Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-03
ADDRESS BY
SENATOR KNOX
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party which olamors for place al
power, and that burden must be me
by evidence, and not by hyste ga
espersion. A hill Of particulars
demanded set out in temperate Ter
guage and buttressed by fact.
II Il impossi,la To- n not In iai
" touch the eN'tL N realize waa
Il means 10 be President Of the Unit
Ell states, or, hoy G,f',euit i is 20
any one who las le,n " daily tone
70 convey an SEQ ia'o idea OF ~
multifarious duties, responsibilities
n~arpleyitieg and ca,Vs iEcid-at TO ih'
detail OF administrator. To TN
general public but q small parcentas'
OF the routine a be known arr
naturally II IL not usually reckoaef
with in determining the character o
N administration. although, In fact
the ponderous mass of detail which
must be handled with promptnesss
Judgment and courage, includes the
things which often cause the great
est anxiety. The great policies, 'or
eign and internal, the acts affecting
these policies. and their effect npon
the national welfare and the national
honor. are the facts Of general c0gni-
rance and concern by witch an admin.
istration Is judged and for which II
must account. The democratic party.
recognizing this fact, seeks In most
general terms to reflect upon the
president and his party for sins OF
commission or omission In respect Of
all these great policies.
There is no desire to avoid hese
criticisms. Indeed. the main difficult.
~ has been to get something specific
enough from the opposition to merit
Z reply. What the republican party
has done has been done In the open.
In spite OF petty and q~uerulous oppo.
sition. Our opponents know every
act and every detail Of every act. Let
them specify our tra%nsgressions OF
law, morals and sound Judgment and
state specifically what they would
have done In the particular case, and
thus give the people a fair to
Judge between us.
The republican party is not on the
defensive, and that great canon OF
evidence and good sense which places
the burden Of proof upon him who &C,
cuses applies as well to contentious
between parties az to those between
individuals.
But what VI some Of these allega'
tons OF republican incapacity or
worse In respect Of the greater mat.
tiers OF state,
The governments relations TO the
great family Of nations ara those Of
peace and amity. We ave ever adj.
hered TO the golden rule OF interna'
tional ethics~-to do az much good to
others in time OF peace and a little
harm In time of war as Is consistent
with our own best interests. We have
sailed our ship upon an even keel,
and she has been guided by a strong
arm and a cool and level head.
Our policy In the Philippines has
been the only one that could have
been pursued consistently with hui.
manity and national honor.
Those islands are the Legacy Of a
war which the conscience OF the
American people demanded AMI evil
zation approved. 1t was a wal wich
neither political party opposed. and
was closed upon terms which required
and received democratic support 10
N Ike II effective. The malt r.sgi,
Of the treaty OF Pals was a ces-
sion Of the sovereignty Of the Philip
pine Archipelago TO the United
This cession carried with 1t
The duty ct s%uppressing the insured.
lion which existed against Spanish
authority and persistently continued
IL ninsf ii own II IL agree ,non
I'll hands that we should. as we are
prepare the peoples Of the
for self-government as rap
IDLY a possible, and we have made
remarkable PROCESS In that direction
When n party declares that the
lime has arrived for the United
to withdraw from the Philip
and that ii should withdraw, and
he ether party maintains the con-
rary, an issue will be joined upon
hat question and the American PEG
lie will think over the proposition
arefalIy ard decide IL. and decide
| rigAt. ss tAex srs accustomed 10 do.
In The szzs@gle the welfare Of
sh@ zAztarfs Of the Islands
r Of 10 se 81 the r.ited States
! afEaz<s1 ~ ~zysterions Suggest
Ions n ssDseszsEg ne principles Of
berry - ia@ g0sernnent's progress