The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-12


United States, in which he said: This
department does not discriminate be-
tween native born and naturalized citi-
zens in according them protection while
they are abroad, equality of treatment
being required by the laws of the Unit
ed States" These orders to our AGENTS
| abroad have been repeated again and
again. and are treated as the funda-
mental rule of conduct laid down for
them, proceeding upon the theory that
| all naturalized citizens of the United
States, while IN foreign countries. are
entitled TO and shall receive from this
government the same protection OF per-
sons and property which is accorded to
native born citizens" In issuing pass
ports the state department never dis
eliminates. or alludes 10 any mans re-
| ligiOn; and in granting to every Amer
lean citizen, native or naturalized,
Christian or Jew, the same passport,
so far as it has power it insists that al
foreign governments shall accept the
passport as prima facie proof that the
person therein described is a citizen OF
! the United States and entitled TO pro-
lection as such. 1t is a standing order
| TO every American diplomatic and con-
sular officer to protect every American
citizen, OF whatever faith, from unjust
molestation: and our officers abroad
have been stringently required TO COM
ply with this order.
Insincerity Accusation.
! Under such circumstances, the de-
mand of our opponents that negotia-
tions be begun to secure equal treat
ment of all Americans from those gov
eruments which do not now accord II,
shows either ignorance of the facts, or
! insincerity. No change of policy in the
method or manner of negotiation would
/ add effectiveness to what the state de-
! partment has done and is doing The
! steady pressure which the department
| has been keeping up in the past VIII
/ be continued in the future. This ad-
| ministration has on all proper occasions
! given clear expression to the belief OF
/ the American people that discflmlna-
| ton and oppression because Of religion,
/ wherever practiced. are acts of must
i ice before God and man; and in maxim
I evident to the world the depth of Amer
j lean convictions in this regard we have
\ gone TO the very limit OF diplomatic
! usage.
! II is a striking evidence of our oppo-
| nents' insinceTity in this matter mat
\ with their demand for radical action
by the state department they couple a
I demand for a reduction in our small
military establishment. Yet they must
| know that the heed paid TO our pro-
tests against iIl-treatment of our cit-
1 zens will be exactly proporuonate 10
the belief in our ability to make these
protests effective should the need arise:
! Our opponents have now declared
| themselves IN favor of the civil serN-
ice law, the repeal of which they de-
| manded in 1900 and in 1896 If con-
sistent. they should have gone one step
further and congratulated the country
upon the way in which the civil serV-
ice law is now administered, and the
wav in which the classified service has
/ been extended. The exceptions from
/ examinations are fewer by far than
/ ever before, and are confined TO indi-
| yidual cases. where the application OF
the rules would be impracticable, un-
wise, unjust, or unnecessary. The ad-
I ministration of the great body Of the
| classified civil service is free from poll
/ tics. and appointments and removals
| have been put upon a business basis.
J Statistics show that there is little oil
! ference between the tenure of the led
eral classified employees and that OF the
4 employees of private corporations. Less
| than l per cent Of the classified en-
/ pIoyes are over 90 years of age, and IN
the main the service rendered is Wig
! orous and efficient. Where the merit
i system was of course most needed was
! i'm the Philippine islands; and a civil
! service law of very advanced type has
1 there been put into operation and
j scrupulously observed. Without one
| exception every appointment In the
/ Philippines has been made in accord
1 ance with the strictest standard of MT
/ ness. and without heed to any other
I consideration.
Finally, we come to certain matters
upon which our opponents do In their
! platform of principles definitely take IS
| sue with us, and where. II they are SIN
! cere. their triumph would mean disas-
ter to the country. But exactly as il is
! impossible to call attention to the pres
! ent promises and past record of our OPP
4 ponents without seeming offensive, SO
| il is impossible TO compare their plat
! form with their other ana later ofhclal
| utterances and not create doubt as 10
4 their sincerity. In their private or UNI
/ official utteranceS many or them frank
1 " advance this insincerity as a merit
4 taking the position that as regards the
j points on which I am about TO speak
! they have no intention of keeping their
| promises or of departing from the poll
! cies now established, and that there
| fore they can be trusted not TO abuse
the power they seek.
What 'I'' Said.
! When we take up the great question
of the tariff we are at once confronted
! by the doubt as 70 whether our oppo-
nents do or do not mean what they say.
They say that protection is robbery.
and promise to carry themselves ac-
cordingly IL they are given power. Yet
/ prominent persons among them assert
that they do not really mean this and
/ that il they come into power they will
adopt our policy as regards the tariff
/ while others seem anxious to prove that
it is safe TO give them partial power
! because the power would be only par
tial. and therefore they would not be
able 10 do mischief. The last is GER
| tainly a curious plea to advance on be-
half Of a party seeking 10 obtain con-
| troll of the government.
At the outset il is worth while to say
a word as to the attempt to identify the
! question of tariff revision or tariff re
| duction with a solution of the trust
,'queStiOn. This is always a sign of de-
| sire TO avoid any real effort to deal ade-
! quately with the trust question. In
| speaking on this point at Minneapolis,
on April 4, 1908, l said:
The question OF tariff revision.
| speaking broadly, stands wholly apart
| from the question of dealing with the
! AtuSbo. NO Grange III ldIlu uulleS can
have any substantial effect in solving
the SO-called trust problem. Certain
great trusts or great corporations are
| wholly unaffected by the tariff. Almost
ali the others that are of any impor
! lance have as matter Of fact numbers
of smaller American competitors; and
of course a change in the tariff which
] would work injury to the large corpora
ton would work not merely injury. but
destruction, TO its smaller competitors
! and equally of course such a changge