New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-20

well done. TOO Then the real work OF building
up a system Of self-goverrment for the people
who had become our wards begun under the
auspices of the Philippine Commission, Judge
the honor MYSELF to appoint General Wright
Vice Governor. During the critical perlou Wheh
the instruction ending and the time Was
one Of transition between state OF war ana
state Of peace. at the time that issued a proc
lamation declaring that the state OF war wa" a!
and that the civil government was HoV ~
complete command. General Wright served as
Governor of the archipelago. The progress Oh
the islands both in material "ellpeltlB anu d
regards order and justice under the admnlstra-
ton of Governor Wright and his colleagues mas
been astounding.
gone far enough and fast enough IN granting
coIe orlr.arr.r,a-53 to III. EiInnos. the only pos
sible danger has been lest We should go LdSLei
and further than was in the interest," oI tlle
Filipinos themselves Each tliplno az lne Pr
ent day is guaranteed his life. his lIbeTt! ana
the chance to pursue happiness as he WlsheS'
so long a he does not harm his telloWs III
way which the islands have never kneWn before
during an their recorded history. There are
bands of ladrones of bTigands- stllI IN existence.
Now and then they may show sporadlc 'ilCIesST'
This viii be due occasionally to dlsaIlectlo tit
some of the things that our government uos'
which are best. For example, the ellorI 10 quaI
antine against the plague ana 10 enforce r1S
sarv sanitary precautions gently anu Itctiuit
though it was made, produced violent hostllly
among some of the more ignorant haIlNeS.
Again disease like the cattle plague may
cause in some given province such want that a
part of the inhabitants revert to their anclehl
habit of hrigandage. But the islands have never
been as orderly, peaceful or as prosperous d9
now; and in no other Oriental country, Whethti
ruled by Asiatics Europeans. is there any
thing approaching to the amount of individual
liberty and of self-governnoent which our rule
has brought TO the Fipnos.
The nation owes a great debt TO the people
through whom this splendid work Tor clNlllZd-
ton has been achieved. and therefore on behait
of the nation have come mere to-hlGht 10 lH"IlN
in your presence your fellow toWnsmah. he-
cause he has helped us materially to ada a new
page the honor roll OF American hlstoISi
General Wright, 1 greet YOU thank YOU ana
wish you well
The President and party arrived here this
morning promptly at O'Clock from Smedes
Miss on a special train over the 1azoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad. He was met by
large delegation Of representative citizens, with
bands and escorts of police officers and detcc-
tiyeS in plain clothes.
The local committee desired General Wright
"a await the Presidents coming AT the GayoSo
Hotel but the general vetoed the arrangement
and was the first to grasp the Presidents mana
as he stepped from the train. The President
greeted General Wright with great cordiahN-
Among those in the Presidents party were
Stuyvesant Fish President of the limos Zen
trail Railroad; General Solicitor J. NJ Dic}dn-
son Of the same road. and Or. Lung the freSI-
dents rrivate physician. The parade was at
once formed and as the long line swung INTO
motion for the march through the city cannon
stationed on the river front near the custom
House doomed a salute Of twenty-one guns
There was large escort of citizens on horse
back after which came the carriage cnhtaluiHe
the President General Luke f Wright 9ecre-
tary CorteIvou and Chairman W j Crawford OF
the general committee.
Along the route Of the march many houses
wore decorated with flags and bunting. The |
rarade ended at the Hotel Gayoso, where the
nartv alighted and informal reception Was
held Several hundred citizens shook hahdS
with the President.
Governor Mcmillan, General joe NheeIer !
aud = number of other distinguished pers"naGeS
we're present at the breakfast that followed In |
rasnonse to a toast proposed in his honor by |
1udqe Hammond on behalf Of Mrs. Hammond !
President Roosevelt responded follows:
do know Of Southern women for am inc |
son of one Of them. (AppiauseD -
II ANYTHING could add 10 my pleasure al ne
ing here on behalf of the nation to speak OF ulG
debt of gratitude that we owe 10 tIele' a. a. |
Wright the way he has stood TOT "naIeN', - |
HIGHEST and best in the nation out In the Philip
pines 1t would be to have the chahce OF ihee'Hs
Mrs Wright. (Applauseo -
| wish to say here that no small part OF our |
futIlra success in dealing with the people IN the |
PHILIPPINES will depend upon the social atuluue
them and the work. and great debt Of graft |
tuda s due not only 10 Governor Wright Tor !
tho york he has done in his sphere, but to Mrs.
Wright for what she has done in hers. CAP
plauseD
Al midnight the Presidential party LETT for |
Washington over the Southern Railroad. Colo |
peII < Brown. general agent Of the Southern. |
was in charge Of the train. no stops viii he