Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-12

"a ttla lntf I'LL their aMn nsas
HlsipiaBs themselves han
prot most hg uur presence hi tti,
Islands; hat thag have alsp been q
very rat advantage 10 ns ais i i
50 EsF from having Slapped sht
Foundations" Of frse@ popular guysrn
MEM Al henla by the course ashef
IN The Philippines, We have beer
spreading Its knowledge. and teachlns
lts practice. atnang peoples 10 whom II
had never before been more tlfanssar
kksnlpS aanse, - Our action represents
hslsatssfrAa forNard In spreadingsfhe
~frftcfftes OF orderly liberty through
ont the world. "0ur flag has not los
Iafss9sift Telsy eesHdiction in its wa 4
tN5acs lottlHnf 10 their shores, Sse
have treated the power We have 4&Sn,
ed as a solemn obligation, and ssaye
used it In lie interest Of maaktaas
and the peoples 1T The world and
especially the weaker peoples af the
world, arg better dit because 6f the
position We have assumed IaS III
trace our steps would be to give pfubf
Of an infirm and unstable national
purpose,
Four years ago. In his speech nf ne,
eeptanee. President Mckinley said;
WI have been moyinapsr sIittrted
mathis. htt gasr steps have eoa guided
Ehs haaotFrahi asfts. Hatene VII he nh
tlfpins aside hi Hwevsrinet &no rn
fsaats# No sMassska i ssseii sstrnak eXs
eept for liberty and humanity, and
none will be. We will perform with
out fear every national and infernas
tianaI ohligatian,s The republican
Epaasy5 s@ssraea4agods to freedom forty
IfoaF sRarsas@se I'LL Nas been the party
OF liberty ands emancipation from that.
hour; not of profession, h3tt oil per-
fHrmafcs II asfnafs INC MI Ssies ot
Spnr million slaees. and naaa them
H. g~e.sS 1isssaa has
which ik~has kratAiS Nfshafn tlN liber,
alton hi ten millions Ut the HUMAN
family from the yoke Of imperialism
lnsHs sphsion OF great problems IN
It's performance Of high duties, II has
had the saHnart of mrrpers of all par.
tiestin the past, and II e~opfidnntly IN
. ',,a 3 &theissssstsErN 9p,iin We vt
VI G1tAEW Ina 4
This is as true now AS four years5
ago. We did not take the Philippines
az Wilt and We cannot put them aside
af VIII An abandonment OF this p0l
leN Which weslave steadily pursued In
the islands would hc fFauslt with dis.
honor and disaster; and to such dts.
homer and disaster $do Not seliepa|
thas the Amteslfeans d neh Twin cpn.
senss y
Alarm has been protested lest tine
Fllipinas. should not receive aiI iheI
benefits guaranteed 10 our people AL
by the fourteentheamendnsent tnl
the constitution, As, IL matter gnf fact, |
theHFfliniiias have already secured the
substance b stfnsa fianniits. This gov
e%rnnaent has been tue to the spirit
the fourteenth amendment Hi the
Can opponents deny
here at holae the principles OF
HE fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments have been in effect nallified2I
In this, as III many other matters. wei
a. home can well profit BY the az
ample of those responsible for the acsI
tnal management eals aflairsain fheI1
Tn ong several ppmmon
Wealths here in the United States vel
q people now face the complex
tfohlem OF securing fair treatment 10
zach tIqan regardless of his race orr
solur. We can 40 so only IL we APP
oroslch the problem in the spirit af
courage, common sense, and high
minded devotion 10 the right. which
las etEhlei GdxAfnor. Taft Governor
Wright, and their associates, to DO sol
noble a work inf giving to the philipsi
a3eoplet the benefit of the trusl
,rinciples of American liberty.
Sur appeal is made to all eiti2ensI
ahp bold the honor and the Interest,".
u inc nation close to their heartsI
The great issues which are at stskeI
ind upon which | have touched, arel
aore than mern lpartisAh issiips. ford.
hey, Involve much that comes homed
D zfke individual pride and indiyiduafas
.yell,hsing Of Dur people, Under con.3
as they actually are. gpod3
americans should refuse, for the saksf
,f~ahe welfare Of the nation, To changa3<
he national policy. We, who are re-
Ip9sia9 IHHhHHJA aminihyatAon and4
egislatton under which this conntrysle
lnrtnE- hasl
.rown so greatly in well being af1f
ZONE aPAjn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nysonsHA
aaIls t aslslS q asaQfRSssescss' x npoii
sest-~r~rrrf s-nir-exru~~-fer-fail
Of effort; to mcstsneW conditioner
IN fpfBdohtfaryaFe treat the reeoriI
i Whit Wi ravr hdne in the past ast4
10 no even better Iii thel
ut,ire. We believe that the prOgress
hat we have made may be taken asf'
measure Of the progress We slialll
continue to make II the people again
The government Of the nation
u4a3r itan 4 VIC DO not stand still.t
Nc press forward toward the goal of
lortdl and material we'll being for onrI
WI ppnnIe, Of lust and fearless HealSJ