Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-12-14

to be made from time to time as their
action is taken. Wherever civil govern
ments are constituted under the direc-
ton of the commission such military
posts, garrison5 and forces will be con-
tinued for the suppression of insurrec-
ton and brigandage and the maintenance
OF law and order as the military COM
mander shall deem requisite. and the mil
itary forces shall be at all times subject
under his orders, to the call of the civil
authorities for the maintenance OF law
and order and the enforcement of their
authority.
Later reports from the commission
show yet more encoura ging advance to-
ward insuring the benefits Of liberty and
good government 10 the Filipinos. in the
interest of humanity and with the aim
OF building up an enduring. Self-support-
ing and self-admnistering community IN
those far eastern seas. l would impress
upon the congress that whatever legisla-
ton may be enacted In respect to the
Philippine Islands should be along these
generous lines. The fortune of war has
thrown upon this nation an unsought
trust which should be unselfshly dis
charged. and devolVed upon this govern
ment a moral as well as material respon-
sibility toward these millions whom we
have freed from an oppressive yoke.
have upon another occasion called the
Fflipinos the wards of the nation Our
obligation as guardian was not lightly as
sumed: 1t must not be otherwise than
honestly fulfilled, aiming first of all TO
dement, those VINO nave come under our
| fostering care. 1t is our duty so 10 treat
them that our flag may be no less beloved
In the mountains of LuzOn and the fer
tile zones OF Mindanao and Negroes than
q Is at nome. that there as here it shall
be the revered symbol of liberty. enlight-
eminent and progress in every avenue of
development
and 10 profit by knowledge. He would be
rash who, with the teachings of con-
temporaneous history in view. would fix
a limit to the degree of culture and adj
NanCement reach those
people ii cur duty toward them be faith
fully performed.
The message then touches upon Porto
Rico and Cuba. reciting the history Of
the adoption OF the Constitution of the
latter country.
GOV. WOODS SPEECH QUOTED.
The message contains the following ex-
tract from the speech of Gov. Wood to
the constitutional convention in Havana:
AS military governor OF the island,
representing the president Of the United
States. l call this convention to order
1T will be your duty. first. 10 frame
when that has been done TO formulate
what in your opinion ought to be the
relations between Cuba and the United
States.
1.-THE constitution must be adequate to
secure a stable. orderly and free govern
ment.
when you have formulated the rela
tons which in your opinion ought TO ex-
list between Cuba and the United States
the government of the United States will
doubtless take such action on its part as
shall lead to final and authoritative
agreement between the people of the two
countries TO the promotion of their COM
mon interests.
"An friends of Cuba will follow Your
deliberations with the deepest interest.
earnestly desiring that you shall reach
just conclusion. and that by the dignity,
individual self-restraint and wise con-
servatism which shall characterize your
proceedings the capacity of the Cuban
people for representative government
may he signally illustrated
The fundamental distinction between
true representative government and die
tatorship is that in the former every rep
resentative of people. in whatever office,
confines himself strictly within the linn
its of his defined powers. Without such
restraint there can be no free constitu-
suant to which you have been elected and
convened you have no duty and no au-
thorlty 10 take part in the present gov
eminent of the island. Your powers are
strictly limited by the terms of that or
der"
When the convention concludes it's la
Dor | will transmit to the congress the
constitution framed by the convention
for its consideration and for such action
as 1t may deem advisable.
/ renew the recommendation made in
my special message of Feb. 10, 1899. to
the necessity for cable communication
with extension TO Manila Since then
circumstances have strikngly enpha-
sized this need. Surveys have shown the
entire feasibility OF a chain of cables
which at each stopping place shall touch
on American territory. that the sys-
tenn shall be under our own complete
control. Manila once within Geographic
reach, connection with the systems of the
Asiatic coast would open Increased and
profitable opportunities for a more direct
cable route from our shores to the Orient
than is now afforded by the transatlan-
tic. continental and transasian lines. |
urge attention TO this important matter