Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-10


deliberate breaking away from the
advice of Washington and the other
immortals Is now only an academic
proposition. The fact is, the United
states Is In world politics, is in to stay.
and is rapidly gaining a predominant
position. So much for ten years. An
other ninety, and the American people
will have been in world politics for a
century. Long before that time the
United States will have become the
supreme power in the world because of
its great wealth, its population and its
great resources. 1t will maintain that
position by virtue of its captaincy of
the Pan-American union-the confeder-
alton of republics which is already
welding an enormous influence and
which must grow in strength and power
with the development of the great Latin
countries to the south.
Political union of the ..mericas is i'm
probable, on account of the bar of di-
verse tongues. Political and CONNER
cial- cooperation is already promised.
Railroads direct from Argentina and
Chile to New York and Puget sound, a
merchant marine and the Panama canal
will cement the nations of the western
world into one potential whole. The
palace built in Washington for the Pan
American bureau may have more of the
promise of glory in it's future than An
drew Carnegie, who gave most of the
million to build it. and John Barrett.
who rs bossing the job, have ever
dreamed of.
In the Pacific ocean the United States
will hold Hawaii, its detached islands.
and the Philippines 1t will have the
major portion of the enormous Chinese
and Siberian trade 1t will be in that
day what England long has been, and
Columbia will rule the waves-vice
Britannia. resigned.
What the future Will bring forth in
domestic party politics no man may
dare predict. But the certain influences
of growth and development will mate
rally affect the present political and
governmental organizations. The for
ty-six stars on the flag will have been
multiplied by the addition of new states
and the division of old ones. Arizona,
New Mexico, Southern Alaska and Ha-
waii will have gained statehood long
before the year 1000. Porto Rico, per-
haps in union with other West Indian
islands, may also add star to the con-
stellation of the flag.
Texas is entitled, by the act of admis-
sion, to divide its great empire into five
sovereign states. The rapid growth of
the Lone Star state will make its local
administra ton more and more difficult
as the years go by, and it will split up.
The Texan patriotism will keep alive
the old memories of the Lone Star, and
the states of Texas, Houston, Austin,
Crockett and Alamo will form a great
group as compact in spirit as that of
New England, formed by the six states
of Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont.
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut.
New York city will have grown enor-
mously and will have become the great
est city on earth. The lack of sympathy
between the city and upstate" will so
increase that a separation will be
deemed necessary, and the new state of
Manhattan will include the great urban
population of the southern end of New
York state, Long Island and the north
ern part of New Jersey. Already the
people of the inland empire In the
northwest are clamoring for a dinvis-
ion of territory by three states which
will enable them to add to the roster of
the states the name of Lincoln.
Southern California and Northern
California are divided by natural boun-
daries, and the communities are grow
ing more and more conscious of the
diversity of interests. Southern Cali
fornia already talks of division and in
dependent statehood. The seeds being
sown now will bring forth fruit long
before the United States is full grown
The proposition to create new state
of the mountain portion of Kentucky
Tannessee Virginia and North Carolina