Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-03

public in the control and disposal of thu
public water supplies. Laws founded
upon conditions obtaining it, have M
4 proper application in Il dry country.
In the arid states the only RICH
to water which should be recognized j!
that of use. In irrigation this righ
should attach TO the land reclaimed ant
be inseparable therefrom. Granting
perpetual water rights to others thai
users, without compensation to the
which apply to giving away perpetual
/ franchises to the public utilities o.
cities. A few of the western states
/ have always recognized this. and have
incorporated in their constitutions the
doctrine of perpetual state ownership OF
water
! Hawaiian Land Laws.
! In Hawaii our aim must be to develop
| the territory on the traditional Ameri
can lines: We do not wish a region OF
large estates titled by cheap labor; We
I wish a healthy American community OF
! men who themselves till the farms they
/ own. All our legislation for the islands
! should be shaped with this end in view
/ the WELL being of the average nome
maker must afford the true test OF the
/ healthy development of the islands. The
| land policy should as nearly as possible
| be modelled on our homestead system
Porto Rico Thriving.
| 1t is pleasure to say that 1t is hardly
more necessary to report as to Porto RI
! co than to any state or territory within
our continental limits. The island Is
| thriving as never before, and it is being
administered efficiently and honestly
/ Its people are now enjoying liberty and
order under the protection of the United
States. and upon this fact we congratu-
late them and ourselves. Their material
welfare must be as carefully and 1eal-
ously considered as the welfare of any
other portion of our country. We have
given them the great gift of free access
for their products to the markets of the
United States. / ask the attention Of the
congress to the need of legislation con-
corning the public lands of Porto Rico.
Cuban Tariffs.
In Cuba such progress has been made
toward putting the independent govern
ment of the island upon a firm footing
that before the present session of the
congress closes this will be an accom-
piished fact. Cuba will then start as
her own mistress; and to the beautiful
queen of the Antilles as she unfolds this
new page of her destiny, we extend our
heartiest greetings and good wishes.
Elsewhere have discussed the question
of reciprocity In the case of Cuba,
morality and of national interest why
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culiar application, and I most earnestly
ask your attention to the wisdom, in
deed to the vital need, of providing for
substantial reduction in the tariff du-
ties on Cuban imports into the United
States Cuba has in her constitution
affirmed what we desired, that she
should stand. in international matters,
in closer and more friendly relations
with us than with any other power: and
we are bound by every consideration OF
honor and expediency to pass CONNER
cial measures in the interest of her ma
terial well-being.
Philippine Problem.
In the Philippines our problem is lar
ger. They are very rich tropical islands,
inhabited by many varying tribes, rep
resenting widely different stages of
progress toward civilization. Our earn
est effort is to help these people upward
along the stony and difficult path that
leads to self government. We hope to
make our administration OF the Islands
honorable to our nation by making it of
the highest benefit to the Filipinos
themselves; and as an earnest of what
we intend to do we point to what we
4, A DIV q fyeo tor y,1a c,,yr "a
of material prosperity and of govern
mental honesty and efficiency has been
attained in the Philippines than ever be-
fore in their history.
1t is no light task for a nation to
achieve the temperamental qualities
without which the institutions of free
government are but an empty mockery.
Our people are now successfully govern
ing themselves. because for more than a
thousand years they have been slowly
fitting themselves. sometimes conscious
iy, sometimes unconsciously, toward
this end What has taken us thirty gen
erations to achieve, we can not expect
to see another race accomplish out of
hand, especially when large portions of
that race start very far behind the point
which our ancestors had reached even
thirty generations ago. In dealing with
the Philippine people we must show
both patience and strength, forbear-
ance and steadfast resolution. Our aim
is high. We do not desire to do for the
islanders merely what has elsewhere
been done for tropic peoples by even the
best foreign governments. We hope to
do for them what has never before been
done for any people OF the tropicAto
make them fit for self-government after
the fashion of the really free nations.
History may safely be challenged to
show single instance in which mas
terful race such as ours, having been
possession of an alien land has behaved
to it's inhabitants with the disinterested
zeal for their progress that our people
have shown in the Philippines. To leave
the islands at this time would mean
that they would fall into welter of
murderous anarchy. Such desertion of
duty on our part would be a crime
against humanity. The character of
Governor Taft and of his associates and
subordinates is proof. IL such be need
ed, of the sincerity of our effort to give
the islanders a constantly increasing
measure of self-goyernment, exactly as
fast as they show themselves fit to ex-
ercise It, Since the civil government
was established not an appointment has
been made in the islands with any ref
erence to considera tons of political in
fluence, or aught else save the fitness OF
the man and the needs of the service.
The time has come when there should
be additional legislat ton for the Philip