Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-06
4 whole at least the equal 81 any pody
Of troops Of like number belonging to any

! whole * least the equal q any Dody
/ Of troops Of like number belonging TO any
4 other nation. &ts,l <2- lss4 81,
j Great progress has been made In pro-
tecting our coasts BY adequale TOE y, INCA s
,tions with sufficient guns. we should:s
however, pay much more heed than &c
present to the development OF an ex-
tensive system Of floating mines Tor use
in all our more important harpors. Inese
mines have been proved to be most Tor
midable safeguard against hostile Meets.
y Medals Of Honor In the Navy.
i I earnestly call the attention of the con-
gress to the need Of amending the exist.
ing law relating to the award OF congress
sional medals of honor in the navy SO az
to provide that they may be awarded to
: commissioned officers and warrant oh1-
) GERS as well as to enlisted men, These
Justly priced medals are given In the army
| alike to the officers and the enlisted men,
and it is most unjust that the commits
! stoned officers and warrant officers OF the
| navy should not in this respect have the
same rights as their brethren in the army
and as the enlisted men Of the navy. FL
The Philippines. e3
| In the Philippine Islands there has been
during the past year continuation OF the
| steady progress which has obtained ever
| since our troops OeIlIlltely SOI Ills upper
hand Of the insurgents. The Philippine
| people, or, to speak more accurately, the
! many tribes and even races, sundered
| from one another more or less sharply,
| who go to make up the people OF the
Philippine Islands, contain many ele-.
ments of good and some elements which
| we have a right to hope stand for prog
ress. At present they are utterly incapa-
BILE OF existing In independence at all or
| OF building UP civilization OF their own.
I firmly believe that we can help them to-
| rise higher and higher IN the scale Of CIV
ilization and Of capacity for self govern
ment, and l most earnestly hope that in
| the end they will be able to stand, If not
| entirely alone yet In some such relation
to the United States as Cuba now stands.
This end is not yet In sight, and 1t may be
| indefinitely postponed II our people are
foolish enough to turn the attention OF
the F1lipinos away from the problems OF
achieving moral and material prosperity,
Of working for stable, orderly and just
government and toward foolish and dam
gerous intr1gues for complete independ-
| ence for which they are as yet totally un-
| fit. go -<*-.f4 b. .
On the other hand, our people must
keep steadily before their minds the fact
that the justification for our stay in the
Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly
upon the good we are able to do in the
islands I do not overlook the fact that
In the development OF our interests In the
Pacific ocean and along its coasts the
Philippines have played and will play an
important part and that our Interests.
have been served in more than one .wav
by the possession Of the islands. But our
chief reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought in good faith to-
try to do our share Of the worlds work.
and this particular piece of work has
been imposed upon US by the results al.
the war with Spain The problem pre-
scented to us in the Philippine Islands. is :
akin to but not exactly like the problems.
presented to the other great civilized NOW.
ers which have possessions in the orient.
There are points of resemblance in our
work to the work which is being done.
by the British in India and Egypt. by the !.
French in Aleiers. by the Dutch, in lava :
by the Russians in Turkestan, by the,
Japanese in Fornosa but mora disttnctlv
than any of these powers we are endeav.
oring to develop the natives themseIves
30 that they shall take an ever increa aina =
share In their own government and az:
far as is prudent we are alreadv adj
hitting their representa- tjves r. a Gov
ernnnental equality with our own. /, There
are commissioners. Judges and phvernora.
in the islands who are Filipinos and VIM.
have exactly the same share in the GOV.
eminent Of the islands as have their col
leagues who are Americans while n tha.
lower ranks of course the great ma ioritv
Of the public Servants are FiIininos
! Within, two years we shall he irving The
experiment OF an elective lower hnnse ~
the Philippine legisla tire, II nav be that
the Filipinos viii misuse this Iee,s,a tire
and they certainly viii misuse + - tha,,
are misled by foolish nersons hera a.
home into starting an agitation for- thaj,.
own Independence or into anv factions a.,
Improper action. In such case thay will
do themselves no good and vii, ston fnr j.
the time being ali further effort - "a.
vance them and give them oraa tar.
share in their own eovernnoen+ p,,t - 7
they act with wisdom and self rastrain+
Il they show that thew are canahia ~ ].
electinp = lep,sIa fire which T., he t,,r, =.
capable Of ta;xinp a sans ~ afic;ent 10 =
in the actual, worl, Of rnvernmant. fra,.
can rest assured that a f,,lI and incrsa :.
ing measure Of recognition viii no st,,a,,
them. Above ali. thew sho,,Id ~, as,,ha..
that their nrima needs ara n,orai - 4,
dustrial not political r IL q 1erood thfns, !.
to try the experiment ~ p,v,nr| the,, q
legislature hut r. is Tar hattar +h,ns. = /,
give them schools pood roads ra;iro.Ss
which will enable them - ret the;r ,nrnd-.
rcts to market honest court. an hpras+
and ef1cient constahularv ana All that,
tends to produce order. neaca, I fair daai.1s
ing as between man ana man and ha hit.s !.