Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-12-11

ALSO So much have our people felt this
that m the Plat amendment we detnttey
us than with any other power. Thus In a
sense Cuba has become part of our In
given some Of the benefits OF becoming
part OF our economic system. t Is from
pe2 to @ to
this need. Moreover. 1t Is unworthy of a
mighty and, generous nation. itself the
history. to refuse to stretch out helping
hand to a young and weak sister republic
just entering its career Of tndepsnd-
upon our rights in the face of the strong.
and we should with ungrudging hand do
our generous duty by the weak: l urge
interests to control the Cuban. iaarket
and by y to f9ser our
giant Of the north make
s nations st s
permit 1t we desire to show ourselves dis
intsrestsdly and effectively thsig5 frisnd
If an Da at P ar ae Il The affa2
eral reports that we ani!uhd6ubtaaly &C
Gare good sem fte from 1es no@
pending with Gsom6ia % 20 9hY eag as,
saz OF 1ae twfnt sah Sas a ae
eGmplis rsd dHring the
| a continuing policy without regard to
change of administration; and It should
strations to a contln ~ P IKE bdiity
OF Porto Rico it is only necessary to
5ss Msd the Wfs wh Of as ssn se
as has 81 ali & Is in
81 juV Sast a Ill 5s ssassss and
tos cf naasan nsgsY IA IA hsSty
We're promulgated infithe. Philippine ISL
a az inns S0T 3re ran h2S Aef fFq h tme
tionay Sn2i ph 9 the H'o Waf hss gtireiy
ceased -. 2Gitfl''tl4 ."t't. .yIG AMI
e Th9a 5h M95h sf 5ne army s52e u ths
ern tines the World Has sseh bstfer ex
Ta'h isands HgS praise Should
s9 g Vsfg 4 msr5bp5 p7MSBo IF RATS as
eaP 5s s to Work WITH
/ good VIII for Che welfare OF the islahds
For m: t the arst time IN our hstory hawai-
I maneuvers on a. large scale iarellbeing
hsld under the immediate command t{ OF OF
creasing attention is being lpaid.i to the
| gunnery of the navy, but it is yet far
| from what it should be. l earnestly urge
tary Of the navy in the appropriation for
narrowing the Workmanship be granted
In battle the only shots that count C, are
vide ample. funds for practice with the
great guns in time Of peace. These funds
must provide not only for the purchase re- asset Of
| to encourage the gun crews, and especial
y the gun pointers ana for sp psrfeotpg E an
possible to get good practice &. ill.,
There should be no halt in the work OF
building up the. navy. providing every
very rich count Country, vast in extent Of terri
moreover, which has an army dimlnutiye
other her frSt-elass power, We have ,delib-
erately made our own certain foreign
policies which demand the possession ot
viii gresty increase rsS ths eciee Of our
navy: if the navy is of sufficient size: but
if We have an inadequatee. navy then the
E host Ts M NJ 33s Is had Ss
the fardna 1 e T. AmeE
4 than idle, to assert it unless We intended
II to back it up, and it can be, backed up
only by a thoroughly good navy. a good
thR n9nsf fre s' daeyy Reeei the
SSey me rtsufs rS rs ntso
.duction have fully justified the; congress
in the large appropriations made for its
age yearly. increase in postof1ce receipts
in the rural districts Of the country is
~ ABOUT q per cent NNetare rnow4 iGble. by
de TSytI has
q an extent as to enable; US y, Wake: com
Raraoas The Ssarg nGrsase 5 5a nsen up
aKs 6e Is hPe shat aa e s
finance ef tha GsstHhse si{sssH estae
i irr :ad Protectacn u FF54esta.
y Few Subjects e :. have
S SssR 'ass qR RK the fgd sss -
arid regions of tho Far West A good
? beginning therein has been made! Now
that this poicy. of na,tiona! tiTrigatiop has
been adopted, the need OF thorough anG
scientific forest protection will grew more
rapidly than ever throughout ny the public
land states ~ - '' - - 5t'
ln V matte er 'h' ae the
earnest consideration Of the congress. and
if the. congress finds difficulty in dealing
edge of the subject. l recommend. that
provision be made for a commission Of
| experts specially to Investigate and re-
port upon the complicated questions in'
volved. -l "'t MS ''''''7 III
Solution of the Indian! Problem.
In dealing with the Indians our aim
should be their ultimate absorption into
the body of our people, 4 But i'm. many
cases this absorption. must and should
Territory the mixture Of blood has Tgone
on at the same time with progress in
1 wealth and education, so that there are
plenty Of men with varying degrees OF
purity of Indian blood who are absolutely
indisiingushable in point of social, fpoliti-
cal, and economic ability from their white
associates. There are: other tribes which
have as yet made no perseptiblet; advance
such tribes too fast is to prevent, their
going forward at all. Moreover, the
Il tribes live under widely different condi-
tions. Where a tribe has made consider
able advance and lives on fertile farming
soil it is possible to allot the members
lands in, severalty much as is the case
with white settlers. There are . other
tribes where such a course is not desir-
should he to- induce the Indians toflead
pastoral rather than agricultural lives.
| n,1 IA i,nrr11it them aettla IN sit.iIl. yo,