The Monticellonian., 1902-12-04

TI, y TTFY pish evil He says both organized capital and organized labor must remember that the interest of each must be brought into harmony with the interest of the general pubic. and says that so far as the consti- tuuonai powers Of the government touch upon these subjects they should be along
 h connection with the subject of Cuba the presiGcnt says he hopes soon To lay be lore the senate reciprocity treaty with mat republic, and urges that some relief be given the island On this topic he says:
 cuba lies al our doors, and W WhateVer af- iects her for good or for III affects Us also i So much have our people felt this that in tie fIdtt amendment We definitely took the ground that Cuba must hereafter have 1toser poiucai reatlons with Us than with any other power. Thus In sense Cuba has become q part of our international po- 1 ltleal system. This makes 1t necessary that fn return she should be given some of the benetts of becoming part of our eco homie system. It is from our own stand point, short-sighted and mischteYous pol l icy to fail to recognize this need. More i over, t is unworthy of mighty and gen erous nation, itself the greatest and most l successful republic in history, to refuse to stretch out d helping hand to a young and weak sister republic just entering upon it's career of independence. We should al l ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in the lace of the strong, and We should With uHgrudging hand do our generous duty by the weak urge the adoption Of reciprocity i With Cuba not only because it is eminently for our own interests to control the Cuban market and by every means to foster our supremacy Tn the tropical lands and waters south of us. but also because we of the giant republic Of the north should make all our sister nations of the American con- tinent feel that whenever they will permit H. We desire to show ourselves dlsinterest edIy and effectively their friend" !"
 congress is informed that the attorney general has examined into the title of the Panama company, and has decided that l that corporation can give to this country title that will De above contention in every way The president says he hopes soon soon 10 see treaty with Colombia con eIaded which will give to this. nation the l right 10 construct the canal. and to exercise 1 such JurisdtetIen over the territory through i which ft viii extend as will be necessary 1 Tor our every legitimate purpose.
 l says in part:
 l tWenty-siXth anniversary of the declara- 1 tion Of our independence. peace and am nesty were promulgated in, the Philip l pine islands. Some trouble has since from time to time threatened with i the Mohammedan Moros. but with the late late insurreetionaIy FiliPinos the war has now been introduced Not only does l each Filipino enjoy such rights to life. liberty and the pursuit Of happiness as he has never before known during the recorded history of the islands but the l people taken as a whole now enjoy a measure Of self=government greater than 1 that granted to any other orientals by any foreign power and greater than that l enjoyed by aEy other orlentals under tHtif own governments. save the Japan ese aloLe. Me have rot gone too far in | granting these rights of liberty and self 1 government, but We have certainly gone 1 to the limit that In the interests of the Philippine people themselves il was wise or just 10 go. To hurry matters. to go faster than We are HOW going would en-
 ads NJ policy eve+ PeePe eRtered ed nto fhs by | the American people has vndicated It. self in more signal manner than the pol icy of holding the Philippines The tr- | above umph of our laws and principles has l come sooner than We had any right to given 10 the army for what 1t has done | in the Philippines. both in warfare and 1 from an administrative standpoint in preparing the way for civil government; and similar credit belongs to the civil l authorities for the way in which they have planted the seeds of self-govern- ment in the ground thus made ready for them. The courage, the unflinching en- and the general -heartedness and humanity Of our troops have been strik- iEgly manifested. There now remain only some loeeo troops in the islands. All told ever 1e9o44 have been sent there Of course there have been individual in- stances Of wTongeoing among them They warred under fearful difficulties oi climate ana surroundings: and unCer the strain of the terrible proyocations which they continually receive from their foes occasional instances. of cruel retaliation occurred. Every effort has beer made to prevent such cruelties. and finally these efforts have been completely sue. eessful. Every effort has also been made l to detect ard punish the Wrongdoers After making all allowance for these mlsdeedS, it remains true that few in- deed have been the instances in which War has been waged by civilized power against semi civilized ard barbarous forces where there has been so littl, wrongcoing by the victors as in the Phil ippine islardS On the other hand, tho amount of difficult important, and bene, fcent work which has been done is well nigh incaicuabie.
 Taking the work Of the army and tn, civil authorities together, il may be ques
 tioEed whether anywhere else in moderr times the world has seen d better exam pie of real constructive statesmaEShiI than our people have given in the Philip pine iSIanGs. High praise should also b, given those Filipinos, in the aggregat, very numerous, who have accepted tn, new conditions ard joined with our repre- sentatives to work with hearty good vii for the welfare of the islands
 Referring to the needs of he navy bOtl in ships and in men the president says II part:
 ". There should be no halt in tn, work of building up the navy, proviGire every year additional fighting craft. W, are d very rich country, vast in extent O territory and great in population; coun try, moreover. which has army GmIuu tive indeed when compared With that O any other nrst-clasS power. W e have Ce liberately made our own certain foTeigI policies which demand the possession of greatly increase the etficIeucy of our navy if the navy is of sufficient size; but if W, have an inadequate navy. then the build ing of the canal would be merely giving hostage To any power Of superior strength The Monroe doctrine should be treated a
 the cardinal feature of American fore igI policy: but t would be worse than idle tt assert Il unless We intended ta back it up
 We need thousand additional officer. in order to properly man tha ships LOW pro yided for ard under construction m, classes at the naval school at ArnapOiL should be greatly enlarged Al the sam time that We thus aGe the officers wher We need them, We should facilitate the re tirement of those at the head of the lis whose usefulness has become impaired | Promotion must be fostered if the serv ice is to be kept efficient"
 The president urges the extension of th' rural free delivery system. and says 1T | connection with this:
 Rural free delivery service Is no longe in the exPerimental stage il has becom' a fixed policy. The results following il! Introduction have fully justified the con gress in the large appropriations made to its establishment and extersion The aver age. yearly increase in post office receipt! in the rural districts of the country is abou two per cent. We are TOW able. by actua results 10 show that where rural free de livery service has heen established to sucl an extent as to enable Us 10 make cOmpa ri sons the yearly increase has been upward of ten per eeEt
 Among other recommendations made b, | the president is one for the establishment of a department of commerce: for the re organization ef the national guard Tor tn, extension Of the syst tenn Of irrigation of arit lands in the west; the extension of the educational system for the Indians; the enactment of legislation providing for the better protecting Of the lives of railway employees. ard for the opening of Alasks to permanent settlement b2 the enactment of suitable land and other laws for the te-- ritory and for an Alaskan delegate in con. l gress.