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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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atic allies, is silent as tothe future course, as to further progress in theestablishment of a sound currency. He reposeshope for the future in the wisdom of the Secre-tary of the Treasury, who, circumscribed by law,is unable to apply any other remedy than thedubious one of an expanding bank circulation,which does not contain any of the elements ofcompressibility when redundancy is the evil, not-withstanding Mr. Roots characterization of it asan elastic one, and adjustable to varying condi-tions. Imperialism is eliminated from the plat-form, though it is doubtful if it can be elimi-nated from the campaign. Platforms may raiseissues, but they cannot eliminate any by with-holding an utterance thereon. The partys si-lence on the future of the Philippines is inex-cusable, and the marvel was the ease with whichthe platform went through the committee onresolutions without creating a fight on that issue.Beyond a recapitulation in the preamble of thedocument that there has been conferred upon
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PH«siDR»rCeTS A IvSELESS NESSAG6 SOME PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. (By Cartoonist Briggs, of the American, New York.) 186 THE AMERICAN MONTHL Y REVIEW OF REVIEWS. the people of these islands the largest civil libertywhich they have ever enjoyed, the attitude ofthe party is unexpressed. Four years ago, withthe American occupation resisted by revolution-ary bands, a declaration of intention would havebeen a weakness. With peace prevailing, thecivil commissions government extended to everypart of the islands, the natives thereof, the Amer-ican people, are entitled to know what disposi-tion is to be made of this undefined possession. From the platform we again turn to Mr. Root,the exegetical authority, and we find the ex-pression of a view more favorable to Americanideas than the platform dared to express. Hefrankly yet reservedly holds out the promisethat some day the islands will be given the samefreedom as Cuba, when the natives attain to aposition of like capacity,

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