Show I TO REPAIR A FOLLY Tile move of Senator Newlands of Nevada in offering in the Senate a resolution lution Inviting Cuba to become a State In the Union will be received with mixed feelings by the people and it is ure to attract universal attention not only In this country but throughout the civilized world It Is probable that the invitation even if font by the authority authori-ty of both houses of Congress would not be immediately accepted for the Cubans no doubt want to try for a while how they like It going alone But lIr Newlands proposes in this a result that would have come about naturally and Inevitably long l ago but for the silly and wholly unnecessary Teller resolu ion pledging us to an altruism that arranged the natural orders of events disarranged the natural order of events and affiliations and was bad alike for Cuba and for us The same principle applied to Porto Rico the Philippines and Hawaii would have kept all of them away from us and we should have seen other powers step In and reap where wehad sown and where American blood had nourished the growth of our claims and rights |