Whitelaw Reid: “Both Cuba and Porto Rico, like Hawaii, are within the acknowledged sphere of our influence, and ours must necessarily be…”

I never saw hands more cheerful or contented than some managed on this last plan were.

That would be “jumping from the frying-pan into the fire,” indeed.

We must, then, be prepared with a policy for maintaining it ourselves.

Above all, if there is a trace of politics in their work, or of seeking for political effect at home, they will fail, and deserve to fail.