Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1902-08-22
that will some day make Idaho one of
the greatest states in the Union.

the greatest states in the Union.
THE people OF Idaho well remember
when Theodore Roosevelt passed
through the eastern part Of our state
two years ago, he promised US that he
would do all he could for the passage of
an irrigation law that would reclaim
this arid west. His message TO congress
on this subject and the active interest
he gave to the present law, while pend
ing in congress. speak plainly how well
he kept his promises to the people OF
idaho, and the people OF this great west
owe him a debt of gratitude that they
can never repay. Without his active
support of the irrigation bill 1t would
have been years before this bill would
have become a law.
Expansion, tariff reform and trusts
will, beyond doubt. be the leading ma
tional issues in the coming campaign.
On all these great questions we feel
proud of the stand that our party has
taken. and we viii defend them from
every public platform in this state; and
we win defend the stand that our party
has taken in protecting our army
against the villainous attacks made on
it by the Democratic party in the Fifty
seventh congress. God bless those boys
for the victories they have won, and
they will find the Republican party de-
Tending them in every state in the
Union, with the same spirit with which
they defended the honor OF that gio-
rious flag. (AppIause).
1.-The victories that our brave boys
won in the Philippines. at San Juan and
Santiago. are still vibrating around the
world, saying: We are a mighty peo-
plel We are a mighty people' Those
victories have brought obligations and
trusts upon US. as a people. that we
are in duty bound to keep as a nation
One of those trusts is the Philippine
Islands When Dewey sailed into Ma
Mia bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet
he found a condition existing there
worse than in Cuba. Spain had ruled
the islands with a rod of iron for over
800 years. giving the people a form OF
government worse than slavery.
Three hundred years of Spanish
tyranny and misrule had left the peo-
pie densely ignorant of what a gov
fronted the American people was:
What shall be our attitude toward
those people? Shall we turn them back
and misrule. or shall we weigh anchor
and sail away and leave them to their
fate: without a government. without
an honest leader. and run the risk of
those islands being plunged into q state
of barbaric warfare which would have
resulted in the massacre of every for
eigner upon those shores? Our party
said, No, a thousand times no. The
whole world holds US responsible for
the acts of those people. and there is
hut one way we can assume those re-
sponsibilities. and that is by the own
ership of those islands. 1t is our duty
as a nation to lift them to higher
state of civilization. to teach them what
true government means, and to give
them as liberal a form OF self-govern-
ment as they are capable of maintain
ing. and. where Spain ruled with a rod
of iron for SO many years, we will with
light. liberty and justice That has
been our party's attitude toward the
1fiiippines. Today the war is pracu-
cally over. and the Filipino is enjoying
a form of government better far than
he ever knew before. The great work |
Of enlightenment and education is on. |
and already our government has sent |
10 the archipelago a thousand American |
school teachers to educate the Filipino, |
10 teach him to speak our language,
md TO prepare him for a better citi- |
.enship. Already over 10000 Fflipinos |
ire attending night schools. beside /
,5O. .0O0 Filipino children are going TO /
lay schools. receiving instruction that |
will prepare them for a brighter and /
better life. I
And vet they. the Democrats. call US
he party of oppression. Mr.. Filipino
reed have no fear. for he is safe in the
lands of the party that struck the
hackles from 1900. 900 of slaves. and
hat gave US the homestead and free
lome laws; safe in the hands of the
'arty that gave protection to every
american industry and lifted labor to
he highest standard in all the world;
e is safe in the hands of the party
hat has made this the mightiest gov
rnment on earth. and has made the
rhole world respect US as nation
while our speakers will discuss all
he great national issues. yet this year
he Republicans of Idaho propose to
lake this campaign largely on state
;sues. and on these questions we shall
e heard from very plainly.
again I want to congratulate you ,
pom the splendid condition of cur Tar-
' to enter this campaign Every Re
ublican in Idaho Is waiting anxiousiy s,
IT the battle to begin. and they are ,
II determined to see that Idaho is
gain placed in the ranks OF the Re {
ubiican party; the party that stands
% good government. advancement and !
(Piolonged applause 5
Next week we will publish the q
publican platform and a sketch r
the candidates which viii i
in out in this years campaign. t
is the belief that the committee f