Show PLUMS FOR PLACE HUNTERS 1 The carpetbag element is solid saJid for expansion f and imperialism says the theNa Nashville Na American which has favored b by the sword all along The new fancied theory of our mani man manifest i fest fp t d stiny has furnished opportunities ties tie for fOT some ome fine tine stealing and will ill give gie many irn n says the Atlanta Journal u whose hose know knowledge ledge of I i o overs ers a pei iod of many years rears I The civil i n government of these Islands i is an orchard of plum trees Senators ami a nil representatives are already ahead shak shaking shaking shaking ing those th tse which grow gum in m the political DOli ti cal calfield field of Porto Rico They are sending their ir and ami grafters into Cuba Tuba They The are impatient for a chance at a t the islands of the Pacific The strong trong men of the administration are shaking hakin these thee trees with a vigor that tec recalls alls aUs the reconstruction era Wash Vash Washington Washington ington is with clamorous politicians with a mill Dull and every department j f s crowded with ith applications applications applications for fur insular positions Viewed from the standpoint of place maker maken and the republic is tie tive in that it fails to provide i enough a ap P tive offices to go round This is the chief reason they want to toI keep Leep I outside of the constitution in inthe inthe inthe the government of these islands When hen the president let down the civil service bars birs some ROme time ago afro a o he made V N for nearly of the most im importunate but the crush was scarcely y i relieved The Porto Rican bill bUl furnished an outlet for a few more Cuba has been be n exploited notwithstanding our recognition of her independence And now that the war is over in the Phil Philippines Philippines Philippines thousands ds of the faithful will willbe willbe willbe be ft ted out with commissions slona to ad administer minister the of these people who were once represented in inthe ih th the Spanish cortes Rut Put plums will have Ilave to be provided some pome way for t r those who w wo o cannot get their elbows on the pre pie counter of this administration |