The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-23
The GOVERNMENT
POLICY DEFENDED
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and aga n during his prefunctory re-
marks, which were based on an Incident
of the afternoon. the presentation OF he
floral horseshoe by the workingmen, the
President was interrupted by hearty ap-
plause. Such side remarks as this: II
do not care how honest man may be;
if he is timid he is no good" evoked pro-
longed laughter. Again in speaking OF
the Isthm.an canal, he aroused much
enthusiasm by saying that one of the
problems in connection with the engineer
ing feat would be to procure fifty tilou-
sand dollar patriotic. amb. ious men 10
work for a ten dollar fee.
ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH.
President Roosevelt said in part:
Porto Rico, it is a pleasure to say
may now serve as an example of the bes
methods of administering our insu.al
possessions. So excellent have been the
.:rects of our administration and legis-
lation concerning this Island that their
very excellence has resulted in their be-
irg almost forgotten by those at home
There is hardly ripple of failure en- the
stream of our success. and so. as is apt
to be our way, we do not think Of it at
all.
''In Porto Rico we have persistently
minister the affairs of the island In
making appointments to the insular ser
vice it is necessary to disregard any
question Of mere party expediency and to
look at the matter solely from the stand
point of the honor Of our own nation and
Of the welfare of the island itself. This
has been the standpoint adhered to in
selecting the men who represent our gov
eminent In Porto Rico-governor. treas
urer. encouragement. judges superin-
tendent Of education-every one In con-
sequence all Americans should fee! real
pride in the way In which their compa-
triots, who are responsible for the gov
crnment Of the island. have administered
it.
"1n Cuba the problem was larger. more
complicated and more difficult. Here.
agcin, we kent our promise absolutely.
believe that it Is only matter OF time
and trust only matter Of very short
tirle-before we enter into reciprocal
trade relations with Cuba.
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL
The fsthmian canal represents what is
feat-the greatest feat of the kind-of the
twentieth century. Before we start upon
question Of detail and Of our relations
with the people owning the soil have to
be settled. Whenr, this has been done. the
building of the canal Here, again. we
have to deal with an enterprise so vast
and 50 in Its HeSs that but
the very best men in the nation-the men
OF the highest engineering and business
and a "a skill. who will son.
| should like to see those men represent
! different sections and different political
parties, but these questions are second
ary The primary aim must be to get
men who. though able to control much
greater salaries than the nation is able
to pay. nevertheless possess the patriot.
make them willing to put their talents
at the Governments service.
The Spanish War itself was an easy
which were much more difficult One OF
| these tasks was that of dealing with the
VERY FEW FAILURES.
TT was. Of course. inevitable that there
tonishing how few OF these have. been
guaranteed his civil and religious fights
his right to life personal liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness. subject only to not
worth noting that already the Philip
pine people have received greater share
Of self-government:t that they have more
than is the case with any people in the
Orient which is under Eurorean rule. In
short. we are governing the Fi1pn2; s
| pEllldI1ty III lNclI anu loi tt'S-'
very great benefit. It would be hard to
find in modern times a better example OF
successful constructive statesmansnio
Finally. in the Philippines as in Cuba the the
| instances of wrong-dofng by either our
civil or military representatives have
been astonishinsly. few. and punishment,
/ has been meted out with even handed
justice to all offenders.
.'The awakening of the Orient means
very much to all the nations OF Chr'sren-
dom. comm ercial no less than portlcallY:
| and it would be short-siehted statesman
ship on our. part 70 refuse to take, the the
share for our people OF this commercial
| future. Possess ion Of the Philippines
has helned us as the securing Of the
open-door in China has helped ~, US A. Al
NECESSARY stems to provide for the LAYING
| Of a Pa cif1c cable under conditions which
safeguard absolutely the interests Of the
American nuh,ie Our r ,e9mmssss n With IT the
abundantlv justified. alike fron the moral
and material sta1dro'nt, all that we have
done in the far East as SEQUEL to our
war with Spain.
Mr.. sitterding in New York.
ST. Mr. e1ttardtnvts nntice that he Wculd