The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-05
PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Roosevelt said in part:

Mr. Roosevelt said IN part.
I'VE have had our tasks to do IN the
last four wears. or rather we have h;lh'
a every generation must have. many
tasks to do tasks affecting us aprodu'
and one of those tasks being done as II
has been. has signalled ous entry into Il
larger world. (Applause).
And it is most appropriate that Oh
this fourth of July this ann'TcfSarS
Of the birth of the nation, it should be
onr GOOD fortune to have promulgated
the declaration establishing; peace III me
Philippines, and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 70
the army of the praise SO richly Que
Continued applause and cheers
we said Cuba should become a 1ree
republic and we have kept cur Weia
q ,oud applause) To have turned Cupa
over to the hands OF It's own people I'M
,neliately after the Withdrawal OIL me
Spanish flag would have meant rum ana
chaos. We established a government IN
the islands: we established peace and
order. and then when in the 1uIiness Oh
time we felt they could walk alone we
turned over the government TO theil''
and now the beautiful Queen OF Inc
Antilles has started on her course as
free republic among the nations o1 liie
col 80: -Rs,EsCIPRoCITY SURE.
"Rut there is one thing our policy
toward Cuba has not yet met wlti-lts
live f,,,ition. 1t will meet with it.
(Anplause) Cuba must occupy a peculiar
relation to US in the field OF international
notifies She must in the largest sense
be part of the general political system
IN international affairs of which this re-
nublic stands as the head. She has
assented to that view, and in return this
nation is bound to give her specsai
economic privileges not given to othef
nations cloud applauseo
"I regret that a measure OF reciprocity
viii, Cuba is not already embodied In
statute or IN treaty, but 1t VIII o< just
as sure as fate. Cloud applause
And now a word as to the Philippines,
There are vet troubles in the Moro coun-
;r7, the country Of the Mohammeoan
TRIES but among the F'ilipinos. among
the PEOPLE who have been in instruction.
| peace now reigns. (Applause) 1t may be,
I think unlikely, but it is possible, that
hele and there some seeming DEAD coal
Of insurrection may for the moment be
| famed into a live emher. If SO. that
flame will be stamped out. Cloud APP
| plause.)
| "Eut speaking broadly and generally,
| ncace has come. Our army has received
| its reward (Applause.) And what was
| the reward of our army. The reward OF
| the consciousness lof duty well done.
! cloud applause) Our soldiers have
|
| Fled, so that when victory came they
might turn over the government TO the
civil authorities (Appause) Victory
| came; to-day the proclamation of peace
| ard amnesty has been promulgated, and
| at the same time our generals have been
notified that the civil government is SUI
prone in the islands. (Applause)
Does not that speak we'll, oh, my
| h ethren, for our army. for our troops;
| that the troops Of this people should
| war hoping for q triumph which is to
put the power into the hands of the civil
authorities?
| GREAT PROBLEMS.
I'VE have great problems at home to
| face. and especially great, especially diff
lirult the problems caused by the
| growth and concentrate of great tndi-
vidual and above all great corporate
| fortunes It is immensely for the inter-
estS of the country that there should be
suei' individual and corporate wealth
as long as 1t is used right, and wnen
not used right then it becomes a serious
men; &c and danger. (Applause)
The instruments and methods with
which we are to meet these new prob
! lens must in many cases themselves be
| new, but the purpose lying behind the
use of these methods of those instru-
| ments. must, if we are to succeed. be as
| in the past, strictly in accord with the
| immutable laws of order, of justice and
right (appluase.) We may need and In
my belief. will need. new legislation, con-
! ceived in no radical or revolutionary
spirit; but in a spirit of common sense.
common honesty. and resolute desire to
| face facts as they are. (Applause)
| "We will need TIM NV legislation. but
| while laws are important it is infinitely
| more important that they should BE- ad-
ministered in accordance with the prin-
| ciples that have marked honest admin