Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-19

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our authority 5000 miles away. No in-i
dustry has felt the strain of these ex-
Straordinary expenses, nor have they
affected the general sum Of our pros
Iperity.
This is not the time or the occasion
to dwell upon the incidents of the war,
crowded with successive victories and
Eillumined with countless examples OF In,
Sdividual bravery and gallant conduct.
Its living heroes are honored by a gem.
lerous country; its dead have ennobled
the race. and will forever in the hearts
of a grateful people. Turnout all its
anxious days the president. commanders
sin-chief of our armies and our navies,
planned and directed with unerring
hand. His wise diplomacy saved us from
Threatened international complications
From the commencement of hostilities
until their close the conduct of the war
was unassailable, and the paltry criti-
icsms Of two years ago are already bur-
led in the limbo of oblivion.
Responsibility For the War.
The responsibility for the war rested
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treaty rests chiefly upon the republican
party, and that party avows the wisdom
of the treaty and declares it to be the
policy of the party to adhere to its
terms and to accept the possibilities
it imposed.
I'VE assumed dominion of Porto Rico.
Cuba and the Philippines for reasons
differing as to each Of them,
Porto Rico.
I'VE took TO ourselves the little island
of Porto Rico because it lay under the
shadow of our own shores. and because
it's continued occupancy by Spain or by
any foreign government would be con-
slant menace to the States and to that
great inter- oceanie waterway which we
shall build and own and operate az an
American canal. We found 1t impover-
ished by years of colonial misgovern-
nent and without any system of reve-
ME laws. Soon after the peace its peo-
pie We're further stricken by flood and
famine. We assumed towards them
every obligation which sympathy and
|frisndship could prompt. We contrib-
uted as nation large sums of money
to ameliorate their condition and TO en-
able them to plant and garner their
crops. Then we said TO them We shall
give you a just and equitable
fern of free government. With
power TO manage your home af-
fairs Until you shall devise
proper and efficient methods OF revenue
and taxation. you,, needed funds shall
be raised as follows: You shall pay upon
YOUR imports II per cent of the present
tariff rate governing importations into
the United States, which means an ave
rage duty of about per cent. All the
necesaariea of life and building ma
iterials for the structures you need shall
be free. Onthe LIST day of March. 1902,
all these duties shall cease in any event.
and shall cease sooner if before that
time you can arrange for the needed
revenues of the island.
THE recommendation of the presi-
dent We're fully and satisfactorily COM
piled With; the peopleof the island are
content, the vast mass Of the American
people approve. and we have avoided
precedents that might vex us when we
come to deal with the problems that
finally await ua in the establishment of.
our permanent relations towards the
people of the Philippine Stands.
Cuba.
The crcumstances associated With
our posses sion of Cuba are new and un-i
paralleled in the history OF conquests
The crueities practiced upon its people
induced the war. Before we commenced
hostile proceedings. however, and that
the world might know that our hands
We're clean and that we We're not ami
ma ted by lust for territory. we solemnly
iisclaimed any disposition or Intention
to exercise sovereignty. jurisdiction or
control over the island except for its
qualification. and asserted our datermin-
alton. when that Was accomplished. to
leave the government and control of the
Iisland to its people.
ITO this declaration we still rigorous
ly adhere. When we took possession at
the close of the war we found the con-
ditions existing in Cuba to be deplora-
lsbie. tTndGr the conservative and wise
management of Generals Brooke and
Mood vast improvements have been eff
feoted. and we have given the people the
| first good government they have ever
| known. We found it's cities beds of pes
| thence. We have stamped out yellow
fever and made Havana as healthy a
/ icity as exists in that latitude. We took
| its starVing reconcentrados who had
Survived the war, and Its other poverty :
stricken people. and fed and clothed
| them. We organized a public school
system, and have everywhere estab-
,ished law and order. This had first to
be done Then followed a compliance
4 of the terms Of the treaty which gave
| the Spanish inhabitants until April 18th
to determine whethersor not they would
register as citizens or preserve their al
|legiance to Spain. Meanwhile a careful
/ census of the island was made. Their
came the fixing of the qualifications fol
the right of suffrage, which We're fairly
bestowed. The island was divided into
municipalities and the registration pro,
i rlded for. And on yesterday, the 18th OF
.i3June, municipal elections We're held al
thru the island, as the first and prelim-
mary step towards the establishment OF
a national government and the adop.
5ltion Of a constitutions.
And In this connection 1t is fitting Il
4 say that the peculations and fraud.
i committed in Cuba by subordinate off
cials have made every American blush
A with shame. and until the last Of tn,
i guilty men is arrested and convicted
and sentenced that shame will know M
4 abatement. 1t is no more to be charged
Ito the party than would a theft by (
trusted employe be charged against tn,
II character OF the merchant who en