, 1902-11-24
THE PRESIDENT AT PHH.ADEI.
PHlA.


h"aSu" banquet at Philadelphia and de
llV"r"d an address which leaves II"
room to question his policy. On tn"
subject of IN" treatment of the Fill
pHhoS h' struck SIuar"ly from tn"
shoulder IN II following tiers" Ian
gUag":
"Ih"r" spok" tn" man who preach
ed IN" gospel 81 mop" as well as tn"
gospel oi du'E ana on tn" issue thus
ialrIN drawn thos" VINO SAID
"" would do our new work well n
trlHmphantIy, ana th"s" who SAID We
would iaiI lam"ntahIy IN IN" effort. the
contest VAS joined. W" won. Ana now
to look across III" SEAS II jddS" Tor
yourselves whether or no III" ProHAls3
mas n''h kept. IN" prophets OF diSaS-
Ter nav" S'rh 'h'tr predictions SO com
pI'i"Iy laISIh'd by TN" event that 1t
~ actually dlil'u!t I" ar"liS" even Il
passing interest IN their failure. To
ta'h on our army, Is OF merely acad-
'ihI' interest. lhrH played lh"I 1I!ci
part o! construction ana 'Iamni, INC
sdId tH'Ir say. ana Inc current ui our
me went over then! Il they sank IN
der II. as ana their predecessors who,
lhlIiy-SIN years before. mad declared
lL"l another ANA greater war was Il
failure. that another Il create" StIHg-
AI' ior tlu" liberty, was only Il contcst
iui SHbJuSatloh, Ill whlvh II United
states Mould ' succeed. The IN
S"|tF"'tl"h among the fliplhoS a
h""h absolutely qu"Il"d. The war has
hrrh brought to an II sooner nan
even the most sanguino .! us dared to
nope. The world has not in recent
years seen any military lash done with
more soldlcrly energy and ability, and
one moreover, IN Il spirit OF great
humanity. Inc STRAIN on the army was
terrible. Tor tn" conditions OF climate
Il SOIL made their work harrasslng to
ar extraordinary degree ana the foes
III the field were t~r"acherous and cruel,
not merely toward our men. but toward
ers who welcomed our rule.
In the matter OF controlling the
trusts the president has no doubt buI
that the people OF America Will be
equal to the occasion and that the ques-
ton Will be solved in a manner salts
factory to the entire people. lie spoke
NO nation has ever prospered as we
are prosper!ng now, Ii we must see 70
II mat by our W folly we do not maj
this prosperity. Yet we must see to it
that whatever wrong ilourishes it must
be repressed. 1t is not the habit OF our
people to shlrk issues. but squarely to
race them. 1t is not the habit of our
people to treat a good record in the
past as anything nut a reason Tor eX'
pectins an even better record in the
present; and no administration, gentle
men. should be judged save on only
these lines. II tremendous growth
OF our industrialism has brought to the
many problems with which We
must deal. II | trust that we shall
deal with them along the lines indicat-
in speech and in action by that pro.
jurist and upright and fearless
public servant who represents Penn
sylvania in the cabinet, Attorney Gen
eIal Knox. The question of the so
called trusts is but II Of the questions
we must meet IN with our
system. There are MANY OF
them and they are serious. but they can
and VIII be met. Time may be needed
Tor making the solution perfect, but
is idle to tell this people h a we
not the power to solve such a
problem as that of exercising adequate
supervision over the great industrial
combinations of today. We have the
power and we shall find out the way.
shall not act hastily or recklessly,
hut we have firmly made up our minds
that a solution. and a right solution
shall be found. and found it will be.
No nation as great as ours can ex-
rect to escape the penalty of greatness,
trOuble and labor There are nrOb-
ahead of us at home and problems
abroad because such problems are in
cident to tba WORKING ont of , praot