The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-25

dens of government; the next is econo-
my OF administration, including particu-
hrly the payment of the public indebted
ness. and, as far as possible consistent
with the public welfare avoidance Of
further Indebtedness; also maintenance of
government at the lowest burden Of tax
alton possible for the securing of eff
nclency i'll administration; next and not
least, limitation Of governmental func-
t1oning to governmental business.
,,, Mlrh US expansion Is not q purpose, but
it is an inevitabiIity And the
only occasion for concern in connec-
ton with it is the careful observance Of
the above mentioned simple principles
There is no more question involved in
connection with our late territorial ac-
QUESTIONS and treaty rights than was in
mer territorial and treaty Acquisitions
and with us, all such matters have been
settled for once and for all. Such acquisi-
tions and rights will be maintained in
tact and inviolate, and law and order and
civil government extended and maintain
ed as part Of the very vitality of the ma
tlon itself. Albeit, however, and Of
course, II REIMBURSEMENT of sovereignty
anywhere becomes the evolutiOnal con
Vlct1on of the nation, action accordingly
VIII be as inevitable as the progress of
tlIne without any f0recaSting whatever as
TO intent. To raise this question in any
form would be but a vain recourse to a
dead issue. The congressional resolution
as to our intent concerning Cuba was
an acme of fOOliShneSS. 1t is not by any
means certain that anything is better than
II Cuba were an integral part Of our ma
tional entity.
1t is no less foolish to attempt to make
the tariff and trusts a partisan issue for
the simple reason that Democrats as free
~ iEX, avail of both as do Republicans.
body is in business for the purpose of
Vlndlcatlng any sort of Sentimentality or
principle: The tariff win be gotten rid Of
Just as the people actually experience dis
advantages under and from it, and in
no other way. And neither party will do
any more of it than the other The trusts
exist simply through the neglect of hu-
manly TO secure and assure to its in
div1dual members the privileges of their
natural rights. In other words the privi-
lege Of equal opportunity for all. The
one great mistake that is now being made
IS the constant eentering of all attention
upon public wrongs, Ostensibly in behalf
looking the rights of individuals This
is paradoXical, but true. There could be
no trusts without monopoly Of natural re-
sources. And the only way to destroy such
monopoly Is to render to all individuals
the privilege Of their own by natural
right And this is an optional ownership
OF natural resources on the same terms
as those upon which existing titles were
initiated
OF course none Of these things can be
1uIly discussed in a communication like
this. The g1st of my contention is that
unless the party is capable of rising to
these conceptions and affirmatively not
only promulgating, but actually enacting
and .practicing them in the functiening of
the body polite under it's administrations.
1t Is as l have already said. undeserving
of existence. If it will only get itself into
harmony on these conceptions and then
again have recourse to the leadership of
It's greatest living representative, it may
then and only then hope to command
success; and far better still, to embody in
itself the strongest and most virtuous ra-
tionality which we as a people can posi-
bly, acquire. And what will harmony
avail without both capacity and wisdom