Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23

not grow in strength. the cause Of liberty
OF easy things. The harder the task The
greater will be the result, the benefit and
honor To doubt our power 70 accomplish
Il IL to lose faith in the soundness and
strength OF our popular institutions; We
have the new care and cannot shift u
And. breaking up the camp Of ease and
and soberly continue the march OF faithful
service and falter not until the work is
opportunity is greater than the burden"
There spoke the man who preached the
duty. and on the issue thus fairly drawn
between those who said we would 90 our
new work well and t~Iiumphantly and those
who said we would fail lamentably In the
enort the contest was joined We won.
And now l ask you, two years after the
for yourselves whether or not the promise
has been kept. The prophets OF disaster
have. seen their predictions 50 completely
falsihed by the event that Il Is actually
difficult to arouse even a passing interest
in their failure. To answer them now. 70
review their attack on our army, Is OF
merely acf demie interest. They played
their brief part Of obstruction and clamorj
they said their say and the current ;Ssv q
thirty-six years before. had declared hat
that another and greater struggle for true
liberty was only a contest for sub1ugation
In which the United States could never sue
coed. The insurrection among the F%ilipinos
has been absolutely aueiled. The war has
been brought to an end sooner than even
the most sanguine OF us dared to hope.
Military Task well Done.
The world has not in recent years seen
any military task done. with more soldieriy
energy and ability, and done, moreover, IN
a spirit OF great humanity, The strain on
climate and soil made their work harassing
to an extraordinary degree and the foes
IN the field were treacherous and cruel, not
i naroly toward on r1an hut toward the
great multitude of peaceful islanders who
welcomed our rule. Under the strain of well
shameful instances, as must happen in all
wars, where the soldiers forgot themselves
SSanaa 6 6etalia msd ey =, d bstae eyii r,c 5Ve rsse enO TO
punish the offenders and to prevent any re-
c%urrence Of the deed. II Is a cruel injustice
to the gallant men who fought so well IN
the Philippines not TO recognize that these
Instances were exceptional and that the
American troops who served in the far-on
tropic islands deserve praise the same in
kind that has always been given TO those
who have well and v~aliantly fought for
the honor of our common flag and common
country. The work Of civil administration
has kept pace with the work OF military ad-
ministration and when on July 4 last am
nesty and peace were declared throughout
the Islands the civil government assumed
the complete control. Peace and order now
and OF happiness than the Fflipinos have
ever hitherto known in all their dark and
has a greater measure of liberty, a greater
chance OF happiness and greater safety for
his life and property than he or his fore
fathers have ever before known.
Every Promise Kept.
confronted us during the last six years.
Thus we have kept every promise made In
1896 and 1900. We have a right to be proud
of the memories Of the last years. But
we must remember that each victory only
opens the chance for a new. struggle; that
the remembrance Of triumphs achieved in
the past is of use chiefly II II spurs US to
fresh efforts in the present. No nation mas
ever prospered as we are prospertng now.
we do not mar this prosperity. Yet we
must see 10 1t also that wherever wrong
habit of our people to shirk issues. but
squarely to face them. 1t Is not the habit
OF our people 70 treat a goo1 RECORD eor eI IN s1e
Ing an even better record in the present.
; and no administration, gentlemen, should
/ Tremendous growth of our industrialism has
brought to the front many problems with
} shall deal with them along the lines indi-
Gated In speech and In action by that pro-
found Jurist and upright and fearless public
servant who represents Pennsylvania In the
/ cabinet-Attorney General Knox. The ques-
ton of the so-called trusts is but one of the
questions We must meet in connection with
our Industrial system. There are many OF
) them and they are serious, but they. can
and will be met Time may be needed for
tell the people that we have not the power
to solve such a problem as that OF exer-
; cising adequate supervision over the great
industrial combinations of today. We have
the power and we shall ind out the way
We shall not act hastily or recklessly. but
we have firmly made up our minds that a
; solution. and a light solution, shall be
; found, and found it viii be.
; No Nation So Great.
NJ nation as great as ours can expect to
escape the penalty of greatness. for great
= ness does not come without trouble and
labor. There are problems ahead of us at
l home and problems abroad, because such
problems are incident TO the working out
Of a great national career. We do not
/ shrink from them. Scant Is our patience
with those who preach the gospel OF craven
weakness. No nation under the sun ever
/ vet played a part worth playing II II feared
5 II fate overmuch-if It did not have the
I courage 10 be great.
. We, Of America, we, the sons of a nation
+, yet I'm the pride OF its lusty youth, spurn
: the teachings of distrust, spurn the creed of
failure and despair. We know that the fI-
Z ture is ours II we have In us manhood TO
? grasp IL, and we enter TIE new century
girding our loins for the contest before us,
? rejoicing in the struggle and resolute so TO
A., bear ourselves that the nations great fu-
: ture shall even surpass its glorious past.
: The presidential party left for Washing
ton at 1855.