The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-05
IS sure as fate. Cloud applause.l

Moro country, the country of the MO-
hammedan tribes, but in the Philippines
among the Filipinos among the people
who have been in insurrection, peace
now reigns. (Applause.)
'1t may be, | think unlikely, but it is
possible, that here and there some SEEM
, ing dead coal of insurrection may for
the moment be famed into a live piece
of ember, and burst into a fitful flame
If so, that flame will be stamped out
Cloud applause)
But speaking broadly and generally
peace has come. Our army has received
its reward. (Applause.) And what was
the reward of our army? The reward of
the consciousness of duty we'll done
cloud applause) Our soldiers have
fought, have toiled, have struggled, have
bled, so that when victory came they
might turn over the government to the
civil authorities. CApplause) Victory
came. Today the proclamation of peace
and amnesty has been promulgated and
at the same time our generals have been
notified that the civil government is
supreme in the islands. (Applause)
Does not that speak WELL oh, my
brethren, for our army for our troops,
that the troops of this people should
Uage war hoping for a triumph which is
I )ut the power into the hands of the
cfvii authorities?
I'VE have great problems at home to
face. Especially great especially diff
cult are the problems caused by the
growth and concentration of great in
dividual and above ALL great corporate
fortunes. 1t is immensely for the in
terests of the country that there should
be such individual and corporate wealth
as long as it is used right, and when not
used right then it becomes serious
menace and danger. (Applause.) The
instruments and methods with which
we are to meet these new problems must
in many cases, themselves, be new, but
the purpose lying behind the use of
these methods, of those instruments
must, if we are to succeed, be now as in
the past, simply in accord with the i'm
mutable laws of order, of Justice and
right. (Applause).
We may need, and in my belief, will
need, new legislation conceived in no
radical or revolutionary spirit, but in a
spirit of common sense, common honesty
and resolute desire to face facts as they
are. (Applause.) We will need then
new legislation, but while laws are i'm
portant, it is infinitely more important
that they should be in accordance with
the principles that have marked honest
administration from the beginning of re-
corded history. (Applause.) In the last
ANALYSIS the most important department
or civilized government is the Depart
ment of Justice. Think what it means.
THE Department of Justice. Justice
which means that each man rich or
poor, big or little, strong or weak, shall
nave his right and Shall not be allowed
to do wrong to his fellows. applause
And you, here of this city, have a right
10 1eel proud of your representative in
the cabinet, the man under whom we
can guarantee that the Department of
Justice Will be such in fact as we'll as in
name. cloud and continued APPLAUSE.
cheers and cries of Knox. Knox.
cheers and cries of Knox" ''Knox.'D
on my fellow countrymen as we face
these Infinitely difficult problem let us
ever keep in mind that though we need
the highest qualities of the intellect in
order to work out practical schemes for
their solution, yet we need thousand
times more what counts for many many.
many times as much as intellect-we need
character (Cries of That is it and ap-
plause)
I'VE need what Mr.. Knox has shown
the character that will refuse to be hur-
ried into any unwisc or precipitate move
ment by any clamor, whether hystericaJ
or demagogic, and on the other hand.
the character that will refuse to be
frightened out of the movement which
he thinks it right to undertake. by any
pressure. still less by any threat, express
or implied. (Cries of Hear, hear and
applause).
Gentlemen, we have great problems
We can only solve them by degrees. We
can only solve them by doing each part
ef work as it comes up for solution.
Much can be done along the lines of su-
perVision and regulation of the great
industrial combinations which have be-
come SO marked feature in our civili-
zatlon, but if we recklessly try without
proper thought, without proper caution.
to do too much we shall do nothing or
else snail woTok a ruin that will be felt
most acutely among those of our citizens
who are most helpless 1t is no easy
task to deal with great industrial ten
dencles. To deal with them in a spirit
OF preSumptious and rash folly and
above all to deal with them in a spirit of
hatred or malice would be tho invite dis
aster. disaster which would be so
Widespread that this country would rock
to its foundations.
The Mississippi sometimes causes i'm
mcnse damage by floods, you can rcgu
late them and control them by Ievees.
You can regulate and control the cur
rents, you can eliminate its destructive
features but You can do it only bv
studying what a current is and what
your own powers are. (Applausel Tt
Is just exactly so in dealing with tho
great tendencies of our industrial civj,i
zatlon. We cannot turn back the wheels
OF progress. IL we could it would mean
the absolute destruction of Just such in
dustrIal centers as this We will either
do'nothing or we will do damage if we
strive lSnorantly to achieve the imnos-
slpie But that fact does not excuse us
Tor failure to strive to do what is nos
slble. Special legislation is needed,
some OF the legislation must come
throush municipalities, some through