The San Francisco call., 1904-09-12
STIRRING MESSAGE TO VOTERS

Alarm has been professed lest the Filipinos
should not receive all the BENEFITS guardnteed
to our people at home by the fourteentn
of fact the Filpnos have already secured the
substance of these benefits. This Government
has been true to the spirit of the fourteenth
amendment in the Philippines. Can our op-
ponents deny that here at home the principles
Of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
MANY other matters, we at home can well
profit by the example of those responsible for
the actual mana cement of affairs in the Phil
ippines. In several commonwealths here
in the United States we a people now face
the complex problem of securing fair treat
ment to each man regardless Of his race or
color. We can do so only if we approach the
problem in the spirit of courage, common
sense and high minded devotion to the right,
which has enabled Governor Taft. Governor
WrighT arc their associates to do so noble a
work in giving to the Philippine people the
benefit Of the true principles Of American
liberty
: Our appeal is made to all good citizens who
hold the honor and the interest OF the nation
close to their hearts. The great issues which
are at stake. and upon which have touched.
are more than nere partisan issues, for they
involve much that comes home to the indi-
gidual pride and individual we'll being of our
teople. Under conditions they actually are,
good Americans should refuse for the sake
Of the welfare. Of the nation. to change the
national policy. We, who are responsible for
the administration and legislation under which
grown 80 greatly in well being at home and
In honorable repute among the nations Of the
earth abroad do not stand inertly upoa this
record do not Gsc 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 past Indictment to do
even better in the future.
We believe that the progress that we have
made may be taken a measure of the pro-
Sress we shall continue to make if the people
again intrust the government Of the nation to
our hands. We do not stand still. We press
steadily forward iowa. the goal of moral and
material well-being fer our own people of Just
a nd 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 arc now carrying out,
which il would not be disastrous to reverse or
abandon. X cur opponents should como in ard
should not reverse policies, then they
would be branded with the brand OF broken
faith OF false promise. Of insincerity IN word
vantage OF tsc ma tton with such brand
clngnS to him. If, on the other hand, they
should come IN and reverse any or all af cur
policies. but just much would the nation az
a whole be damaged. Alike as lawmakers AMI
as administrations OF the law. we have. endsa-
yored to do our duty in the interest of the peo-
pic as whole. We make appeal to, no
class and ~ 30 secticn. but. to all good citi-
and whatever may be their occupation or
worldly condition We have striven both for
civic righteousness and for national greatness
and We -. iait. to believe that our ha pds
will be utiheld by all who feel love Of country
and trust In the uplifting OF mankind. We
stand for enforcement Of the law and for ODE
dIe-1ce to the law: Government is a govern
ment of orderly liberty. equally alien to tyr
is the observance of the law alike by the peo-
ple and bv the public servants. We hold ever
before Us as the al1-irnDortant end of policy
and adTni.fisti alton the reign of peace at home
comes only by doing Justice Faithfully yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.