The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-22

books and papers has been established by
the judgment of the supreme court in
suit against the coal carrying roads.
Other suits have been brought and other
indictments have been found and other
trusts have been driven back within legal
bounds. No investment in lawful business
has been jeopardized, no fair and honest
enterprise has been injured; but it is Ger
tain that wherever the constitutional pow
er of the national government reaches,
trusts are being practically regulated and
curbed within lawful bounds as they
never have been before, and the men of
small capital are finding in the efficiency
and skill of the national department of
justice a protection they never had be-
fore against the crushing effect of unlaW-
full combinations.
Cuba and Philippines
Mr.. Root sketched the Cuban and
Panama episodes and conditions in the
Philippines, adding:
The last vestige of instruction has
been swept away. With their work ac-
complished, over 1000 American troops
have been brought back across the Pa
cif1c. Civil government has been estab-
lished throughout the9 archipelago. Peace
and order and justice prevail The Phil
ippire commission. guided at first by
executive order and then by the wise leg
iSlation of congress in the Philippine gov
eminent act of July 1, 1902, have eStab-
liShed and conducted a government which
has been a credit to their country and q
blessing to the people Of the islands. The
body of laws which they have enacted
upon careful and intelligent study of the
need of the country challenges compare
son with the statutes of any country.
The personnel of civil government has
been brought together under an advanced
and comprehensive civil service law,
which has been rigid1y enforced. A COM
plete census has been taken, designed to
be there as it was in Cuba the basis for
representative government; and the people
of the islands will soon proceed under
provisions already made by congress to
the election of q representative assembly,
in which for the first time in their history
they may have a voice in the making of
their own laws. In the meantime the To-
cal and provincial governments are in the
hands of officers elected by the Filipinos;
and in the great central offices, in the
commission. on the bench, in the eXecu-
tive departments, the most distinguished
men of the Filipino race are taking their
part in the government of their people,
Diplomacy for Peace
Throughout the world the diplomacy of
the present administration has made for
peace and justice among nations. Clear
sighted to perceive and prompt to main
tain American interests it has been saga
ciouS and simple and direct in its methods
feelings OF others.
All Americans who desire safe and
conservative administration which shall
avoid cause of quarrel, all. who abhor
war, all who long for the perfect sway
of the principles of that religion which
we all profess, should rejoice that under
this Republican administration their
country has attained a potent leadership
among the nations in the cause of peace
and international Justice
The respect and moral power thus
gained has been exercised in the inter
eStS of humanity, where the rules of diplo-
matte intercourse have made formal inter
Vention impossible.
In the meantime, mindful that moral
powers unsupported by physical strength
do not always avail against selfishnesS
and aggression, we have been augmenting
the forces which command respect
We have brought our navy to a high
state of efficiency and have exercised
both army and navy in the methods of
seacoast defense.
Republican Claims Summarized
The present administration has reduced
taxation reduced the public debt, re-
duced the annual interest charge. made
effective progress in the regulation of
trusts. foStered business promoted agri-
culture, built up the navy reorganized the
army, resurTected the militia system in
augurated a new policy for the preServa-
ton and reclamation of public lands Civ
en- civil government to the Philippines
established the Republic of Cuba, bound
it to us by ties of gratitude of CONNER
clal interest and of common defense,
swung open the closed gateway of the
isthmus, strengthened the Monroe doc
trine, ended the Alaskan boundary dis
pute, protected the integrity Of China,
opened wider its doors of trade, advanced