing to rerog-
nize that the triumphs OF peace are the
true objective OF a republic. Mr.. Olney
grnsped the eternal truth that peace and
liberty and progress can only be insured
by full provision to maintain them by
force.
The nation which goes about with
but an olive branch in its mouth
In other words, without increasing it,
expenditures for coast defenses, for ships
and guns, for men and arms-cannot OK.
pect It's voice will be needed, in the
councils OF nations. Every dollar the
United states Is spending on its army
md navy to-day is an insurance against
war and national dishonor.