Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-04

JUS preseryationi the epoch OF Wash
lhston and the epoch OF Arabian Lin
coin. loud applause and cheers).
Ihose two generations had the
greatest tasks 10 do, but each genera
ton has its tasks and woe TO The gen
GRAFTON which regards the deeds OF the
Ihlghty men OF the past as an excuse
ior IL falling In It's turn TO do the
plause). N''
The great deeds Of those who have
gone before US, must ever serve not as
a reason for inaction on our part hut
as the keenest Of spurs TO drive US for
ward on the path Of national greatness
and justice. (Applause).
we nave had our tasks TO do in the
last -FOUR years or rather we have had
as every generation must have, many
tasks 10 DO, tasks affecting us abroad
| ana one or those tasks being done as Il
mas been has signalled our entry into a
larger world. (Applause). And II liz
| most appropriate that on this Fourth OF
| July, this anniversary OF the birth OF
| the Nation, IL should be our good for
tune to have promulgated the Declara-
| ton ana establish peace In the Philip
pines and make the acknowledgment
TO the army Of the praise 40 richly due
our fellow Americans who wear the,
uniform OF the United States for an
that they have done In me troplc ISL
ands during the past four years ZAP
| plause and cheers.
THE WORK IN CUBA.
1--WE said Cuba should become a free
republic and we have kept our word.
loud applause) To have turned Cuba
over TO the hands OF its own people i'm
/ mediately after the withdrawal OF the
Spanish flag would have meant ruin
and chaos, We established a govern
ment in the island: We established
peace and order. We began 10 provide
Tor the payment OF the Cuban troops
VINO mad fought against the misrue OF
thelr oppressors' We instituted a pub
nc sehool system, modelled e.pon that
"hlch mas been so potent n factor n
our own national progress. (Applause)
we cleaned the cities In Cuba for the
nrst time In their history. (Applause)
We changed them from being the most
unhealthy TO being among the health
lest cities OF the civilized world. We
introduced a system Of orderly Justice
TO succeed one OF irresponsible and az
bltratary despotsm, so that any man.
whether poor, weak or strong, can take
appeal and know that he would prove
his rights And then when I'm the full
ness Of time, we felt they could walk
| alone, we turned over the government
TO them and now the beautiful Queen
OF the Antilles has started on her
course as a free republic among the
nations of the earth. (Applause). Bur
there is one thing, our policy toward
Cuba has not yet met with its entire
fruitlon. II Will meet with f. zap
plause).
THE IsTHMIAN CANAL.
The course Of the last few years has
made more evident than gyer before
that this Nation must In time come 10
have pecuniary interests on the isthmus
connecting the two Americans and in
the waters and among the islands ada
cent thereto (Applause) Nationally
we cannot occupy the position toward
these regions that we did toward 9TH
ers where our interests are far less and
this Is doubly true now that Congress
with great wisdom has provided for the
building OF an inter- oceanic canal. (Ap-
plause) Cuba must occupy q peculiar
relation to us in the field Of Information
al politics. She must In the larger
sense be a part Of the general political
system In international affairs In which
this republic stands as the head. She
has assented TO that view and in return
this nation is bound TO give her especial
economy and privileges not given to
other nations.
SPEAKS FOR RECIPROCITY.
II regret that a measure Of reciprocity
with Cuba Is not already embodied IN
statute or In treaty, but II will be just
as sure as fate. loud applause)
THE PHILIPPINES.
And now word as to the Philip
pines. There are yet troubles in the
Moro country, the country OF the Mo-
hammedan tribes but in the Philip
pines, among the Filipinos, among the
people who have teen In Instruction,
peace now resns. (Applause)
ut may be. think unlikely, but II
Is possible that here and there some
seeming dead coal OF insurrection NAV
be for the moment famed into live
piece Of ember and burst into fitful
fame. II so that flame will be stamped
out cloud applause)
THE ARMY.
But speaking broadly and generally,
peace has come. Our army has received
It's reward applause )\And what was
the reward Of our army The reward
OF the consciousness Of duty well done.
loud applause.) Our soldiers have
fought, have toiled have struggled so
that when victory came they might turn
over the government 10 the civil au-
thorities. (Applause) Victory came.
Today the proclamation OF peace and
amnesty has been promulgated and az
The same time our generals have been
notified that the civil government IL
supreme In the islands (Applause.)
Does not that speak well, Oh my
brethren, for our army. for our troops.
hat the troops OF these people who
were hoping for a triumph which Il Is
70 put the power into the hand. OF the
'lvil suthoritles%
"By law we are allowed an army at n
maximum Of 100000 men and a mini
mum Of $4,000 men. While this was has
gone on we have steadily reduced that
army until now by orders promulgated
Ne limit Is $1,000, and as matter Of
act we have two or three thousand
ever actually under arms. That
peaks well for our institutions. II
peaks well for the triumphs OF the pol
Giles with which as a nation we have
'een Identified during the past four
ears and men ami women Of the Unit
d States. II shows how slight was the
variant for the fears expressed by
hose Of little faith as to what would
ollow authorizing OF the small army
hat was authorized. Applause No
'ody Of our citizens deserves franker
nd more generous recognition az the
ands OF the country than the officers
nd enlisted men who wear Uncle Sans
inform. lApplausel For there Is no
oiy OF our citizens which gives more