The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-21

to give the island 10 any other power;
il required her to maintain government
adequate for the protection OF life and
property and liberty, and should she fail
it gave Us The right 10 intervene for the
maintenance Of such government. And
It gave Us the right 70 naval stations
upon her coast for the protection and de-
Tense alike of Cuba and the United
States.
On the 10Th Of May. 1902, under a
constitution which embodied these stipu-
iations The government and control OF
Cuba were surrendered to the president
and Congress elected by her people, ara
the American army sailed away. The
new republic began It's existence with an
! administration of Cubans completely or
sanized in all its branches and +rainsi
to effective service BY American officers,
The administration of President Palma
has been wise and efficient. Peace and
order have prevailed.
When the dast national convention
met the Philippines also were under mil.
itary rule. The insurrectos from the
mountains spread terror among tho
peaceful people by midnight foray and
secret assassination. Aguinaldo bided his
time in secret retreat. Over seventy
thousand American soldiers from moro
than five hundred stations, held a still
vigorous enemy in check The Philip.
pine Commission had NOT yet begun its
work,
The last vcstige of instruction has
been swept away. With their work ae
eomplished, over $4,000 American troops
have been brought back across the Pa.
ciiic. Civil government has been estab,
lished throughout the archipelago. Peaca
and order and justice prevail. The Phil.
ippine Commission, guided at first by ex.
ecutiye order and then by the wise legis.
lation of Congress in the Philippine GOV.
crnment act of July /, 1902, have estab
lisned and conducted agovernment which
has been credit to their country and
a blessing to the people Of the islands.
The body of laws which they have en-.
acted upon careful and intelligent study
OF the needs Of the country challenges
comparison with the statutes of any
country. The personnel of civil govern.
ment> has been brought together under
an advanced and comprehensive civil SER
wee law, which has been rigidly enforced
\ complete census has been taken. dc.
signed to be there rs it was in Cuba
the basis for representative government;
and the people Of the islands will soor
proceed under provisions already made
by Congress to the election OF repre.
sentative assembly, in which for the first
time in their history they may have ]
voice in the making of their avn laws
IN the meantime the'loeal and provincial;
governments are in the hands of officer,
elected by the Filipinos; and in the area
central ellircs. in the commission. ~,
the bench, in the executive department.
she most distinguished men Of the FIJI
pino race are taking their part in the
system has been established and hun
dreds Of thousands Of children are learn.
ing lessons which will help fit them 70,
selt-gorernment. The seeds of religion,
strife existing in the bitter controversy
between the people and the religious or.
~ nave been deprived of potency for
harm bs the purchase of the friars
'nnd7, and their practical Withdrawal
by The act Of Congress OF March .. 1902
gold standard has been established ii
take the place Of the iIuetuating silyc,
currency. The unit of value is made OK.
actly one-half the value of The Amor.
can gold dollar. so that American none,
is practically part of their currency sys.
TEN.
There is but one point of disturbance
and that is in the country Of the No
hammedau Moros, where there is nm 90
easional itful savage outbreak against
the enforcement Of the law recent,
made to provide for adequate supervision
aud control TO put an end to the practic,
OF human slavery.
In 1900 the project Of an lsthmian
canal stood where it was left by the
Clayton BuIwer treaty of 1850 For hall
a century it had halted. with Great
Britain resting upon a joint right Of cor.
troll. and the great undertaking of dc
Lesseps struggling against the doom q,
failure imposed by extravaganza and cor.
ruPtion. On the 18th OF November, 1901
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with Great
Britain relieved the enterprise Of tic
right Of British control and left that
right exclusively in the United States
Then followed swiftly the negotiation,
and protocols with Nicaragua; the istla
mian canal act of June 2S, 1902; nc
lust agreement with the Frencs Canal
Company to pay them the value Of the
work they had done; the negotiation and
ratiiicationo { the treaty with Colombia:
the rejection Of that treaty by Colombia
IN violation Of our rights and the worlds
y raFNlt As.a a