The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-08
PRESIDENT PRAISES TAFT.
-r,ISOF HIS GOOD WORK IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
,.,.nd. the Administrators Policy In .
speech at Fargo-Revisits the scenes
# Ills Days as Rancher-Covers
xearly the Length OF North Dakota.

.f Ills Days as Rancher-Covers
Nearly the Length OF North Dakota.
x,poRA. n. D., April wv hen President
pc".eyet reached this place, the home OF
~ ,anching days. this afternoon he had
covered very nearly the length OF the state
North Dakota since morning. His
r,;rcipa speech during the day was made
Fargo. when he announced the present
,,atls Of matters in the Philippines and,
;rc,dentay. went out Of his way to explain
,bs, the Administration does not share the
.PeIlairs- view of the comparative useful
nos. TO the nation Of Gov. Taft and Gen
Wood
PRESIDENT Mellen OF the Northern Pacific
psiroad Joined the President at Fargo and
xill 90 at least as far as Livingston. Mon.
Nth him He may go to the Yellowstone
park with the President.
penorts from the Yellowstone continue
10 enlarge upon the heavy fall OF snow
,bsrs The Yellowstone Hotels Corpora
,ion had spent nearly 5000 according to
vice.president Burns, in making the trail
na.satle for the President. Nearly all
hat work has been spoiled by the storms
n The last few days. The speech on the
Philippines was as follows;
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE.
My FELLOW C rTn & Ths forthTns .
hseSis, bore a full share in the struggle
~ which the war with Spai n was the begin
p ps1sd with the gigantic death wrsstie which
ior four years stamped to and fro across the
scuir m Stats in the Civil War but a
srrIgglr fraught with conse Quen noes to the
nation and indeed. to the world, out OF all
proportion TO the smallness OF the effort
O'ifbrSe and a half years ago Pre:ident
MINI sofa. on the occasion OF the return OF
Philippine Islands, where they had served
Win your own gallant sons q the North
lse rsturnsd Soldiers for their vsor and
patriotism and their coptemptuous refusal
% be dspnted or misled ~ the Sutery raised ,sed
us TO abandon the islands. he spoke OF the
Islands themselves as follows:
GSns WSsh VI" Vim Sgns h. 'h se..
,e esssrs as well as advance their people in
h oB Pa5e Ssevs They viii NOT
governed as vassals or serfs or slaves They
S be given G wsS
S fy4.h Spprei Sstfce s Without priSs
10 life. liberty and the pursuit OF happiness.
What he said then lay IN the realm OF
II Il is a good thing to look back upon what
Of Of what hat" has actually been done, II promises
then those who have fai led In their duty should
hand. the promises have been substantially
made good: II the achievement has kept
.n them he. !hs Who The
nskt 70 claim the credit which attaches 70
claim Tor the men who have managed SO
admirably the military and the civil affairs
Of the Philippine Islands ana soE saoss 11her
Congress, and without whose aid and support
not one thing could have been accompl ishcd.
THE ARMY's GOOD WORK.
When President Mckinley spoke, the firs,
duty was the restoration Of order; and to thi'
4 army .s%ps:sa q Rssgisr; and Scisnss;sS5.
insurreetion and restore peace 70 the islsppd
yn duty not Only 70 Sdrse ely, but e the
Sc ssde he conflict without shirfins th. duty
without proving ourselves reTeants to the
had snS SbsS ID S we would have int,icted
s shd v e1i have doomed them 70 bloody
ass. e oofns ' Ssct n that AMY u our peepe
should have failed to recognize . duty PC
SSs home the c
81 'ss; Work AMI. Es'
way p' wien s' nns Sp did good for i the end
ssoq BODY 'o of eeop
against the army, but against the ,army's
tisducsrs: The eircymstssnses Of the war war
from their foes. They fought in dense
esessrOa sa and vers cruel mot only toward
ogr. own men. but toward the great numbers
Of friendly natives. the most peaceable and
among hundred thousand hot; FLOODED
d on Se other s ssv ~ in soS
it was impossible that occasional instances
81 wrongdoing should not occur. The fact
nsh intolefsble 'i provocalfon cannot Tor one
moment be admitted In the way OF excuse or
All good Americans regret and deplore
them. and the War Department has taken
every step In its power TO punish the onend-
q repetition of the offence. But these Of
Fences we're the exception. and not the rule;
n Sgr soSPs S r nSs oPSy
and the most sincere desire to promote the
welfare and liberties Of the ISLANDERS, In
cult campaigns they completely overthrow
ihe enemy. reducing them finally to con-
,s.S Of mere btisandsse and wherever
make way Tor the rule OF the civil govern:
m"nt, for the introduction OF law. and oil
nberv under the law When, by last July,
The last vestige of organized insurrect ion had
oiAppeared. peace and amnesty were pro-
damned
PRAISE FOR GOV. TAFT.
A. rapidly as the military rule was ex:
tended over the islands by the defeat OF
NE Insurgents Just so rapidly was II re-
placed by the civil government Al the pres
eht time the civil government Is supreme
and the army in the Philippines has been
reduced until IL Is sufficient merely to pro-
va" against the recurrence OF trouble. In
10Y. Taft and his Associates We sent to the
flhpinos as upright. as conscientious and
as atle t group OF administ rators as ever
NY coustry HIS been blessed with having
with them and under them we have asso-
.attd the best men among the Filpinos
20 mat the great majority OF the officials
,heluding many Of the highest rank. are
themselves natives OF the islands. The
administration is incorruptibly honest
Justice is as jealously safeguarded as here
nome. The government Is conduct ed
purely IN the interests OF the people OF thu
.,aahds they are protected In their religious
mo ciyil rights; they have been given ar
,,aehent and well administered school sys.
Ne m, ana each OF them now enjoys rights
.e such as were never before known In
~ the history OF the islands.
Inc Congress which has Just adjourned
"a passed legislation OF high import nct
M great wisdom In the interests OF the
sslplho people. First and foremost they
sSShlerred upon them by law the present
sumHdhle civil government. In addit iOT