Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — POLITICS OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Allowi ncei Mut Be Made. . The Republicans want to. pledge this country to a colonial system, but such a system which does not recognize racial differences and that laws suitable Xor one people are not adapted for another must inevitably prove a failure. Great Britain has recognized that the jury system, however well-adapted to England, will not do in India; and Russia allows each of its subject races to retain its customs, ideas and laws. The United States will have to recognize the same principle, instead of declaring the Cubans and Porto Ricans and Filipinos incapable of self-government because the Cuban elections are different from ours, because the Porto Rican assembly does not follow the model of an American legislature, or because the Filipino has ideas of his own about polities.—New Orleans Times-Demo-crat. - Cultivate the Independent Voter. The Democracy needs not issues, but a standpoint. It must make a true, intelligent and worthy patriotism the mainspring of all its actions for" the next four years. It should commend itself to the independent American. He is the man who is deciding elections nowadays. He is giving his vote to the party that is most sincere in its attitude toward the people; which does not eater on the one hand to the is.ob nor on the other to the trusts. It Is not necessary that the Democratic party have a deep and mysterious program in order to achieve the support of the independent—all the party needs to do Is to suppress its jabberwocks and play honest politics. The Republican party is riding for a fall, but the Democrats must nevertheless play square politics to win.—Minneapolis Times. Hanna Will Carry Hi* Point. Senator Hanna is doggedly resolved upon compelling the passage of this syndicate subsidy grab. In which he aud his friends of the monopoly cult are so deeply Interested. He did uot anticipate any such vigorousj-esistani e to his will as has developed in the present Congress. Such resistance has angered him beyond measure. It will be characteristic of the burly boss to saddle the cost of an extra Congressional session on the country rathe? than be thwarted of his desire. And that Hanna has the power to do as he is reported to have threatened no one who is familiar with the situation at Washington will be inclined to doubt.—St. Louis Republic. Even Hanna Miirht Paine. Of course, Mr. McKinley Is for the ship subsidy bill, and he is perhaps to be commended for keeping quiet about it. Explanation would be superfluous and offensive. He will stand by his managers even to the point of calling an extraordinary session of the new Congress if Mr. Hanna demands it, but the case will uot probably run to that extreme. If the bill does not get through the present session of Congress the convening of the new Congress to give it further consideration would bring about a popular collision that even Mr. Hanna might not care to have in the face of the campaign in Ohio next year.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Treaty Cannot Be Revived. The treaty of 1850 has been outgrown by this country. It has been violated in a notorious manner by Great Britain by the establishment of. a colony in Honduras, and our govern-’ ment, through several administrations, has held it to be inoperative on’ that account. It may be said that an attempt to revive this treaty in full force and oppose its terms to the determination of the American people in respect to au Isthmian canal at this time would miserably fail. No administration, tiowever infected with Anglomania, would venture to bow before Great Britain in such au obsequious manner. —Boston Tost.

Time Wasted by Conarea. It is the old story over again nt Washington. Congress has frittered away the first third of the session and when it reassembles after the Christmas recess it will find Itself very short of time for the Indispensable legislative work Which must be performed In some fashion before the final adjournment. Much of the waste of time Is attributable to the shipping subsidy bill. The opponents of this measure recognize from the first that the only sure way to defeat Senator Hanna on the matter was to crowd it off the track. They have given proof of their intention to do so at any cost.—Boston Herald. . Going Back to Dark Age*. The announcement by the Philippine commission that all laws shall be promulgated in English, that English shall be the language of the schools, courts and of the government generally takes us back for a parallel to the Norman conquest of England and the later one of Ireland. The rule of the dark age that the rulers and conquerers should have a tongue separate from and largely unknowp to the masses was one of the abuses which fierinltted oppression and kept up enmity.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The Chief F.ngl"eer'« Mistake. A threat frotn Mark Hanna of an extra session of Congress If the sbiji subsidy bill should not bo passed before March 4 next would scarcely shake the resolution of the Senators wnose constituents, although Republican In politics, are unalterably opposed to squan-

dering public money upon a few ut and rapacious ocean transport! companies. Does the chief englnt the administration think that the eral Senate—the greatest leglsli body in the world—is a party car to be swayed at will be persona terests?—Philadelphia Record. That Full I inner Pail. Prosperity does not appear to! quite so widely diffused among the hands as they were led to expect b< the election. So many mills are > ting down just novuas to leave s thing to be explained. Of course shall be told of temporary coßdl that necessitate this action. But, we were told last fall that It wai trade conditions, but McKinley, f made prosperity, and that if w< elected him we should all have ■ wages for at least four years ■ The full dinner pail. It would j was for campaign uses only.—Phil pbia Times. Get Along Without Snbaidie« Canadian and American vessels engaged in this international ti* just as British and American vs are engaged in similar interuatl commerce across the Atlantic, but j has been no cry for subsidies ti able the American lake vessels to their own in the competition, ant] bill before the Senate does not i them any. The lake vessels cots to get along pretty well by tbeiri efforts.—Cleveland Plain Dealer, j -v, Interesting Coincidence*. .1 Possibly the campaign at tit udij Benjamin Harrison bad nothing 1 with the administration’s treating Major Russell Harrison, and posj the treatment of Major Russell Fj son has had nothing to do with then election attitude of his distingu father, but coincidences are nlwaj teresting.—Houston Post. Uncle Sam Heavily Haudicapp-i In maintaining a standing armj| building a great navy, in imltatil the European monarchies, it is wc| should consider that Europe payj such amounts in pensions as we dl that income taxation, of which we| none, supplies these monarchies I enormous funds annually.—St. | Post-Dispatch.

What Protection Does. 3 The American steel trust pre! that it needs protection against! foreigner. It has the protectloug uses Its power under the Dinglew to maintain extortionate at g while underselling all compel abroad. This is what protection! for us.—Johnstown, Pa., Democrat The More RemarkableConditidt( An Ohio clergyman complains!] the Standard Oil Company has <fl the Supreme Court of that Statm has not been punished. It wouh much more remarkable had the g defied the company and escaped | out punishment.—St. Louis Posg patch. An Awkward Acrostic. General Otis says the Filipino Ist with "Pitiful, Rank, Unreasot Nonsensical, Enervating Superstititl The Filipino, probably knowing | war record, retorts with the coiL tlon, “You, too, are full of Kansas City Star.