Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-05

per, weak or strong. could appeal to
courts and know that he would receive
Aud then. when in the fullness Of time,
We felt they could walk alone. we turned
tue beautiful Queen Of Che Antilles has
started on her course as a free republic
among the nations of the earth. ZAP
piause1
But there is one thlng-our policy to-
ward Cuba has not yet met with its en-
tire fruition. 1t will meet with 1t. ZAP
pause.1 The course Of the last few years
Las made more evident than ever before
that this nation must in time to come
have pecuniary interests on the isthmus
connecting the two Americas and IN the
waters and among the islands adjacent
thereto (Applause) Nationally we can
not occupy the position toward these re-
our interests are far less, and this is
donbiy true now that congress with great
wisdom has provided for the building OF
I'm lnterocean canal tApplause.l
Cuba must occupy a peculiar relation to
US in the field of International politics.
She must In the larger sense be part Of
tional affairs, of which this republic stands
ut the head. She has assented % that
view and in return this nation is bound
to give her special economic privileges not
given to other nations loud applause
| regret that a measure of reciprocity with
Cuba is not already embodied in statute
OF In treaty, but 1t will be just as sure as
fate. loud apDlause.)
Will Stamp Out Rebellion.
And now word as to the Philippines.
There are yet troubles In In the Moro eoun-
y bes the but IN e h faf mome the
Filipinos, among the people who have been
In instruction, peace, now reigns cap.
5oss II may here tnn an here
seeming dead coal of instruction may be
for the moment famed into a live piece
Of ember, and burst into ttiul fame; II
so, that flame will be stamped out. cloud
applause.)
Put, speaking broadly and generally,
eas And mas wha
the reward of our army? The reward of
the consciousness of duty well done.
fought. have have toiied, have struggled. have
rilled, so that when victory came they
might turn over the government to the
wi Victory came Todag the proclamation
Of peace and amnesty has been promul-
gated and at the same time our. generals
have been notified that the civil govern
ment is supreme in the islands ZAP
piGuse)
poes not that speak well. oh, my
brethren, for our army, for our troops,
that the troops of these people who were
hoping for triumph which is to put the
power into the hands of the civil author
tiles?
BY law we are allowed an army at a
maximum of a hundred thousand men, at
a minimum of sixty thousand men. While
this war has gone on we have steadily
| reduced that army until now, by orders
promulgated. its limit is $4,000, and as a
matter. of fact we have two or three thou
speaks well for our Institutions. 1t speaks
well for the triumphs of the policies with
which, as a nation. we have been identi-
fled during the past four years. And. men
and women of the United States, it shows
how slight was the warrant for the fears
| expressed by those Of little faith as TO
wi at would follow authorizing even the
s,s'lh army that was authorized. Gap
plause.l
And now, my fellow citizens, | spoke
Cuba and the Philippines as being one of
the tasks which this generation had to
face, 1t is only one We have great prob
one one Of the great Industrial centers, not
merely of America, but of the world. ZAP
piuuse.) million people stand grouped
we now are. The growth of your cities
within this radius has been one of the
lhost striking phenomena of this day. and
here, therefore, you are brought face to
face with those problems which affected
our entire civilization at the opening of
this new century The tremendous rush
and also of necessity brought somewhat
OF evi 1.-the very Intensity of the progress
ana infinitely difficult problems have
arisen which we must strive to solve as
lest we may. Under our form of govern.
luent, with us great decentralization OF
power, some Of those problems must be
solved through the work of private indi-
yiduals. working by themselves others,
by the association into organized bodies
| q groups of private citizens and others
yet through the various governmental
agencies. of municipal, state and national,
the problems caused by the growth and
concentration of great individual and,
above all, great corporate fortunes, 1t is
immensely for the interests of the country
that there should be such individual and
corporate wealth as long as 1t is used
right, and when not used right then it
| lApplause) The instruments and methods
| with which We are to meet these new
problems must In many cases themselves
be new, but the purpose lying behind the
use of these methods of those instruments
must, If we are to succeed. be now, as in
the past, simply in accord with the i'm
n,ltable laws of order, of justice and
New Legislature Needed.
We may need, and in my belief will
| need, new legislation conceived in no radi-
of common sense, common honesty and a
rcsolute desire to face facts as they are.
| lAPplause) We will need then new legis-
| lation, but while laws are important ii is
| infinitely more important that they should
! be administered In accordance with the
principles that have marked honest ad-
ed history. tAplause3 In the last analy-
| sis the most important debt of civilized
government is the debt of justice Think
| what 1t means.
The department of justice, justice which
means that each man, rich or poor, big
| or small, strong or weak, shall have his
| rights and shall not be allowed to do
wrong to his fellows. (Applause) And
| you here of this city have right to feel
proud OF your representative in the cabi-
| net. the man under whom we can guar
antee that the debt of justice will be such
Ia fact as well as in name. loud and
! Knox, Knox) When 1t comes to practi-
/ cal work the ounce OF performance out
| weighs the ton of promise (applause), and
under Mr.. Knox there has been very much
more than an ounce of performance. Zap
| plause.) Oh my fellow countrymen, as
we face these Infinitely difficult problems,
/ let us ever keep In mind that though we
| need the highest qualities of the intellect
| for their solution, yet we need a thousand
times more, what counts for many many.
many times as much as ineffective need
character. (Crles of that is it, and APP
tonesty and courage, and common sense,
| silt avail us more IN the long run than
1 my brilliancy on the stump or any advjs-
! lrg legislative means and methods. The
we need the best intellect we can get; we
need the best intelligence, but we need
| raore SILL, character. We need common
sense, common honesty and resolute coqr-
| Knox has sbown-the character that will
refuse. to be hurried Into any unwise or
precipitate movement by any elamor,
whether hysterical or degagogic, and. on
| fuse to be frightened cut Of the movement
which he thinks 1t right to undertake by
fny pressure still less by any threat, ex-
| pressed or implied Cries Of hear, hear.
| tnd appinuse.)
Can Only Solve Them by Degrees.
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