Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-08-03


with "ye single to the welfare of Mi
our people.
\ party is of worth only in so far os
Z promotes thV national interest and
every official high or low. can serve
ms party best 10y rendering to the pco-
iii" the best service of which ne 4. cana
ni". tnectiVc SOvCramca, comes rnJv
aN thc result OF the lOval cu-npcr,tiof,
many dHeic"t persons TAe mcm-
n'rS "i legislative majority the oil
tcrS in the various GcHartrlcnts of tho
Administration, and the legislative and
executive branches as towards each
other. must work together with subor-
dlnation of self to the common end OF
successful oVernment We who have
hecn entrusted with power as public
servants during the past seven years os
administration and legislation now
come before the people content to hr
Judged by our record of achievement
In the years that have gone by we have
made the deed square with the word.
and II we are continued in power wo
snail unSwcrvinglN follow out the great
lines ~ public policy which the Repub-
hcan party has already laid down. 4
puolc policy TO which we are giving
and shall give. united. and therefore
an efficient. support.
In all of this we are more fortunate
than our opponents. who now appeal
for confidence on the ground which
some express and some seek to have
confidentially understood that if tri-
unrhant they may be trusted to prove
1alse TO every principle which in the
last eight years they have lad down
as vital, and to leave undiSturSed those
very acts of the administration because
or which they ask that the adminiStra-
tlon itself be driven from power. Seem
ingly their present attitude as to their
past record is that some of them were
mistaken and others insincore We
make our appeal in a wholly different
spirit. We are not constrained to keep
silent on any vital question: we are di-
Vlded on no vital question: our policy
is continuous. and is the same for all
sections and localities. There is moth
ing experimental about the government
we ask the people to continue in power.
Tor our performance in the past, our
proved governmental efficiency, Is a
guarantee as to our promises for the
1uture. Our opponents, either openly
or secretly. according to their several
temperaments, now ask the people to
trust their present promises in consi-
deration of the fact that they intend to
treat their past promises as null and
void We know our own minds and we
nave kept of the same mind for a suf-
hclent length of time. to give to our
policy Conference and canity. In such a
fundamental matter as the enforcement
OF the law we do not have to depend
upon promises. but merely to ask that
our record he taken as an earnest OF
what we shall continue to do. In deal
ing with the great organizations known
as trusts, we do not have to explain
why me laws were not enforced. but
10 p-int out that they actually have
been enacted to increase the effective
ness of their enforcement We do not
nave TO propose to turn tn rascals
out, for we have shown in very deed
that whenever by diligent investigation
a public official can be found who has
betrayed his trust he will be punished
To the full extent OF the law without
regard to whether he was appointed
under Republican or n Democratic
administration. This is the efficient
way 10 turn the rascals out and to keep
them out. and it has the merit cg sin
cerelty. Moreover the betrayalS of trust
In the last seven years have been in
SiSnihcant in number when compared
with the extent of the public service.
Never has the administration of the
government been on cleaner and
higher level; never has the public
work Of the nation been done more
honestly and efficiently.
The President then discussed the is
Sues of protection. reciprocity and our
foreign policy at some length.
He said further:
we earnestly desire friendship with
all the nations OF the New and Old
Worlds; and we cndeavor to place our
relations with them upon basis Of re-
clprocal advantage instead of hostility.
we hold that the prosperity OF each
ration is an aid and not a hindcrance
10 the prosperity Of other nations. We
seek international amity for the same
reasons that make us believe in peace
within our own borders and we seek
this reace not because we are afraid or
Gnready, but because we think that
peace is right as we'll as advantageous.
American interests in the Pacific
have rapidly grown American enter
prise has laid cable across this. the
greatest OF aceans. We have proved in
effective fashion that we wish the
Chinese Empire we'll and desire its in
tcgrity and independence.
Our foothold in the Philippines
greatly strengthens our position in the
competition for the trade of the East;
hut we are governing the Philippines in
the interest of the Philippine people
themselves. We have already given
them large share in their government
and our purpose is to increase this
share as rapidly as they give evidence
oC increasing fitness for the task. The
great majority of the officials OF the
islands. whether elective or appointivc.
are already native Filpinos. We are
row providing for legislative assem-
bly,. This IS the first step to be taken
in the future; and il would be eminent
ly unwise TO declare what our next
step will be until this first step has
been taken and the results are mani
fest. To have gone faster than we have
already gone in giving the islanders q
constantly increasing measure of self
constantly increasing measure Of self