The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-14
WHAT is 1T. AND WHAT NEXT?
(sienry Watterson in Louisville cou-
rier-Journal)

Ever. as-4he Republicans in 1904 un--
der jefferson. established the reason
Of their being and confirmed their
power, do the Republicans in 1904. un-
der Theodore Roosevelt carry all be-
fore them, leaving their beaten politi.
cal adversary, as an organized body,
nothing to hope for; and YET the Re-
publicanism of jefferson embodied the
cause of the Many as against the
claims of the Few whilst the Republi-
canism of Theodore Roosevelt EN-
braces the claims Of the Few against
the cause of the Many.
This sounds paradoxical, vet 1t Is
strictly true. and 1t marks the differ
ence which century of History has
wrought in American conditions,
Theodore Roosevelt and his immedi.
ate political family are Federalists'
Of the school of Alexander Hamilton;
buteat least wiser than old John ADJ
amsI and his immediate family. hey
have contrived TO get upon the popular
current and To ride it, The Democrats,
an traditRn, have allowed themselves
on certain collateral matters TO be as
much mis,ed and they have been sim
gularly unfortunate. The result Is
something very like humiliation.
To have made the money ratio par
amount issue was bad enough; but to
have had the chance of destroying the
protective system and to have lost it.
was very little short of suicidal, and
seems now fatality.
Tho. Spanish war may have been
but historic interiude: but 1t wa
big with opportunities and II made
a new reading of American ethics. II
made in fact, a revolution, for which
modern inyention had been preparing
the way. The Democrats precipitat
ed it. The Republicans got its usu.
fruets.
In preferring the SNOWY and meri-
tricious Roosevelt TO the sober con
servatfve Parker, the younger genera
lion 1f yoters-for it is they who have
taken the bit in their teeth and are
running away with the vehicle-mere.
~ give expression TO the spirit of the
time. Get there no matter how" and
Gain all you can and keep wha' you
have" and You tickle me and I'll
tickle you" arc some Of She characters
istic Keynotes to this new gospel Of
Grab. which under The specious guise
of philanthropy, with flags plastere1
over the hypocricy and cant. has turn
cd the simple presehments OF the ia.
theirs of Democracy and the plain
mandates of the written law TO set out
in quest 81 adventures without much
If any, regard TO principles, TO an.e
cedents, or to consequences.
The election Of Tuesday settles the
question of the Philippines. They are
to remain American soil. We are To ia
VIII them what we will. We won them
fairly in battle We bought them with
our own good money. They are ours
the constitution does not follow the
flag IL might interfere with the con
cessionaires. The Bible is less oh
struc.ive and locke better in the hands
of a Filipino. In case of a war
the isolation and the distance may pre-
sent some strategic advantages: bat
we may cure this with a great navy
which viii ill the pockets of the con
tractors and increase the power oi
the Republican party at home willis
tickling the national cOnceit abroad
Why SHOULD any Democrat say Nay
Is not Governor General Luke Wright
q Democrat. and southern Demo
Graf at thai Haul down the flag.
Nevers We did not do it in Hawaii
and so long as Il is the symbol Of more
ard more pickings and stealings-
though the protective system has driT
en- it from the high seas except Oyel
an occasional man-of-war-ve shal
cling 10 j.: the cid flag and the tariff
the old aag and the pension list the
old Tag and an appropriation, Thus
ran the argument CT the campaign just