Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-24

headed common sense ana ofsbiI1tv II
snow restraint and subordinate Individual
passions for the general good, have FAILED
20 signaily In the struggle OF life as to be-
come byword among the nations, Yet
other peoples again have possessed ali
possible thrift and business capacity. but
nave been trampled under foot or have
played sordid and ignoble part In tho
worlo because their business capacity was
snsccompanied by any of the lift toward
nopier things which marks a great and
generous nation. The stern but 1ust rule
OF Judgment for humanity is that each
nation shall be known by its fruits. and n
mere are no fruits, II the nation has
teMed It matters but little whether 1t has
ssMeo through meanness Of soul or
xnfougn lack of Robustness of character
We must judge nation by the net result
OF It's life and activity. And so we must
!uoge the policies of those who at anv
time control the destinies of a nation,
therefore l ask you tonight to look at
tne results Of the policies championsd BY
rresident Mckinley on both the occa-
sions when he appealed to the people for
their sunrages and to see how well that
appeal has been justified by the event.
MOST certainly do not claim all the good
that mas befallsn us during the past six
years was due solely to any human policy
NO legislation. however wise, no a,iminis-
tration. however efficient, can secure pros
/
ZION. can be done by the law
maker 1e administration 10 IN Give
| the bes. re possible for the people of
the coui themselves to show the stuff
that Is in them. No law can make a fool
wise, weaklng strong a coward
brave, out good laws and good admins
tratton of the laws can give to strong
honest, brave men q chance to do well.
AT such times as these 1t Is of course a
mere law OF nature that some men prosper
more than others, and too often those
who prosper less in their jealousy of their
more fortunate brethren forget that all
nave prospered somewhat. / ask you So
ber!y to remember that the complaint
made at tho present day Of our Industrial
or economic conditions never takes the
form OF stating that any Of our people
are less well of than they were seven or
eight years back before President Nc
kinley came in and his policies had a
chance to be applied. but that the COM
plant Is that some people have received
more than their share of the good things |
OF the world. There was no such COM
plant eight years ago in the summer Of |
1894. Complaint was not then that any |
one had prospered too much. It was that |
no one had prospered enough.
Let each of us compare his standing |
now with his standing eight years back |
and then let him answer for himself
whether 1t IL not true that the policies |
for which William Mckinley stood in /
1896 have Justified themselves thrice over L
by the results they have brought about
Spanish and Philippine Wars.
In 1900 the issues were in part the same,
but new ones had been added. Prosperity
had returned the gold standard was as
sured, and our tariff was remodeled on the
lines that have marked 1t at all periods
when our we'll being was greatest But,
a. must often happen. the president elect
ed on certain issues was obliged to face
others entirely unforeseen. Rarely indeed
have our greatest men made issues. They
have shown their greatness by meeting
them az they arose. President Mckinley
faced the problems OF the Spanish war
and those that followed 1t exactly as he
had faced the problems of our economic
and financial needs. As sequel to the
war with Spain we found ourselves in
possession Of the Philippines under cir
cumstances which rendered 1t necessary
to subdue formidable instruction which
made 1t impossible for US with honor or
with regard to the welfare of the islands
to withdraw therefrom. We won. And
now I ask you. two years after the vic
tory, to look across the seas and judge
for yourselves whether or not the promise
has been kept The prophets Of disaster
have seen their predictions 30 completely
falsified by the event that 1t 10 actually
difficult to arouse even passing interest
in their failure.
Under the strain Of we'll nigh intolerable
provocation there were shameful In
stances. as must happen in all wars,
where soldiers forgot themselves and re-
taliated evil for evil. Every effort has
been made to detect g." cases, to punish
the Offenders and t. 'ent any recur-
renee Of the deed. cruel inoustlce
to the rallant men " ought so well In
the Philippines not to recognise that these
instances were exceptional and that the
American troops who served In the faron
tropic islands deserve praise the same In
kind that has always been given to those
who have we'll and valiantly fought for
the honor Of our common flag and COM
mon country.
The work Of civil administration has
kept pace with the work OF military ad-
ministration, and when on July last am
nesty and peace were declared throughout
the islands the civil government assumed
the complete control. Peace and order
now prevail and a greater measure OF
prosperity and Of happiness than the FIJI.
pinos have ever hitherto known IN all
their dark and checkered history. and
each one Of them has a greater measure
of liberty, a greater chance Of happiness
and greater safety for his life and prop
erty than he or his forefathers have ever
before known.