Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-23

kept it in good faith and with keen re-
gard for the welfare of the CuDans. we
did not turn Cuba loose to sink into wei
ter of anarchy. We first administered phe
affairs of the island until order had been
brought out of chaos, until the cities had
been cleaned an educational system
started and just and efficient govern
ment introduced. We then turned the
new republic over to the nands OF those
whom its people had elected as It's ser
wants and bade IL God speed on its jour
ney of independence.
the island has come to an end with the
Immediate proximity to the United States
rendered its well-being of such interest to
us that we We're forced to interfere in its
Interest by force of arms. For the same
reason its future welfare cannot but be
a matter of grave concern to us. We do
! not desire Cuba to stand toward any other
nation in the same relations of intimate
friendship and alliance that we desire to
see it adopt toward US. 1t must, there
core be in a certain sense, a part of our
interna tional political system, and II ac-
Plat amendment. But it is out of the
question for us to expect that it will as
sumo such position toward us with re-
gard to international politics without at
the same time sharing somewhat III the
benefits of our economic system. j
1T was for this reason that President
Mckinley urged and that | have urged
ana snail urge the neeu OF establishing
closer relations with Cuba by reciprocity
We urged reciprocity because it is for our
interests to control the Cuban market,
because we are bound to place the Gu
bans on a peculiar standing economically
when they consent in our interests as
well as their own to assume a peculiar
status internationally. and because it is
fitting for "A great and generous republic
to stretch out a helping hand toward her
feebler sister just starting to tread the
path of independence.
THE case stands by itself and there
can be no other like it. Porto Rico, Ha-
wall and the Philippines have relations
of varying intimacy, and they have either
been admitted within our economic sys-
TEN or have been given some of the bene-
fits thereof Cuba, although independ-
ent also stands in a peculiar position to-
ward us and should receive in similar
fashion a measure of benefit from and
partial inclusion within our system The
questions that ordinarily concern us of
prime weight in a tariff matter do not
come in here as of primary Importance
We cannot choose what the articles are
which Cuba shall export.
we must accept them as they are and
we must remember that in dealing with
this island, especially now that we are
about to build the sthmian canal and
our interests in the West Indian waters
have become so great, we must shape our
policy with far sighted regard for the
future and for the interest and honor of
the alton a whole. | do not believe
u particle of harm will come to any
American interest from the adoption of
a reasonable measure of reciprocity with
Cuba. | am certain that the adoption of
| such a measure Will be in the interests
| of our people as Il whole.
above and while fully acknowledging
| the high-mindedneSS and moral sincerity
of those of my associates with whom on
| this point | differ | feel most strongly
| that by every consideration of a generous
| and far-signted public policy we are
| bound to prove to Cuba that our friend
| ship with her is of a continuing charac-
| ter and that We intended to aid her in
| her struggle for the material wel-being
| which must underlie healthy national de-
| veopment.
You. men of Michigan, belong to a
| country mighty in war and mighty in
| peace-a country of great past, whose
\ great present is but an indication of a
| great future. The world has never seen
more marvellous prosperity than that
which we now enjoy, and this prosperity
is not ephemeral. We shall have our ups
and downs The wave at times will re-
| cede, but the tide will go steadily on.
| This country has never yet been called
upon to meet a crisis in war or crisis
/ in peace to which it did not prove equal.
| and decade by decade. its power grows
greater and the likelihood of its meeting
| successfully another crisis becomes even
more assured.
81 preach the gospel of hope to you,
| men of the West. who,- in thought and
| life embody this gospel of hope, this Cos
| pei of resolute and confident belief in
| your own powers and in the destiny of
| this mighty republic. | believe in the fu-
| ture-not in spirit which will sit down
| and look for the future to work itself
| out-but with a determination each of us
to do his part in making the future what
| it can and shall be made. We are OPP
| timists. We spurn the teachings of de-
| spair and dstrust. We have an abiding
| faith in the growing strength, the grow
| ing future of the mighty young nation
| still in the flush of its youth and yet al
| ready with the might of giant. which
| stands on a continent and graspS an
| ocean with either hand
| Succeed? OF course we shall succeed
| How can success fail to come to a race
| of masterful energy and resolute charac-
ter, which has a continent for the base
| Of its domain and which feels within its
veins the thrill that comes to generous
souls when their strength StirS in them
| and they know that the future is theirs
4 No great destiny ever yet came to Il ma
| ton whose people Were laggards or faint
| hearted. No great destiny ever yet came
/ to a people walking with their eyes on
| the ground and their faces shrouded in
gloom. No great destiny ever yet came to
a people who feared the future who
| feared failure more than they hoped for
| success. With such as these we have no
part.
| I'VE know there are dangers ahead as
we know there are evils to fight and over
| come, but we feel to the full that pulse
| If the prosperity which we enjoy. Stout
of heart, we see across the dangers the
great future that lies beyond and we re-
| joice a giant refreshed. as a strong
man girt for the race. Now we go down
| into the arena, where the nations strive
! Tor mastery, our hearts lifted with the
/ faith that to us and to our children and
| our Children's children it shall be given
| IN make this rpn1Ih1jc thp orr nf an