Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14

USE Inc result has been an increasing in
features"
Republican Reciprocity.
On the subject of reciprocity the pres
1dent says:
Our opponents assert that they believe
In reciprocity. Their action on the most
gotiated-that with Cuba-does not bear
out this assertion. Moreover, there can be
no reciprocity unless there is substantial
compatible. We are on record as favoring
arrangements for reciprocal trade rela-
lions with other countries, these arrange
ments to be on an equitable basis of benefit
to both the contracting parties. The re-
publican party stands pledged to every
wise and consistent method of increasing
the foreign commerce Of the country. That
It mas kept Its pledge is proven by the fact
that while the domestic trade of this coun-
try exceeds In volume the entire export
and import trade of all the nations OF the
secured more than an eighth of the export
trade of the world, standing first among
the nations in this respect
OF the proposition to reduce the size of
the army the president says:
If our opponents should come into pow
er they could not reduce our army below
its present size without greatly impairing
its efficiency and abandoning part of the
national duty. In short, in this matter, if
our opponents should come into power they
would either have to treat this particular
pIO1IllSe VI the year lSU4 as Cley now treat
the promises they made in 1896 and 1eOo
that is, as possessing no binding force; or
else they would have to embark on policy
which would be ludicrous at the moment.
and fraught with grave danger to the ma
tional honor in the future"
He reviews the administration of the gov
eminent finances and refutes the charge
that the government is administered ex-
says:
DO our opponents grudge the $50, ZOO, 900
paid for the Panama canal? Do they in
tend to cut down on the pensions to the
veterans Of the civil war? Do they intend
to put stop to the irrigation policy? or
to the permanent census bureau? or to
immigration inspection? Do they intend to
tend to cut down the navy? or the Alaskan
telegraph system? Do they intend to dis
mantle our coast Notifications? If there
is to be real and substantial cutting down
in national expenditures it must be in such
matters as these. The department Of agri
culture has done service of incalculable
value to the farmers of this country In
many different lines: Do our opponents
wish to cut down the money for this serv
ice? They can do it only by destroying the
usefulness of the service ITSELF"
Philippine Independence.
He refers to the promise in the demo-
cratic platform to give independence to the
Philippine islands, and after speaking of
the folly of such a promise says:
- AAcdy well NC ludI Jul OppO1lculS nave
no real intention of putting their promise
into effect If this is the case, if, in other
words, they are insincere in the promise
they make, it is only necessary to say again
that it is unWise to trust men who are false
in one thing to deal with anything. The
mere consciousness Of broken faith would
hamper them in continuing our policy in
the islands; and only by continuing I'M
changed this policy can the honor Of the
country be maintained, or the interests of
the islands subserved: IT,. on the other
hand, our opponents came into power and
attempted to carry out their promises to the
fllipinos by giving them independence and
WlthdraWing American control from the
islands, the result would be frightful
IN its larger aspect would amount to an
International crime. Anarchy would fol-
low; and the most violent anarchic forces
government, partly against all forms of
religious and educational civilization.
Bloody conflicts would inevitably ensue in
the archipelago, and just as inevitably the
islands would become the prey of the first
power which in it's own selfish interest
doned.
During the last five years more has been
done for the material and moral we'll being
Of the F,ilipinos than ever before since the
islands first came within the ken of civil
lied man. We have opened before them a
vista Il5tao Of orderly development in their own
Every effort is being made to fit the island
ers for self-government, and they have
already in large measure received it, while
sonal rights and civil liberties have been
guaranteed. They are being educated:
they have been given schools; they have
for their use; their health is being cared
for; they have been given courts in which
they receive justice as absolute as it is in
our O. power TO- to gnarantee Their individual
happiness are now by act of congress
jealousy safeguarded under the American
nag; and if the protection Of the flag were
the islands would be plunged back under
some form Of vicious tyranny. We have
given them more self-government than
they have: ever before had: we are taking
y1ding them with an elected legislative
assembly; and surely we had better await
the result of this experimentation it is a
wholly new experiment in Asia-before we
be forced to break. or which they might
one way and we in another. It
may be asserted without fear of success
full contradiction that nowhere else in re-
cent years has there been as fine an exam
pie Of constructive craftsmanship and wise
and upright administration as has been
army, in the Philippine islands. We have
them in the interest of their
own people; and the Filipinos themselves
have profited most by our presence in the
great advantage to us as nation
Conclusion.
In conclusion the president says:
Our appeal is made to all good citizens
who hold the honor and the interest of the
nation close to their hearts. The great is
have touched, are>more than mere partisan
issues, for they involve much that comes
home to the individual pride and individual
well; being Of our people. Under conditions
Avn rS1
should refuse, for the sake of the welfare
of the nation, to change the national pol
icy: we, who are responsible for the ad-
mln1stration and legislation under which
this country, during the last seven years,
has grown so greatly in well-being at home
and in honorable repute among the ma
fnertly upon this record, do not use this
record as an excuse for failure Of effort
to meet new conditions. On the contrary.
we treat the record OF what we have done
IN the future. We believe that the progress
that we have made may be taken as a
measure IRE Of + the progress we shall continue
government Of the nation to our Hands t
We do not stand STILL We press steadiiv
Forward toward the goal Of moral and ma
terra! !s weti-oe1ng Tor our own people, Of
just and fearless dealing toward all other
peoples, in the interest not merely of this
country. but of mankind. There is not a
policy, foreign or domestic, which we are
now carrying out, which it would not be
disastrous to reverse or abandon. If our
opponents should come in and should not
reverse our policies, then they would be
branded with the brand Of broken faith,
Of false promise, of insincerity in word and
deed; and no man can work to the advan-
tage OF the nation with such brand cling
ne to him: If, on the other hand, they
policies. by just SO much would the nation
as a whole be damaged. Alike as law
makers and as administrators of the law
interest of the people as whole We make
our appeal to no class and to no section.
but to all good citizens, in whatever part
Of the land they dwell, and whatever may.
We have striven both for civic righteous
ness and Tor national greatness; and we