New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-13

tzaiIletu dila "a
aemoIy OF Ius gIeai Statesmen lao have deIaIlea
tse anG gneir e eyenleBts aIe part Of me best
hs,ors % ,s gi ia;i asi i asss az aoS a.
lmosl hrtnlino"r N-' i''s li'hl on fo.,,,7- -
tHacgea laio laws ,ycis nost o,4encenJ dle bsei.-
Ne mvouac o.1 lot ihe lls.' 'li1 H III I,,-I Ne
take az OLA ma "a! 70 Nil a''1 lo -.
necessary factors. iinalelal, in1Cs li4a, SV-
q "a 49, % >ii, ma tt,as,tr.g 1aInlAstrl-
Lt-.'-e "a 'i' - No. t,e 81,
vHat We oaNe cone 90 ti0D0ee 20 90, ~ "a Alss'
lns nc a. so sl.gee'oe' ISSUES ana ''
RECENT PROGRESs OF THE COUNTRY.
There have been glorious decades in our national
story Iroln 300 10 .s's'-sa.ii'g ts mon eD,sl
paynents-aI Il winch icosene0 he energies o.
slId in0Lslry me oeyelupmeat o. our resources
Inc IarseelHg miiiu ana l-e outage OF oss Das1
Euo our IGluers. nave placed an lne front iahA
snl0ns IA, producing llse4ons o. the MoTlo Ia the
asiost prosperity never before e4Galed OF en-
pioymenL nl ke1s ana opioisnnltses never oe1oi r
ur q new po.ay. tIom TIE rulA wncn lnNOiNeN
Va an We Emerged. under Mchiniey ana Roose cit
100 only anal. mCre-we nave repaired ttse
disasters from 1850 10 -ssD v e nave opened lne
;a,ns ~ a. o,ifrss trsGe ana unso1Ad currency
.ne distress from putting into legislation false
theories may te sreater IN our coiaIieLS.ai ana ~
stecA or alnlles lH Io.ner generations. The TASK
a. the iiepuocan laFts W.len ~ C'-i'v sS yss
remove handbags upon amer an cheSrpLlse e
&c .S - In ne N-oaderfui results @nicn lot
io,teG I'm iae south as vel as the North, IA me
Is as "a the West. was a htung close 10
vounu! ana the happiness u or people Q! tne
1.ciuo4can party IrUn loSV 10 tae close O. 'iie
mere vss enc oiher measure required to enable
sooat ~ the Dlngley tariH and the gold standard
= lse iTop"lon % 1GI BUSINESS S ms ia NV WHEN
CoLid never be- lifted cuflns The panic llIles from
s,sS no I,si. Ne cleared the way Ior them 10 take
Ek1IEi2Ee OF me SITUATION x. Ai-S N.-st' A--i-
general Dau6ruptcy ia%, a Law which mas Lot oetl
. NiJaI necessity AZ the close OF a.y FepGollcai
adniaiscIa L the pest trlhaJe 10 the pros
alter ISso aao 10 the inaerent honesty % AMER
S1aIa c1n5SeIl.i 10 axe advautags Of THIS remedial
have since in 1heif abundant success
lad principal and interest," OF their Indebtedness.
WHAT ROOSEVELT HAS DONE.
Bat the nineteenth century closed. not only With
phenomeuaI prosperity not only VITA The balance
- IA oGr favor srea1er IMAM the accuInUatsea
1arrer. the Manufacture. the artisan and the
ccmplishea noJWithstanding foreign war In
Ninety oavs the conflict was over and The republic
unrest of Cuba which had lasted TOR three hundred
SearS upon ITS hanus The poverty OF Porto kico
end chrome Instructions in the PHILIPPINES. but
TO-DAY luoa nolds an honorable rl.ce an!oHg IA
lions Porto Rico is lifted into hoalthtul and pros
Yeregs conditions lasarrectlois nave cedseG IN
the Bhinrllnes. ana toeif leh minors OF pe,llN,
with singular unauimity. are eagerly occurring
American education. liberty and law This has
been brorshl ABOUT ny I,rsSiafnl Izooseneiti ,.
20 lie settled and tha two oceans united by the
1seiro Coast STATES and the possession Of our isl
ENDS across the ocean and the trade Of the orient
The buiiaing OF tins canal became a necessity OF
dice iIlto nsgnitoance COMPARED with the opening
OF THIS highway The s.tuauon was intense anC
United states treaty called the Hay-Herran
Treaty naming the terms q the concession ana
asking Tor its ratification ly the Cnited states
TIE French canal Company conceded TO the mod-
had recommended he accomplishment OF the de-
sired result depended only upon the formality OF
tIeatE proposed by Jhelr dictator ana accepted y
terms OF their constitution ful power to make it.
THE HoLD-UP AT BoGoTA
Bot the dictator. now President, had congress
called together for that purpose and saw superb
opportunity OF a holo-uD On the necessities Of the
United States. Dav after day the warning
forth from Bog2:a from he representstlves OF the
department Vi Panama and to Bog0ta from Pana-
ma user that J. ths treaty Was rejected Panama
violently taken trom her eighteen years ago. The
and REORGANIZATION to Their dictator and President
failed TO comprehend the gravity Of the situation
While this treaty. the most important document
House. they adjourned for a day to have read to
them the sonnets which had been written by one
The occasion. however was not one for verse
= 4erus sna The SITUATION not an oPera 3outfei
states. When Panama fulfilled the threat known 10
al ne world fey months and successfully accom-
his constitutional privilege with the drectness.
public life He was under the mandate Of a law
Passed % The last session OF Congress which
s,ies which srpropriated $40 6o5 for immediate
Try 10 borrow $50 90 900 NOR which directed the
President 20 make the terms for The building OF
vas - j15rr1 - Nicse-, md t 81; 'heh ne
But without any intervention or .cton on his part
m ne ksleidoscore 81 politics common 10 The Latin
iGty vas presented and he seized He might have
iet war 80 on Between Panama and Colombia.
lie might have commenced fruitless negotiations
with Nicaragua end Costa Rica- lie might have
~ sbsndoninc his e-tfve RESPONSIBILITIES bst re
mandate OF The American people was upon him 10
I6e unanmcus Vote OF the seSatdTs snd Ina,nbe 9
of the House Of Representatives on the Republican
hers Of The House on N, Democrats side lave
his course
ALL OPPOSITION BROKEN DOWN
r is an interesting question: Where have those
o. the opposition ben nuTiuS these epoch making
the sold standard q value and part OF them are
SUI They were against the Iarin. and all OF them
SISTED upon Immediately receiving inaepeIIdeuce
the inc l1ecessa., for &c CuSans 70 Lear, ty
three hundred YEAR, II tyranny the primary lessons
eva country the 1erl of iioW feVeT Ubic il b 5eI
- often come from tuha ana devastated US. Now,
they aemit Nere right
rhey proposed free trade 10 Porto Rico which
neisrv 81 the United States Treasury But the Re
lions which has placed that Island in conditions Of
f'ps,. 49,. .g , otesille1 O oy ITS people
81 the philippines smile the Republican admins
the lsnd from Inc or6er To Ss S Tecaiinea
ING and as3;irtraept sD , ' = sse it =, nc
people under he operation OF wise homestead
Which have been Of such ino sc E pine Slan ms
osNeiopIn~nt or their resources and for the en-
@ taxation or 5ense1ss uieRR hs aan ne, i Seee
,b me nSesSe oi ths:T prosperity Cnder the Span
car rule al the taxes spent upon and for the
I've gevernmeIIt, or liberty and OF law arc being
learned more rapidly among tribes OF the arcfie
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