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exclusive OF the .r-,,1lan1a., Appropriation,
the increase of expenditures in 1904 over
1903 was $35, 496, 995; In 1905 over 1904, $780,
Sss. 2sa; in 1905 over 1905, s17,sOS.Ss6.
1t does not stand to reason that the
American people will deliberately In
dorse such amazing waste Of the pub
lie money. The big stick policy comes
high, and the figures will set the tax
payers Of the land to thinking, and
after they have digested the totals
they will conclude that we are paying
too much for the whistle and will pro-
coed to fire the Republicans, who have
proved themselves utterly incapable of
.'cutting appropriations to the bone"
The Rio de Janeiro Conference.
Congress appropriated 100000 to pay
the expenses of Mr.. Secretary of State
Elihu Root and his suit to the Rio de
Janeiro conference, and the govern
ment sent them down in great style In
q battleship. All of which should
greatly impress our Central and South
American neighbors as to our gran
deur and prowess. They are unfortu
nately none too fond Of us. In fact,
they entertain deep seated suspicion
that we are preparing to swallow them
la the anaconda, just as we swallow
ed Hawaii, Panama, Porto Rico, Guam
and the Philippines. It is to be hoped
that Mr.. Root and his battleship will
remove these suspicious and cause
those peoples to look upon us with a
frienduer optic. What the secretary
of state ought to do Is plain enough.
Instead Of wasting his breath ex-
pounding the Monroe doctrine and en-
larging upon its beauties he should
bend every energy to establish better
trade relations with the republics to
the southwark. We intend to maintain
the Monroe doctrine at all hazards, not
80 much for the benefit Of these other
republics, but for our own benefit. OF
course they are beneficiaries Of tin
fact, could not have existed six
months but for it and could not exist
now If we should notify the world
that we would no longer uphold IT.
but nevertheless we forced it into the
code Of international law because we
needed 1t for our own protection in
| 1923. While we do not need 1t so much
now, we will continue to maintain it
as matter of pride and principle.
Consequently the Central and South
American republics will continue to
be sheltered by it whether they SO de-
sire or not
What we most need now is a broader
market for our surplus products, and II
we acted with the wisdom we ought to
exercise we would have the bulk of the
trade with every nation to the south Of
ms. They are our near neighbors, and
ought to be our friends. Nothing but
q continuance Of the unwise and unjust
policy Of the Republican party can pre-
vent our capturing most Of this trade.
We make things they want In great
abundance, and they produce many
things that we cannot produce. Why,
then, not exchange these articles? The
barrier Is the id1otic code Of laws Gre
atsd By Republicans. II Mr.. Secretary
Root will do anything to remove that
barrier the 100000 and the cost Of the
battleship's trip will not have been
spent in vain, but IL he does not inn
prove our trade relations It Is q sheer
waste Of money.
B. r. r.
Colonel Lumpkin, who was running
against Hon. Benjamin r. Tillman for
United States senatorship. has retired
from the race. thereby leaving Mllman
Q clear track. It is well. know moth
ing Of Colonel Lumpkin. No doubt he
d gentleman Of parts and Of char
acter, but I am glad that he has con-
Guided to let Senator Tillman have an
other term among the conscript fathers
without struggle, for Tillman is one
Of the ablest and cleanest and bravest
men In the less numerous branch Of the
federal legislature. In private life he
ID most lovable man, and he Is uni
vsrsally beloved by those who know
him. He holds high place in the SEN
ate much higher than when the late
session began. He Ia q growing man.
Everybody In Washington possessed Of
any consid erable powers Of observation
knows that. He has rubbed off many
angularities, has to a large extent
ceased to make bad breaks and exer-
cises an ever increasing influence In the
senate and in the country. To with
draw him from the senate while at the