The Alaska citizen., 1916-07-31

| " hiSh ieSaiiS tAe leTTlIlC OppOSl- tion to the admission of Texas to the American Union on the part of pr. William E. Charming, the eml- nent divine of Boston, and of for mer President John Quincy Adams Dr. Charming would bitterly oppose the annexation of Mexico were he alive, if this opinion be taken to illustrate his views. Said he: Our Eagle will whet, not gorge, his ap- petite on his first victim, and will snuff a more tempting quarry, more alluring food. in every new region the American Eagle Is now looking southwark
 And John Quincy Adams wrote in his diary at the time of the Texas debate: The annexation of Texas to this Union is the first step to | the conquest of all Mexico of the West Indies of a maritime, coloniz ing, slave-tainted monarchy, and of eXtinguished freedom" Are we on the eve of proving this a good pro phecy?
 One of the difficulties in the way of making a good blend of Gringo and Greaser Is their absolute oppo- site conceptions of what is justice and good law. Political financial and social friendship always come before law and justice in the minds of most Mexcans The old adage about it being a good thing to have friend in court is never considered a Quo- tation that should be uttered with a wink of cunning That Is a per Quisite of common-sense citizenship ! It does not have to be excused
 A Mexican would think you were ''daffy' If you lowered your voice when you explained to him how you won lawsuit through knowing the judge He would consider him a very poor judge not to have con ! sidered you, his friend, in the de cision of the court. Old Porfirio Diaz once had to get after a judge three times before he could awe him into reducing from s30,000 to i $3,0O0 the sum to be paid by 1 foreigner for a right of way through | an baCpD6a5p'o ostato
 And it was a supreme court judge, | too.
 l And there's the matter of honest elections. We used to have a great deal of crookedness in our elections maybe there's some yet But the reason why there's been reform in casting and counting votes is because most people were indig- nant to learn that votes were bought, and plus this, were not squarely counted. During the ascendency of Madero a committee of the chamber of deputies reported to the main body that certain candidates from Zacatecas had been duly returned as representatives.
 The chamber asked to see the re- turns-not that 1t doubted, but it was in regular procedure that it should see them. Only then was it seen that the official packet from Zacatecas had never been opened. What was the use of counting them? The candidates reported elected were all known as good Madero men. Why open packet?
 After annexation will there be an attempt to stop bull fighting? How will you do it? Each of the twenty seven commonwealths will be sov- ereign states Could Washington stop prize fighting in New York? way was found to prohibit plurali- ty of wives, and it was the federal and not the state governments that found it.
 Mexico defends her bull fighting on the ground that a beast and not a human Is hurt, as is the case in prize fighting. Will a continuance of this popular Mexican pastime hurt the progress of the blend? Horse racing will be more likely to knit the Gringo and Greaser closer. But Uncle Sam's mails will not carry his lottery tickets, even If the MeXi' can state sanction their use.
 Mexican revenge will have to go. The United States is now employ ing the services of Italians of the second generation in America to detect the vendetta bearers of the first generation. This vindictive quality of the foreign makeup is doomed to perish from the Greater United States.
 Will annexed Mexico find place in our national banner by the in clusion of twentyseven new stras" Or will the annexation be deemed of such vast importance that new assembling of national colors will be suggested. such as has been the case with Great Britain in the past when her national ensign has been altered to suit the increase in her possessions and prestige? The Mexi- nf H..