Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1899 — Expansion. [ARTICLE]

Expansion.

“There are some very sincere doubts,” said the off-hand statesman, “about the desirability of the expansion, and the mixed population that it gives rise to.” “Yes,” replied the friend, who was cornered and had to listen. “There’s Aguinaldo. I understand he’s very reluctant about taking in all these wild, bloodthirsty American Indians.”