Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-27
President formally
Notified at Oyster Bay

/ which now states that 1t fayors reci
procity. And here again we ask that the
worth of our words be judged by com.
pairing their deeds with ours. On this
Cuban reciprocity treaty there were
at the outset grave differences Of
opinion among ourselves; and the not
able thing In the negotiation and rati
fication OF the treaty, and In the legis'
lation which carried 1t into effect,
was the highly practical manner in
which withoutsacriiioe 81 principle
these differences OF opinion were
~reconciled. There was no rupture OF
ID great party, but an excellent prac.
tical outcome. the result OF the har.
monious cooperation Of two success.
sIye presidents and two successive
congresses. This Is an illustration OF
the governing capacity which entities
us to the confidence Of the people not
only In our purposes but In our prac.
tical ability to achieve those pnr.
poses. Judging by the history OF the
last twelve years, down to this very
month, Is there justification for be-
lieving that under similar eircum
stances and with similar initial differ
ences OF opinion, our opponents would
have achieved any practical result?
We have already shown In actual
fact that our policy Is to do fair and
equal Justice TO all men, paying no
heed to whether a man Is rich or poor;
paying no heed To his race, his creed,
or his birthplace.
We recognize the organization Of
capital and the organization OF la.
Dor as natural outcomes Of our indus.
trial system. Each kind of ~organiza.
ton Is to be favored 80 long as 1t acts
In 4 spirit Of Justice and of regard
for the rights Of others, Each Is to
ID granted tho full protection Of the
Inv. and each In turn liz 10 be held
10 q strict obedience 10 the law; for
no man Ii above II and nc man be-
low II. The humblest Individual Is to
have his rights safeguardea as acrupl
uiously as those Of the strongest or.
gani2atian, for each IA 10 receive jus.
tice, no more and no less. The prob.
lens with which We have % deal In
nfr modern Industrial and social life
are manifold, but The spirit in which
Il II necessary 70 approach their Aolu.
tion Is simply the spirit OF honesty, OF
courage, and oil common sense.
In inangurating the great work Of
irrigation In Tho west the administers
tion has been enabled by congress to
take n of the longest strides over
taken under our government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
The settler, The actual homo mailer.
Ever since this continent was dis.
covered the need On a.t istfmian canal
to connect the Pacific and the Allan.
tic hna been recognized; and ever
since tho birth ~ our nation such d
canal has been planned, AT last the
drenm Inns become a reality. The
isthmlan canal Il now being built by
the government NJ The United States
We conducted the negotiation for It's
construction with the incest and most
scrupulons honor, and Ia d spirit Of
tho largest generosity toward those.
through whose territory II was 10 run.
Every sinister effort which could be
devised by the spirit or faction Or the
spirit Of selfinterest was made IN or
der 10 defeat the treaty with Panama
and thereby prevent the eonsumma
ton of this work The construction
Of the canal III now an assured fnct:
hut most certainly Il lis nnwlse 10 ens.
trust Tho carrying out Of HI mUmrn@
tous a policy 10 those who have en
%deayofea Il defeat the whole under
taking.
Our foreign policy has been 80 con.
Quoted that. while not ono II our
lust claims has been sacrificed, our
relations with an foreign nations are
nov Of the most peaceful kind; there
u not d cloud on the horizon The.
last cause Of irritation between us
and amy other nation was removed
by the settlement Of the Alaskan houn
Diary.
III the Caribbean sea We have made
good orr promises Of independence
10 Cuba. and have proved our asser
ton that our mission In the island
was N of Justice and not Ut selfas
Hraudizement; and thereby no less
than BY our action In Venezuela and
Panama vie have shown that the Mon
roe doctrine is q living reality, de-
signed for tho hurt of ne nation, hut
for the protection Of civilization on
the western continent, and for tho