The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-22
CHAIRMAN ROOTDEFINES ATTITUDE
OF REPUBLICANS ON CAMPAIGN ISSUES

/ The systematic collection and publ
cation of information regarding the
magnitude and conditions of our crops,
is mitigating the injury done by specu-
lation to the farmers market.
To increase the profit of the farmer :
toll, to protect the farmers product
and extend his market, and to improve
the conditions of the farmers life; TO
advance the time when America shall
raise within her own limits every pro-
duct of the soil consumed by her peo-
pie, as she makes within her own limits
every necessary product of manufact-
ure-these have been cardinal objects of
Republican administration; and We
show record of practical things done
toward the accomplishment of these
objects never before approached.
Four years ago we held the Island of
Cuba by military occupation. The OPP
position charged. and the people of
Cuba believed, that we did not intend
to keep the pledge of April 20, 1898.
that when the publication of Cuba was
accomplished we should leave the gov
eminent and control of the island to Its
people. The new policy towards Cuba
which should follow the fulfillment of
that pledge was uniformed. During the
four years II has worked out In detail
and has received effect. 1t was COM
municated by executive order to the
in the act of Congress known as the
Plat amendment. 1t was accepted
by the Cuban Constitutional Conven-
ton on the 18th of October, 1901. 1t
secured to Cuba her liberty and her
independence, but 1t required her to
maintain them. 1t forbade her ever to
use the freedom we had earned for her
by so great sacrifice of blood and
treasure, to give the Island to any other
power: 1t required her to maintain a
government adequate for the protec-
ton of life and property and liberty,
and should she. fail, 1t gave us the right
to intervene for the maintenance of
such a government. And II gave us
coast for the protection and defense
alike of Cuba and the United States
Control of Cuba Surrendered.
On the goth of May, 1902, under a
constitution which embodied these
stipulations. the government and con-
troll of Cuba were surrendered to the
President and Congress elected by her
people, and the American army sailed
away. The new republic began it's ex-
istence with an administration of Gu
branches and trained to effective SER
vice by American officers. The admin
istration of President Palma has been
wise and efficient. Peace and order
have prevailed. The people of Cuba
are prosperous and happy. Her
finances have been honestly adminis-
tered. and her credit is high. The naval
stations have been located and bounded
at Guantanamo and Bahia Honda, and
are In the possession of our navy. The
Plat amendment is the sheet anchor of
Cuban independence and of Cuban
credit. No such revolutions as have
afflicted Central and South America are
possible there, because IL is known to
all men that an attempt to overturn
the foundations of that government
Will be confronted by the overwhelm-
Ing power of the United States. The
treaty of reciprocity and the act of
Congress of December 9Th, 1903, which
confirmed II, completed the expression
of our policy towards Cuba; which with
far view to the future aims to bind
to us by ties of beneft and protection,
OF mutual interest and genuine friend
ship, that island which guards the
isthmus, and must always be, IL hostile,
an outpos tof attack. and IL friendly
an outpost of defense for the United
states. Rich as we are, the American
sion than the sentiment expressed In
the dispatch which l will now read:
Havana, May 20, 1902.
Theodore Roosevelt, President, Wash
The government of the island hav-
ing been just transferred /, as Chief
Magistrate of the Republic, faithfully
Interpreting the sentiment of the
whole people of Cuba. have the hon
or to send you and the merican poo
tude and the assurance OF an enduring
friendship, with wishes and prayers to,
the Almighty for the welfare and pros
perity of the United States.
T. Estrada Palma"
When the last National Convention
met the Philippines also were under
military rule. The insurrectos from
the mountains spread terror among
the peaceful people by midnight foray
and secret assassination. Aguinaldo
hi0P0 his time in
Over seventy thousand American SOL
diers from more than five hundred sta
lions, held a still vigorous enemy in
check. The Philippine Commission
had not yet begun its work.
Affairs I'm Philippines.
The last vestige of insuT reutiOn nas
been swept away. With their work ac-
complished over $1,000 American
troops have been brought back across
the Pacific. Civil government has
been established throughout the arch
ipelago. Peace and order and justice
prevail The Philippine Commission,
guided at first by executive order and
then by the wise legislation of Con-
gress in the Philippine government act
of July l, 1902, have established and
conducted government which has
been a credit to their country and
blessing to the people of the Islands.
The body of laws which they have en-
acted upon careful and Intelligent
study of the needs of the country chal-
lenges comparison with the statutes
of any country. The personnel of civil
government has been brought to-
gether under an advanced and COM
prehensive civil service law, which has
been rigidly enforced. complete.
census has been taken, designed to be
there as 1t was in Cuba the basis for
preventative government; and the
people of the islands will soon proceed
under provisions already made by ~on-
gress to the election of a representa-
tive assembly In which for the first
time in their history they may have a
voice in the making of their own laws.
In the meantime the local and pro-
vincial governments arc in the hands
of officers elected by the Filipinos: and
in the great central offices, in the COM
mission. on the bench. in the execu-
tive departments. the most distin-
guished men of the Filipino race are
taking their part in the government of
their people. free school system
has been established ami hundreds of
thousands of children are learning les
sons which will help fit them for self
government The seeds of religious
strife existing in the bitter contro-
versy between the people and the re-
ligious orders have been deprived of
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