The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-16
reysnas sln. eo. 900 a year. Since the war

vious showed a small decrease.
The expenditures have been managed in
ftciency. The prime reason why expenses
have increased Is that the people have
deemed it wise to have certain new forms
of work for the public undertaken by the
public, as rural free delivery. inspection
of meats. or irrigation. But these are
necessary. Do our. opponents srudge the
tend to cut down on pensions? Do they
intend to stop irrigation? or the perma-
nent census bureau? Immigration inspec-
ton? or rural free delivery? to cut down
the or the Alaskan telegraph sys-
tenn Do they intend to dismantle our
coast Qualifications?
The public work has never been con-
Quoted with a higher degree of honesty
and efficiency. We lave known o party
in dealing with offenders, and have hunted
down every ~wrons-doer whom 1t was pos
sible by the utmost vigilance to detect.
The Philippines.
Our opponents promise Independence tt
the Philippines. Again their rreconcilable
differences of opinion among themselves.
and their readiness to abandon principles
upon which. they have insisted, puzzle us
as to whether they mean to carry out this
promise. In their platform they declare
for Independence. approximation their
language is ob~scure-without qualification
as to time. and indeed a qualification
neither right nor power to bind cur sue
cessors when II is impossible to foretcll
toliNiltIciS- WINE II Is us MIOl.s q utlA
Independence for a few Years as to deny
1t for an Indefinite period. But in later
and equally official utteranees by our op-
ponents the term. 'self-goVernment" was
substituted for "independence,,' and the
words described precisely the policy now
being carried on. The. language of the
the later u~tterances indicate a co't:na-
ance of the present policy. But this
saased d trouble in their ,, qwn ranks ks:
| formal llttarlnna tho p1f-pnNDrnnpnf
promise was recanted. and Independence
at some future time promised. They have
within nifty days, Which is the promise
they really intend to keep?
II 1T is morally indefensible to hold the
whole archipelago it is morally indefensi-
bic to hold any part of it. In such case
What right have we to a coaling station?
What right TO control the Moro peoples?
Whaf T righs {, 70 n pp9 { tb the lgo abiaing
friends of America in the Islands from
treachery, ohbery and murder? Yet to
abandon the islands completely. would
petition for the trade of the Orient, and
ir~reparable damage to those who have
BECOME JWa the wards of the nation; .o.n
ment than they ever before had; we are
taking steps to increase it by providing
them an elected legislative assembly; and
surely We had better await the results
CT this experiment before we make prom.
ises which we might be forced to break
Nowhere else in recent, years has there
been as fine an example Of constructive
statesmanship and wise administration as
What Has Been Given.
So far from having slapped the foun-
dations' of free popular government at
home by the course taken in the Philip
pines. we nave been spreading Its knowi-
edge. and teaching its practice. Our ac-
ton represents 4 great stride forward in
spreading the principles of orderly liberty
L al y, tytr1n OyyF tJNp. -pri.3 w have +r1~t1l
the power We have gained as a solemn
Obligation in the Interested mankind; and
the peoples of the world, especially the
weaker peoples. are better off.
-Four years ago. in his speech of accep-
lance. President Mckinley said:
w have been moving in untried paths.
and duty. There will be no turning aside,
no wavering. no retreat. No blow has
been struck except for liberty and human
ity,. and none will be. We will perform
without fear every national and inter-
national Obligation. The Republican party
was dedicated to freedom forty-four years
emancipation from that hour; not of pro-
%fession, but of performance, 1t broke the
ss.ackles of four million slaves, and made
item free, and to the party of Lincoln
has come another supreme opportunity
which 1t has bravely met in the liberation
Of ten millions Of the human family from
the yoke of Imperialism. In Its solution
Of great problems, In It's performance Of
high duties. It has had the support of
members of all parties in the past, n 1t
confidently invokes their cooperation in
the future"
This is as true now as four years ago.
We did not take the Philippines at will,
and We cannot put them aside at will.
Any abandonment Of the policy which we
have steadily pursued in the islands would
be fraught with dishonor and disaster;
and to such dishonor and disaster / do not
believe thai the American people will con-
sent.
Issues Above Partisanship.
Our appeal is made to all good citizens
who hold the honor and the interest of
issues are more than partisan issues. I'm
der conditions as they are, good Amer
cans should refuse to change policy. we,
who are responsible for the administration
and legislation under which this country,
during the last seven years, has grown so
greatly in well-being at home and honor
able repute among the nations, treat the
record Of the past as Indictment to do
better in future. We believe the pro-
gress we have made may measure the
progress we shall continue to make. We
press toward the goal of moral and ma
terial well-being, of just and fearless deal
ing toward all other peoples, in the inter-
est not merely of this country, but of
mankind. There is not a policy, foreign
or domestic, which we are now carrying
out, which it would not be disastrous to
reverse or abandon. If our opponents
our policies. then they would be branded
with the brand of broken faith, of false
roMiSe or lnSincer1ty i'll word and deed;
and no man can work to the advantage
of the nation with such a brand clinging
to him If, on the other hand they should
come in and reverse any or all of our poll
cies, by just so much would the nation
as a whole be damaged. Alike as law
maker and as administrators of the law
we have e~ndeavored to do our duty in
the interest OF the people as a whole.
We make our appeal to no class and to no
section. but to all good citizens, in what
ever part of the land they dwell. and
whatever may be their occupation or
worldly condition. We ave striven both
for civic righteousness and for national
greatness; and we have faith to believe
that our hands will be upheld by all who
feel love of country and trust in the up
lifting Of mankind. We stand for enforce
ment of the law and for obedience to the
laV; our government is a government Of
orderly liberty equally alien to tyranny
and to anarchy; and its foundation stone
Is the observance OF the law, alike by the
people and by the public servants. We
hold ever before US as the all-important
end OF policy and administration the reign
of peace at home and throughout the
world; of peace, which comes only by do
ing Justice. Faithfully yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Reason.
She-He only goes to church once
a year., and then he goes with his wife.
He-Why does he always take her