Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-05

and we have kept our word. cloud ap-
Policy In Cuba.
To have turned Cuba over to the hands
of it's own people Immediately after, the
withdrawal of the Spanish flag would have
meant ruin and chaos. We established a
government in the island; we established
tRSs h pa SnH TF1 Of the Cuban I troops who had
fou ght against the army of their. oppress-
ors; we instituted a public school system,
modelled upon that which has been so po-
tent a factor in our own national prog
We cleaned the cities in Cuba for the
first time in their history. (Applause.) We
changed them from being among the I'M
healthy, to among the healthiest of the
civilized world. We introduced a system Of
orderly justice to succeed one of irrespon-
sible and arbitrative despotism, so that
any, man, rich or poor. weak or strong,
could appeal to courts and know that he
And then when in the fullness of time
we felt they could walk alone, we turned
over the government to them, and now the
beautiful Queen of the Antilles has started
on her course as a free republic among the
nations of the earth. (Applause.)
Building of n Canal.
But there is one thing our policy toward
Cub has y, not my yet met met Tith l It's en1iee f Ths
course of the last few years has made more
evident than ever that this nation must
on the isthmus connecting the two Amer
icas, and in the waters and among the
islands adjacent thereto, (Applause2 Ma;
these regions thai we do toward others
where our interests are far less, and this
Is sreS aGu 1isydo 5rne has n0w provided S ! '38 of the bS Mitn
ing Of an interoceanic canal, (~Applause.)
Cuba must occupy a peculiar relation to
She must in the larger sense be a part OF
the general political system in international
affairs in which this republic stands as
the head. She has assented to that view
and In return this nation is bound to give
her special economic privileges not given
to other nations AppiaIsel ,oo,tv WITH
Cuba Is not already embodied In statute OF
in treaty, blu It will be just as sure as
fate. cloud applause,)
Peace in the Philippines.
And now a word as to the philippines
trv tba c9Hntrv of The MobanneSa
tribes, but in the Philippines among the
Filipinos, among the people who have beer
In tnsurrection' peace now reigns. Gap
It may be, 1 think unlikely, but it is pos.
sible' that here and there some seeminl
moment famed into a 1--we piece of embel
and burst in a htful flame. If SO tina.
name will be stamped out. loud applause.
But speaking broadly and generally peac,
has come. Our army has received its re
ward. tApplause2 And what was the re
~sciousness of duty well done. Loud ap
plause.) Our soldiers have fought, hav,
toiled, have struggled, so that when vic
tory came they might turn over the gov
ernmGnt to the civil authorities. Cap
Today the proclamation of peace an
amnesty has been promulgated and at 1h
same time our generals have been notihe,
that the civil government Is supreme II
the islands. Does not that speak we'll, oh
my brethren, for our army, for our troops
that the troops Of this people should wa
hoping for a triumph which Is TO put tn
/ DOVVRF inTn the hands of the civil aufhorl
ties7
Reduction of the Army.
BY law we are allowed an army at
maximum OF 10000 men, at a minimum o
60, 900. While this war has gone on w
have steadily reduced that army until no,
by orders promulgated its limit is $500
and as a matter OF fact we have two o
three thousand fewer actually under arms
That speaks well for our institutions. ]
speaks we'll for the triumphs OF the pol
cies with which. az a nation, we nav
and, men and women of the United State.
IL shows how slight was the warrant 10
the fears expressed by those OF little fait
as 10 what would follow, authorizing eve
the small army that was authorized. CAR
plause)
No body of our citizens deserves FRANKIE
and more generous recognition at the hand
OF the country than the officers and en-
listed men who wear uniforms. CApplause
For there Is no body of our citizens whic
gives more disinterested services with les
thought of a material reward proportion
ately in any Say TO them.
And now, my fellow citizens. / spoke {
the task which has confronted those
pSAha and In the Philippines as being on