The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-16
ON THE PHILIPPINES.
President Addresses a Large Audi
ence at Fargo, N. D.

ence at Fargo, N. D.
Dur New Island Possessions In tho
East, His subject-Bravery Of
the Sons of the North
west.
Fargo, N. D., April S.-President
Roosevelt spoke here Tuesday to a:
large audience on the subject of the
Philippines. Following is a synopsis
of his address,,
The president began his address by
referring to the loyal and brave
service of the sons of the north
west in the war with Spain and.
the restoring of peace in the Phil
ippines. He quoted from a speech de-
livered by President Mckinley in,
Minnesota on the return of the sol
diers from the Philippines in which.
Mr.. Mckinley promised that congress
would provide for the islands a gov
eminent which will bring them bless
ings, and which will promote their ma
terial interests as well as advance.
their people in the path of civilization
and intelligence"
This, President Roosevelt went on
to say, had been done, and he declared
credit was due to the men who had so.
admirably managed the military and
civil affairs of the islands, and to the
men in congress who had so heartily
backed them.
Splendid Work of the Army.
The work of the army-composed of
regulars and volunteers alike--in re-
storing order in the islands and pre-
pairing the way for civil government
was most faithfully and bravely done.
among a hundred thousand hot
blooded and powerful young men-serv-
ing in small detachments on the other
side of the globe, it was impossible
that occasional instances of wrong
doing should not occur. But these Of
lenses were the exception and not the
rule. AS a whole our troops showed
not only signal courage and efficiency,
but great humanity and the most sin
cere desire to promote the welfare and
liberties of the islanders.
"As rapidly as military rule was ex-
tended over the islands by the defeat
of the insurgents, just SO rapidly was
it replaced by the civil government.
AT the present time the civil govern
ment is supreme and the army in the
Philippines has been reduced until it
is sufficient merely to provide against
the recurrence of trouble.
Work of Congress.
"The congress which has just adj
journed has passed legislation of high
Importance and great wisdom in the
interests of the Filipino people. First
and foremost they conferred upon
them by law the present admirable
civil government; in addition they
gave them an excellent currency; they
passed a measure allowing the organ
ization of a native constabulary; and
they provided, in the interests oIsthe
Islands, for d reduction of rs per
cent. in the tariff on Filipino articles
brought to this country. asked that
d still further reduction should be
made.
tribute 70 OOV. Iaff.
"The best thing that can be done in
handling such a problem as that in the
Philippines, so peculiar, SO delicate, so
difficult and so remote, is to put the
best man possible in charge and then
give him the heartiest possible support,
and the freest possible hand. This is
what has been done with Gov. Taft.
There is not in the nation a higher or
finer type of public servant than Gov.
Taft. He has rendered literally ines
Unable service, not only to the peo-
pie of the Philippine islands, but also
to the, people of the United States, by
what he has, done in those islands. He
has been able to do it. because from
the beginning he has been given abso-
lutte support by the var department,
under Secretary Root. With the ces-
sation of organized resistance the civil
government assumed its proper posi-
tion of headship. The army in the
Philippines is now one of the instru-
ments through which Gov. Taft does
his admirable work. The civil govern
ment, of which Gov. Taft is the head,
is supreme, and it will do well inthe fu-
ture as it has in the past, because it
will be backed up in the future as it
has been in the past.
Remember always that in the Phil
ippines the American government.
has tried and is trying to carry out ex-
actly what the greatest genius and
most revered patriot ever known in
the Philippine islands-Jose Rial
~steadfastly advocated. This man,
shortly before his death, in a mes
sage to his countrymen, under date
of December 16, 1896, condemned un-
sparingly the insurrection of Agui-
naldo, terminated just before our navy
appeared upon the scene, and pointed
out the path his people should follow
to liberty and enlightenment"
Journalist Dead.
Amsterdam, N. Y, April s.-William
F. Beldan, for 20 years one of the
leading journalists and republican
politicians of the Mohawk valley,
died suddenly Tuesday of apoplexy
at Albany, where he was deputy SEN