Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-03
President Of the United States Sends in His
Annual Message 10 Congress
Today.
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my recomm endation at that time which
concludes: 1t is apparent that uniformi-
| ty of legislation upon this subject in the
| several states is much to he desired. 1t
| is to be hoped that such uniformity in
! wise and just discrimination between
what is injurious and what is useful and
necessary in business operations may be
obtained and that means be found for the
congress within the limitations of it's
constitutional power to supplement an
effective code of state legislation and
make complete system of laws through
out the United States adequate to COM
pei general observance of salary rules
to which I have referred. The question
is so important that / am sure no part
of it will be lightly considered but every
phase will have the deliberation of con-
gress resulting in wise and judicious ac-
tlon. Restraint upon such combinations
as are injurious and which are within
jurisdiction should be promptly applied
by the congress.
in my last message / dwelt at some
length on the condition Of affairs in the
Philippines. While seeking to impress
upon you that grave responsibility for
the future government Of those islands
rests With congress, 1 abstained from
recomm ending at that time a specific
and final form of government for the
territory actually held by the United
States forces and in which, as long as
irsurrection continues, the military arm
must necessarily be supreme. T stated
my purpose, until the congress shall
have made known the formal expression
of it's will, to use the authority vested in
me by the constitution to uphold the
sovereignty of the Uniel States in hese
distant islands as in all other places
where our flag rightfully floats. placing
to that end at the disposal of the army
all means of the liberahty OF congress
having been made, I have staadfast
pursued the policy OF employing the civil
arm as we'll as the military toward the
accomplishment of pacfication and for
the institution of local governments
Within the lines of authority and law.
Progress in the hoped for direction
has been favorable. Our forces have
successfully controlled the greater part
OF the island, overcoming the organized
forces of the insurgents and carrying
order and administrative regularity to
all quarters. What opposition remains
IS for the most part scattered Ubeying
no concerted plan of strategic action,
operating only by the methods common
to the traditions of guerilla warfare,
which, While ineffective to alter the gen.
eral control now established are still
sufficient to beget insecurity among the
populations that have felt good results
of our influence and thus delay the con-
fcrment upon them of the fuller meas
ures of local self government, Of educa-
ton and of Industrial and agricultural
development which we stand ready to
give to them.
By the spring of this year the eff
fective opposition of the dissatisfied
Tagals was virtually ended thus opening
the door for the extension of a stable
administration over much of the terri
tory of the archipelago Desiring to
bring this about l appointed in March
last civil commission composed of the
Hon w. H. Taft of Ohio, Prof. Dean
c. Worcester of Michigan, Hon. Luke
+. Wright, of Tennessee, Hon. Henry
c. Ide of Vermont and Prof. Bernard
Moses of California.
The aims of their mission and the
scope of their authority are clearly set
firth in instructions of April Z, 190O ad-
dressed to the secretary of war to be
transmitted to them.
In the message to congress on Dec. s.
1899, I said speaking of the Philippine
Islands: "As long as the insurrection
continues the military arm must nec-
essarily be supreme But there is no
reason why steps should not be taken
from time to time to inauguraate gov
ernments essentially popular in their
form. To this end am con-
sidering the advsabilty of the
return of the commissio nor such of the