Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-27
WE SEEK PEACE.

WE SEEK PEACE.
We earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations Of the new and old
worlds; and we endeavor to place our
relations with them upon a basis OF
reciprocal advantage instead Of hostill-
ty We hold that the prosperity OF
each nation Is an aid and not hind
rance to the prosperity of other nations.
We seek International amity for the
same reasons that make us believe In
peace within our own borders; and we
seek this peace not because we are
afraid or unready. but because we
think that peace Is right as well as
advantageous.
OUR INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC,
American interests in the Pacific
have rapidly grown American enter
prise has laid a cable across this the
greatest Of oceans. We have proved
IN effective fashion that we wish the
Chinese empire well and desire It's in
tegrity and Independence.
THE PHILIPPINES.
our foothold In the Philippines great
ly strengthens our position in the COM
petition for the trade OF the east: but
I
interest OF the Philippine people them
selves. We have already given them
large share In their government, and
our purpose Is to Increase this share as
rapidly as they give evidence OF In
oreaslng fitness for the task, The great
majority OF the officials OF the islands,
whether elective or appointiye, are al
ready native FllipinOs. We are now
providing for legislative assembly.
This is the first step to be taken i'm
the future; and It would be eminently
unwise to declare what our next step
viii be until this first step has been
taken and the results are manifest. To
have gone faster than we have already
gone In giving the islanders con
stantly increasing measure Of self-gov-
eminent would have been disastrous.
At the present moment to give political
independence TO the islands would re-
suit In the immediate loss Of civil
rights, personal liberty and public or
der, as regards the mass OF the Flip
mos, for the majority OF the islanders
have been given these great boons by
us, and only keep them because we Wig
ilanly safeguard and guarantee them.
To withdraw our government from the
Islands at this time would mean TO the
average native the loss Of his barely
won civil freedom. We have estab-
lished In the islands a government by
Americans assisted by Fllplnos We
ore steadily striving to transform this
into self-government by the Filiplnos
assisted by Americans.
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
The principles which we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen,
in all portions Of our country Above
all they should give us strength with
the men and women who are the splr-
itual heirs OF those who upheld the
hands OF Abraham Lincoln for we are
striving 10 do our work In the spirit
with which Lincoln approached his.
During the seven years that have Just
passed there Is no duty, domestic or
foreign, which we have shirked; no
necessary task which we have feared to
undertake. or which we have not per-
formed with reasonable efficiency We
have never pleaded impotence, We
have never sought refuge In criticism
and complaint instead OF action We
face the future with our past and our
present as guarantors of our promises,
and we are content TO stand or to fall
by the record which we have made and
are making.
At the conclusion Of the address
President Roosevelt held an informal
reception and received the congratula.
tons of the committeeman on his
speech,