Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-12

| ing our bonded debt-bearing = and and )
per cent interest at per cent, lower
| rate than that of any other country and
already more than three hundred millions
| have been so funded with gain to the
government of many millions of dollars.
Instead of 10 to l, for which our opponents
contended four years ago. legislation has
been enacted which. while utilizing all
forms of our money. secures one fixed '-alue
for every dollar and that the best known
to the civilized world.
"A tariff which protects American labor
and industry and provides ample revenues
has been written in public law. We have
lower interest and higher wages: more mon
cy and fewer mortgages. The worlds mar
kets have been Opened to American pro-
ducts, which go now where they have never
gone before We have passed from bond
issuing to a bond-paying nation; from ma
ton of borrowers to nation of lenders;
from a deficiency in revenue to a surplus;
from fear to confidence: from enforced
idleness to prufita BILE employment The pub
lie faith has been upheld; public order has
been maintained. We have prosperity at
home and prestige abroad
Democrats Renewed the Threat.
Unfortunately the threat of 1896 has just
been renewed by the allied parties without
abatement or modification. The gold bill
has been denounced and its repeal demand
ed. The menace of Ii to 1. therefore, still
hangs over us with all its dire consequences
to credit and confidence. to business and
industry. The enemies of sound currency
are rallying their scattered forces. The
people must once more unite and overcome
the advocates of reputation and must not
relax their energy until the battle for pub
lie honor and honest money shall again
triumph.
Congress which will sustain and. if
need be. strengthen the present law can
prevent a financial catastrophe which every
lover of the republic is interested to avert.
Not satisfied with assaulting the cur
rency and credit of the government. our
political adversaries condemn the tariff
law enacted at the extra session of Con-
gress in 1897. known the Dingley act,
passed in obedience to the will of the peo-
pie. expressed al the election in the pre-
ceding November, a law which at once
stimulated our industries. opened the idle
factories and mines and gave to the la
borer and to the farmer fair returns for
their toll and investment. Shall go
back TO tariff which brings deficiency in
our revenues and destruction to our indus
trial enterprises?
Faithful to its pledges In these internal
affairs. how has the government discharged
its international duties?
Our platform of 1896 declared THE Ha-
Walian Islands should be controlled by the
United States and no foreign power should
be permitted to interfere with them" This
purpose has been fully ACCOMPLISHED nv
annexation. and delegates from those beau
tllul ISLANDS have participated in the con-
ventlon for which you speak today. In the
great conference of nations a. The Haeue
we reaftrmed before the world the Monroe
doctrine and our adherence to it and our
determination not to participate in the COM
plications of Europe We have hannIy
ended the European alliance in Samoa. Sc
curing to ourselves one of the most yalua-
Bile harbors in the Pacific ocean. while the
open door in China gives to US fair and
equal competition in the vast trade of the
orient Some things have happened which
were not promised nor even foreseen and
our purposes in relation to them must not
be left in doubt
War for Humanity.
"A just war has been waged for human
ity. and with it have come new problems
and responsibilities. Spain has been eject
ed from the western hemisphere and our
flag floats over her former territory Cuba
has been liberated and our guarantees to
her people will be sacredly executed
beneficient government has been provided
for Porto Rico. The Philippines are ours
and American authority must be supreme
throughout the archipelago. There will be
amnesty. broad and liberal, but no abate-
ment of our rights no abandonment of our
duty. There must be no scuttle policy We
will fulfill in the Philippines the obliga-
uons imposed by the triumph of our armies
and by the treaty of peace: by interna-
tional law; by the nations sense of honor.
and, more than all. by the rights interests
and conditions of the Philippine people
themselves No outside Interference blocks
the way to peace and a stable government
The obstruCtionists are here not elsewhere
Ihey may postpone, but they cannot de-
feat the realization Of the high purpose of
TINS nation to restore order to the islands
ana to establish just and generous gov
eminent. in which the inhabitants shall
nave the largest participation for which
they are capable. The organized forces
which have been misled into rebellion have
been dispersed by our faithful soldiers and
sailors and the people of the islands, de-
Hvered from anarchy. pillage and oppres-
sion. recognize American sovereignty as
the symbol and pledge of peace, justice
law, religious freedom, education the Sc
curity OF life and property and the welfare
and prosperity Of their several communi-
ties.
We reassert the early principle of the re-
publican party. sustained by unbroken ju-
dicial presidents, that the representatives
Of the people in Congress assembled have
full legislative power over territory be-
longing to the United States. subject to the
fundamental safeguards Of liberty, justice
and personal rights and are vested with
ample authority to act for the highest in
terests of our nation and the people in
trusted to its care This doctrine. first
proclaimed in the cause of freedom will
never be used as a weapon for oppression.
| am glad to be assured by you that what
We have done in the far east has the APP
prevail of the country. The sudden and
terrible crisis in China calls for the grayest
consideration. and you viii not expect from
that my best efforts shall be given to the
immediate purpose Of protecting the lives
Of our citizens who are in peril with the
ultimate object of the peace and welfare of
China. the safeguarding of all our treaty
rights and the maintenance of those prin-
clples of impartial intercourse 10 which the
civilized world is pledged.
Americas Name Honored
| cannot conclude without congratulating
my cpuntrymen upon the strong national
sentiment which finds expression in every
part of our common country and the in
creased respect with which the American
name Is greeted throughout the world
We have been moving in untred paths,
but our steps have been guided by honor
and duty. There will be no turning aside.
no wavering. no retreat. No blow has
been struck except for liberty and human
ty, and none will be. We will perform
without fear every national and interna-
tional obligation. The republican party
was dedicated to freedom forty -four years
ago. 1t has been the party of liberty and
emancipation from that hour; not of pro-
fession. but of performance. 1t broke the