Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1900 — Political Potpourri. [ARTICLE]

Political Potpourri.

Thp latest fad is to Christianize an unwilling people by a liberal use of powder and lead. Hum and missionaries, fire and sword; no cure, no pay. —Sheboygan Falls, Wls., News. Bishop Cranston would Christianize the Chinese even if he had to kill all the Chinese to do it. If the missionaries in China are “zealous” as Bishop Cranston it Is not hard to see what has caused the trouble. News. Mr. Bryan's position has never been any way but right on this I’hlllppftio question and lie Is entirely consistent with the action taken by Congress.. What lie Is opposing Is the policy of the administration to forcibly govern an alien race at the muzzle of a cannon.— Chattanooga News. President McKinley seems to have credited himself with nil the good things that came to pass during his term and td have blamed manifest destiny for all the untoward things. Most Americana are too shrewd to take kindly to a game of “Heads, I win; tails, you lose.”—St. Louis Republic. It Is to he borne in mind that, campaign or no campaignn, the people are entitled to know about what is going on In Cuba. If the administration Is wise It will not attempt to keep from the people anything that they are entitled to know, for such action as that would be equivalent, If not to confession, at least to feaor-Indianapolls News.