The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-09

Democrats could have done against trusts
winch has not been done by a Republic
can administration and AZ Republican
president. ."-Boston Journal.
Courts of Justice have been estab-
lished, where for the first time in the
history of the archipelago Justice was
being equally administered between rich
and poor alike. I visited some of these
courts and witnessed their procedure.
Some OF the natives did not hesitate to
state that they preferred Americans for
the bench. The writ of habeas corpus,
which was entirely foreign to their for
mer Jurisprudence, has been introduced,
and one enthusiastic Filipino attorney
told me that this benefcent writ alone
was greater safeguard to their per-
sonal liberties than the most radical in
surrecto had ever dreamed of. Roads and
highways were being built, and bridges
were being constructed, all with view
or bringing the various towns and cities
into a closer relationship with each
other. Submarine cables. telegraph and
telephone lines were being laid to the
various Islands, and tho most remote
barrios and pueblos were being brought
into direct communication with the capt.
tai. Harbor facilities were being i'm
proved, and new works projected that
when completed, will give the city of
Manila the finest harbor in the Orient
These were some of the results of Ameri-
can pluck and courage and progress and
patriotism that came under my personal
observation, and ! for one feel proud of
the manner In which Americans have dis
charged the great burdens and obliga-
tions. s."-Congressman Kahn, of Calfor-
MIA
N1ulhal, the great English statistician,
estimates the average value of produce
ton of the European workman, averaging
all of Europe, at about $3.50 per capita.
In 1880 the average value of the Ameri-
can workman in all Of the manufacturing
and industrial arts was but trfle un-
der S2,40O, while in 1900 the average value
of the production of these American
workmen was a little more than s. $50.
In other words, the American workman
turns out yearly, work of six times the
value of that produced by the European
workman. This, under protective tariff.
VI feel that should be unworthy, as
the son of a regular and as a Democrat,
did 1 not say a word in praise of the
modest and unassuming man who, at 40
cents day. has done more to make this
country glorious than all the oratory Of
a. century-the regular of the United
States. There Is no army on earth SO
near the people as ours. 1t is recruited |
from all parts of the country and from |
every walk in life. Its men are taken |
from the plow and from the railroad, !
from the shop and from the factory. 1t |
represents the very bone and sinew OF |
the people of the United States. 1t is |
swayed by the same passions; it is sub |
ject TO the same failings and the same !
temptations; 1t has the same virtues and |
the same vices as have all of us. Its |
merits are our merits; it's sins are our
own. There is not q patriotic American,
be he Democrat or be he Republican, who
does not breathe a prayer and thank God |
for the regulars who are fighting for the
flag. g."-Congressman Mcclellan, of New
York.
"Whatever may be finally done with
the Philippine archipelago, it may be as
sumed that there are some things that
will not be done. The United States will
their Spanish tormentors, Or leave them
to be wrangled for by other nations, or
friendly Filipinos who have
assisted us and by many acts manifested
their friendship and their desire to recog-
1ize our government, to be plundered and
murdered. They have been shot and
burned by the thousand by the insurgents
FOR no other offense than friendship for
the United States in the past. What
treatment would they be likely to re-
,eive in the future? Can we afford to
abandon to certain pilaSe, robbery and
murder those who have been guilty of no
,rime save that of friendship for our SOL
liers and nt?"-Congressman
of Pennsylvania.