The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-09-17

Application OF new Inventions to uniyersa'
use. The result has been an increasing IN
terdependence OF agriculture and manu-
features"
n Republican Reciprodty.
On the subject OF reciprocity the pres
"Our opponents assert that they believe
In reciprocity. Their action ON the most
important reciprocity treaty recently ne.
out this assertion. Moreover, there can be
no reciprocity unless there Is a substantial
tarin; free trade and reciprocity are MOI
compatible. We are on record as faVoring
arrangements for reciprocal trade fela-
tons with other countries. these arrange.
ments TO be on an equitable basis OF benen'
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; Ina!
| II has Kept its pledge Is proven by the 1ac'
that while the domestic trade OF this coun.
, try exceeds In volume the entire expor,
and import trade OF all the nations 81 tne
secured more, than an eighth OF the export
trade OF the world. standing first among
tho nations In this respect" fIp.tr,
or the proposition to reduce the size OF
the army the president says y
"If our opponents should come into pow
er they could not reduce our army below
It's present size without greatly impairng
its efficiency and abandoning part or the
national duty In short, in this matter, II
our opponents should come into power tEey
|
promise OF the year 1904 as they now treat
the promises they made IN 1896 ana lsov.
| that Is. as possessing no binding force; OF
else they would have 20 embark on poncy
| which would be ludicrous at the moment
and fraught with grave danger 10 the ma
| tional honor In the future.
| He reviews the administration CT the gov
| eminent finances and refutes the charge
| that the government is administered ex.
travagantiy with facts and figures, ana
| says:
'Do our opponents grudge the s5o,0O0.0oO
| paid for the Panama canal? Do they in
| tend to cut down on the pensions TO the
veterans of the civil war? DO they dnten aa
| to the permanent census bureau! or 10
! immigration Inspection? DO they intend to
tend to cut down the navy or the Alaskan
| telegraph system? DO they intend 10 DIS
| mantle our coast Notifications? III there
| is to be a real and substantial cutting down
in national expenditures it must be IN such
| matters as these. The department on agri-
| culture has done service of incalculable
value to the farmers Of this country IN
wish to cut down the money for this serV-
| ice? They can do 1t only by destroying the
| usefulness Of the service Itself"
Philippine Independence.
He refers to the premise in the demo-
cratic platform to give independence to the
Philippine Islands, and after speaking OF
the folly OF such "A promise says:
at may well be that our opponents have
no real intention of putting their promise
into effect II this is the case, II, in other
words. they are insincere in the promise
they make, ii is only necessary to say again
that IL Is unwise 10 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 un-
changed this policy can the honor of the
country be maintained, or the interests of
the islands subserved If, on the other
hand, our opponents came into power anu
attempted to carry out their promises to the
Filipinos by giving them independence and
Withdrawing American control from The
islands the result would lie frightful
calamity to the Filipinos themselves, and
in it's larger aspect would amount to an
international crime. Anarchy would fol-
low; and the most violent anarchic forces
would be directed partly against the civil
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 its own selfish interest
took up the task we had cravenly aban-
doned
During the last Ave years more has been
done for the material and moral we'll being
of the Filipinos than ever before since the
lied man. we have opened before them a
vista of orderly development In their own
interest and not a policy of exploitation
Every effort is being made to fit the island
ers Tor self-government. and they have
| already in large measure received II. while
for the first time In their history their per-
/ sonal rights and civil liberties have been
guaranteed. They are being educated;
| they have been given schools; they have
| been given libraries; roads are being huilt
! for their use; their health is being cared
| for; they have been given courts in which
| they receive justice as absolute as 1t Is In
| our power to guarantee. Their individual
happiness are now BY act Of congress
| jealousy safeguarded under the American
| flag; and IL the protection of the flag were
| withdrawn their rights would be lost, and
| 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
steps to increase 1t still further by pro-
| viding them with an elected legislative
| assembly; and surely we had better await
| the result of this experimentation 1t Is q
| wholly new experiment In Asia--before we
| make promises which al nation we might
be forced to break. or which they nigh!
| may be asserted without fear OF success
| full contradiction that nowhere else In re-
cent years has there been as fine an exam r
| pie of constructive craftsmanship and wise
| and upright administration as has been
| given BY the civil authorities aided by the
army, in the Philippine ISLANDS: we hays hays
| own people: and the Filipinos themselves
| have profitcd most by our presence In the
islands; but they have also been OF very
| great advantage to us as nation.
Conclusion.
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"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
sues which are at stake. and upon which
| have touched, are more than mere partisan
issues, for they Involve much that comes
home 10 the Individual pride and individual
we'll being Of our people. Under condition!
as they actually are, good American.
should refuse, for the sake Of the welfare
OF the nation, to change the national pol
Icy. We who are responsible for the ad
ministration and legislation under which
this country, during the last seven years
has grown so greatly In well-heing at hom'
and In honorable repute among the ma
| tions of the earth abroad, do not stant
inertly upon this record, do not use THU
record as an excuse for failure of effor
| to meet new conditions. On the contrary
/ we treat the record of what we have don,
| in the past as Indictment to do even bette
in the future. We believe that the progress
that we have made may be taken as
measure Of the progress we shall continu
to make II the people again entrust tn
| government OF the nation to our hands
we Go not stand still. We press steadil!
forward toward the goal of moral and ma
terial well-being for our own people, o
lust and fearless dealing toward all othe
peoples, in the, interest not merely OF thi
country, but OF mankind. There is not
policy, foreign or domestic, which we ar
| now carrying out. which II would not b
| disastrous TO reverse or abandon. III on
| - ..fI IL. M ulAo ala