New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-23
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more than their share Of the good things OF the
world There was no such complaint eight
: years ago. in the summer of 1894. Complaint
was not then that any had prospered too
J much it was that no one had prospered enough.
! Let each one of US think Of the affairs of his
/ own household and his own business, let each
Of us compare his standing now with his stand
ing eight years back, and then let him answer
for himself whether it is not true that the
1896 have justified themselves thrice over by the
results they have brought about
| DEALING WITH NEW PROBLEMS.
In 1900 the issues were in part the same. but
! new ones had been added. Prosperity had re-
/ turned; the gold standard was assured; our
! tariff was remodelled on the lines that have
marked 1t at all periods when our well-being
, was greatest. But as must often happen, the
! President elected on certain issues was obliged
| to face others entirely unforeseen. Rarely in
nave shown their greatness by meeting them
as they arose. President Mckinley faced the
/ problems of the Spanish and those that
followed it exactly as he had faced the prob
lens Of our economic and financial needs.
AS q sequel to the war with Spain we found
ourselves in possession of the Philippines under
circumstances which rendered it necessary to
subdue formidable insurreCton which made it
impossible for US with honor or with regard TO
the welfare of the islands to withdraw there
from. The occasion was seized by the oppo-
nents of the President for trying to raise a
issue, which they hoped they might be more
successful than on the old. The clamor raised
against him was Joined in not only by many
honest men who were led astray by mistaken
view or imperfect knowledge of the facts. but
by all who feared effort. who shrank from the
rough work of endeavor
The campaign of 1900 had to be fought largely
upon the new issue thus raised. President Nc
Kinley met it squarey Two years and eight
months ago, before his second nomination, he
spoke as follows:
which the American people have enjoyed has not
rendered them rresolute and faithless, but has ht
fOr he ta SIX Of s.
Slstng TO better conditions and larger liberty those
have become our wards Let US fear not There
is no occasion for faint hearts, no excuse for re-
Of liberty and law is not advanced by the doing Of
t 4e5 the enS 56 e {i be bon one AZ DOUBT
our power to accomplish II is to lose faith In the
We have the he new care are and cannot shift it
And breaking up the camp Of ease and ISOLATION
the march Of faithful service, and fater not until
tunty The opportunity is greater than the bur
den
M'KINLEY'S PROPHECY FULFILLED.
There spoke the man who preached the gospel
of hope as we'll as the gospel of duty, and on the
issue thus fairly drawn between those who said
would do new work well and triumph
antly and those who said we would fail lament
ably IN the EFFORT, the contest was joined. we
won. And now ask you, two years after the
victory to look across the seas and Judge for
yourselves whether or not the promise has been
kept. The prophets OF disaster have seen their
predictions so completely falsiied by the event
that IL Is actually difficult to arouse even pass
ing interest In their failure. To answer them
now. TO review their attack army, is Of
merely academic interest They played their
brief part of obstruction ana clamor; they said
, their say; and the current of our life went over
them and they sank under II as did their prede-
/ cesSors who, thirty-siX years before. had de-
clared that another and greater war was a fall
ure, that another and greater struggle Tor true
liberty only a contest for subjugauop in
which the United States could never succeed.
! The instruction among the Ftlipinos has been
absolutely queed. The has been brought
TO an end sooner than even the most sangune
Of us dared to hope
PRAISE FOR THE ARMY.
The world has not in recent years seen any
military task done with more so!dieTly energy
and ability; and done. moreover. In a spirit or
great humanity The strain on the army was
terrible. for the conditions Of climate and soil
made their work harassing TO an extraordinary
degree. and the foes in the field were treacherous
and cruel not merely toward our men. but tow
ard the great multitude of peaceful islanders
who welcomed our rule. Under the strain OF
weIlnigh intolerable pcovocat.oa there were
shameful Incidents as must happen in all wars
where the soldiers forgot themselves. and retail
ated evil for evil Every effort has been made
to detect such cases. 10 punish the offenders,
and 70 prevent any recurrence OF the deed II is
cruel injustice 70 the gallant men who fought
we'll in the Philippines not TO recognize that
these instances were exceptional, and that the
American troops who served In the aaron tropic
islands deserve praise the same IN kind that has
always been given TO those who have well and
valiantly fought for the honor Of our common
flag and common country.
The work of civil administration has kept
pace with the work Of military administration.
and when July 4 last amnesty and peace
were declared throughout the islands, the civil
government assumed the complete control.
Peace and order now prevail. and a greater
measure of prosperity and Of happiness than the
Filpnos have ever hitherto known in all their
dark and CheCkered history, and each one OF
them has a greater measure Of liberty, greater
chance of happiness, and greater safety for his
life and property than he or his forefathers have
ever before known.
EVERY PROMISE KEPT.
Thus we have met each task that has con-
fronted during the last six years. Thus
have kept every promise made in 1S96 and
1900. We have right TO be proud Of the mem
cries Of the last six years.
But 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 if it spurs US to fresh effort in
the present No nation has ever prospered as
We prOsperng now and must 10 II
that by our own folly we do not mar this pros
perity. Yet we must see 10 1t also that wher-
ever wrong fourishes 1t be repressed. II is not
the habit of our people TO shirk issues. but
squarely TO face them It is not the habit of our
people to treat good record in the past as any
thing but reason for expecting an better
record in the present; and no administration.
gentlemen should ask to be judged save on
those lines. The tremendous growth of in
dustrasm has brought to the front many prob
lens with which we must deal, and trust that
shall deal with them along the lines indicat-
ed in speech and in action by that profound
jurist and upright and fearless public servant
who represents Pennsylvania in the Cabinet
Attorney General Knox.
THE TRUST QUESTION.
The question Of the so-caIled trusts is but one
of the questions we must meet in connection
with our industrial system. There many Of
them, and they serious; but they can and
will be met. Time may be needed for making
the solution perfect; but 1t Is idle to tell this
people that we have not the power to solve such
I a problem as that of exercising adequate super