Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-04

with Cuba is not already embodied in
statute or in treaty, but it will be just as
sure as fate. loud applause)
And now a word as to the Philippines
There are yet troubles in the Moro country,
the country of the Mohammedan tribes, but
in the Philippines, among the Filipinos,
among the people who have been in iusur-
rectton, peace now reigns. (Applause)
1t may be Il think 1t unlikely, but it is pos
sible that here and there some seeming dead
Goals of 1nsurrection may for the moment
burst into fitful flame. If so, that flame
will be stamped out. loud applause)
Army Receives It's Reward.
But speaking broadly and generally, peace
has come Our army has received it's re-
ward. (Applause) And what was the re-
ward of our army? The reward of the con-
sciousness of duty well done. loud ap-
plause) Our soldiers have fought, have
toiied, have struggled. have bled, so that
when victory came they might turn over
the government to the civil authorities.
Applause) Victory came. Today the
proclamation of peace and amnesty has
our generals have been notified that the
civil government is supreme in the islands.
{Applause.)
Does not that speak well, oh my breth-
rem, for our army, for our troops; that the
troops of these people who we were hoping
for triumph is to put the power into the
hdndS OF the civil authorities.
BY law we are allowed an army at a
maximum of 100000 men, at a minimum Of
GO,OOO. While this has gone on we
have steadily reduced that army until now
by orders promulgated, it's limit is $4,000,
and a matter of fact we have two or
three thousand fewer actually under arms
That speaks well for our Institutions. 1t
speaks well for the triumphs Of the policies
with which as a nation we have been iden-
titled during the past four year. And men
at n
how slight was the warrant for the fears
expressed by those Of little faith as to what
would follow authorizing even the small
army that was authorized. (Applause)
High Tribute to Soldiers.
No body Of our citizens deserves franker
and more generous recognition at the hands
of the country than the officers and enlist
ed men who wear Uncle Sans uniform
fApplause.) For there is no body of our
citizens which gives more disinterested SER
vices with less thought Of a material re-
ward proportionate1y in any way to them.
And now, my fellow citizens, / spoke of the
past which has eliminated those in Cuba
and the Philippines as being one Of the
tasks which this generation had to face
1t is only one.
We have great problems at home to face
l am speaking in one of the great industrial
centers, not merely for America, but of the
world tapplause). A million people stand
III Il Small RADIUS dTOunQ Cne spot
where we now are. The growth of your
cities within this radius has been one of the
most striking phenomena of this day and
here, therefore, you are brought face to
face with those problems which affected our
entire civilization at the opening of this
new century. The tremendous rush of our
industrial departments which has brought
In it's train SO much that is good and also
Of necessity brought somewhat its evil, the
very intensity of the progress that has been
made has meant that new and infinitely
difficult problems have arisen which we
must strive to solve as best we may.
Singing Of America.
After the address the German singers
sang America" the vast audience joining
in the words Of the final verse. Following
this, out of compliment to the German an
cestry Of the distinguished guest, '"rhe
Lords Day. was sung in German. The
benediction was then pronounced by the
Rev. DR.. T. N. Boyle, presiding elder Of the
Pittsburg district, M. E. conference.
The exercises consumed just one hour.
The President Immediately afterward re-
entered his carriage, and surrounded by the
Sheridan Troop was driven to the residence
Of H. c. Frick, on Homewood avenue,
where he was rendered a luncheon and re-
ception, which was Joined in by a number
of prominent Pittsburg captains of indus
try. AS the President left the park Battery
B fired the national salute Of forty-fiye
guns from tall hilltop.