Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-03

with the late insurrectionary Filipiuos the
war has entirely ceased" The courage,
the unfiinching endurance. the high SOL
dierly efficiency. and the general kind
heartedness and humanity OF our troops
have been strik1nsiy manifested. NO re-
ference to the water cure Is MADE, ex-
cept in the admission that there have
been individual instances OF wrong
doing" There now remain about io,oo
troops on the island. All told. there nave
been over 10000 sent there.
The army has been reduced to the min !
imum allowed by law. The need OF pass
inE a bill providing for general stan
is urged. The President commences tns
bill passed by the House to reorganlze
the National Guard.
In building up navy the President says
there should be no halt" In this ne Is
very emphatic and .ns,stent. THE Mon
roe doctrine should be treated as the
cardinal feature of American foreign pol
icy: but It would be worse than idle
to assert 1t unless we Intended to back
1t Up and 1t can be backed up only by
a thoroughly good navy"
Serious trouble threatens our country
in the difficulty of manning the ships.
How to get the men the President does
not tell Congress. a thousand officers are
also needed. These can be obtained by
enlargirg the class es at Annapolis.
The Post-Once Department, SHOWS the
in a single year. Rural free-delivery ser
vice mas become fixed policy; it has been
made a great success.
The President thinks legislation should
be provided for the protection of game
on public lands He deplores the present
practice of ''butchering off such state
IN and beautiful creature as the elk for
Its entlers and tusks." IL does not occur
TO him that the bear needs any protec-
ton.
The appointment is recommended OF a
commission Of experts to investigate ana
report upon the question of public lands
ir the West that have been fenced IN by
private citizens without warrant of law
Washington gets favorable mention.
The President urges nygienic and SAM
tary legislation On behalf of the city. A
wise employers liability act should also
be passed. he thinks. for the District and
for tie navy-yards. Railroad companies
in District ought to be required by
law % block their frogs" he says. Bet
ter protection of the lives of railway en-
rloyecs is urged.
The publication OF masses OF useless
documents by the government is repre-,
hcnsible. he thinks-an opinion which is
shared by the public. But what degree
Of reformation car we expect unless Con-
gress sets an example for other DEPART
ments to follow?
The White House restoration gratsf1es
the President very much. ''In making the
reservations the utmost care has been ex-
ercised to come as nearly as possible to
The early plans ard 10 supplement these
plans by careful study of such build
ings as that of the University Of Vir-
GINA which was built by Jefferson"
Upon the whole the message is charac-
terized by a caution which the public
would hardly have expected of Mr.. Roose-
welt. He seems to be feeling his way as
to many questions He seesaws between:
the trusts and the labor vote and in many
places in the message we perceive that
he is looking and hoping to succeed him.
self in the presidency.