Arizona republican., 1905-01-07

said:
 And this thing will never be brought about as long as I can fight it. Those people have not forgotten me yet, and l shall use every influence to save them. If this tyrannical business is forced upon them I shall do all I can to make them repudiate the act. shall advise them to accept nothing from the government; I shall tell them not to go to the polls; shall tell them not to elect congressman and senator's; not to choose a legislature and if needs be, I'll gc back down there to those people and help them fight this bat tie"
 Lew Wallace has a deeper insight into present day politics than would be generally imagined. He was never a politician, notwithstanding his past prominence in state and>national poll ties However, there has never been a time that he was not in close touch with every important political matter Today he holds some unique views on this subject. To a friend he recently said:
 Mark my word, the democratic party is lost beyond recall. It will never again be a power in American politics. The democratic party is so split and splintered that there is ab- solutely no hope of ever again uniting the pieces The reason is obvious. The very men who dominated the party during the recent campaign and who worked together for it's defeat are now so widely and openly opposed to each other that it is utterly impossible to even hope that they may be brought together and swing their constituent cies to a common cause or to the sup | port of any one man.
 Then General Wallace became rem | iniscent and told, he said for the first time in his life, his own political history:
 l q was a democrat for many years | before the civil war. l was as strong and as consistent a democrat as could 1 be found anywhere. For several years preceding that memorable struggle, l however. I foresaw what finally hap pened. It was not it's attitude toward l slavery, for I believe that the civil war | would have ensued had that never been ! a consideration, but it was when the | democratic partys beliefs and actions resulted in the assault of Fort Stump ter that I rebened. The flag hoated over the ramparts of that stronghold and when it was fired upon treason was committed. Then and there be- 
 mained one ever since.
 As may be seen by both of the above anecdotes, the rugged old warrior IS given to expressing his views Tn no
 uncertain terms He aims to leave nothing to be guessed at and when he states his conclusions, he has pretty clearly explained what he means.
 In conversation with another man, in ! discussing the present war between Russia and Japan General Wallace again demonstrated his keen powers of analysis and his remarkable fore sight. After declaring and giving his i reasons that Japan would be the ulti- Innate victor. and saying that he would he pleased at such an outcome, he added:
 ..Then will come another war. It will be a mighty struggle between the United States and Japan for the com merciaI supremacy of the Pacihc ocean Hand do not by any means feel con l Gdent as to the outcome.
 l ..Of co11rse it will be many years De-
 fore this contest comes on; Japan VII
 take time to recover from the preseii conflict and that will require long tir,aN Then her military still agloV ? with the signal victory over kusslal arms the war spirit would again arls' and seek activity
 .TaDan's natural growth is in th' direction of the Philippines. and he commercial enlargement must com'
 from the trade of the Pacihc. no"
 then could Japan better herself nor
 than bv the conquest of these lslanos Then her supercharged soldiery coul' find 2 vent for it's unabated lust 10 strife. oo,,,, 'In less than one week Japan coul' c,ll +bror,- q force of 5O.0O0 men on to thes : islands and continue to send then
 +bere at the rate of 10000 a week. whll
 her navy could SCOUT the surroundlhi
 waters to an almost limitiess extent Io
 AT,arican merchantmen. What couI'
 we do to combat this? Practlcail.
 nothing.
 ..,That the Philippines are of doubt
 euI value to the United States Is uh
 questioned. and their worth to Japan
 because of their proximity to ne
 coast and the racial inclinations or th
 people. also goes without question
 Thus. in my mind, the solution seem
 simple.
 "Ja9an would doubtless be glad t accede to whatever restrictions thl
 country desired to impose regardln
 the government of the islands. In thl
 way. discounting the probability tha
 Japan would be willing to pay us
 good bonus for the property, the Cnlt
 ed States would be relieved Of pl
 and troublesome load, and another Tn v ternational conflict would be diploma f tically avoided
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