The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-06-21
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tCOutt0uSu IIOm rage IWO.)
ordinate officers, have occurred ther'
as they ecu in every business
Neither fear nor favor, nor politica
or personal influence has availed t.
protect the wrongdoers.
The Department of Agriculture has
brought to a point Of efficiency and
practical benefit never before known
Four years ago we held the island
of Cuba by Military occupation. The
opposition charged. and the people oil
Cuba believed. that we did not intend
to keep the pledge of April Goth, 1898
that when the p~aciication of Cuba
was accomplished we should leave
the government and control of the
island to it's people. The new policy
toward Cuba which should follow the
fulillment Of that pledge was un
formed. During the four years it has
been worked out in detail and has re
ceived effect. 1t vas communicated
by executive order to the Military
Governor. 1t was embodied in the
Act of Congress known as the Plat
Amendment. 1t was accepted by the
Cuban Constitutional Convention on
the 18th of October, 1901. 1t secured
to Cuba her liberty and her indepen-
dence, but it required her to main
tain them.
On the Goth of May, 1902. under a
s~tipulatiOns, the government and con-
troll of Cuba were surrendered to
the President and Congress elected
by her people. and the American ar
my sailed away. The new republic
began it's existence with an admins
tration of Cubans completely organic
ed in all it's branches and trained to
effective service by American officers.
The Administration of President Pal
ma has been wise and efficient. Peace
and order have prevailed. The peo-
pie of Cuba are prosperous and happy
When the last National Convention
the Philippines also were under
military rule. The instructors from
the mountains spread terror
among the peaceful people by mid
night fOray and secret assassination.
Aguinaldo bided his time in a secret
retreat. Over seventy thousand Amer
lean soldier from more than five hun
dred stations, held a vigorous enemy
in check. The Philippine Commission
had not yet begun its work.
The last vestige of insurrectiOn has
been swept away. With their work
accomplished, over 5000 American
troops have been brought back across
the Pacific. Civil government has
been established throughout the Arch
ipelagO. Peace and order and justice
prevail.
A complete census has beer taken
designed to be there as it was In
Cuba the basis for representative
government; and the people of the
island will 500 proceed under provis.
ions already made by congress to the
Of a representative assembly,
in which for the first time in their his
tory they may have a voice in the
making of their own laws. In the
the local provincial govern
ments are in the hands of officers
by Filipinos; and In the
sion. on the Bench, in the executive
the o distinguished
of the Filipino race are taking
their part in the government Of their
A free school system has
been established and hundreds of
children are learning lessons which
will help fit them for self government
There is but one point of disturb
ance, and that is in the country of
the Mohammedan Moros. where
there is an occasional fitful savage
outbreak against the enforcement OF
lie law cCCHtiy maui " piofIuc "
adequate supervision and control to
put an end to the practice of human
slavery.
In 1900 the project of the IsthmiaD
Canal stood where it was left by the
Treaty of 1850. For
half a century it had halted. with
Great Britain resting upon a joint
of control, and the great under
of de Lesseps struggling
against the doom of failure exposed
by extravaganza and corruption. On
the 18th OF November. 1901, the Hay
Pauncefote Treaty with Great Brit
ian relieved the enterprise of the
right Of British control and left that
right exclusively to the United States
Then followed swiftly the negotiations
and protocols with Nicaragua: the
Isthmiap Canal Act of Iuna 9th 1909