Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-10-26
EDITORIAL CHAT.
Interesting Notes From Our Special
Political Correspondent.


Good citizenship consists in doing
the many small duties, private and
public, which in the aggregate
make it up. Theodore Roosevelt.
so much has been written about
the Presidents use of the expression
big stick that the connection in
which he used it is interesting. He
said, ITO boast is bad, and cause
lessly to insult another, worse yet:
worse than all is to be guilty of
boasting, even with insult, and
when called to the proof to be un-
able to make such boasting good.
There is homely old adage which
runs; ''Speak softly and carry big
stick; you will go far.
When Richard Olney, President
Cleveland's secretary of state, I'M
dertakes to criticise the republican
administration and describe it as
characterized by swagger, by med
dlesomeness and by lawlessness" he
must have forgotten the famous
Venezuelan message which he
framed and which President Cleve-
land sent to congress, Christmas
week, nine years ago.
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What does it profit us to keep
in order other American states.n
asks ex-Secretary Olney. He ought
to know. His law partner, the late
j. J. Storrow, whom Secretary
Olney forced on Venezuela as it's
counsel in the famous boundary
arbitration, received over 100000
in fees.
Judge Parker is trying to drive
Cleveland and Bryan as team and
satisfy the radicals of the West and
the conservatives of the East by
giving to each the brand Of Demo
cracy it prefers, but the press, by
printing therefnarkso Of each champ
ion in both places is upsetting the
band wagon. -@.@hc
There is striking similarity be-
tween the statements of the demo-
cratic national committee and the
report of General Kuropatkin.
tysSz
i Candidate Parker has been doing
some remarkable Juggling" with
statistics. For instance, he solemn
.|ly declares that the Philippines
have cost this country $3.50, OOO,O 900
in addition to the $40, 900, 900 pur-
chase price. And yet Mr.. Parker
must know that the actual cost of
the Philippines to this government
has been only 1874, 10000, includ-
ing the purchase price. Is the sort
of complaining likely to increase
the public's respect for the demo-
cratic presidential candidate?
! Recent reports of the frightful
loss of life in Manchuria inspire
the hope that President Roosevelt's
efforts to re3onvene the peace con-
ference at the Hague may prove
successful and that the Russo-Jap-
anese war may prove SO terrible an
object lesson as to materially pro-
mote the work of that conference.
Ex-Secretary Olney told a New
York audience that it was costing
the United States $50, 100000 a year
to retain the Philippines. Such
carelessness of fact is almost Grimm
al. The annual expense incurred by
the United States is less than 3d.
100000. Tt is only difference of
few ciphers. but such an error is
inexcusable coming from an intelli-
gent statesman.
Commander Peary says he will
''reach the North Pole or bust".
Perhaps CommanderPeary's b1ckers
are wondering if that last word of
the quotation refers to them.
In the light of the recent cam
paign utterances from Mr.. Parker
and other leaders of the democracy,
President Roosevelt's assertion that
Our opponents do not venture to
recite the facts about our policies
and acts and then oppose them.
They attack them only when they
have first misrepresented Them, is
more than verified.
The late General Lawton declared
that every word from an American
opponent of the Philippine policy
meant another bullet for an Ameri-
can soldier. Candidate Parker has
contributed bullets enough to wipe
out the entire army of $4,000 men