Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-27

system. Each kir,d of organization /:
to be favored so long as 1t acts in G
spirit of justice and of regard for The
rights OF others. Each is to be granted
the full protection of the law. and eacf
in turn is TO be held to a strict obedi-
ence to the law; for no man is above
IL ard no man below ii. The humbles
Individual is to have his rights safe
guarded as scrupulously as those OF the
strongest organization. for each is tc
receive justice, no more and no less
The problems with which we have te
deal In our modern industrial ane
social life are manifold: bu. the spiri,
In which it is necessary to approach
their solution is simply the spirit OF
honesty. of courage. and of common
sense.
Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens our position In the
competition for the trade OF the east:
but we are governing the Philippines
in the interest of the Philippine people
themselves. We lave already given
them large share In their govern
ment. and our purpose is to increase
this share as rapidly as they give evil
dence of increasing fitness for the
task The great ma iority of the officials
of the islands, whether elective or ap-
nointive, are already native Filipinos.
We are now providing for a legislative
assembly. This is the first step to be
taken In the future: and 1t would be
eminently unwise to declare what our
next step will be until this first step
has been taken and the results are
F~ -,
have already gone in giving the island
ers q constantly increasing measure of
self-goyernment 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. personal liberty and
public order. as regards the mass of the
F'ilipInos, for the majority OF the
islanders have been given these great
boons, by US. and only keep them be-
cause we vigilantly safeguard and
guarantee them. To withdraw our
government from the islands at this
time would mean to the average native
the loss of his barely won civil free
dom. We have established in the is
lands a government by Americans as
striving to transact this self-govern-
ment by the Filipinos assisted by
Americans.
Stand on Record.
1.-The principles which we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen, in
all portions of our country. Above all
they should give us strength with the
men and women no 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 approached his. During the
seven years that have just passed there
is no duty. domestic or foreign, which
we have shirked: no necessary task
which we have feared TO undertake,
or which we have not performed with
efficiency. We have never
pleaded Impotence We have never
refuge in criticism and COM
plainr instead of action. We face the
future with our past and our present
as guarantors of OR promises: and we
are content to stand or to fall by the
record which we have made and are
making"
The president was warmly applauded
and at the conclusion of his address
held an informal reception and re-
ceivetl the congratulations of the COM
on his speech.