Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1900 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Foreign policies are not the only things this administration is copying from European nations. Secretary Long has created a Board to be know as the Naval Policy Board, corresponding to general staff of European navies, which will control our Navy both in peace and war. Admiral Dewey is head of the new Board. Inasmuch as our Navy has got along for mors than a century, during Which it has won some of the greatest victories ever fought on water, the reason for such a radical departure is not apparent. Less red tape, not more, would seem to be what is needed. As long as Dewey is at the head of the new Board, no fear need be felt about what it may do, but with a political favorite at its head, it might do much mischief.

We can see no cause for any great number of republicans to raise such a howl over the Porto Rican tariff measure. It is one of the pet theories of the republican party that taxation makes people prosperous, and, as it is admitted that the people of Porto Rico are in a pretty hard row of stumps, it is but meet for their god-father, the republican administration, to seek to alleviate their financial sufferings at once. What more proper than to place a 15 per cent, tariff on their products? The only mistake in the matter that we can see, viewing the question from the administration standpoint, is in making the tariff so low. Of course, als per cent.lariff will get in its work in the course of time and make the Porto Ricans immenseley prosperous, but to have got “short service” upon them and made them realize the great benefits of the republican prosperity theory, the rate should have been doubled or thribled. There is nothing like haying enough of a good thing.

The nightmare labeled “Porto Rico tariff” still hovers over the pillows of prominent republicans and destroys their rest.’ Conferences are held every day with Mr. McKinley by Senators who favor the tariff and by Senators who favor free trade, and the odd thing is that both classes of Senators talk as though they believe Mr. McKinley to be on their side. All sorts of propositions are being advanced by republican Senators to avoid anything like an open rupture in their party on this question, one of them being to continue the debate until the close of the session without allowing the bill to come to a vote, and another to load it up with all sorts of amendments and then defeat it by an overwhelming vote. The dodge in ,either of these expedients would be so palpable, that it is hardly conceivable that the republican leaders will be foolish enough to allow either to be adopted. The republican party is in control of all branches of the government, and for it to fail to place itself on record by positive legislation on this question, would be an acknowledgment of weakness that would be absolutely certain to drive the party from power. That is why they will have to patch up some sort of legislation.

That alleged offer of the good offices of this government to facilitate negotiations for peace between Great Britain and the Dutch Republics in South Africa, was confirmatory rather than otherwise of the belief that an understanding exists between the McKinley administration and the present British government. It enabled Mr. McKinley to make an attempt to soothe the numerous republican sympathizers with the two struggling republics, by pretending to do something, and at the same time gave Lord Salisbury just what he wanted —an excuse to serve notice on the powers of Europe, through his answer to the alleged offer of our good offices, that no mediation would be tolerated by Great Britain, and that the conquest of the two republics would be pushed to a conclusion as originally planned. If that was not the result of an understanding between the British Government and the McKinley administration, it was one of the oddest coincidences that ever occurred. Senator Mason on Monday called up his Boer resolution in the Senate, and something may be said on this phase of the question. The republicans have compelled the * resolution to be debated in secret session, but the talk in secret session has a habit of getting out.

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