The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-29


harmonious cooperation Of two Sue
cessive presidents and two successive
congresses This is an illustration
OF the governing capacity which en-
titles US to the confidence OF the peo-
pie not only in our purposes but in
our practical ability to achieve those
purposes. Judging by the history of
the last twelve years. down to this
very month. is there Justification for
believing that under similar circu:n-
stances and with similar initial di-
ierenccS OF opinion. Our opponents
: would have achieved any practical re-
suit?
We have already shown in actual
fact that our policy is 70 do fair and
! equal Justice to all men, paying no
heed 70 whether man is rich or
poor; paying no heed to his race. his
creed, his birthplace.
We recognize the organization OF
capital and the organization OF labor as
natural outcomes OF Our industrial-syS-
tenn. Each kind or organization is to be
! favored so long as it acts in a spirit
OF justice and OF regard for the rights
or others. Each is TO be granted the
full protection OF the law. and each
! in turn is to be held to strict obed-
! ience to the law: for no man is above
; it and no man is below it. The
! humbleSt individual is 10 have his
rights safe guarded as scrupulously
as those Of the strongest organiza-
ton, for each is to receive justice, no
more or no less. The problems with
which we have to deal in our modern
industrial and social life are manifold;
| but the spirit in which it is necessary
to approach their solution is simply the
spirit OF honesty, of courage, and of
common sense.
In inaugurating the great work Of
! irrigation in the west the administra-
ton has been enabled by congress to
take one Of the longest strides ever
taken under our government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
the settler, the actual home-maker.
Every since this continent was dis
covered the need Of an Isthmian canal
TO connect the Pacific and the At
lantic has been recognized; and ever
since the birth Of our nation such
canal has been planned. At last the
dream has become a reality. The
ISthmian canal is now being built by
| the government OF the United States.
We conducted the negotiation for its
construction with the incest and most
scrupulouS honor. and in a spirit or
the largest generosity toward those
through whose territory il was to
run Every sinister effort which
could be devised by The spirit of fac
! ton or the spirit OF self-interest was
made in order TO defeat the treaty
with Panama and thereby prevent the
consummation OF this work The
! construction OF the canal is now an
assured fact: but most certainly it is
unwise 10 entrust the carrying out
! OF so momentous a polio; to those
who have cndeavored to defeat the
whole undertaking.
! Our foreign policy has been SO
I conducted that. while not one OF our
just claims has been sacrificed. our
! relations with all foreign nations arc
! now oi the most peaceful kind: there
! is not 2 cloud on the horizon. The
last cause of irritation between lis and
any other nation was removed by the
settlement OF the Alaskan boundary.
, In the Caribbean Sea we have made
good our promises of independence
! to Cuba. and have proved our asser-
ton that our mission in the island
was one OF Justice and not OF self
aggrandizement: and thereby no less
than by our action in Venezuela and
! Panama we have shown that the
Monroe doctrine is a living reality,
designed for the hurt of no nation,
| but for the protection OF civilization