The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-29


proper. BY law our army Is fixed at
a maximum or 100000 and q minimum
OF uVo men. When there was insur-
rec'ioh IN the fhiiippines we kept the
army al the maximum. Pence came IL
tue rhiiippines. ana now our army
mas been reduced to the minimum at
WHICH II IL possible 10 Keep 1t with duo
reeau 10 fs emciency. We should b.,
'oie' Tue event or some sudden
eiheIkehcy, 10 put into the field on,
hrst class army CORPS. which should b. /.
as u Wnoie' at leastae equal OF aIr
oouv OF troops o%in pumber beloag
ing 70 any otnef naton
IN4p ptOF Fess mas been made In pro-
teelhts-0ur coastS 1f Mdequate fortifi-
ca''ons VILE sumcfent guns. We
snous1, ~ ", np VEL pay much more heed
'' ~ tetene fsesescpfsseut ct
a." eN'enShc system Oh noating mines
,'r use III aii our more important har-
oofs' Ahese mines nave been proved
" oe ihost io'hidahie safeguard
"sai''S' h"s'''e meets.
The Philippines.
In q
been during the past wear cont,nuo.
ton OF the steady progress which has
obtained ever since our troops definite.
ly got the upprr hand Of tho ,psur.
gents. The Philippine peonle mr. to
speak more accurately. the many
tribes and eve, r,ces surdor., ,ron,
one another more or less sharply who
60,
pine Islands, contain many elements
Of good, and some elements which we
have Il right to hope stand for pro--
ress. At present they are utterly in.
capable Of existing in independcnce Mt
all or Of building ND a civilization of
their own. firmly believe that we
can help them to rise higher and high
er In the scale Of civilization and of
capacity for self government, and I
most earnestly hope that in the end
they will be able to stand, IL not en-
tirely alone, yet In some such relation
to the United States as Cuba now
stands. This end is not yet In sight,
and it may be indefinitely postponed
If our people are foolish enough to turn
the attention Of the Filipinos away
from the problems Of achieving moral
and material prosperity. OF working
for stable. orderly and just govern
ment, and toward foolish and danger
Gus lntrlgues for a complete fndepend-
ence for which they are as yet totally
UNFIT.
On the other hand, our people must
kooY,
fact that the justification for our stay
in the Philippines must ultimately rest
chiefly upon the good we are able to
do in the islands. I do not overlook
the fact that in the DEVELOPMENT Of our
interests in the Pacific ocean and
along its coasts the Philippines have
played and will play an important part
and that our interests have been sery.
ed in more than one wav nv tho nos.
reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought in good faith
to try to do our share of the worlds
work. and this particular piece of work
has been imposed upon us by the re-
suits of the war with Spain, We are
endeavoring to develop the natives
themselves 80 that they shall take an
ever increasing share in their own gov
ernment, and, as far as Is prudent, we
are already admitting their representa-
tives to a governmental equality with
our own. There are commissioners.
Judges and governors in the islands
who are Filipinos and who have exact
" the same share in the government
of the islands as have their colleagues