Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-01

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place in the Coliseum in this city tonight.
| Covers were laid for $50 guests. The dec
! orations were elaborate and the list Of
! speakers included Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw,
secretary Of the treasury. and Charles En-
ory Smith Of Philadelphia. Frank p. Sar-
| gent. United States commissioner Of i'm
migration, also was present.
| large oil painting OF President Roose-
| welt, Illuminated by incandescent lamps,
caused spontaneous outburst Of applause
which lasted for some minutes Both Sec
| rotary Shaw and Mr. Smith were given
| ovations.
shaw Defends TarIf.
Secretary Shaw reviewed the history Of
the republican party from its inception. In
the course of his speech he said:
The democratic demand for revision OF
| the tariff a remedy for monopolies is not
a new invention or recent discovery.
J The remedy, however, is on a par with
many others; The al-important question
| whether a given industry is controlled by
! a monopoly must needs be established be-
! fore the proposed remedy can be applied
! 1 would Ike to have our democratic friends
| explain whether they would remove protec-
| tlon temporarily or permanently from mo-
! ton be removed until the alleged monopoly
! goes into bankruptcy, and then be restored
| or shall 1t be removed permanently and our
! it lniuustrles. one oy one turned over TO for
And If the removal of protection is to be
temporary, who is to say when II shall be
restored? II in point OF fact the iron the
steel, the glass, the paper or any other in
dustry has been monopolized as is claimed,
| and II no one dare build factories in compe-
! tition with these octopi, will American
courage be excited by the removal of tho
tariff so as to invite these products from
abroad? 1t seems to me- but l may be
wrong, that American enterprise would be
quite as likely to build factory, and com
pete in the American market under protsc
tion as free trade. In point of fact l hap
pen TO know of independents plants, not
| simply projected, but actually in process
of construction but l believe no one OF
them would be completed ir 1t were known
| the tariff was to be suspended.
Domestic competition is sure to arise in
! time, but we become impatient. After the
enactment of the Dingley law our demo-
because the effects were not noticeable in
stanter 1t took some time to adjust con-
| ditions. and IL will also take time to count
eract attempts that are sometimes made
I to thwart the natural operations of the
law. But the fact remains that there is
no industry, no class of men. no interest,
that is not more prosperous, more thriving,
more hopeful and more sure Of success than
ever before in the history of our country.
This remedy seems to me addressed to
those who are supposed to be shortsighted
end from the beginning. For whatever re-
tires a monopolistic corporation from the
field and invites foreign competition to sup
! but what is vastly worse, II turns all la
borers employed in the industry into the
| street. a wise measure OF CC0ITOl Is pref
cradle to any measure OF destruction.
America Worlds Peacemaker.
Speaking ON 'our Republic as Peace
maker" Charles Emory Smith said:
II has been said that our war with Spain
and its results filled this country with new
and dangerous ideas. 1t has been asserted
that It led US out of the path of peace and
progress within our own rightful domain
into greed power, a spirit OF aggression
and an ambition to play part among ma
take to affirm, on the contrary. that it has
Civ en- us a new. position and power for tbs
preservation of peace and the promotion OF
moral obligations as the ruling law be-
tween peoples Instead Of having become
more of a menace to the world and of hav-
ing endangered our own tranquility and
security, 1t may justly be said that our re-
Tublic Is now the worlds peacemaker.
1t Is true that in the conflict with Spain,
for the first time in our history, we made
war for cause outside OF our own rights
and honor We made war in the cause Of
and no lust OF territory. But the war com
PEELED US not only to drive Spain out of this
1St 10 Gsf m Sn GTr nag S
OF the Pacific, and this expansion brought
us into new relations with the different
quarters of the globe.
by War Comes Peace.
1t was war. but its inspiration was peace
creased strength and influence in peace. 1t
was part of the growth which marks our
| DeneHtenl utEllDy among the nations. we
had to become a world power before we
could become a worlds peacemaker. We
already dominated the west because we
were the great western power, but before
we could exercise a voice On the east we
had to boone an eastern power. The gem
which reach beyond individual peoples and
concern the general progress, are in the
keeping of the great nations. England,
France. Germany and Russia were the four
great powers because their arms extended
over the continents and the When
the United States reached across the seas
it became the fifth great power. For the
first time II was recognized as nation that
! must be reckoned with.
The practical test came when the storm
broke loose in China in 1900. That was an
issue upon which hung the future destiny
of the great empire of the east. Yet had It
come before our war with Spain we should
have played no part In ITS settlement. We
was taken without our being consulted. In
fact in some phases of the matter we took
the lead in the consultations We were the
worlds peacemaker ip China. How and
why? Because, In spite OF the horrid out
= break at Pekin, our government insisted
, that there was not state OF war. 1t local
, ized the difficulty. II kept the great vice.
roys OF southern China from taking. part
and thus prevented rebellious outbreak
from becoming a general war.
worlds Conflict in China.
In a higher and larger sense the United
| States was the worlds peaCemaker theLe.
From the beginning. our government de-
| CldItu lndl the TWO he4IoltS OF American
J policy were the maintena"~~ of the in
| tegrity OF the Chinese ire and the
, | preservation of equal C., -ercial oppor-
tunity. That was the assurance of peace
upon the suppression of the local outbreak.
What reason had China to look to a general
war when ITS unity was thus defended
| What motive had the powers of Europe in
seeking general war when they were thus
warned that no spoils OF territory would be
gained2 Who doubts that II the United
States had not taken this position those
ambitious ana aggrandizing powers of Ell
rope would have seized the opportunity 10
, make a division of China2 And II such a
, spark had been struck who can tell how
! great a conhagration might have followed?
The generous, Chivalrous and righteous at
, titude Of the United States kept the trouble
, ! In China within the smallest bounds and
saved the nations from a stupendous and
doubtful Issue among themselves. II is
thus literally true that the United States
vas the worlds eaCemaker In China
The United States IL the worlds peace
maker I'm the western hemisphere This
truth was recently emphasized when we
, practically enforced peace between Ven
eZuela and its European assailants II Il
had not been for our Intervention the in
Cipent war would have become a deadly
conflict with seizure OF territory. The posi-
= antee Of peace throughout the whole South
, American continent. We can appreciate its
Z vital powers to the rest OF the world. They
, have divided Asia so far as Asia Is now d.
? visible They have seized and Bpportiored
, Africa 80 far as that continent can now be-
2 sgprouTiated The great continental islanl
. 4f Australia iE I'm the hands of EnRla nd