Show j A SANE IMPERIALIST To tho the Editor of The Herald I An English paper recently discuss discussing inc ing In the rIse rite of Theodore Roosevelt to I the presidential office used the ex ox expression j which is the caption of ot this j article The editorial In question con congratulated congratulated I not only the United States I but Great Britain because of Mr being heir to the chief I magistracy of our nation giving as the thel reason for this expression of opinion that we of Great Britain have noth i Ing Inc to fear tear from resident President Roosevelt I II S S as he e is a sane e imperialist t It I is I quite I easy to understand J why hY I the editor of the English journal is IsS pleased d with the fact that if the United t States S and Great Britain J have h to deal with an imperialist he be should be a sane aane one On the other hand there arises the query When did the United Sates have an insane executive exe utie imperialist 7 Again upon what grounds does des d es the English editor assert that we have an imperialist dent much less a sane one now The national campaign which placed Mr Roosevelt In the vice presidents I chair is not such old history that it ItI j I n u reference to data d to o freshen h oli li the ordinary citizens e s mind d Most of the voters of the country will easily recall the fact that Imperialism was I an Issue In the late campaign cam made such by the Democratic DemO party The Republicans met this issue simply stated by the assertion in their plat plato I form Conn and elsewhere that they were wore op 01 posed to Imperialism of any kind and among the most vociferous and ag speakers upon this question was the man who is now the chief ex cx executive of this government The arguments made by Mr Bryan and his lieutenants in support of the contention that the Republican party was aiming to institute imperialism in j I this country were of such a nature that several millions of men believed the charge to be true and so voted But I the tha result of the presidential contest Indicated so far as the votes were concerned that the th people of the na us tion did not take much stock In the I Imperialist issue The foregoing therefore leaves one In something of oC a dilemma The Brit Brito ish Journal is of such standing both in I England and abroad that its publicly I expressed opinion cannot be set aside i ma as the foolish utterances of an erratic I brain through the columns of or an ob obscure obscure I paper for neither would be true truc j I Besides the assertion made is In strict accord so far aa as the imperialist part I of the matter maU r goes with the opinion of thousands of eminent and intelligent men in this nation atlon and these same men are as firmly convinced of the cor correctness or of their position now as they were wore a year or more ago aco Furth Further Furthermore more the proponents of the Imperialist Idea charged that the English states statesmen statesmen statesmen I men were privy to 0 the desire of the Re Republican H HI Republican I publican party to enter an nn Im mi Imperialist Imperialist policy In country Whether this was so or not Is another but that the triumph of th the Republicans was accepted with great glee by the English statesmen and journals is a matter of record n recordS cord S Opposed to the assertion by the Eng English lish Ush Ii eb paper that we now have hae ua a sane imperialist as our president and the I anterior charges of the great opposing I party that the Republican party had become an imperialistic one Is the denial of the party itself as a political 1 organization the denil denU of Its many man eminent partisans and last but hut not least of ot the new executive In the language of the street And there you are Evidently the English I editor has either permitted his pen to toI carry him into deep water by giving I expression to the wish nearest his heart he art artor or he be Is a long way remove jl from the 1 fount that furnishes accurate Information tion in such an important interim international affair I Of one thing however there can be bf beno b bno no question America has yet to see either a sane or Insane Imperial Imperialist Im let 1st in the presidential chair and while there may be many people who s lOin ln believe that the tendency of our government is toward Imperialism and that the accomplishment thereof is ig but buta a matter of time under prevailing pout political ical leal conditions the fact still remains S that we are aie alie at present a republic and that whatever party attempts to change this status will ibid itself in possession of a contract under which It will discover insurmountable difficulties difficulties ties tips In trying t to deliver the goods I F JOSEPH HARDY East Enst First South So th L |