Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-05

The president deals at length with the
Philippine question. He says that only
| earnest effort is to help these people up
ward along the stony and dificult path
that leads to self-gOvernment. We hope
to make our administration of the ISL
ands honorable to our nation by making
1t OF the highest benefit to the F'ilipinos
themselves, and as an earnest of what we
intend to do We point to what we have
done. Already greater measure of ma
terial prosperity and OF governmental
honesty and efficiency has been attained
In the Philippines than ever before in
their history.
The president then refers to the dif11cuI
ties which have been and arc still to be
encountered in fitting the Filipinos for.
self-government. He then continues:
I'm our anxiety for the welfare and pro.
grcss Of the Philippines it may be that
here and there we have gone too rapid
~ in giving them self-government. 1t is
on this side that our error, if any. has
been committed. We have gone to the
very verge of safety in fastening the pro-
cess. There is not a locality fitted
for self-government that has not received
It.
There are still troubles ahead in the
islands The insurrection has become an
affair Of local banditti and marauders.
who deserve no higher regard than the
hrigands of portions Of the Old World.
!incoura cement direct or indirect, to
these insurrectos stands on the same
footing as encouragement to hostile In
dlans in the days when we still had In
dian wars.
Legislation looking to the introduction
OF Industrial enterprises into the islands
is strongly urged.
The crying need for a cable to Hawaii
and the Philippines is pointed out.
The president urges the Importance OF
the construction of the isthmian canal.
He says:
mo single great material work which
remains to be undertaken on this con-
tinent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of a
canal across the isthmus connecting
North and South America. It's in,por-
lance to the nation is by no means linn
tied merely to it's material effects upon
our business prosperity, and yet with
view to these effects alone it would be
to the last degree important for us i'm
mediately to begin it. 1t is en-
phatically work which it is for the in
terest of the entire country to begin and
complete as soon as possible.
am glad to be able to announce to you
that our negotiations on this subject
with Great Britain, conducted on both
sides in a spirit of friendliness and mu-
tual good will and respect, have resulted
in my being able to lay before the senate
Il treaty which, if ratified, will enable us
~ OS6hi preparations lOT dIl lSlllI1lldL
canal at any time, and which guarantees
to this nation every right which it has
ever asked"
The Monroe doctrine" says the presi
dent, should be the cardinal feature of
the foreign policy of all the nations of
inc two Americas as it is Of the United
States. The Monroe doctrine is
declaration that there must be no ter
ritorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by any nom
American power at the expense Of any
American power on American soil. 1t is
in nowise intended as hostile to any ma
ton in the Old World. Still less is it in
tended to give cove to any aggression by
one New World power at the expense
of any other"
1.-The work of upbuilding the navy
says the president, must be steadily
continued. No one point of our policy,
foreign or domestic, is more important
than this to the honor and material well
fare and, above ALL to the peace of our
ration in the future. Whether we de-
sire it or not we must henceforth recog-
nize that We have international duties no
less than international rights. There
should be no cessation in the work of
completing the navy
The president concludes this portion of
his message by pointing out the require
ments of the service and urging upon
congress to give the matter early con-
sideration.
President Roosevelt also gives the other
branch of the service considerable atten-
ton. No increase in the army beyond it's
present size is needed at this time.
Various matters of Importance to the
army are considered at length and con-
gress is invited to give it's attention to
recommendations for improvements in the
service.
strongly Endorsed by the president and he
urges that it be applied rigidly in our
inSular possessions.
Touching on the Indian question the
president says that in his opinion the
time has arrived when we should definite
ly make up our minds to recognize the
Indian as an individual and not as
member of a tribe. He says:
THE general allotment act is mighty
pulverizing engine to break up the tribal
mass. Under it's provisions some
10000 Indians have already become citi-
zens of the United States. We should
now break up the tribal funds doing for
them what allotment does for the tribal
lands-that is they should be divided in
to individual holdings. The effect
should be steadily to make the Indian
work like any other man on his own
ground. In the schools the edu-
cation should be elementary and largely
Industrial.
The support of congress for the St.
Louis exposition is urgently recon-
mended
The president recommends that the CEN
sus Office be made a permanent govern
ment bureau.
The remarkable growth of the postal
service is pointed out, and attention is
called to the benefits derived from the
rural free delivery.
The Chinese situation is reviewed at
length and the president puts congress in
possession of the facts relative to the
agreement reached by way of settlement
of the troubles arising out of the anti
foreign uprising.