Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-04

the confidence Of the people not only in
our purposes but in our practical ability
the history Of the last twelve Ts'9 Years. n
down to this very month IL there justi-
ncation for believing that under similar
derenees q opinio M,'n our mep ,nsae
w9u,d have achieved any practical re-
We have already shown in actual fact
Justice to all men. paying no heed to
no heed to his race. Ms creed Or his
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a: natural outcomes of our indus =
trial system. Each kind Of organize .
acts In spirit Of justice and of re- =
gard Tor the rights of others. Each =
IL to be granted the full protection .
be held to strict obedience to the -
law: for no man Is above 1t and no A
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rights safeguarded as scrupulopsly as
those of the strongest organization. for
each Is to- receive Justice. no more and
no less The problems with which we
have to deal In our modern industrial and
socia! life are manifold: but the spirit
~ which 1t is necessary to approach
their solution is simply the spirit Of hon.
esty, of courage. and of common sense.
In inaugurating the great work Of irri.
cation in the West the administration
has been enabled by congress to take
enc OF the longest strides ever taken un-
der our government toward utilizing our
vast national domain for the settler. the
actual hOme-maker.
Ever since this continent was discov-
cred the need Of an ;sthmian canal to
been recognized; and ever since the birth
OF our nation such a canal has been
planned. At last the dream has become
reality. The isthmian canal Is now be-
ing built by the government Of the Unit
ed States. We conducted the negotic tic
for its construction with the incest and
of the largest generosity toward those
II. rough. whose territory it was tn run.S
Every sinister effort which could be de-
spirit Of self-interest was made in order
to defeat the treaty with Panama and
thereby prevent the contamination of
this work.
( The CONSTRUCTION Of the canal is%
. now an assured fact; but most GER (
= tainly it is unwise to entrust the car .
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I! defeat the whole undertaking. u
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Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted that: while not one of Ou: just
claims has been sacrificed, our relations
with all foreign nations are now of tho
on the horizon. The last cause Of irri-
tation between. Us and any other nation
was removed by the settlement of tho
good our promises of independence to
Cuba, and have proved our assertion that
our our mission in the island was one ofNjus;;
thereby no less than by our action in
venezuela and Panama we have shows
that the Monroe doctrine is a living
ton: but for the protection of civilization
on the Western continent. and for the
peace OF the world. Our steady growth
a STRENGTHENING disposition to use this
power with strict regard for the rights
OF others. and for the cause Of interna-
tional justice and good will.
We earnestly desire friendship with al.
the nations of the New and Old Worldss
and we endeavor to place our relations
WI n them upon upon basis Of reciprocal ad-
that the prosperity of each nation 10 an
aid and not hindrance to the prosperity
OF other nations. We seek International
amity for the same reasons that make
US believe in peace within our own bt,r-
ders; and we seek this peace not because |
we are afraid or unready but because
American interests in the Pacific have
rapidly grown. American enterprise has |
laid a cable across this. the greatest OF |
oceans. We have proved in effective |
FASHION that we wish the Chinese empire |
we'll and desire it's integrity and indie |
pendence.
Our foothold in the Philippines greatly
fit an for Ms our position in the competi
are governing the Philippines in the in
terest OF the Philippine people them |
selves We have already given them a |
arge snare In their government, and our |
purLose IS to increase this share as rap
dly as they give evidence Of increasing |
ntness for the task. The great majority |
Of Of the officials Of the islands. whether
Filipinos. We are now providing for a |
legislative assembly. This is the first |
ster. to be taken in the future; and it |
would be eminently unwise to declare |
what our next step will be until this first |
step has been taken and the results are |
manifest. To have gone faster than we |
nave cen already gone In giving the islanders
government would have been disastrous.
At the present moment to give political |
Independence to the islands would result |
n the Immediate loss Of civil rights, per-
sonal liberty and public order. as re-
majority of the islanders have been given
these great Blooms by US. and only keep |
them because we vigilantly safeguard |
and guarantee Them
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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 !
esta blished In the islands q govern =
d ment by Americans assisted BY Fill .