The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-28

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that. while not one of our just claims
has been sacrificed. our relations with
all foreign nations are now Of the most
peaceful kind; there is not a cloud on the
norlzon. The last cause of irritation be-
tween US any any other nation was re-
moved 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 assertion that our
mission in the island was one of Justice
and not of self ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
thereby no less than by our action in
Venezuela and Panama we have shown
that the Monroe doctrine is a living reali-
", designed for the hurt of no nation, but
Western continent. and for the peace of
the world. Our steady growth in power
has gone hand in hand with strengthen
ing disposition to use this power with
strict regard for the rights of others and
for the cause of international justice and
good will.
Friendly to other Countries
We earnestly desire friendship with all
the nations of the new and old WORLDS;
and we endeavor to place our relations
with them upon a basis of reciprocal adj
vantage instead of hostility. We hold
that the prosperity of each nation is an
aid and not hindrance to the prosperity
of other nations. We seek international
amlty for the same reasons that make
US believe in peace within our own Dor
ders; and we seek this peace not because
think that peace is right as well as adj
Vantageous.
American interests in the Pacific have
rapidly grown. American enterprise has
oceans. We have proved in effective
fashion that We wish the Chinese empire
well and desire its integrity and indie
Our foothold in the Philippines greatly
strengthens our position in the competi-
ton for the trade of the East; but we
are governing the Philippines in the in
terest of the Philippine people them
selves. We have already given them a
large share in their government. and our
purpose is to increase this share as rap
idly as they give evidence of increasing
fitness for the task The great ma jority
of the officials of the islands, whether
elective or appointive, are already ma
tive Filipinos. We are now providing
for legislative assembly. This is the
first step to be taken in the future; and
is would be eminently unwise to declare
first step has been taken and the results
are manifest. To have gone faster than
We have already gone in giving the ISL
andeIs a constantly increasing measure
OF self-government would have been dis
aStrous.
At the present moment to give political
independence to the islands would result
in the immediate loss of civil rights, per-
sonal liberty and public order, as regards
the mass of the Filipinos. for the majority
OF the. islanders have been given these
because we vigilantly safeguard and guar
antee them. 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
established in the islands a government
by Americans assisted by FilipinoS. We
are steadily striving to transform this
into self government by the FilipinoS as
sisted by Americans.
The principles which we uphold should
appeal to all our countrymen, in all por-
should give us strength with the men and
women who are the spiritual heirs of
those who upheld the hands of Abraham
Lincoln; for we are striving to do our
work in the spirit with which Lincoln APP
preached his. During the seven years
that have just passed there is no duty.
domestic or foreign, which We have shirk-
ed; no necessary task which we have
feared to undertake, or which we have
not performed with reasonable efficiency.
We have never pleaded impotence. We
have never sought refuge in criticism and
complaint instead of action. We face the
future with our past and our present as
guarantors of our promises; and we are
content to stand or to fall by the record
which we have made and are making.
President Roosevelt held an informal
reception and received the congratula-
tons of the committeeman on his
speech. Among the invited guests were
Chairman Cortelyou, Gov. Odell, Sena-
tor Plat; Senator Kean, of New
Jersey: ex-Secretary Elihu Root, Cor
nelius N. Bliss and eX-Gov. Frank S.
Black. A lunch was served on the
lawn
Will Announce Executive Committee
During the afternoon, before the de-
parture of the guests, the president had
conferences with several of them, in
Guiding Gov. Odell Cornelius N Bliss,
Mr.. Black and Speaker Cannon. Ma
tional Chairman Cortelyou left this aft
ernoon for New York. He will remain
there until tomorrow, when he will
leave for Chicago to attend to business
at the Western headquarters. He ex-
poets in a few days to announce the
personnel of the national executive
committee, which will consist of nine
members. Later he will appoint an adj
visory committee, which may include as
many as thirty members.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
President Roosevelt will start for
Washington. 1t is not unlikely that he
may return to Oyster Bay in two weeks.
thus shortening, his proposed stay at
the national capital.