The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-07
PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
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congress appropriates, directly and
indirectly, six millions of dollars an
nually to carry on this work. 1t
reaches every State and Territory in
the Union and the islands of the sea
lately come under our flag. Coop
Grafton is had with the State expert
ment stations, and with many other
institutions and individuals. The
world is carefully searched for new
varieties of grains, fruits, grasses,
vegetables, trees and shrubs, suitable
to various localities in our country;
and marked benefit to our producers
has resulted.
Pensions.
The veterans of the civil war have
claim upon the nation such as no
other body of our citizens possess.
The pension bureau has never in its
history been managed in more sat
isfactory manner than is now the
case.
Currency.
The attention of the congress
should be especially given to the cur
rency question and that the standing
committees On the matter in the two
houses charged with the duty take up
the matter of our currency and see
whether it is not possible to secure
an agreement in the business world
for lettering the system. The COM
mittees should consider the question
of the retirement of the greenbacks
and the problem of securing in our
currency such elasticity as is consis-
tent with safety. Every silver dol
lar should be made by law redeem
able in gold at the option Of the
holder.
Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The Alaskan natives should be Civ
en- the right to acquire, hold, and dis
pose of property upon the same con-
ditions as given other inhabitants,
and the privilege of citizenship
should be given to such as may be
able to meet certain definite require
ments. In Hawaii congress should
give the governor power to remove
all the officials appointed under him.
The harbor Of Honolulu should be
dredged. The marine hospital serv-
ice should be empowered to study
leprosy in the islands. I ask recon-
mendations of the governor of Porto
Rico.
The Navy.
The strong arm Of the government
in enforcing respect for its just
rights in international matters is the
navy of the United States. / most
earnestly recommend that there be
no halt in the work of upbuilding
the American navy. There is no
more patriotic duty before us as a
people than to keep the navy ade-
quate to the needs Of this country's
position. We have undertaken to
build the isthmian canal. We have
undertaken to secure for ourselves
our just share in the trade of the Or
lent. We shave undertaken to pro-
tect our citizens from improper treat
ment in foreign lands. We continue
steadily to insist on the application
of the Monroe doctrine to the west
ern hemisphere. Unless our attitude
in these and all similar matters is to
be a mere bOastful sham we cannot
afford to abar''nn our naval program
Our voice is now potent for peace
and is so potent because we are not
afraid of war. But our protestations
upon behalf Of peace would neither
receive nor deserve the slightest at
tention if we were impotent to make
them good.
The Army.
Within the last three years the
United States has set an example in
disarmament where disarmament was
proper. BY law our army is fixed at
maximum Of 100000 and a mini
mum of 10000 men. When there
was insurrection in the Philippines we
kept the army at the maximum
Peace came in the Philippines, and
now our army has been reduced to
the minimum at which it is possible
to keep it with due regard to its eff
ficiency. The guns now mounted re-
quire $4,000 men if the coast forti-
fications are to be adequately man.
ned. Relatively to the nation it Is
not now so large as the police force