Mower County transcript., 1904-12-07


norm hare on. born aprean. e nasts
proved very difacults tt0 ssecnrei 1rsl't5
sInssia q,
citizen tp receiye passport and fEas a
ItkfoJe eEl Il seian dsrrttoftJ.S ns 4sss1
wrong against ~ hichgr IN ent5tl1sd
protest to refuse him his passpaTtf q
without regard to bis, conduct and chafI
acter,, merely On racial and relt Hons I
grounds ''. cd = t>1; ..
I ~ >,@:..':g ,", the Navy. :. exc lts
The strong arm eof. the ,seyernaassntss
In enforcing respect for It's just rtssats .
In interna tional ina tiers is the navy OF
the United States. ;s:I most earnestly
recommend that there"be no hs It Ia TIE
work OF apbuild ding sshas American navy.
We, haze undertak ken;i TO build the 18th
mian canal. - We, have undertaken to
secure for ourselves our just share a
the trade Of the orient. We have u;i-
dertaken to protect, bur citizens from
Improper treatment IN. ffore3g gh lands :
We continue steadily to INSIST INSIST On sts fae
application OF the: MonrOe; doctrine ytb:,
the western hemisph here. sns:zU nlessa s4r:,
attitude in these ia y,aIl ;sipli III mat
ters Is to be mere boasrful sham we
cannot afford to abandon our, naval
programme. Our voice IS row potent
for peace and 1s SO potent because we
are not afraid Of War.is But e.1p e.1p sEres :;
esta tions, upon behalf Of peace. wcusa
neither receive nor deserve the Slight.
est attention. If We were ilnpoteAt to'
make them good > :.''+ .,,J''; q
., The Army. = ."':' ;"
Within the last three years the Uniy-
eda States has, set an example in dis
armament where disarmament was
proper BY law orr army is fixed st
maximum Of 100000 and a minimum
of $4,000 men; When there was insur-
reotion in the Philippines We kept the
army at the maximum Peace came in
the Philippines, and now our array
has been reduced to the minimum, at.
which it is possible to keep it with due
regard to it's efficiency. We should be
able, in the event Of some sudden
emergency, to put into the field one
first class army corps, which should b4,
as aswhole,, ct least the equal of any
body Of troops Of like number belong
ing to any other nation. .e<s:.%y,.
Great progress has been made in pro.
teettnx our coasts by adequate foftff-
cations with sufHcie1t guns We
ahoald,: however, pay: much mare heed
than at present te tho Development OF
IN extensive ,system of Aoat1ne ninss
Tor VIZ Ia AL our more important har-
boE1. These ntaes have been proved
10 bs most formidable safegasaru
+ against hostile heet.. s.::
/ Ths FAs1aa11aes.
!" In ths Philippine Inianas there has
been during the past year 4 cpuaaNa-
ton of TIA eteady pnogress which has
obtained ever stnce our troops dedntte-
" got the upper hand Of the l1asur-
gentz. The Philippine peopae, o., to
speak more accurately. the a1aay
tribes and even racea sundeEed fso1n
one another more OF less shaEpty who
80 10 make ap the people OF the Paaaap-
pine fslaoth, sQEtain many elsuseats
of good, and some elements wnfoh we
have 4 Eight to hope stand fnr prog
ress It: present they a1e utteray in=
capable OF existing IN indepeodencs at
all or 0 building up etviAkatioa Of
their own. / hrualy beatsye that we
can help them to r1se higher and high
or In the scale Of aisdhzataoa and Of
!; capacity for self government, ,aRd I:
: most earnestly hops that IN taae end
they Will bs able 10 atand, II not en-,
tirely alone, yet In suus snes, reaation
TO- the United States a. Cuba now.
stands. This end IL not yet In sight,
and It may be tndadnatesy postponed
if ourpeople are foolssh enough to txrzl
the attention Of the FAtpin0s away
from the problems Of achieving norzl
and material prosperity, Of working
Tor a stable, orderly and Just govern.
nmept, and toward foolish and danger
o1* intrigues for a lcoanpheta indepeta-
erlte for which they are ,as yet totally
unfit: = '>f> - - !
+; On the other hand, our people must
keep steadily before their ndnfls the
fact that the Justification tor our stay
In the Philippines must ultimately rest
chiedy upon the good we are able to
do in the islands. I do not overlook
the fact that in the development OF our
interests In the Pacific ocean and:
along its coasts the Philippines have
played and will play an important part
and that our interests have been serv-
ed in more than one way, by the pos
session of tile islands But our chief
reason for continuing to hold them
must be that we ought In good faith
to try to do our share Of the worlds
work. and this particular piece OF work
has been imposed upon. us by the re-
suits Of the war with Spain We are
endeavoring to develop the natives
themselves, so that they shall take an
ever increasing share in their own gov
ern1nent, and as far as is prudent, we
are already admitting their representa-
tives tofa governmental equality with
our. own. There are commissioners.
judges and governors in the islands
who are Fillpinos and who have exact
ly the same share In the government