Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-20

pines ask m erely that#we DO sihe saHt
/ equal Justice to the soldier ,a.tn' ! -
as we show to his fellow " no s. laSs s.
| at home and lived easily and in comfort,
! and If we show that equal justice w
will doff our hats to the man w no .;nas
| put the whole country under obligations
| by the victory. he helped to. win IN ztnt
I Philippines.
ESTABLISHING CIVIL REGIME.
But5the soldiers work as soldtersWa,:==
lnot the larger part of what he did
/ When once the outbreak was over IN
/ any place, then began the work OF es.
tablishing civil administrations Here
too, the soldier did his part, for the
/ work Of preparing for the civil authority
was often done by the officers and men
of: the regular army: a. nd well done, TOO
Then the real work of building up a sys-
tenn of se1f-government forsathe .peopls
under the auspices of the Philippine Com
mission, Judge Taft being made Cover
nor. and I having hal. the honor my
self to. appoint General Wright as Vice,
Governor. During the critical period
when the insurrection was ending and
the time was one of transition between
a state of war and a state of peace. at
the time that II issued proclamation
declaring that the state of war was over
and that the civil government. was now
in complete command, General VIRGIN
served as Governor OF the arcnipelSaso
The. progress o.. the island both in ma
terial .well-beinE and as regards order
and Justice under the administration of
Governor Wright and his colleagues ta
-. - ELFeGOvERNMENT.
There is no question as to our not
having gone far enough and fast enough
in granting self-government to the Fill:
lest we should go faster and farther
than was in the interest of the Filipnos
themselves. Each Filipino at the presenf
day is guaranteed his life, his liberty
he wishes. 50 long as he does not harm
his fellows. in a way which the island:
have never known before during all then
recorded history. There are bands Of
Now and then they may show sporadic
increase. This will be due occasionally
to disaffection with some of the thins9
that our government does which are
tine against the plague and to enforce
necessary sanitary precautions, gently
and tactfully though it was made, pro-
duced a violent hostility among some
disease like the cattle plague may cause
in some given province such want thai
a part of the inhabitants revert to their
ancient habit of brigandage. But tho
peaceful, or as properous as now; ano
in no other Oriental country, whether
ruled by Asiaticss or Europeans. IS there
ar.-thirg anproaching to- the amount OF
which our rule has brought to the Fill
pinos. The ration owes great deb
to the people through whom this splendle
work for civilization has been achieved
and therefore on behalf of the natlo2
have come here tonight to thank
your pr essence your felloW-tOwnsman, be-
cause he has helped us materially to adj
a new page to the honor roll of Ameri-
can history. General Wright greet
you, I thank you, and wish you well.
President on Way Home.
AT midnight the presidential party left
for Washington, over the Southern rall-
way, Colonel l.. S. Brown, general agent
of the Southern, was in charge OF the
train No stops will be made on the
way. The train will reach. Washington
at G o'clock Friday morning.
ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
President Roosevelt and party arrived
in this city promr.ly at o'clock this
morning from Smedes on a special tram
railway. The journey from smedes was
devoid of special incident. The Presldent
was given an enthusiastic demonstratlon
when he alighted from ms car at !, IN. .ne
Union Depot. He was met by a large
delegate of representative citizens with
bands and escorts of police officers and
detectives in plain clothes. ,,
Ine local committee desired General
Wright to await the Presidents coming
at the Gayoso Hotel, but the General
objected to. the arrangement and was
al he stepped from the train The Pres
ident greeted General Wright with great
cordlality.
a the long line swung into motion for
march through the city. cannon sta
toned on the river front near the Gus
tom house doomed salute OF 4 guns;
The line OF march was frs through the
residence portion of the city TO the GUS
tom house. and along the route many
houses were DECORATED With H. flags ana
presented solid masses OF people, ana
the President was kept busy bowling his
acknowledgment of greetings. The pa
rhde ended at hg a lot GayGa9
ceptiony was held. Several hundred c.d-
zens shook hands with the President
General Wright, who arrived in his ma
tive city last night, was cordially greeted,
~ ADDRESS TO LADIES.
Later a breakfast y vas given !, the e, Pres1-
McNIiIlin, General Joe Wheeler. and
others, were present. In response to a
Hammond on behalf OF Mrs. Hammond.
President Roosevelt responded as follows:
I do know of southern women fcr-l
am the son Of one Of them (ApplauseQ
being here. on behalf Of the nation, to
speak of the debt of gratitude that we
owe to. General Wright the way he has
in tho nation out in the Philippines, it
would be to have the chance of meeting
Mrs. Wright. (Applause)s;I wish to say
here that no small part of our future
success in dealing with the people in
the Philippines will depend upon the So
cial attitude taken by our leading rep
resentatives toward them and the work,
and a great oebt of gratitude is due
not only to Governor Wright, for the
work he has done in his sphere but to
Mrs. Wright, for what she has done in
hers.
Nov. a word about the ladies of Mem
phis. That You are charming goes with
out saying; any one can see that Cap
plause) and that you have the proper
spirit [ am certain. al,er having listened
TO Mrs. Hammond directing the Judge
what to say. (ApplauSe.)
.APPO|NT MENT IS MADE /