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m a The Commoner. February ai, 190a 1 . FORUM OF THE WEEKLY PRESS . . Anna (111.) Democrat: The Boers do not know when they get enough. I The British know, but they can't let go. Hamilton (Tex.) Rustler: There Is no middle of the road. It is a fight between republicans who believe in imperialism and democrats who be lieve In a republic. Vincennes (Ind.) Sun: The repub lican party is a party of trusts. It fostered the rise and growth of trusts and has been kept in power by the powerful financial aid of trusts and corporations. Woodsfield (O.) Spirit of Democracy: General Wheaton says that we will need fifty thousand soldiers in the Philippines for at least five years. "Benevolent assimilation" comes high, but "The Man with the Hoe" pays for it all. West Union (0.) Defender: The older 4we grow the. more apparent it' becomes that the trusts and the re publican leaders' are -working liahd in hand. The people can hope for no relief from this great evil as long as that party is in power. - Wymore (Neb.) Arbor State: In or der to 'restore- the .equal xights x)i :theN r people and deliver them -from the crim. inal despoiliation of monopolistic; combinations it' is imperative that the' special privileges which created ancV foster them le uprooted and forever" destroyed. Watertown (Wis.) Gazette: . It may be that if Thomas Jefferson were alive he would find some things not wholly according to his notions in democracy, but if such were the case he would fnot go for advice as to how to rectify Ithem to the republican press, which so glibly and absurdly undertakes to pose as Jefferson's interpreter. Greencastle (Ind.) Star Press: The tariff question is not settled; it will be a real live, sure-enough issue un til it is settled 'right, and right set: tlement means that the Tights and in terests of the people are to be sub served: that lecislation calculated to impoverish the masses for the benefit of the classes must be done away 'with. Bachtown..(Hl.) Times: Schwab of the steel trust has been traveling around over Europe in aspecial traiul bumpiug up-agaiiist royalty and trying to "bust" the various gambling hells. The thousands "who labor in the fiery hells of the rolling mills cannot get the chance to try any other kind of hell for a change, but they pay for it just the same. Algcma (la.) Courier: It is a pain ful reflection to Americans whose hearts are stirred by the stories of Bunker Hill, Brandywine, Valley Forge, Monmouth and Yorktown to witness the descendants of the men who fought on those fields fighting now to crush a people who are making the same pleas for independence and who in their way are as much en titled to it as they were. Hastings (Mich.) Journal: Gen. Wheaton says that if any man said in the Philippines what President Schur man has said in this country he would be sent to prison. That shows the kind of American government we are car rying on in the islands. No wonder it needs 50,000 bayonets to prop it up! Durango (Colo.) Democrat: The man who would shave a bridge timber to half its original size to strengthen' it, would encounter no trouble in estab lishing a record for being a fool. Yet the republicans claim to be strengthening our currency and money system by .putting away silver as other than subsidiary coin. Rochester (Ind.) Sentinel: Here is a hot one: A western exchange re marks that four years ago a pound of beef would buy two rods of barbed wire, and a bushel of wheat would buy forty rods. Now a pound of beef will buy ten feet of barbed wire and a bushel of wheat will buy twelve rods. There is plenty of prosperity for the million dollar steel trust, but where does the prosperity for the farmer come in? Chamberlain (S. D.) Journal: Just please remember there is a press cen sor In chargo of all the news that is permitted to reach the world outside of the South African Transvaal boun dry and only the least little bit of Eng lish brutality toward the struggling Dutch gets to civilized ears. There is another place or two in the world where the "army and navy" keep the news from the people and Manila and Havana are two of them. Below will bo found a cut for which wo aro indebted to Tho Gatling Gun The editor of that nggressivo Domocratic paper hns brought into contrast tho Record-Horald'rf pictures of Aguinnldo and a Macabobo soldier, logothor with tho Presidents description of the two classes of Filipinos. lffiSljBF - '.SPEW. w jiv4A iy'SflKKPVKSmMKm ' iHBHBHHHHHBHHMMMMHHHHBHHMIMMBBMHBI AGUINALDO. Our Enemy. , "Whatever can be said of the Fili pino insurgents can be said of the Apache Indians. Everything that can be said of Aguinaldo could have been said of Sitting Bull." From President Roosevelt's Campaign Speech. Republican orators and newspapers have indorsed Teddy's position. MACABEBE SOLDIER. Our Ally. "The "heartiest praise is due large numbers of natives for their steadfast loyalty. The Macabebes have been conspicuous for their courage and de votion to the flag. I recommend that the secretary of war take some syste matic way of aiding those crippled in our service, and caring for the families of those who are killed." Roosevelt's Message. Papillion (Neb.) Times: While wo are imposing a high protective tariff on goods from the Philippines, islands that we own, Ave are asked to grant free trade to Cuba, an island that doesn't belong to us. Isn't this a somewhat singular state of affairs, and is there anything right or honorable about it? Ackley (la.) World: By whom has it (the tariff) been "revis'ed" hereto fore, if not by "its friends?" the ben eficiaries of the tariff. Republicans in congress will- be very guarded lest they lose contributions to the slush fund. Revision will come only 'when the public forces it. Elyria (O.) Democrat: Self-government is a principle that is im mortal, and should be held too sacred to do obeisance to royalty. There is nothing in imperialism to claim our sympathy, and yet we are to do honor to tho British crown, by sending a delegation of prominent Americans to the coronation of King Edward. Toadyism! Cumberland (Md.) Alleganian: Gen. Wheaton says that 50,000 soldiers will be needed in the Philippines five years yet before it will "bepossible to form a .government based on that of the col onies of Holland and Great Britain." And yet we are urging the Boers to fight for freedom! Burnsldo (Ky.) Item: Manufactur ers do not deny that they sell goods cheaper abroad, but they are disposed to ask you what you aro going to do about it. Lincoln (111.) Times: England has her South Africa, America nor Philip pines. This fellow-feeling makes Mis "wondrous kind." Tho positions aro very similar, and upon this common ground tho king of England and tho Goddess of Liberty aro flirting, over dust that is as sacred as freedom Itself, Dyorsvlllo (la.) Commercial: Times aro fast shaping themselves for a grand democratic victory in 1904. By that time all the spoilsmen will be as sociated with tho G. O. P., and tho patriotic legions will be concentrate:! in tho ranks of democracy to save tho country as contemplated by our fore fathers. Tho change will bo brought on by proper education and inevitable vicissitudes. . Denver (Colo.) Democrat: The democracy is American. It Is essen tially so, -virile, honest, unwavering: and unhypocritical. In this, the bud ding months of the twentieth century, it stands forth as ever, uncomprom- ising in its attitudo to the Gnomics of tho republic, steadfast, honorable ami : Eincero for liberty the world over, and, above all, the champion of the op-, posed and persecuted In every clime' and land wjiere Providence directs a. free people shall live. Chilton (Wis.) Times: Perry Bel-.' mont, one of those greater than his party kind of democrats, was defeated ' for congress in a democratic district in New York at a special election held recently. Mr. Belmont Is a man of means and manipulated the conven tion in such a manner that ho secured the nomination. When it came to an indorsement by the people he found that he was weighed In tho balance and found wanting. The lesson of the campaign may have no effect on Mr. Belmont, but it should bo a warning to others of his kind. Mason (Mich.) Democrat: Republi-' cans, as a rule, have short memories. A few years ago this country had a .democratic president who advocated ,the return of captured confederate flags, his idea being to do away with sectional hatred and restore harmony; between the north and south. Re publicans and republican papers made Rome howl at the suggestion. Last week in congress Representative Gard ner of Albion made a speech advocat ing the admission of confederate vet erans to the National soldiers' home and not a howl do wo hear. Huntington (Ind.) News-Democrat: Patriotism does not consist of hysteri cal clamor for a big army and a big navy. The man who loves his country properly wants the business of the country conducted In tho interest of all. For a country whose motto Is "Peace" the United States is being held up in fine stylo. We aro paying two million dollars a week to run our army. Leaving pensions out of the account, It costs us $1,289 to maintain -one soldier a year, which is over five times what it costs to maintain a sol dier In the expensively equipped army of Europe. We "pay high for our army and if all the money went for the com fort of the soldier nobody would com plain. It goes where money generally' goes in this high-salaried country; nor does it always go where it will do the most good. We raised an appropria tion of $118,000,000 last year to meet the needs of an army of 100,000 men, and even that was several millions bp low the estimate of the war depart ment. What will it be uxt time. 1 I M 1 J t i 'J ,f