Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-04

Without SdcTllCe OF principle these ull-
ierences of opinion were reconciled.
There was no rupture of a great party,
but an excellent practical outcome, the
result of the harmonious cooperation
of two successive presidents and two
successive congresses. This is an IL
lustration of the governing capacity
the people not only in our purposes
but in our practical ability to achieve
those purposes. Judging by the history
of the last twelve years, down to this
very month, is there Justification for
believing that under similar circum-
stances and with similar initial differ
ences of opinion, our opponents would
have achieved any practical result?
We have already shown in actual
fact that i eur policy, is to do fair and
heed to whether man is rich or poor;
paying no heed to his race, his creed,
or his birthplace.
Capital and Labor.
We recognize the Organization OF
capital and the organization of labor
as natural outcomes of our Industrial
system. Each kind of organization is
to be favored so long as 1t acts in a
spirit of justice and of regard for the
ed the full protection of the law, and
each in turn is to be held to a strict
obedience to, the law; for no man is
above it and no man below. it. The
humblest individual is to have his
rights safeguarded as scrupulously as
those of the strongest organization.
and no less The problems with which
we have to deal in our modern indus
trial and social life are manifold; but
the spirit in which it is necessary to
approach their solution is simply the
spirit of honesty, of courage, and of
common sense.
Irrigation md Canal.
In inaugurating the great work of
irrigation in the west the administra-
ton has been enabled by congress to
longest
taken under our government toward
utilizing our vast national domain for
the settler, the actual home maker.
Ever since this continent was dis
covered the need of the Isthmian canal
to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic
has been recognized; and ever since
has been planned. At last the dream
has become reality. The Isthman
canal is now being built by the GOV
conducted the negotiation for it's con-
struction with the incest and most
s ser honor and in spirit of
through whose territory it was to
run. Every sinister effort which could
spTt seH Pet Of Was MADE
in order to defeat the treaty with Pan
anna and thereby prevent the consum-
ton Of the canal is now an assured
fact; but most certainly it is unwise
to entrust the carrying out of so mo-
endeavored to defeat the whole under
taking.
Our foreign policy has been so con-
Quoted 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 horizon The last cause
of irritation between us and any other
nation was removed 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
dizement; and thereby no less than by
| our action in Venezuela and Panama
trine is a living reality, designed for
the hurt of no nation. but for the pro-
lection of civilization on the western
world, Our steady growth in power
has gone hand in hand with a strength
enins disposition to use this power
others, and for the cause of interna-
tional justice and good Will.
Desire Fricndshio of World.
We earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations of the New and Old
| Worlds; and we endeavor to place our
reciprocal advantage instead of hos.
tility. We hold that the prosperity of
each nation is an aid and not him
drance to the prosperity of other ma
| tons. We seek international amity for
the same reasons that make us be-
| lieve in peace within our own borders;
| and we seek this peace not because we
are afraid or unready, but because we
think that peace is right as well as
| advantageous.
American interests in the Pacific
have rapidly grown. American enter
| prise has laid cable across this, the
| greatest of oceans. We have proved
Chinese empire well and desire it's in
tegrity and independence.
Our foothoid in the Philippines
greatly. strengthens our position in the
but we are governing the Philippines
in the interest of the Philippine people
themselves; we h nave al fbeiry co gwen
m me and our purpose is to Increase
this share as rapidly as they give evil
dence of increasing fitness for the
Gals of the islands, where elective or
appointive, are already native Fill
I egsiatiTe ASSEMBLY, sss M This is the first
step to be taken in the future, and
it would be eminently unwise to de-,
clare what our. next step will be until
this first step has been taken and the
results are manifest. TO have gone
faster than we have already gone in
creasing measure of elf-goVernment
would have been disastrous; At the
pendence to the islands would result
in the immediate loss of civil rights,
. personal liberty and public order, as
) regards the mass of the Filipinos, for
the majority of the islanders have been
/ | given these great boons by us, and
only keep them safe because we vigil
: lantly safeguard and guarantee them.
4 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 estab-
Y lished in the islands government by
: Americans assisted by Filipinos We
5 ,are steadily striving to transform this
5 into Self-government by the Filipinos
: assisted by Americans.
t The. principles which we uphold
E should appeal to all countrymen, in
4 all portions of our country. Above all
: they should give us strength with the
A men and women who are the spiritual
a heirs of those who upheld the hands
$ OF Abraham Lincoln; for we are striy-
: ing to do our work in the spirit with
n which Lincoln approached his. During
the seven years that have Just passed
! which we have shirked; no necessary
: task which we have not RRerformeG
a never Dleadpd impotence. We have