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Show THE CONFUSED DEMOCRACY. One of the tendencies of the Democracy Democ-racy of these times Is to assume always al-ways that their countiy Is wrong, that Its olllclals aie unuoithj and that whatever is done la improper. Thus, Representative Gates of Tennessee made a speech In the House the other day, telllntc a few of the thing he did nut know. In point Is this, where he read of the attack by Moroi on A alg-mil alg-mil corns detachment of the aimy, In Mindanao. lie did not know th cause of tho attack, but said, ' I presume the signal corps waa Interfering with some local customs of the natives and the Moras objected, sword In hand " A billliant presumption, truly, that had nut a shreel of nvldence not u woid of any sort of report, to rest upon. Mr dates udcleel. "The Mores ubject to the i Inv eminent or the United State Inter-fiiine Inter-fiiine with theli customs, they cling lo thene." lie then reclteil u talk ho hid with Datlo Mui.dls, where stiong l.Utlon wits made tj Interference with thcli custom un I laws, and Mi ' it s Hums to tnlte the position thai M his hhould i" i I)' liiteifcn'd i ilni muit in even as tc sluv in tol tjJaij On this joint he c hav e had trouble enough i t xt"rmlrate polgarny right I ni mr doors but we will have a he i ul un tank on our hands to tn to et. rmlnate It In the Philippine 11-ands 11-ands 10 000 mllea awny, among Mohammedans Mo-hammedans " Co that he Is not In favor c.r Hying. Yet the average Democrat makes his wall chleily because this llov eminent doesn t try to do exactl) what this Democrat of Tennessee savs the soldiers are blnmeworthy If they uttempt to do. It s all mighty confusing, the Democracy Is scattered all over the lot. Its olce Is In accord on only one point-that whatever the Republicans do or propose to do, must be condemned con-demned They are like tho fietful mother who Issued the command to the nurse to 'go and Hnd out vvhnt Hobby Is doing, and bid him stop It at once. |