Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-30
HERCULEAN TASK
IN The ORIENT
President Roosevelt on Our
Obligations to Our Island
Possessions.
ADDRESS AT HARTFORD
Believes Reciprocity With Cuba is Only
a Matter of Time-M ust Main
tain Supremacy in the
Philippines.

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 25.-President
Roosevelt's stop in Hartford on his
New England tour was marked by great
enthusiasm by the crowds, and ne
showed his pleasure at the reception he
received. TIC President Roosevelt the
feature of the day was the presentation
of n large floral piece by the working
men of Hartford. Hartford was In gala
dress to welcome the president, the
weather was perfect and there was not
a hitch to mar the proceedings.
The president on his arrival at the
depot here late yesterday afternoon
vas cordially welcomed by a committee
of representative citizens. lie was
taken for a drive around the city and
was enthusiastically Cheered all along
the route. In Pope park the president
was greeted by 10000 workingmen,
floral horseshoe.
Father Michael Sullivan made a few
remarks of welcome. The president re-
sponded briefly, and his remarks were
frequently interrupted by applause.
Last night after his address at he
Coliseum the president was the guest
Of the executive secretary, John /.
Robinson. President Roosevelt eX-
pressed his satisfaction at the substi-
tuition Of drives for conventional hand
shaking.
The Presidents Address.
President Rooscvelt's address ut the
Coliseum was in part as follows;
las a people we now have duties ana
opportunities In the tropic seas and
lands south Of US as well as In those or
.he farthest east.
The outcome OF the Spanish war
put us in possession Of Porto Rico ana
brought us into peculiar touch with
Cuba, While the successful negotiation
II the Huy-PaunCefotc treaty at last
cleared t.. way for the construction OF
The isthmian canal. Porto Rico may
now serve as an example of the best
method of administering our insular
possessions. SO excellent have been
he effects of our administration and
legislation concerning this island that
their very excellence has resulted in
their almost being forgotten by those
ut home. First and foremost In Porto
Rico we have constantly StTiyen to get
the very best men TO administer the
nffairs of the island. This has been the
standpoint adhered to in selecting the
men who represent u government IN
Porto Rico-governor, treasurer, attOr-
ney general, judges, superintendent OF
Education, every one. We have not
been frightened or misled into giving
the people Of the island a form OF gov
eminent unsuitable to them, n while
providing that they should govern
themselves so far as possible we have
not hesitated In their own interest 10
! keep the power of shaping their des-
tiny.
Cuban Problem More Difficult.
TN Cuba the problem was larger,
more complicated and more difficult.
Here again we kept our promise abso-
lutely. After having delivered the Is
land from its Opprcssors we refused to
turn it loose off-hand with the certain
" that it would sink into chaos and
pavagery. We brought moral and phys
zeal cleanliness into the government;
we stamped out yellow fever; we cs-
tablished Il school system; we made life
and property secure so that Industry
could again begin to thrive. Then we
turned the island over to the hands OF
those whom the people had chosen as
the founders of the new republic. cuba
must always be peculiarly related to us
In international politics. She nus also
| have peculiar relations with us ecOnom-
ically. In return. we must be prepared
to put her in an economic position as
| egard our tariff system which viii
give her some measure Of the prosperity
which we enjoy. l believe that 1t Is
only a matter of time before we enter
into reciprocal trade relations with
Cube.
The Isthmian canal represents what
is probably to be the greatest NOV
engineering feat. When certain Ques,
tions Of detail and Of our relations VIII
the people owning the soil shall have
| bean Satt1ni the naVt StIn Will he tht
selection Of n commission which is Il
supervise the building Of the anal
IF possible I should like 10 see this
| committee represent different sections
and different political parties. Bu'
these questions are secondary. The pri
mary aim must be to get men who
possess the patriotism and the ambi'
ton which will make them willing t.
put their talents at the government!
service.
The Task in the Orient.
$50 much for what has been done il
the ~occident. In the orient the labor
was more difficult.
The elimination of the Spanish wa
In the Philippines was an easy task
but it left us certain other tasks which
were much more difficult. One of thes
tasks was hat of dealing with tn
Philippines.
Had we abandoned the islands
| period Of wild chaos o nave Su
perVened and then some stronger pow
err would have stepped In and seized tn
islands. A less easy, but infinitely NOR
absurd, course would have been to leay
the Islands ourselves and at the sam
| time to assert that we would not per
init anyone else to interfere with then
ultimately this government mad
up it's mind to stay in the islands,
put down ~ViolenCC-to establish peaC
and order-and then to introduce a jus
and wise civil rule, accompanied by
measure OF self government whic
should increase as rapidly as the is
landers showed themselves fit for 1t.
1.-The first and vitality important fea
was the establishment of h supTeT
acy OF the American flag. 1t was no
a task that was possible to humaneI
accomplish in a short time. With un
wearied and patient resolution GU
army in the Philippines fought unit
the last vestige of organized Insured
ton was stamped out. l do not refe
to the Moros, with whom we have eX
ercised the utmost forbearance, but VIII
may force us to chastise them If the
persist in attacking our troops. Anon
the Filipinos proper, however, peac
has come. Doubtless here n thcr
sporadic outbreaks. OF b~rigandage wi
occur from time to time, but organize
warfare against the American flag ha
ceased and there is no reason to az
prehend its recurrence. Our army
the islands has been reduced until II
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